Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-21


were there - few asSsssspsaysdsIa ID
sbreweryf.town annex, Phliladelphia
Why did tie merchants threaten
IT'D boycott The FIRMS HAT supported
Red Cross and I n. &. 4. why did
the beertrust threaten President vii
son that il ne prohibition as i
wa measure they would see to il that
our soldiers had enough to keep them
busy o this side the Atlantic and
that they would never see France?
AS 4 Diplomat.
Satan is a prince among diplomats
He has been in the habit Of sitting
lat the head of the table. He depends
upon secret agreemnts. political com
binatioas. He is Mr.. Facing-BothsWays
trying to drive both ways at once.
He is 4 practical politician. He is
q saint with saints and q good fellow
with the boys everywhere else. And
at that, many Of the church people
go ahead and vote for him on election
day.
In this country three urgent and
mighty issues are before us. Each
candidate for political position should
declare himself without reserve con
earning each issue. First, the war.
That, we must win. That is where
all our strength must go. Second. the
liquor evil and kindred lawlessness.
An incorporate people, we must not
become. The fight is being waged to
the last ditch and the liquor interests
are planning to make a great drive
these next few months, to defeat the,
amendment to the national constitu-
ton. Third, the matter of a just and
constructive program of industrial re
organization, meeting conditions that
are abnormal and largely the OUT
growth of the war. Good men need
not hesitate to answer any and all
three questions. The integrity of the
nation depends upon these things.
In South Dakota, three allied issues
are before us: law enforcement ait the
hands of state and county and city
officials; resubmission of the prohib-
TORY amendment to the state consti-
tuition. and the ratification of the ma
tional amendment regarding prohibit
ton. Satan never sleeps. Church
people have a habit of slumbering on
until the day after election. We should
elect county officials who will not
bring the present laws into d%isrepute.
The very admirable bone-dry law Of
this state is no dryer than the public
officials are willing to make it. The
liquor interests are not going to move
heaven and earth to secure the cleo
ton of men with backbone enough to
enforce the law. The state Of Maine
has the Oldest %prohibitory law Of any
state in the union. Prohibition in
Maine was for man years q huge joke
with both political parties, and all be-
cause no department OF the govern
ment cared to enforce the laws: 1T
might easily be so In this state.
Tt is the business Of the Christian
people of the state to send men to the
legislature committed to the u of
national prohibition. This will surely
be done, but a word Of warning is
never out of place when We are deal
ing with the friends Of the liquor
|traffc.
AS a Retormer.
Satan is a busy reformer. He wears
a SNUG and holy countenance. He
rubs his hands and exclaims that
something ought to be DONE. But do
not go too far, do not be extreme.
These Others. John B. Con, Frances
willard, Neal Dow, Governor Hanly,
MI. Bryan, these peopre are fam
a-ti-c-s! And above all else, the devil
hates q fanatic. He is for moderation.
He Is for temperance when we talk
prohibition. He is for regulation when
we talk temperance. He is for an
archy and ~law-breaking when we talk
regulation. You cannot regulate a
~rattlesnake or a mad dog! He talks
personal liberty and brings learned
arguments concerning the consuitu-
tioIal rights OF the individual. He
plies lies upon lies and the truth IS
not il him. He dresses In a frock'
coat and makes an exemplary pail
bearer at q funeral!
But the point Of IT all IS that the
devil and his c~hildrenhave for their
motto this slogan, Let things remain
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