The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-04-03
WHO'D VOTE FOR IT?

much space of late to the so-called
Wine and Beer Amendment, because
we haven't considered it necessary.
This is a self-respecting, intelligent
! community and we do not believe
many of our citizens can bring them
selves to- vote for anything so vicious
and debasing as this proposed law,
for it will be law if it receives a
majority of the votes cast at next
Mondays election.
Compared with what this eight?
booze thing would do, the old license
law of Michigan was thing of NOR
ality worthy of respect. Under the
provisions of this creature of the
human wolf-pack any boy, girl or
common drunkard can be given
liquor in any place except licensed
saloon. So also can any locomotive
engineer, motorman, jitney driver
anybody
1t is said the cities will favor this
reversion to barbarism. Well, possi-
bly,; but not unanimously, by long
shot. But out here in the country
| around Clio, where the trees wave
their beauteous plumes under the
great blue dome, where the grass
grows green and the streams wind
like flowing silver between banks of
verdure through many vale; out
here, with all these manifestations of
Gods goodness about US, with all Of
these inspiring and ennobling things
before US, are we going to vote to
drag this damnable thing across the
face of it all? WELL, / GUESS
NOT. May be the folks who live in
| the cities, some of 'em who have
crooked and ingrown minds, will do
| this, but not us.
Another thing we feel that we
ought to mention, perhaps, is the fact
that under this eight" booze amend
ment city or village cannot regulate
the number of saloons that may be
set up to promote debauchery within
it's confines, no collection of any Ii
cense to assist in taking care of its
product, boy or girl as well qualified
as anyone else to tend bar. Great,
isn't it? And it's going to carry?
People going to forget their homes
and their boys and girls, forget their
pride in sober, earnest purposeful
manhood and womanhood? Forget
all this for drunken dreams? NOT
THIS YEAR. Why, there are
thousands of men who used liquor for
years who are glad to be free from
is thralldom and who wouldn't vote
for this thing under any considera-
ton. Watch them swipe it. It'll be
beautiful.
But right now, the liquor propa-
gandists, borrowing page from the
German propagandists, and in many
cases the connection is at the
least sympathetic, are saying that if
the state continues dry the farmer
cannot get any cider to make vinegar
from. Vinegar has suddenly become
a staff of life and the vinegar sob
squad are shedding barrels of tears.
| They are afraid that no one will have
chance to get picked. Just a plain
case of old John Barleycorn hiding
behind a vinegar barrel. Of course,
there isn't chance in the world that
the making of cider for vinegar or
as a non-alcoholic beverage will be
interfered with
Next, they tell us, the women will
vote for this iniquity. This, in our
humble opinion, is base SANDER
upon the womanhood of Michigan,
and when the votes are counted those
who say it will realize their mis-
perienced politically, but her heart is
true, she has always been a moral
force, and in the contest of next
Monday she will honor her traditional
character.
Finally, we did not start out to
make a long article, like this. We
did not have time to do it-just stole
it. But, anyway, it's our humble
contribution to a great cause and
we're glad to have given it.
By the way, if you feel as we do
about it, there is place at the bot
tom of this amendment where it
reads Eyes" and mo" When
you come to this, just make a little
criss-cross in the square before NO
and go home comforted by the
thought that you have done your
duty by God, your country and your
self.