The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
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Maxim Of MINI sofa Dry edera-
ton in Campaign for Con
stitltionaI Amendment.

Y The Minnesota Dry Federation. is
born Of the get-together. spirit. IS
*g As>f FIerculean task .confronts the
friends Of home. and flag in their fight
to destroy the liquor traffic in Mime
sofa. The adoption of the proposed
Dry amendment to the state consti-
tuition : is beset by many difficulties
It is first necessary to recure for the
amendment a majority of oil votes
cast at the election. i " ..=
If a citizen votes at the election but
fails to vote on the amen; -1ent he is
counted as having voted no. Then
there. is the campaign for the election
OF members Of both houses of the leg
islature who will ratify the National
amendment.
To win this dual contest it will re-
quire the best united effort of all or
CARNATIONS and individuals.
When Organized.
A number of strong men and wo~
men who have been engaged in the
fight against tie saloon recognized
the necessity of uniting into one Or
gani2ation for the purpose of success
fully conducting tie campaign of
1918, every element DESTROYS and will
Ing to abolish the liquor traffic. A
mass meeting was held in Minneapo-
lis Oh December 5. 1917, and the Min
nesota Dry Fedora ton was effected
which for it's cosmopolitan and rep
re5en alive character commends it.
self to every interest in the state, cap
ital aud labor, city and country, or
gani:5":d and unor@a2ized interests,
Chris ian and noa-Christian elements.
Former GoverTor Van SAINT is the
chairman of the Federation and all
parts Of the state and all interestc
and asses are represented on the ex-
ecutiEe committee
Organizations Affiliated.
Tn' 2lye state,vid organizations,
| united under the name of the Allied
Tenn GRANGE Committee. and many To-
cal G CARNATIONS, fraternal lodges,
clubs and other organizations which
are rot primarily Interested in the
| question and heartily cooperating
with the Minnesota Dry Federation.
! These statewide organizations are:
Wcmen's Christian Temperance I'm
| ion.
Mi "nesota Total Abstinence Asso.
ciaticl.
Prohibition State Committee.
Trade Union Dry League of Mime.
| sota
Scandinavian Grand Lodge, /. O..
G. r. /.
Ca holic Total Abstinence Society.
| MI. nesota Grand Lodge 7. O. G. T..
| Young Peoples Citizenship Com
nittea.
En- ployes' AntiIiquor Alliance.
FIJI nish Total Abstinence Society.
| Wcmen's State Medical Association,
intercollegiate Prohibition Assoc
ciaticn.
| If You Don't Vote, You Do, ard You
~ Vote "No"
| Few people comprehend that all
| voters who vote at the election, but
who fail to, vote on an amendment
ale counted as having voted against
It. Thus if there ARE 200 votes
|
cast ct the election and $50, 900 should
vote for the amendment and none
vote against it, the amendment is lost
| for lack OF 9 majority Of all votes
| cast. IN 1916 the initiative and re-
| ferendum amendment received 18TH
| affirmative votes with 51,544 votes
again ST # In othn" words it received
a majority of 136,167 votes or more
than three-to-onc vote AID yet it was
defeated by 2O,397, because there
we're 416,215 votes cast at the election
and, therefore, there must be at least
2OS10S affirmative votes to adopt an
amen dment
| Under the present method no
amen dment has ever been adopted
the first time submitted, and none
with less than a three-to-one, while
I many, have failed with four-to-one
vote ~ 49, -. T. .l.c.s =,
=:ss.> .*< A Big Job. y
While the task, Of putting the dry
amendment 'over the top is very diff
| ficult, the forces OF righteousness, ef-
flcien cy and conservation who seek
its adoption have but one fear-the
| carelessnesc, apathy and indifference
Of the dry forces born of a false feel
ing Of over-confidence. The respon-
sibility confronts YOU "*
| j The Minnesota Dry Fedc~ ation will
! do, its utmost to achieve a glorious
! victory, and depends upon every in
! dividual and organization to do no
less. e = Il:
| 55....%.ZA Patriotic Duty. .5g# :.
In these war-torn days, our nation
realizes the danger which threatens
our cherished ideals Of liberty and
democracy, and has a clear vision Of
our responsibility to mankind there
fore we are: fighting to retain those
! ideals and to extend them to other
LANDS and peoples. Prussian militar-
ism must be oyerthroWn. Our first
! duty is to win the war.
/ "Onr boys abroad and at home,
/ properly supported d united with men
I, OF other reedom-loying nations, will
I save our nation and the work
{ II. Minnesota autocracy. has been