Willmar tribune., 1917-04-11
P1oHBIT1oM NoTBs.

Duluth went dry on April 3rd by
more than four times the majority re-
turned by the drys at the election June
10 last year. (2,60O now instead Of 500
them. The drys brought on the first
election, the proposition being that the
saloons should be gradually closed. no
licenses being renewed after July l,
1916, thus making the city entirely dry
July !, 1917. The second election was
brought on by the vets, Il cir PROPOSE
ton calling for a Limitation Of the
number Of saloons, and other reforms
in the hope of thus securing enough
liberal Drys" to save remnant of the
business. But the second dry victory
was more decisive than the first. and
Duluth will be dry in about 10 weeks.
80
w. G. Calderwood, for more than 20
years leader Of the Minnesota Prohibi-
tionists, has been unanimously chosen
as Executive Secretary of the Commit
tee of Sixty, composed Of official lead
oon, and prohibition organizations of
the United States, together with lead
ing business men, public officials, and
prominent citizens interested in secur-
ing national prohibition. 1t comes as
signal honor to the state of Minne-
sofa as we'll as to Mr. Calderwod per-
sonally that he should be asked to lead
III lNc great IdllOIlul uA4VC ~ oSOA ShAo"
the liquor traffic. He has accepted the
position, and his headquarters for the
coming year will be In Washington,
D. C. The plan of the Committee of
Sixty is to force the liquor question to
the front as an issue in the election of
1920. Mr.. Calderwood expects to be
back in Minnesota for the entire cam
paign of 1913, and to have very ac-
tive part in the great fight for a con-
stitutional amendment in this state.
Chas J. Hall, one of the ablest and
most popular of the dry campaigners
in the recent Duluth dry fight, who
spoke more times and to more people
| than any other outside man in the cam
paign, has been engaged as one Of the
| field workers Of the Minnesota Prohibi-
tion Committee.
One Of the most important and most
bitterly contested wet and dry elections
| in Minnesota this year, will be that OF
| Red Wing which will take place on the
oath of April. This is the fourth time
the people Of that city have voted or
the question. Twice before they vOteG
county option, and each time the steady
| increase of dry sentiment has beer
noted. At the last election the margin
by which the town went wet was 81
small that the newspapers of this STATE
pretty generally predicted dry Rec
Wing the next time the question wa.
brought up. The drys are under tn
exceptionally efficient leadership o
Prof. o. o. Stageberg of Red Wing Sem
mary, who is also Chairman Of the Pro
hibition State committee.
|
proposition has been introduced in
to the National Congress by Senate
Sheppard Of Texas, calling for nationa
Prohibition as war measure.
The drys made sweeping victories a
the elections on April 3,-the most i'm
portant gains being two state capitols
Springfield, Illinois and Madison, Wis
consin, added to the dry list.
One of the most remarkable article
that has appeared in recent years o.
the question Of Does Prohibition Mea'
Less BUSINESS" appears In Collier
Weekly of March "a. 1t was write
by Major c.. B. Blethen, editor of tn
Seattle Times. formerly leader of tn
vets, but converted by Washington
dry experience, to the Prohibition sid
Of the question.
The overwhelming vote in favor o
Prohibition for the District of Colum
bia, registered by both Houses Of Con
gress recently, which makes the cit
of washington dry by statute, indicate
the beginning Of the end Of the liquo
traffic in the United States.
The absence of rioting and bloodShe'
following the recent upheaval in Russi
is attributed to the fact that the revo
lutionists remained sober, Russia be
ing prohibition country. There was
very marked difference in this respec
between the recent revolution and tn
attempted revolutions of former years
attended by drunkenness, rioting. Grim
and disorder of every description.