Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-08-10

Judge Pollock is in Maine telling
the voters Of that state about the
beauties Of prohibition in North
Dakota. What an egregious joke it
is to send an eastern-border man out
into the world to give practical in
| formation as to the merits Of license
or anti-license in this state. IT
Judge Pollock wanted to give the
facts. he could do so as follows, and
be within the bounds of truth:
That he is a teetotaler and knows
little regarding the amount OF llq-
nor consumed in the state Of North
Dakota, as his habits do not lead him
| to an attainment of such knowledge.
That his home, Fargo. Is separat,,
ed from license town by sinai!
river. with several bridges, and
street cars doing the half-mlle or 50
every few minutes.
That. as a fact, the cities of
Fargo and Moorhead are practically
one town, with the saloons Isolated
to the eastern part. and are not a
whit different from license towns
with patrol limits.
The same is true of all the cities
along the eastern border, across
which is Minnesota.
That the same is true along the
western border, across which is
Montana.
That the same is true along the
southern border. across which Is
South Dakota, which tried prohi-
bition several years. and then threw
off the incubus by a large vote Of
the people under their referendum
law.
That the same is true along the
northern border. across which is
the dominion of Canada.
That near these four border lines
in this state prohibition is of no con-
sequence whatever.
That the prohibition leaders Of
this state did not dare TO keep up
their fight against the individual
drinker, for fear of losing what they
had obtained. and now claim that
their fight is mot against the indi-
vidual, but against the saloon. y
That tons upon tons of alcoholic
beverages are brought into this state
for the use Of individuals and clubs,
and that the only people who are
made teetotalers by the prohibition
laws are those who do not feel able
to join club or send for case or
a jug of intosicants.
That in many parts of the state
the vilest decoctions are sold in the
dirtiest dens. known as blind
pigs
That these irresponsible blind
piggers take the place of men who.
under the license system, would nee
essarily conduct places more decent.
knowing that they would lose their
license should they do otherwise.
That in many of the towns of the
state the drug stores are simply
whisky saloons in disguise.
That, if the members of every ses-
sion of the legislature voted their
convictions, prohibition in North Da-
kota would be resubmitted; but that,
with the prohibitionists organized,
and with the ants able to get ali
the liquor they want, thus having
little incentive to oppose prohibition
and therefore having no organiza-
ton, the average politician in the
legislature votes for the measures
of the people who are organized.
That. in all the principal cities,
there are one or more clubs that
have membership saloons.
That, if the use of intoxicants
moderately is an evil, it is just as
much an evil when it is provided in
unlimited quantities at practically
every business and professional con-
vention held in the state as it would
be il procured from licensed sa-
looms. and with none of the financial
benefits in the matter of license
money.
That the prohibition law in this
state has been the cause of more
litigation, hard feeling and neigh
borhood dissension than all other
causes combined. And that, as an
offset to these evils, it has done
nothing in the way of mitigating
the evil of the excessive use Of in
toxicants.
That it is breeding race of
hypocrites in this state. and that
in practically every community
there can be found men who keep
their cellar we'll stocked with beer
or whisky, and who go about with
upturned eyes expounding the vir-
tues of prohibition.
AS a matter of fact, if Judge Pol
lock tells the people of Maine the
truth. he will tell them not single
good thing has been done by pro-
hibition in this state, and that every
one of it's results is an unmitigated
evil.
After all the claims of the prohibi-
tionists that they would carry the