Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-08-04
THE EVIL BEAST AND
THE COUNTY OPTION

cohol has never rambled thru the
thickets of Africa or the forests Of
Hindostan. It's orbits go thru this
land and it has with it's blood. thirsty
jaws spread the whole continent with
human cadavers, and thousands of
mothers and fathers today can, as the
patriarch of old say: "An evil beast
hath devoured him"
If the names of those who have,
been prey to that terrible beast
could be called out of their tombs,
who could endure the odor of their,
rottened swellings or endure their
hellish savagery, whose heart could
endure to hear the agony?
Is not the liquor traffic the chief
source Of most all the undescribable
miseries? Is it not the rafting of the
burglars key, the prick of the assas-
sins knife the trigger on the, high
way-man's revolver, the match in the
hands of the incendiary? sTamarlane,
the old conqueror demanded one
hundred and sixty thousand skulls. He
wanted them to build a pyramid of
skulls to his honor. He got them,
and pyramid was erected, but If the
bones of those who have been a
spoil to the deteriorating liquor traf-
fic in this country should be erected,
tWould indeed prove to be far
greater pyramid in dimension than
was Tamarlane's. The only light
beam in this intoxicated darkness of
this country is County Option.
If there still exists true christian
ity among the christian element it
aught to be set in a perpetual move
r.ent from one end of the county to
the other. For many years the pro-
hibitionists have longed for help from
other sources, which all proved to
fail them, for example, from certain
persons and parties, good promises of
lnen with eloquent tongues. Such
help has been in vain. They have ap'
peared and disappeared like comets.
They have done neither good nor bad
But how shall these things be set
at start? (some may ask. 1t must
Fbe by the means Of County Option,
! and by a perfect unity Of the temper
ance people in order to work for the
attainment of it. That County Ops
ton promotes righteousness and JUS
tice, no intelligent man can deny, and
especially in this county whereas in
other political questions the rule Is
maintained 'that assessments without
representation ought not to exist
Tut as to the liquor traffic it seems
that it is destined to flourish as the
highest business privilege and at the
same time, in the sight of the whole
community it is allowed TO demoralize
the taxable as we'll as the exempt
The temperance people have up to the
present time been irresolute what tc
do, but if the county option law comes
in force. it will prove to be the road
to contentment and prosperity fol
the whole county.
What we thru the county option law
desire is as follows: so long as we
are assessed, we also demand to have
our vote as to what shall be permit
| ed or not within the borders of that
county in which we live. OF course
that does not presume that the sa
looms will be voted out Of counties
that will retain them, nor does 1t
necessarily mean that counties thai
do not want them, will be bridled tc
,endure them. The aim is that every
burden-carrier shall have and possess
the simple right in an effective way
to pronounce his will, and that his
will shall be respected. Is not thai
just?
County Option is non-partisan as fa1
as political platforms are concerned
1t does not usurp the political, ant
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