Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-19


blow? 1t WIS the man whom the young nan
had befriended as related! This man was
somewhat intoxicated, and this was the
hyde" way of showing gratitude. And in
toxication was his plea in abatement when
upbraided for what he had done.
WE ARE AT TIE PARTING OF THE WAYS
And now believe we have come to the
opportunity Of freeing the land from the
curse that has lain ike a pestilentiai fog over
cur fair land. When nation wide prohibition
IS adopted then indeed prohibition viii pro-
hibii The drink habit like the morphine hab-
il, the cocaine habit, the heroin habit, the
opium habit is artificial; take il away and the
habit disappears. The person who touched
not tasted not does not know what the al
eOhol habit is. Many the s0phistries that
the anti-drink man has to meet. One OF
these Is: Il gives employment 10 many peo-
pie, il makes a market for the farmers pro-
duets, the hcerse moneys enrich the munich
pal treasury. Let see about this. i is
net food, its use is waste. Let me Illus
trEte- IRE consumes a house, some one
set FIRE to it. Good thing, it makes work for
masons, carpenters. painters and paperhang-
ers. IL makes a market for brick. lumber,
bHilders hardware, paint, and plumbers goods,
windows, and furniture, and the hundreds CT
things that go into house. Then let Ii
cense the incendiary, let herald the firebUg
as maker of public welfare. Have / ever
drawn? | have known instances where the
drink habit has done mere damage to home
ssan the burning of a house would. We are
teld that il is owing to regulation that only
certain per cent that 90 wrong on account
of the drink traffic and that therefore the IL
cense system is only right system. The
sertiOn contains its own refutatiOn. We all
know that the revenue and license moneys are
paid by the consumer and such is waste
That the increased cost has not prevented
an important part of the people from over
doing. and thai as an additional preventative,
punishment Tor drunkenness has been meeted
out for centuries, and has also proven
absolute failure. 1t does not reform. Its adj
ministration does not pay. When an ;nebriate
Is ar kp1s1 5nfa tad he Ek.a ras1
by him is, if he has a family a punishment
of that family. If ii is not paid by him. il
is punishment of the rest Of society, there
by furnishing the innocent. You see that /
proceed upon the theory that we now have in
our hands the power to crush the drink evil
entirely; freeing the future generations from
this artisticalIy created unnecessary curse,
which has hitherto filed the world with woe
and misery. There is enough Of misfortune
prevented, which warns that should not
create source of additional misery by ar
tihcial means. An incentive eompels to
drive the drink traffic from such selfish and
slortsighted places like Chaseburg and Cash
ton. What is that? The automobile which
becomes danger-wagon in the hands Of 4
drunken driver. The auto speeds for miles
out of dry territory TO the nearest drink
shop and while the satisfied saloon keeper
rubs his hands in giee for being abie TO ex-
tend his drunkard-making operations into
dry" territory, something happens. l will
tea what happened in the town of Coon.
party Of s.Ing went to a saloon by
auto Sunday and became intoxicated, in
GLIDING the driver. On the way home when
approaching a bridge the driver had been so
overcome that he two bridges instead of
one, and result struck the railing at a
high rate Of speed bending the heavy railing.
wreeking the auto and precipitating the &C.
cupants into the stream. By extraordinary
luck no one was killed Another lucky cir
cumstance was that the accident happened
where it did, for few minutes later along
came several teams with rigs containing peO-
pie returning from church.
LESS USE FOR ASYLUMS AND JAILs
In this connection it may be truly said that
all machines, all trains, all ships, will be
safer when intOxicants have been taken away.
Accidents will be lessened. tragedies
uncommon. financial failures fewer. Insane
nsylums viii not be called upon to treat any
more cases Of delirium tremens, the jaiis
viii not be called upon TO house any more
drunks. The police courts and municipal
courts deal with a class who arrested
time and again for drunkenness; these are
known FOUNDERS" The insane asyums
treat class of patients afflicted with delirium
tremens and who come repeatedly for treat
ment. These are in the slang yernacuiar
this will be at an end when the proposed
known as snakes IN the boots respeetors. All
amendment TO the constitution of the United
States is ratified by ihe legislatures of the
necessary numbers of states.
LOOK TO YOUR LEGISLATORS
Friends eff sobriety, law and order, of safety
and economy rejoice Il You have in your
been long hoping and longing for, your vote
for the right man for members OF the as
sembly and for The state senate will bring
about that result. See to il that he is RIGHT.
If he il not. he should be elected TO stay az
home. Do / need TO apologize for what
have written? If that is the my excuse
is that l have hated the saloon traffic since
my early youth. Some OF eur early convict
ions stay by through life. l have seen
and l have heard and all of il turned ME
against the drink practice. | do not claim
any credit Cor benig what I am--an enemy Of
the drink traffic. eoald scarcely help It.