The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-28
Option
Or Taxation Without Repre-
sentation is Unjust---The
Missing Link Not
DArwin's Either
FIRST.

county attorney who proseeutes the
criminals that stand before the bar Of
tbs saleen.
The WHOLE COUNTY elects the
sheriff who arrests the criminals stand
ing before the bars of a saloon.
The WHOLE COUNTY elects. the
Judge who tries the criminals that stood
before the bar of a saloon.
Why then, should not the WHOLE
COUNTY vste on establishing the sa.
loon bar that makes criminals. En-!
SECOND.
he WHOLE COUNTY votes on
building the courthouse where the 50
loon criminals are tried.
The WHOLE COUNTY votes on
appropriations FER ,jails where saloon
criminals are confined.
The WHOLE COUNTY votes on
appropriations for poor houses where
the saloon pssr are housed.
Why then, should not the WHOLE
COUNTY Vsts On the establishing Of
a saloon whore the criminal and the
poor are nanufaetured. En-!
THIRD.
The WHOLE COUNTY pays the
salary II the county prosecuting at.
ternsy, wAe Sivss part of his time to
looking after the crop Of criminals. that
the saloon produces.
The WHOLE COUNTY pays the
salary Of the county sheriff arresting
the criminals that the saloon produces.
The WHOLE COUNTY pays the
salary Of the county Judge trying the
criminals that ~. saloon produces.
Why then, should not the taxpayers
Of the WHOLE COUNTY vote on es-
sasisAing = salsen that produces the
rep. III
FOURTH.
The WHOLE COUNTY is taxed for
The building Of the courthouse where
saloon criminals are tried.
The WHOLE COUNTY is taxed for
,osr houses where the saloon poor ar.
Doarded.
The WHOLE COUNTY is taxed for
he jails, where the criminals are con
ined and fed.
The WHOLE COUNTY Is taxed for
he s~mpanneling Of juries to try the
x~alosns' county and state cases.
Why then, should not the WHOLE
0UNTY vsts On the establishing Of
trunk faetssiss that turn out the
iruaksf En-
WHY FORCE FARMERS to psy on
the ra1paying end and disfranchis'
hem on the VOTING ENDf
Why tax up the farmer to pay for
he RESULTS Of drunkard making and
lepriving Of voting as to the CAUSE
( criminal nakinga
Why tax up the farmer for the sa'
iosn keepers harvest of crime and
leny the farmer the right of sowing
INV of the seed at election time that
will produce a different sort of a crsp.
The farmer whether wet or dry,
should surely have the right to close
the saloon door with his ballot if he
wants to ave his boys and other
peoples boys and his neighbors, al
though he may occasionally take 4
drink himself - he has the right to
lsck the stable door BEFORE the Asrss
10 stolen.
County option means . square deal
This 10 not a temperance question. Thu
issue il net Prohibition, but the ques
ten Is whether taxpayers shall have
the light to vote at all. The question
10 not saloon or no saloon, but the cues
| lion is the safranchisement Of Sc6 ,eo>
,spulation who are now disfranchiseA
; The question is whether self govern
uent fails when it comes In sentas'
With the salsen.'
SEVENTH.
: County option means . chance X
rsts. County means majority rule
County sptisn means . method OF reg
, u~l.tic,. County option means givin.
back to the farmers their rights. Coun
~ option means putting all taxpayer
whether they live in the country Of
in town sl equal footing at the ballo'
box on the question of the saloons, tina
' effect the tax rate.
y The law will appear at the head O.
. the long ballet.
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