Morris tribune., 1915-06-11
FIRST GUN FIRED
IN HOT CAMPAIGN
Drys Begin War on Stevens
County Saloons with Meet
ing at Donnelly Hall
Continued from Page 1

have maintained license policy be-
cause Of the alleged attitude of the
farmers. But according to the reports
from all quarters of the county, efIan-
ating from both wet and dry sources,
there has been tremendous change
of sentiment lately. The shrewdest
political guessers in Morris say they
are unable to account for the change
and will not 60 on record with pre-
diction of the result at the polls.
Today both sides claim a victory but
neither side will exceed 500 votes
in their estimates. One of the ar
dent vets states it is his opinion
the vets will carry by 400 while
the largest claim of an equally ar
dent dry reaches 500.
Among those who spoke at the
Donnelly meeting last week were A.
A. Stone, Sr., J. H. Mcclure, q. F..
Kirk, Gordon Bright, A. A. Stone.
Jr., and Tom Mangan. Mr.. Mangan
closed the meeting and his address was
the longest. He said he was proud to
live in the United States. a nation
bountiful in resources and rich with
liberties. He said our ancestors had
left US great heritage but it was not
to be presumed that all the great
problems had been worked out by past
master minds and the people of today
should sit idly by and see the nation
take its course. "We have a great
many prc blems facing US as Ameri.
cans," he said, land one of these is
the liquor problem. Being problem
and an issue of the day, it is not fol-
one man or set of men to solve alone,
hut it is the duty of each and all of us
as citizens to undertake and assist in
its proper solution. The best blood
of many nations mingled into the COM
position of our American ancestors
who dedicated this country to the
principles of democracy and liberty.
These liberties and institutions we
hold in trust for all mankind and il
is our duty to further, as best we
can, all matters for the good of
mankind.
1t was the Pilgrim of Massa-
chusetts, the Dutchman of New York,
the Quaker of Pennsylvania, the Swede
of Delaware, the Catholic of Mary.
and, and the cavalier of Virginia who
united in building up the interests anc
contributed to the greatness and un.
exampled progress of this magnificent
country. The blood of England, Ire
land, Holland and France, wrung droE
by drop by the agony of three fright
full prosecutions, was mingled by the
hands of Providence into the alem
brio Of America to be distilled by the
Ierce fires of the revolution into th'
most precious elixir of the ages. /
is the glory of this era that we cal
stand here tonight and and exclain
that we are not men of the variou
states. but that we are Americans il
the broadest, truest and best sense
of that term. We recognize nj
throne, no union of church and state
no denomination or creed or class
and as such citizens address yo1
tonight poun the liquor issue. I wisI
to be fair and impartial withou
directing any unnecessary criticism t.
anyone on either side, but to trea
the matter solely from the standpoin
of reason, science, statistics AM
logic"
Mr.. Mangan then went on an
showed the folly of the argument
generally advanced by the liquo
forces, and the things missed by then
in statements comparing wet and dr.