:;LtTHE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAU. PORTLAND, :. SUNDAY ... MORNING :. MAKr H. 8. 1 003,
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kRGING AMERICA
Enemies Liquor Traffic Have Made Eight Oregon Counties Dry and Expect to Win More at tKe Next Election-Wonder
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- 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.
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law eli-eud gone I'Ip- M i. ' "'0
bMUo cry 'of tie- Ahm-S;H '
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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
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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
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ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE LEADERS
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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.
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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
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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. ' . '
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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
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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-.
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