The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
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Maxim lot MINI sofa Dry Fedora
ton il Camp Oh for Con
stitlt ionaI Am ndrneIt &

to destroy the liquor t anffiic Is in M inne.
sofa sol a.d ption of the proposed
Dry amendment to the state constiz5
tutio 55si beset. many lilies.
TITS first necessary IL o secure for the
& amend q 2 dment maj GRITTY Of oil votes
cast at#sthe election
I. a citizen votes at the election but
fails to vote on the amen leenta he is.
counted as haYir oted 4 - O. ''
there ere is; the campaign or the election
OF members of both houses. Of the leg
sisllature who will sratify the National.
amendment. & 55s$ IS .i -. I. s ii:
esEs To win this dual contest it. will re
quire the best united effort of all or or
CARNATIONS and individuals. 9.sS.=.
.ay Wren Organized. #.5.s@ Ii.
81 a lumber of strong men and wo-
men who have been Engaged in the
fight against. the, saloon. recognized
the necessity Of uniting into. one or
ganization for the purpose of success.
fully conducting tie campaign Il Of
1918, every element DESTROYS and Will.
ing to abolish the liquor traffic. A
mass meeting was held in Minneapo-
lis on December 5, 1917, and the Min
nesota. Dry Federation was effected
which for it's cosmopolitan and rep
resenfative ,chara cter : conmends it.
self to every interest in the state, cap.
ital and labor, city and country, or
gani5od and !. uno1ganized interests,
Chris ian and nos Christian elements.
Former Governor Van SAINT is the
chairman, of the Federation and all
parts of the state and all interests
and classes are represented on the ex-
ecutiEe. committee. ..>.. .... =
Organizations Affiliated.
Twelve e-vide. organizations,
united under the name Of the Allied
Tenn; erance Committee. and many To-
cal organizations, fraternal lodges,
clubs and other organizations which
are not primarily interested in the
question and heartily cooperating
with thes Minnesota Dry Federation.
These statewide organizations are:
Womens Christian Temperance I'm
ion.
Minnesota Total Abstinence Asso.
ciaticn.
Prohibition State Committees -
Trade Union Dry League of Mime,
sofa.
Scandinavian Grand Lodge, I. o.
G.. r. r.
CATHOLIC Total Abstinence Society:
Minnesota Grand Lodge T. @. G. r.
Young Peoples Citizenship Com
mitte:e Z
En- ployes' Anti-Liquor Alliance.
Fir nish Total Abstinence Society.
Wcmen's State Medical Association.
Intor-Collegia Prohibition Asso:
ciaticn. :
If You Don't Vote, You Do, and You
"a Vote ';No." {. .-ss =
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 theresare 800, 900 votes
cast ct the election and 100000 Should
vote FOR the amendment and: none
vote against it, the amendment is lost
for lack Of a majority Of all votes
cast. IN 1916 the Initiative and. re-
feren dunn amendment received 187,711
affir1natj-e votes with 51,544 votes
again st if In Other words it received
a majority of 136,167 votes or more
than three-to-one vote and yet it was
defeated by 20,397, because u there
were 416,215 votes cast at. the election
and, therefore, there must be at least
208,1oS affirmative votes to adopt an
amen DIN emit =, & s4
Under the present method no
amendment has ever been adopted
the first time submitted, and none
with less than a three-toone, while
many have failed with a four o-one
vote. i.j5:.
Big Job. .. .s
{ While the task Of putting the dry
amendment ..over the. .top''i IS very diff
fcult, the forces of righteousness eff
fcien cyz and conservation who seek
its adoption have but lone fear--the
carelessness, apathy and indiffe rence
Of the dry forces born Of a false feel
ing Of over-co nfid ence. @ The respon-
sibiHssy confronts YOU. 5a: Sx$ II
The Minnesota Dry Federation will
do its utmost to- achieve a glorious
victory, and depends upon every In
dlividuaI and ganization to do nd
less. u. sS. az ssi.5 ..s:ls.
4.s a Patriotic Duty. D,
In these SWar-torn d avs, our nation
realizes the danger which threatens
our eherished id alss Of erty and
I5demo cracy, and has a clea vision Of
Iour responsibilitY to m kind there.
fore we are ghting to retain those
ideals and to extend them other
land and peopl les. Prussi ian nilitar-
Ism must be @oYe thrown Our first
duty is to- win the war.
y Dur boy s. abroad and at home,
lprop port led !, uni tied with men
/ of ott Tier freed om-lo loving nations will
our tt1e
Minnesota has been
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