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:;LtTHE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAU. PORTLAND, :. SUNDAY ... MORNING :. MAKr H. 8. 1 003, FOR MOHIBITI0M r kRGING AMERICA Enemies Liquor Traffic Have Made Eight Oregon Counties Dry and Expect to Win More at tKe Next Election-Wonder U A .BTAlNLF.KS flag; the r.uloon r wu't tsn.' - houiliig tin slog-in throughout Ihe land the Pro- lilbltlmii 1 me niMiJi'g a tVht Vlmliar to none in the Mtry or the worlJ. Aiui t.ii"i ii T'i."l' '' "rl' sweeping- the I'll:?' 'I Stales like a cy clone, the fry. "A !.t.:'f.-!..s ;l..g." ' Ion hUshl tit mm stab- the "i. Ion. "W fct'r It 4 lonp'i I....... I Ml""" law eli-eud gone I'Ip- M i. ' "'0 bMUo cry 'of tie- Ahm-S;H ' in-won it r.-ip'div ' boWI f the fttlll-s.il.'.".. ' :"S'Hr. I III .i j..w atu.rt vJi' "' I'Ti'tii- ).U..ri was laughed ! " Uje r1)!:!' of this el.it. If ls "" "' a Joke and even th- w.iJ" -mi in n ' - that tliev '"ire H gnuc ' 1 "' ,' .vllhla the nt . . .:.". 'i' l" entry on thi Ir tr-iiii- !,.!' 1 ' I I ! I I ' ntri . a ( ; i.. i i , ( i . n I ll.lO'i I K ' 't ,,. did lui'. Illi- S J. V Wt 1 .!. , 1 1. In o In tn i'.il;n. Il in it. a c , cli-il film, i hi oq, t odit i.l I ! 'i pronl oni'ii''" fle . i r tin- move- ..I thev will he ri ' mint h'S In it th( i omlnff f ii innnv more n. ili rouniicn Vhil tin- An. I OrcKon ftl'inif ii' i Tulm uf tHiln. I-' i ' l,ers foOnfl liirn- i '' " tiffi(;llltl(!- H. In h l;it- w..- "ii " ilni Niti) r hf n v. ' i ' nH' ciotiM ii' "' 11 ' l nintiit In t .. ' fcNmlniV' r' !- .i" h; wot Ii hi- ' i"'n- ' 1 W tt lniii'. Hs'if !'' ' li.iv.- th"i" w '..ii' 'i'h-fren.ill 1 '".. 1 linn Oi(.M't 1i if !( MtJon prirlmK Im w .ldon tfile i!''- I ' " !-"' ,. ' (rifnt l i "H'l ' h , to lil.it f . . 'i! i: . tlie rtrk i -t 1 h. u vs vrohlliMI' H ft .-'I ii " Vrhicli ifiimln w ( I- Two Stte3 in District. "t.'Art, 1-1. Tuflt stjrt-4 Utf iHmii.iU'i ,. la rKnti ti, s i'i '-'il'-ii I'v Us. TUl Itmlrf. h i !i mHii'il her.- fur tiior tlian a v.nr tio hi fHwKl bv l.ifV K S. hii ni:in :' l-"n Anct-lfM. tti. prcfnt si;.ii ii l mli I t. vi hn lum f-li.irju' nf uil tin' "ik in i)r.'K"n nml ''! fornla. It. t "lin I ma n In liHlKt'i li"ie 5 by Hv. J. R K i it'll. MMKlKlant mi,cr Iritturient of tr-Bu. nl Itfv. K I-'. Ziramirinn. ticlil "oii'tary I'tn men ir ltKhtors for ilieir eiine" mul nre iu every mlnuto i.tlvocat1ris i.rnhlhl tloO. tlftitun ')) pioneer iirolilliltl'in rounty tt Orviton. fioltiK Ory 1n ll1. ." two yenra prior to the time the hok.ii , eUwr cuntie dimt out tlie ali'ni!. 1ry rAuntU'D in Oregon tvw nt: Hen ton, Ijlnn. Lain. Lineoln. Tillamook. YftmblH,i bliernmnn anl Wnihiwa. Ull llnia nd WHlheur were tlerlnrtvl to be dry after tlie lust election, but throunli a legiU tangle It was finally tletUleJ tlwt they ier upainst iirnlilbltltm. - Other comities in the Hint have lt v ?" Telnet k follows MultnntuBli. -"; inker, 1; Crook, j : furry. 7: folnnibli. 3: Coo, H; flnokairiMK, 2: Wheeler, ft. t:intH(i. 4; JltiuKlas. 11. CIIHiiin. 4: Mor row.' 8; Mallieui, 6; fimitilln. 8: I'nlon. b; VTawo. 7. In Grant co'inty tliore nre some ire rlnrt wtilrh hiivo no naloons. but tlite were rnKde jToblbltion by munleljial laws) pot under the local option mean tire. There Hrc but five counties In the rtatfl whlx-h bnve no ilrv preclnrm. . Thet"" urn WoHhlnpton. Hurney, Klam ath,. Josephine nnd Luke. Organizing Campaign. ; f A hot fight will ba mAiic at tlie yos In. the next election by the Anti-Saloon ' league, CanipniKn work 1h alrcaiiy prgftnlzftl in Washington. Polk, Jacksmi, -.-- ColumlSla, Clatsop, Jtwelilin-. fliuka ma aJ Marion couiiliea and flcpn are being taken for oi liunjzalkm in I'ma lllja, Klamnth, Lake. Orant nnd Wanco counties. ' m-nttlea inducing countlen to go dry . the leuitue lum taken up the task nf i ,. iteelnijr that they Htay dry after prohibi tion is declared. Fifteen or 20 offeiulum -liave been haled Into court by league olAeerrf" during the past year, and after belnur convicted Of violation of the local option iaw' have ' been forced to pay Jxnvy- tiafs. In on or two instances 'Jail tientenecs huve been Imposed.' The crusade at Albany, capital of Ilnn county. Is the ono to which the local officer of the league point wltH . ., gitatest pride. It was isaid recently that Albany was the "wettest dry fown" In- the state. A number of prominent mfen rero arrested at the Instutice of the league and the crusaders declare . that Albany is now as dry aa the Sahara desert. , Another line of work taken up by the leapue In Oregon is closing ot towns ' thrbugh municipal campaigns. The or yvnlzatioii lias won two victories in this wav, up to this time: closing the towns . of Canby and Ashland. Some of the micccM of the. leaguef Is attributed to the local law. It was - copied after the local option law of Texas mid in said to he one of the most etrlngent in the country. . " Kor 1908 the Anti-8aloon league and Its branches throughout the nation have ;lanml to push their fight with a vlgoT .never befoie equalled. hruggcd Theirlipwldera.. . ' Wlion the anti-saloon movement be gan t, to grain country-wido recognition the persona who were In the liquor trade merely shrugged their shoulders. "Another reform wave.." they said. "It will spend itself and pass." Hut slnco then every month shown an increases In the public senti ment back of the reform. And with th oppning of the year 1903 the move- mehV it anything, hows greater vigor , thai at any stage of the fight hereto fore7. Iiiiuor men no longer shrug their -shoulders. Ttaey are fighting for their " lives. Once careless of "reform." they nre now taking the lead In raising Hint ' cry. "Reform the fia loons," the representa--.' tlve llqti' r nun of tlie country tiro pay i ing todav. "Exterminate them." is the cry of tin! anti-siiiloon forces. And tho fight is without quarter by (he gain- inn part3-. '. Jlslntercstf (J jir rsons at first looked ' wjth purprlfie at . the rapid spread of Hh movement Jts growth was too hut ' ' J.-L u 4, W ,h ai.:1.VI !" . : .ii :J- ' . ' v Litti. '4- i . ' II I., awn ,4 Tm.'S ' twiiiiiliiiw!aii lu'lLiilOi. :; .. V m ik r "T ;uii' -;.,ijr .9 Ik l' . .P. 1.J - '5 i. r if ,r . i"ii'i: wfT ,,V ..:"r"ltit i aiw .ii i .Tiiii,;.;'; V ,B4B 4 . r 1 , ' 1t"tllw,M . 'J i '. . . ... I ' ijf .i: :iT;4. .. : ;., S . . i ; s 4 ,7rb filing 9 'ii.i!r','',Wi! .Hi' iiii;; i: of lit: u - y'.Lc-i I'1'!''1 ; vTii,'ulkrH,,r' 1 ': ' ,,,li.1Hll"l',l'ji,'u W-'u'vi'" .i!i',:ii'iiii ii i; I ' ,-ii' f F If,; .V;: VI. ' III! liT ii !"-. .iifi, ir 1.;; !V ?' "a ju MJt 'irti- r j , r.iV i u.i;i J ii "1 " S W'fc'WV,:.tVfe i!lbii7 rVUa? I , l ,!,' ,,,. .K Mr'1' ! V:,''il'.i''i'i;, 'l J Rj : ,.L 'I-1 '.Si i;w a v!i'.v. ' i' i; ii !.:;iirV w 1: .'.. 'r '"' : . ivi'i' ii-i i" .- -f t '.0 -llll'lii Vl"i i' ' BT .Hi. F' 4j HA H'1-; V'.; .! - tlnn state. Anltatlon by opponent of , the law finally brougnt about the r age of a local option measurn. ; Thl haa not proved aatlafantory, however, ant) the voters are anxloua to reenact the prohibitory atetute. : -.. . Legislation In Virginia.'; , ' . . ' ' I ' . ' New legislation to leave the way free) for unrestricted popular Vote on the .liquor question la the object for which the Virginia Antl-SAloon lencue ta work ing st the present time, under exist jug legislation tllffli'iilty 1a encountered In bHnglnir about electlona on temper ance Issues. Other alma of the Vlr fin I league for the year are to make 6 per cent of nil towns dry 95 pep 'cent of the counties and I5 per cent of the cities. . Tennessee in Line. r "Tenneasee will stop at nothing less than absolute prohibition."'' In thin statement, madtt by one of the prominent workers In the anti saloon cause In Hint state. Is expressed the Ultimate aim of the fden to rum Just now, however, Tenneasee has a thorn In Its aide, Th prohibition workers groan whenever they think of It. Kop here are three cities and two small towns which stUI sell liquor this out of the' entire state population. Con- wemieMlyTwnnesew t - gnftig aftrr those flvp places this year, and If they are left with liquor by January 1, 1909, It will be considered aurprlslng-. Battle in Iowa. The chler object toward which tha temperance forces are working In Iowa at' present Is the resubmission of the constitutional amendment, which will more strictly regulate the lltiuor trnde. At the present time there are 72 coun ties, without mulct petition of consent' nnd S7 counties' with it. P. A. the contest for prohibition and KBV J. 5&. ?tS5T.SUPT.K)E : T ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE LEADERS X X X X ill Following are the lemlcrs and headrpiarters of the unti -saloon league 4 T, mates: Ahibamn Tho Ttev. H rooks Lawrence. Pinnlngham. AikanM Tlie Hev. K. A. Tabor, Little Rock. California The Hev. K. X. Chapman, Los Angeles. Color. idn Tlie Rev. K. K. MeUiuglilln. ItenVei". 1 list rti t of Columbia The Hev. T. M Hare, WashlnKtim Conriertlc-ut H. 11. .Spooncr, Kensington. Floi Ida The Rev. V. R. Lambert, Jacksonville. Oeorgia Tho Hey. J. f. Holomln. Atlanta. Idaho The Rev. C. U. lUlmiin. Caldwell. Illinois The Rev. James K. Shields, Chicago. Indiana The Rev. E. S3. -tjhuniaker, Indianapolis Iowa The Rev. V. O. Harber, Des Moines. Kansas The Rev. Jtobert Norrls. ToW-ka. Kentucky The-Iter. C, L. Collins, Louisville. Louisiana The Rev. S. A. Hmlth. New Orleans. Maine The Rev. R. O. Everhart, Portland. Maryland William II. . Anderson, Hnltlmore. Massachusetts The Rev. 8. H. Davis. lioston. Mclhlgan The Rev. tleorge AV. Morrow. Boston. Minnesota The Rev. N. A. Palmer. Mlnneoriolis. Missouri Th Rev. V. C. Robinson, ,st Louis. Montana The Rev. W. T. Groom, Hutte. Nebraska 'The Rev. J. H. Cams, University Place. New Hampshire The Rev. J. H. Robldns, 1 . I)., Concord. New Jersey J. Frank Hurke, Newark. New York The Rev. Howard II. Russell, I), p.. New York citv. New Mexico and Arlrona The Rev. W. v. Havens. Albuquerque. North Carolina The Rev. It. 9. Davis, Warren Plains. Ohio W. Ii. Wheeler, Columbus. Oklahoma The Rev. K. C. Dinwiddle. Oklahoma City. Oregon Rev. E. S. Chapman, joint superintendent of Oregon and California. Pennsylvania The Rev. S. 13. Nicholson. Harrisburg. Rhode Island The Rev. A. II Crist v, Provident . South Dakota The Rev. Walter M . Crafton. Ph. D.. Mitchell. Tennessee W. R. -lamilton, Nashville. Tej-.is The Rev. B. F. Riley. D. 1 , Dallas. Vermont Clarenc.e J. Ferguson, Iturlington. West Virginia Theodore Alvord. I'ai kerstun g. M'aslilngton E. II.' Cherrlngton. .Seattle. Wieee4n Tb Itevi --tlr fti Humphrey,- Miiwrtiiher Wyoming, Utah and Nevada The Rev. Louis s. Fuller, Chevcnne Virginia The Rev. It. J I. Bennett, D D, lih hmoml. ajjjBjjjjajBjjMiaijii I - '.' I LINN f ' ! V I f 4el- A N t f -: ' - " mi i" --'nir .mm hsaariMMrlt-' vote Is expected to bo very clost Illinois Awake. War against tlie sahrbn is at is at its belght In Illinois. For years the cam paign was carried on in a more or less half-hearted way. It was not until the Rhode Island Campaign. Worker against the liquor traffic In Rhode Island have laid out a compre hensive campaign which they will carry en under the leadership of the Rev. A. R. Christie, during virtually tho entire vein. The retnedv nf nhorln Iwlnrol 1 the lies, under existing laws, entirely with tne popular vote. There are :3 li censed towns and the temperance league has undertaken to bring about election on the question of license In each of these. Gain Nine Towns. With a gain of nine towns, comprls- beglniiiim of the year 1907, however, Ing 30,000 population, for no license In linn tlie teintHT.UK'e wave now spread ing over the country caught the state. Mure was ilone It, tli last year than In any in previous years. In Illinois the lenitiie is working at the present under a township, cltv ami village local op ium iaw. in nisi .November local op tion elections were held In 161 precincts ja, the southern part of tho stale. Of "is number 142 went dry Perhaps tar greatest surprise was that sprung after ,i careful canvass of conditions In Chi cago where i he liquor hold is strongest. , i, . , . mi lit ii ii iiifiii M- riuini i ' J , VirrV "n y . " "rV '"rrteni of that state wfth tl. ' ,, ' 1,V,, Lrl.nr 'n. ,''1- "f the law. Governor link I oi in i' oisiricis n,iv anoiisin ii i if sa loon entirely. Hyde Park. Knglewood. Norinal pa'k and a number of suburbs have banded against the saloons until now the thirsty person has to get on the streetcar snd In some localities go a mile lo satl fy hli longings It Is lc llevcil th..t from -iiiii(i to 3.000 saloons In Illinois will le wiped out of exlst ' at the local option election April 7 of this year. 1!07, to cheer them on members of the Connecticut Temperance union have en tered Into Hie continuance of the antl llquor tight In that state with renewed energy for 1908. ' . ' f Georgia Wins. Liquor traffie in Oeorgia came to an end with the striking of midnight De cember 21, 1907. Henceforth no liquor will be sold from a saloon within the sanction ke Smith. elected something more than a year ago, has announced In favor of the anti saloon move. The legislature voted for prohibition by a large majority. 'I he voters of this state were without ques tion lu favor of the abolition (if the saloon. New Jersey Hopeful. In results which show,' Li loon league of Now Jersey h ipinpllslied a great deal. in things which 'will produce results the league HAP 0? WHITE C01OTIB TCOHIBITlcm. Missouri, will hi dry. from the Mis sissippi to Kansas, and from Iuwu to A i ka nsas. Kansas the Pioneer. For more than 20 years Kansas lias tlie saloiti. The tassage of n local op tion law, the anti-saloon workers be lieve, will mean ;ii least Ml dry coun ties out or the !!'- within two years. The constitutional amendment they re lic upon to settle tlie matter for all t hue. had a prohibition law. It was passed ba-k in the eighties somewhere. o fnr South Dakota Referendum. with a state constitution prohibiting the sale of liouor Within its boundaries. has Georgia became freed from the liquor trade by statute, wnicn went into tr fect January 1, of the present year. Alabama also enacted a statute prohib iting the sale of liquor In the state, al though this law will not go Into effect until January 1, 1909. These tdx states which can now he classed as etrlcttv prohibition, have a ce-fihincd population of more than H. 100.000. an increase In the dry popula tion of the country, during U' months, of more than 200 per cent. Ri-centiv Mississippi, with an es timated population of 1.760.0"O. has voted to join the ranks of tho prohibi tion states January 1, 1909. Hanlcy In Indiana (s one of the most arilint advocates of ' tlm unti saloon cause. There is a strong demand for loiiTty init local option and under the "niiionsti'i nee" act saloons are being wiped out over night. Nebraska will prolinh'y I'dopt local option at the next session of tho legislature and will have to ureslle with the question of a pio hiliili.ri cot st itut ional amendment. In Massachusetts the last election showed a majoiity of l.l.oon in local elections during l!'n7 out of a total vote of 4Ui.- 000 for prohibition. I hi se Mx states mentioned iHst have a total population of a trifle less than 1 S.oan.oon. Go Dry by Election. Only the Beginning. Put these states represent onh the much like that of a mushroom to for- Pepinning of the fights which are being tell stability. It could not last, tln-y ' thought. But these persons did not - 'know that it was not the growth of . overnight, but the development of n t plant the ateeda of which were sown seven years ago. From dJfiinteresieuness rno spermine rrled on for state prohibition. In J I states the next legislature will be re tiuirod to pass on legislation to elim inate the saloons. The other states In which the contest win reach. a detinite Issue soon are no of tlie most striking features nf the campaigns of I!iu7, however, has Not New in Ohio. pee;i t,it citns went dry by elec tion. Vli. !'.- or- scattered throughout the union. The list includes: Alabama, Armston. Kirminirtinm MoMie, Moi.tgouiory, and bavk that only the oldest Inhabitants and Carrie Nation remembered anything about it. It forbade the saloon, but nu mie ever paid any attention to It, and the liquor Joints flourished like the sunflower. Then some curious person began to wonder how the liquor traffic In Kan sas was governed by law and made an investigation. Tlie Kansas Temperance union, to which belonged the few who had over heard of tlie aitl-liquor law, began to expand. Hy and by along came a governor and a district attorney who believed the law was made to be obeyed. And then be gan a fight which was waged through tint the state and which resulted in tlie virtual overthrow or the liquor trade In the stale. In the present year It Is con fidently anticipated whiskey will have left for good, the state of Governor J loch When the final' clash came there was no recourse' to a voting contest. Tlie prohibitionists had the advantage of teii old law, for so many yearn a dead letter. All the anti-liquor population needed was the election of men who would see the law carried out. This was accomplished. Kansans are willing to rdmit that the change in conditions !h for the better. 'Hank reports nil show a large increase in deposits. One of the humorous fea tures of the change bus been largely dwelt upo.i by Kansas newspapers. Formerly there used to lie strong con tests for the minor office of police judge in the cities because or the goodly size of the revenue from fines. Now, It is difficult to find anyone who will accept the nomination for the place. It no longer pays. Resort to the referendum to decide upon the questions of county unU in hie il option elections Is the s'aff of dependence of the anti-saloon leaguo work'MS in South Dakota at the pres ent time. That the referendum may be in favor of local option the league Is carrying tin n campaign, which for ac tivity perhaps equals any similar con test now being conducted in any other section of the country. At present five counties In South Dakota are dry, the wet counties numbering 50. believes it has made great headway. Its gnat effort during the last year has t'een t,, ,ot)taln tr.p passage of a local option law by the state legislature, .n this the- Mm or people triumphed by a vote of 4!l to 11. Defeat spurred the anti-saloon work- r;i ( great t f forts, and they feel con fident of winning out at the next tc slon. Vermont Wants Prohibition. An'l-saloon forces in Vermont are working at the present time for the an nual local option "lections which will be held In each town in the state on the first Tuesday In March. I'ntll a few years ago Vermont was a prohibl- labama Dry. At an extra session of the Alabama legislature, held In the fHll of 1907 a state prohibition bill was passed, which Antl-Sa- ubo.ishes liquor, with the first day of not ac- January. 190ti. Hummarltlng the pres ent conditions which tirobulily will re main unchanged until litO'J, r0 of tho 7 counties' of the state are without sa loons or the sale of liquor; four coun ties have barrooms; one has a barroom and dlspenaary saloon, and 1- have dispensaries. To Enforce Laws. Anti-saloon workers In Oklahoma now are busy with two ouestlona Ou is the passage of a Code of enforcement laws supplementing the const It ut lonal provision. The other Is to keep up an increasing pumlc sentiment for a laiv enforcement and a decreasing demand ftir the liquor traffic. list Septem ber, when it was put o a vote whether liquor traffic should be permitted In , the state the drvs defeated wets bv a majority of 20,000. DONT LOOK AT THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE By Maurice Maeterlinck 0 do t)as drifted Wltrt partisanship with one South Carolina. Florida. Connecticut. 'V f "r the other. Rather, he lias bet n Vermont. New Hampshire. District of for-.,! into, tlie nyit ana compelled t Columbia, Tenesee. North Carolina, Ar- ' tak' shies The (slogan of the anti llquT workers leaveg no room for half 'me! i n s. it Te ail ot notninp. i na inl'wdual who cares little for the argu ment orie wav or the other has been lironcihi Into the fight- One way or the otht r he has to cast Ms vote and in this . way hf lias mad" his alliance. Progress of Year. iysj'TJlfc history of the nntt-saloon moye- ?;.. awsi uuring tm venr l !i'V snows more "V TO fellCtHll-nce llo- rir,-ini i-nl ;Jp trade than all the years of Uie century r''Blnce,, the prohibition idea, was first korn.i ' The icri.Ks h.ue been Mich us' voi'lo fill-' tilt woili'i-s io (oe move with T ; encouragement and ;ii defenders of .f. ''the saloon With dismav. There is no r,' gainsaying the remarkable p.owrress the I Fve lifts made. Nor that the sentiment epninst the saloon todav is if nnvthing ' inmger tha-a it was at the becinnhig -. tf last year. ' , J "'.In 45 state .and territories of the i mlon tfc anti-saloon league has its nrancnes. m those states except where k'in.'as Iowa, and Missouri. Delaware, at its recent election on the question, went dry In more than half Its territory and charges were after Wards made that Wilmington Itself would have gone dry If tlie liquor In terests had not rung in some few hun drtjds of voters from outside the state. Tlse eharfftiH were not substantiated, however. These 12 states have a pop ulation of more than 30,000,000. While these figures In themselves are larce. thev do not show in its true pro of the liquor Portion iiie '" , l.Vi; 1 !unls lib Sel ma t 'aliiornla- Herkeley. Georgia A thtoip. AtlanrVt. Augusta Hrunswiek, Columbus, Macon, Savan nah. Illinois Champaign, Jacksonville, Vrbana. Indian Territory Durant, Muskocrc Tula, Wagoner. Massachusetts Haverhill. Lynn, Worcester. North Carolina Asheville. R.iwlev ' Ohio East Liverpool. Oklahoma Grtherh, Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Knld. Oregon Ashland, Cnnhy. Tennessee Clarksvllle, Jackson, Knoxville. Vermont Burlington. Summing it up according to an esti mate based on figures which have Prohibition in Ohio not a new thing. For years tlie anti-liquor forces have been at work. Rut tlie progress made during the last year, exceeds the advance of the five previous years. At present Ohio claims to be classed among the leaders In anti-saloon move ment, t if tlie L.'iifi townships in the ,nie lie, niy i.iuii naic u o CII in I loi: ,, ii... ... en saloon. Of the R00 municipalities 490 lhf! whole Uu"r t,ilff" w are dry, 18 of them being county seats, isfy us. Four hundred ami sixty thousand of the This quotation from ,i leaflet pub- pt. nutation in the large olties are living ,, . . , ,. . , , in residence districts that have driven 1!he(3 bV tllfl l-" '" ky Anil-Saloon out the saloons. league explains the ferl'ng of the whilc- 1.-....1,, ..f.... ..a u,e . ... . .. .. " ..,-1,1111.- 011,1 a linn .ci inn j i inn rihijoners in ivciuuck.v. J here WHS !'"'""""'". """'?. '".. ' limn. VUn the lll..,.rnuo .,,., IR impulse is always to dtDirt life lnav accept it perhaps, though we as more sorrowful than It really ,u ,"lor than give a new- name to t ie , unchanging enigma, and throw no light is and this is a serious error. th), darkness, but we have.no right to he excused only by the douUts "to exngRfrate Its importance nr the part tmit at present hang over us. '"at it plays, no right to peiicve mat .. ., - , , , , we are truly surveying mankind and No satisfying explanation lias so far events from a Point of some loftiness, been found. The destiny of man Is us beiienth a definitive light, or that there subject to unknown forces todav as it '? nothing to seek beyond, because at ... , . ,, times we become deeply const tons ot was In the days of old, and (hough It ,,. 1)Ht.lirtl and unvinclble force that be true that some of these forces have lies at the end of every existence. milts than the work of the preceding v?n,?,,eVp, "u,erB. nuv' ' niel 1 ,ul',r . Doubtless rrom one poiiu or view it- nirtfo. i lie iiuuiu' i ui inone woicil ;nu Happiness must ttiwiiyn leiimm ino really all-powerful has in no way dl portion of man. anil the fatal nbyss be riiinisiieii. ever open before him. vowed as lie 1 many aiiiupis nave oi-en niane uim 10 tieam, 10 ine iickiciicsm 01 intuitu, 111 In countless fashions to explain the ac- old age and disease. tion of these forces and account for If wo fix our eyes only upon the end intervention, and one might nl- of life, nnd happiest and most trlum- miiKt Believe tnat me poets, aware 01 pliant existence must or necessity con- the futurity of these explanations in tain Its ebtmenis of misery and fatality, face of a reality which all things not- But let us not make a wrong use cf withstanding, is ever revealing more these words, above all let 11s not, and more of Itself, have fallen back on through listlessness of undue inclination fatality as In some measure represent- to mystic sorrow be induced to lesson log the inexplicable, or at least the the part of what could be explained SudneFs of the Inexplicable. if we would only give more eager at- It is true that fatality is no longer tentlon to the Ideas, the passions and the goddess of old, or rather the clearly the feelings of the life of man and the determinate 00a, tnriexinie. implacable, nature or tilings. arbitrary, although constantly watch ful. The fatality of today is vaster, more formless, more vague, less human or actively personal, more indifferent and more universal. In a word, it Is no more than a pro fessional appellation bestowed, until belter be found, on the general inexplic able misery of man. In this sense wo New Wisconsin.. Ten -yrais asti ill Unity evriy com munlty In the state of Wisconsin had Its saloon. At the close of the year 1907 there were tiFiO towns, villages and cities which had abolished tho saloon. The work of the league in that state during the last year showed bigger re- nlno yoars put together. At the pres ent time tho parties in the struggle are lining up tor another grand battle which. Is to be held April 7. On tills date votes will bo taken In 'Joo com munities on the quest ion of license or their no license. I he enemies of the liquor business estimate that thev will tarry at least 60 per cent of the elect ions held. In 1,200 towns of the state citizens are carrying on campaigns for the strict enforcement of the existing laws. Such figiits usually sunn' r or later de velop into license elections. In Mil waukee, the home of the largest brew ing establishments in the country, where formerly saloons never closed their doors, from the first day of Janu ary to tlie last dnv of December, the citizens are waging an active fight to enforce a mldnlght-t losing !f;w. Fight to the Finish. "It may as well b nothing short oft the nnder:;tooil that extermination of ver Hat- Lot us always remember that wo are steeped in tho unknown. for this thought is tlie most fruitful of all, salutary. 1 A' t us recognize that mystery exints. until it reveals itself, we have not the right to halt or relax our efforts, not the right to cast down our eyes in stlli iifcisslon. or be silent and resigned. FOR A LITTLE HUMILITY By Emil Reick in townships, municipalities or districts thai have outlawed the saloon. Sixty etglil per cent of tho territory of tho state is dvv. a wan noted for its whiskey. It is the birth place of the mint Julep, hut 11 changed so much since then that VERY man of real experience will the part of younger'persona. that they admit that genuine respect is ono respected, that no rumlllarlty is 4, , , .. t , , , taken With them. Younger men showing; of the most potent means of get- R respectflllness nlke H very gl)03 ting along in life. There are impression. whole nations who have by an Apart from all preconceived theories unfortunate development of their his- of siiccpsr there can be little doubt that has tory become so demoralized that thtir n)e young men Of today are fairly tho members nave piMeiicauy no uuiup ui naunien ny a reroctous oeisirG to ao E' country port ona of states are dry. Ken- f reatly increased during the last year. tucky 'has only three counties and a u ls Tol)ab'fl nr?" a.'!UarV 1-,!os. :L:; .ni'HMMii.at re wet Ten- more than 25,000,000 of the population scote or so of cities that are wet. Ten nes.-ee haa only five towns and cities where liquor is sold. In Oregon, Ohio, 'ivxas, Indiana, Wisconsin. Illinois and several other states, the opponents of the saloc-n have made remarkable in roads on the liquor trade under, the shield of convenient local option laws. "Said the Governor." In some portions of these states .1 of the I'n'ted States were living in pro hibition states or In prohibition sec tions of states which Have not yet de clared as a whole against the liquor traffic. This meiWs that nearly 28 per cent of the 'country is dry. Indiana Pamphlet. Anti-saloon leaguers in Indiana take pride in a (Ittle pamphlet which they have been sending out by thousands throughout maps. everything according to their own sweet will anil Inept views. They do not cling to their opinions and resolutions btt-- cause they have tested them or veri- tled them carefully not in tlie least! They cling to them because they are tneir opinions, their resolutions. There the young man stands, like a windmill on a lonely rock, forbidding looking, un lltlUOr' had : Alreadtf been InaHl.i, Ihirct- tMii-nlni, n'siiM have to tonrnpv ' S"nn" resh1'"? i''cam: over six or seven townships before he The- old1 Tirohlbition party has Been cou,tl find one where there was a sa- ' another-rganixetlon, broader, aad not loon, and then it would be as far to baed on political strength alone. - the next .ali r.w. ' nir InVentuAly fr InLnce, "county unit I'iiij1 K???e were9 llTree 51 option" i conceded at the next session "hi -fcbrT S - Xh- If this becomes u e; Proximately S.SufMWe. '4ryr,-..jtt Ohio "county option" is r- t.iirtn- the -er the tmrr of etates gsrrted e certatin the Znie bnvitT, wdpuWed, Oklahoma enterra the union already QovVrZi inlnt would nol lecognlze 11 now. With- respect at ull. Having 110 respect for In IX months since the Cammach coun- thvlmsolvea, they respect no 01 hers, arid tv unit, law lias been In force, nearly the consequence Is that they are mostly me enure territory or the state has unsuccessful in me, wimuiei h.b hub gone dry. There have been .is con text a hands or wives, politicians, business by counties. The league has won 3 of men or writers. this number. On September 1 19(17 This sense of genuine respect is best the state. Tn It nre two there were 03 counties which bnnsied cultivated by a warm attacliment to first fllma'H liv w hlto and that thev had not a saloon niihin iiioi, ivllirinn. Whether in or out of church. black th tlry and wet territory in the borders. Four count!, k are nearly all wlihther In free nature or in tho study, inviting, beating with his woodn arms state. May 1. l!o5. when the Moore re- saloon territory, two counties have thre whether in the family circle or In vast the wide air, and grinding the sand. monstrance law went into effect. Tho wet towns each six have two wet towns popular meetings lor religious purposes, of his own empty cellar. Tlie upshot is second in the same way shows dry and each, and In 14 counties there is only wherever religion catr be felt directly poor. and strongly, mere, respect is impianieu 1 nave in my time handled over 2.000 in the soul. , , young Oxford and Cambridge men be- In a sense, and probably In the trn- longing to tho middle clauses. Their .w.nuA It mav . ho salri Hint tha Innlr aF i, . . 1 1 1 . i . i . are the results of deep religiousness, of appalling. On every subject under Without a profound respect for his own the sun. whether honor nr hnalnesa. Tn Michip.-iii lhf h.nfrno line nnlv l.lcaii n nilftt. nrtist or inventor COulli mnrrinffA ,i,,n 1 1., one out-and-out victory One eountv is v"r find the patience and Intense, tin- ance. they had Ideas and opinions as .,, '. ,, y remitting attentlveness reqtilred for tho fixed and petrified as If they had cone .I.J. But the fight . has recently as- production of a great work. through the richest of lives In a - sumed proportions which, make it ' In practical life respectfulness to rlety of countries and circumstances worthy the name of a general engage- others Is one of the surest means of In reality their actual experience 0f ment. and the persons Interested iti the Wecuflng' sympathy, countenance and at- life was r.ll, their knowledge ot even'' liquor traffic are fighting as though tachment. Persons In power, men who 'hooks most llmKed, snd their powers they believed the battle tn he a Ae-fr-t hA.ve rarlon nnsts or other'-emoliimenta of mart I In t Inn ,uu i,ita1,inA wfth as much severity as In any other in which the majority of the population contest. On the first Tuesday of next in their gifts, are, as a rule, elderly little humility would have saved tho city. There are evasions, of course, but Jive in dry territory. April i t cnunfv local option fights will "persons. Now when people grow older from the laughter pf mature and from the anils believe they ere growing As the situation is now Indiana has be held In Michigan. Six of these they are lens desirous of love than of crushing failure - Humility- l a,. ,J' began of'wonderfuldrtur c,ean8,n proJuct One Victory - in Michigan. Missouri Started Early. Missouri started its anti-saloon "cam paign for 1S08. early. Within the first two weeks after the 5iew year three counties had voted on tho no- It is a remarkable fact that during license question and iftll three went dry. the year 1907 more than .'.".0,000 per- On January 21 the city oftftlarshal voted sons in Indiana drove out licensed sa- 110 license. In all 69 of the 114 counties loons from yielr communities. At the have voted to prohibit the sale and use present time there are in all 7fi! dry of liquo,-. Next to .Milwaukee St. Louis townships in the state out of i.Olfi. is probably the greatest beer tnahufne- There are 21 counties In the state which turing center In the United States. Hut have saloons In only one place, IS sa in ft. Louis the laws are being enforced loons in only two places and 1,: more wet territory December I. 1907. There one wet town each. Is this one difference in the two maps. More than 97 per cent of the terrl the first i.i nearly all black, the second tofy of the Mate Is now dry by the dl ls almost entirely white. They might red vote of the people wen ue uneu neiore huii arier ao- lewer in number. Some day, they say, 13 counties which are wholly without counties already are listed to make respect. They want to see especially on sentlal factor to success In the young-. . - " "-.'.'v. ..-s-v l-wye'i :-, -. , - - , ' -,' ' ' i - ' , ' ' ' 1 '"la ' .,' ' , 1 ' J ' t - 1 r I -1-,
