The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-28
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For the kato Vets
from Mondays DAILY.

Chicago editor Of The iconoelast, I'm
opposition To- county prohibition OF the
liquor traffic at the Mankato Theatre
last evening. Many claim that there
were more county optionists present
than those who favored license. lie
that rs IL may. II was a noisy meet .
ing. full Of argument from first to last.
Several local ministers could be dis
cerncd amCng the audience. and some
Of them made themselves heard. be-
fore the meeting was over. The ladies
or the city were well represented.
Seated ON the platform with Mr..
Windle were e. II. Saulpaugh. Dan
Brown Of Madison Lake and Lawrenc
llcnlinc of this city. A band playing
I'm front OF the theatre during the
early part of the evening. and behind
, the scenes afterwards. helped to draw
the crowd. The house was well filed.
! Mr.. Saulpaugh presented tho speak
or. Il have the honor and pleasure this
evening" he said. Ito introduce To you
one OF the best known men In the
country"
Ono OF the first things that Mr..
Windlc told his hearers was q story
fame. lie spoke of the victories OF the
vets" AT Rcdwing and Faribault. and
remarked that that was what Mr..
Caldcrwoods alleged victory over
himself in debate amounted Il. lie
went on To- accuse Mr.. CaldcrwOod Of
breaking his word I'm regard to- pay
ing for the expense OF a stcnographer
and other costs.
Voice From the Audience.
Prove that" cried ,ice In the au-
dicnCc. Tbs was the first intimat ion
that the meeting would be lively
enc. and the promise was abundantly
fulfilled. IL was not much later. when
one OF the impromptu speakers in the
midst OF the audience. declaring that
the chairman of the United Societies
of Chicago had declared that Chicago
had lost more through liquor traffic
than all her license money amounted
to. cried out I'm reply to denial of
that statement by Mr.. Windlc. That
is just where you are q liar" Mr..
Windlc did not lose his temper once
during the meeting. He remark ID that
he would rather prove man a liar
than call him one.
Mr.. Windlc spoke at some length
on the subject Of insanity and in op
position 10 the claim that liquor was
a cause OF any great amount of in
sanity. He declared that in nine cases
out OF ten IL was impossible for q
physician TO tell what II was tha
caused insanity. lie gave what pur-
ported to be official statistics on the
insanity cases OF Ontario. Canada. and
showed larger number OF insane being
OF the the occupation OF school Eache.
and Ike callings. than I'm any other
occupation. lie remarked that his AZ
urcs proved that much insanity &C
CURED among people who did not
drink. lie said he would leave 500
for anybody who could disprovc his
figures and $l.raU more for the local
dry" cauc'. II his figures could be
disprOven.
Quoted the Golden Rule.
Tho speaker dwclt at some length
on the idea OF forcing prohibit on on
localities that did not want II. lie
declare this was I'm direct violation Of
the Golden Rule. DO unto others as
YOU would they should do unto YOU.
and was not a Christian act. This
declaration brought forth laugh
from many of the ladlcs, who were In
the house. They seemed DESTROYS of
intinaliup that II was new WY Of
applying the Golden Rule.
Mr. While declared that he could
chow by statistics that only four
deaths out If each TO-. 900 in the Unit
cd Statca were due to alcoholism. lie
AZ LAT. Ih..I 4. L., Al.
beer drinkcr to whiskcy drinkcr as
whisky was more easily brought In 10y
boot -lcErcrs." lie also maintained
that the WHISKY that WAS secretly OBJ
tanned in prohibited districts was OF
inferior and more injurious quality
than what was ordinarily sold.
Somebody asked whether IL was
not just as proper To prohibit liquor as
cocaine and he said Il was not, as
cocaine was I'm itself Injurious. and
liquor Injured only when taken I'm OK
cess.
Question BY kecsey
Rev. w. II. Kccscy asked why. n
saloons were all right. they were re-
quired to pay a license. Mr.. Windie
said they hal to BE- held I'm control,
ful thing when under control but very
destructive when out Of control. The
same was true of liquor MIR. Kecscy
said IL saloons were good thing. he
was I'm favor OF letting them run
without license. and II they were
bad thing. he would not have them
around for a million dollars.
Rev. Warner Johnson asked what
was the product of the saloon. Mr..
Windle replied that Il was no more
logical to call the drunkard the prod
uct Of the saloon than to call the
cripple the product OF the factory.
Mr.. Johnson spoke OF two men who
came home drunk and beat their
wives. the latter afterwards calling on
Mr.. Johnson to do something for
them. Mr.. Johnson asked If he should
not do something to help I'm a case OF
that kind. Mr.. Windle answered YES.
but remarked that II one person was
sick. that was no reason for forcing
medicine on whole community.
Mr.. Windle contendcd that At-~ham
Lincoln was opposed to prohio. ion.
Mr.. Keesey said he had an article
disproving this. and he would have Il
published in Mondays Free Press.
Mr.. Windle pointed to Turkey as q
prohibition country. He said the Kor-
an declared for prohibition. but he Of
fered $50 TO anybody who would prove
that the Bible did. He said he would
show week hence that tho pihla y.,.,