The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-09-09

dramatic in the onward r.. r.
be alive and alert today with i. cnanc
to stay in the procession awhile is
} high privilege for any man. TIL
morning cometh. A new d. j soon Il
break upon the earth
But you say 'brotN or, th 5
darkest hour in human hist wv. ne
struction is wasting 1T NO 4,
civilization of the csntu III
flower of Europe's manll $ e.. -.
ing away beneath the br .,I
Can't you hear the hiss # tie ant
'see the flames of fury thai from
the very altars which Were d. u
to enternal love?' Yes, bu is 81
:. dead and out of this Get' nam &
coming sure and soon =. G.. :,
.. ened and redeemed Euroue.
Already King Alcohol has beer
/ dethroned there. The Germans saw
that with booze they would be beat
en- and their nation became sober
in a day Russia discovered that vod-
ka had devitalized her manhood, that
) she had no show SO long as the slime
of that serpent was on her soloiery
so she slew the monster to save her
of destiny only sobers manhood could
meet the situation. SIZE throttled the
demon that would destroy her. shook
the internal life out of it and since
has held as steadily as her mountains
England, slow but sure. is seeing that
what Lloyd George said is true, Rum
is our worst enemy and the most
dangerous to our dominion Just let
old England get that lodged in her
soul, as she will before this war is
over, and the days of John Barley
corn in the Island Empire are num-
bered. Italy has learned that 'soaks'
cannot climb the Alps, that only her
steadiest, soberest sons can carry
her standards to victory; so she ban
ishes strong drink from her armies
world that King Alcohol is cow
ard that John Barleycorn' is chick.
en-hearted. that Booze is the syno-
nym of military inefficiency and the
fore-runner of failure. The Rum
Gods reign in Europe is over, dis
credited and disgraced, he can never
climb to the throne again.
/ Then Europe in the throes of this
struggle will give birth to nobler
democracy. The people, not princes
and property are to be supreme. No
monopolies will kindle the passions
of the people in order to make sale
, for munitions of war to slay sons and
make widows of mothers. No brew
er's big horses will trample the child
dren in the new democracy over the
n hn will
destroy the power of the war lords
the rum lords and the gods of greed.
This war is Weakening the people to
a sense of their power their rights.
end their privileges and when once
Ethe people awake and rise goodbye
Moreover to the organized iniquities Of
the generations. Baylon, the great,
, the mother OF harlots and abomina-
tions of the earth is fallen. So we
will not let the clouds of this war OBJ
scure the sun which is ushering in
the best day the world has ever seen.
nor will we allow the noise of this
conflict to drown the voice of the
spirit of the new day and the new de
mocracy which tells us that old
things are passing away.
Here in America the new day of
democracy has dawned. The war for
a government of the people and by
the people is not over but enough bat
ties have been won to give hope tc
the faintest heart. Human rights
have nightly enlarged from the days
of Washington to Wilson. Jefferson.
the giant leader of political liberty
was followed by Lincoln, the illus
trous champion of human liberty and
we have come into the heritage of
that leadership. That great southern
traffic and trust in human flesh and.
blood were dissolved more than fifty
years ago. Many victories have been
won in this long war for industrial
freedom. The Simon Legrees of labor
have been compelled to put up their
lash. Children are being freed from
tie grind of the mines and mills. The
doors of sweat shops are opening to
let out our girls. The producers of
wealth are sharing more equally in
tie products of their united toll. He
who corners the wheat or boards the
eoal while babies perish with hunger
and cold is branded as traitor to
humanity. The old days of the packed
caucus and the cut-and-dried con-
Ivention. where the gang did the bust
ness and the people did the shouting.
are numbered. The day demands that
the real citizenship of this country
share equally in its high privileges
irrespective of sex. Why should not
the women of America vote if they
want to?
against the spirit of this age.
against the rights of the people and
human progress are arrayed the sa-
loon and its allied interests in one
far-fung battle line. Here is the para
mount issue in this republic. 1T is
clear-cut and can no longer be lodged
When majority of the house of rep
Iresentatives Of the United States vot-
ed to submit a constitutional amend
ment that put it before the country
and made it a national issue. When
eighteen states have thrown old Bill
| Booze out of their hordes, that
made it state issue that can not
he side-stepped by the politicians or
side tracked by the parties. Yes, the
war is on. 1t is war to the death. 1t
will not end for day until stain