Morris tribune., 1910-03-25

mss s1rou4u DcCalne tire norman con-
dition of the people. the American
government and American civilization
would be entirely destroyed. The
government must be sober, and for
its own protection. as well as for the
preservation of the moral well being
of the people, it must exert its inf1u-
ence against intoxication, and against
the means by which it is produced,
and laws for the purpose are not
sumptuary laws at all.
The Brewers in Politics.
"The sentiment of the people of
the state of Minnesota has long been
favorable to legislation designed to
restrict the traffic in Intoxicating
liquor, and it has been and is in favor
of the enforcement of the laws al
ready on the statute books regulating
the business. For more than a quar-
ter of a century the liquor interests
of the state have been unitedly op-
posed to further restrictive legisla-
ton, and have particularly opposed
what is known as county option. They
have also brazenly violated every
statute that has been passed for the
regulation of the traffic, in mos cases
with the connivance and consent Of
the municipal officers. They have in
many cases dictated the nomination
and electio4 or municipal officers,
with the tacit understanding that the
state liquor laws were not to be en-
forced.
1--WE would expect the organized
liquor forces. in the interests of self
preservation to oppose additional re-
strictive liquor laws, and if they linn
tied their opposition to the uses of
legitimate arguments no one could
seriously object. But this naughty
and lawless interest has not been con-
tent to thus limit it's political effort.
1t has sought in this state to seize
the reins of government and to die
tate the policy and control the NOM
nations made, by both political par
ties, especially for legislative Offices.
Ham-Stringing the Legislature.
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X "They maintain in the large X
X cities able and we'll paid lob X
X bies organized solely for the X
X purpose of controlling the ac- X
X tion of political parties, secur- X
X ing the nomination of their X
X friends, and debating party X
X platforms.s There were many X
X good and able men in the last X
X legislature, but the body was X
X dominated by men whose X
X nominations we're dictated by X
X the brewing interests of the X
X state, so that we had the spec X
X tacle of a leading brewer dictat- X
X ing the size of appropriations X
X for the state university, and X
X determining where Our normal X
X schools should be located.
X County Option in that body X
X was a joke and a byword, X
X The decent sentiment of the X
X state was spurned and this X
X meeting is the result
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1.-The individual voices Of protest
crying in the wilderness. have been
invited to unite here. The voice of
this convention will be of sufficient
volume to reach the uttermost parts
of the state and will bring hope and
encouragement to every man who
wants political debauchery to end,
and who wants the powers of govern
ment restored to the hands of the
people.
Let the People Rule.
s'A1l that the advocates of county
option ask is that the question of
license or no license be submitted,
in any county that desires it, to
vote Of the people of that county. We
supposed that the forefathers es-
tab1ished a government in which the
majority had the right to rule.
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X eff it is unsafe to trust the X
X people we had better aban- X
X don our system at once. The \
X brewers say it is not safe to X
X trust the people; that the right X
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