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fctidtaeteL but can a man see the the least, not al wavs certain. 1 always called forward a demand,for sure he’l not do it again;” the
evil effects of his biisltteSS day after have been a citizen of Iowa for the repeal of the wine and beer ex mother’s anxiety, “O, where is my-
day and feel that for every ten ceftt seven years; all this time I have ception, and tho utter banishment boy to-night.” Every phase of sor
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ities of the saloon system. This w*as row found expression in the songs,
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rajld^l^echesj inHh«Rj bb< n
^dealing out a poisonous dr.ug towns, villages, country chapels
and not become hardened and de and school-houses, often* in the col that the people were not ready, and clubs. Then tlial'mTghty array
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leges, high schools and common they would, therefore, compromise -statistics, , showing the direful
This will be called fanatical. schools; in the court rooms,politic, by keeping hands off’; let those effects of the traffic came before the
Well—what makes fanatics ? It is al gatherings of all parties ; among have prohibition that want it, and people, and therefore an amend
looking on at the by-play between preachers, lawyers and doctors; th.ose towns that want saloons ment to the temperance creed
‘ the temperance™^
amon~STth^-wise awd-otKer wise, ^ichJ...cQuld have them, So matters went called " prohibition for the sailer.”
ties of to-day. A person ■ cannot and poor, high and low, until I am from year to .year. If a town Manywanted... “-moral. -. suasion
take an interest in the cause of pretty well acquainted with Iowa, elected a prohibition council then only,” just as some want “ faith
temperance and think very much especially this south-east portion of it was claimed there was more only in religion; but logical ar
——on the subject, without becoming the State. In these seven years we" drunkenness; business was de- gumentation soon .drove moral
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or less of a fanatic. He is have had, in some portions, wet ‘olii
yand Othei towns were gat... suasion to accept the aid of pro
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- not very much " in earnest if he seasons, crop failures, with bur full ting all the trade. The whisky hibition. Th e f u in elc ill f n t did
. don’t.
share of tornadoes, fires, etc. In men were always first to see and not doubt their ability to cope with
It is to be hoped that the people the last year these have been un proclaim this state of affairs. The inoial.suasion for the drinker, and
of Oregon will be prepared, and usually severe, and destructive to papers took ft up for them, and, by education for the masses any way,
feel the,-necessity of keeping, up life and property. < )ur prospects another year or two, the people if that education could only be
their labors after we get the amend for a fair Corn crop is not good, were led to license again. When held to necessarily give them a
ment we so much desire, and make yet through all-thii, it is astonish this happened ‘all the saloon ists, license. Hence they said: “ This
ours the champion State in the ing to notice the energy and pro whisky dealers and brewers said : moral suasion "(mly is the true doc
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successful carrjiug out of prohibi- gress of the people. Out of all “Seo Xvhat experience teaches.” trine of reform.” But educated
minds and honest hearts were ready
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x i- H.—_ t.hoxH f.-damitiey, and against ai 1 Then came the question of high or
low license,\nddii¥itttyacornpro- to accept the theory of prohibition..
B and of H ope O kganized .— tliexe,obstacles -our people have
As a theory it grew everyday.—
battled
successfully.
— True they mise, but always low enough to
I organized New Eia Band of Hope
Whatever growth it ever had be-
save
the
saloons
fioin
banishment.
grumble
great
d«
al
more
than
is
with 32 good members ; Geo. Ran
. lore, of one thing I am certain, it
The
conflict
was,
therefore,
irre-
necessary
and
become
nervous
on
dal, Superintendent; Frank Casto,
took on its present stalwart manly
pressable. It was al ways increased-
the
approach
of
storm
clouds
;
they
Assistant Supt. | Lottie Casto, Sec-
shape from the songs, facts, figures
by the rum element, who persisted
: rotary. Many 'Others will j-un soon. shudder at the lightning tlasli and
and arguments which found the
run to the cellars at the roar of the in selling whisky.Muntfary to law.
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public ear in those Blue and Red
winds ; and also fear the small pox. Under the law they could not sell
Ribbon club-rooms.
There it
With all this, lmwt!verrUiey?.ariiJu.- to minors, but boys got drunk ;
The Iowa Idea of Reform.
ceased to.be and speak as a child.
deed a mighty people. They gener they could not, legally, sell to
IT HAS COME TO STAY.
There it became a man and put
•habitual drunkards, but they did ;
ally
accomplish
what
they
deter
flow They 1)1<I It.
away childish things. In the mean
mine to do. For many years we and, in the mind of many, nothing
time many men became so thorough^
BY H. H. HED1UX.
have had a strong prohibitory law could be done to help society from
ly convinced of the evils of license
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against high wines, with an excep all the consequent disgrace and
and the correctness of the theory of
It is now three days after the tion in favor df wine and beer, and ruin of home, happiness and safety. prohibition, that they sought to
election in Iowa, and the victory is authority for incorporated towns to While the pious prayed one way organize a political party, with
ours. The constitution is amended license wine and beer saloons. the rum elements swore another, prohibition as its chief coiner
as follows.- “Art. I, Section 26. Many towns, at different times, and kept up their work of destruc stone. Whatever may have been
No person shall manufacture for adopted local prohibition, and kept tion. The good people began to their motives and capacity, they
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sell or keep for sale,~as a out saloons ; but the saloons around urge total abstinence as never be tailed in their objects. That their
bevera'gt, -iany intoxicating liquors at other towns sought every oppor fore ; the colleges, schools, churches, efforts to revolutionize the political
_whatever, including ale, wine and tunity to send in liquors in jugs, families and all the various temper parties may have done some good?
beer. The General Assembly shall kegs an<! bottles in boxes, it wax ance organizations, renewed their is possible. That it is better that
by law prescribe regulations for the a question at almost every city efforts; the religious press spoke they did not succeed in that way
enforcement of the prohibition election, “License or no license?” louder, the secular press, in many I do not question. That their fail
herein contained, ami shall thereby All manner of schehics were4 resort cases, also joined in the cry against ure caused all to accept our present
provide suitable penalties for the ed to, to defeat any and every this waste of property, home, char plan will not be denied. That tho
violation of the provisions hereof.” effort to restrain the traffic. Under acter and life. Then came the final resul,ts of the present victory
“What
It is my object ti contribute a license for beer, almost all sold “Billion” movement.
will be every ivay more effective
rum
men.
“
Its
series of articles to the temperance whi>ky. It was difficult to con now?” said the
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and satisfactory 1 have not the
department of the H ekai . d for the vict tl e seller, as witnesses claimed another crusade to go around the shadow of a doubt. Good men
good cause in general, and I hope inability to tell whether it was beer saloons to pray.” But not so. who, in years gone by, labored so
in this way to help and hasten the w ine or whisky ; akf> whether it The people gathered all together; hard in a righteous cause, may not
day when the rum traffic shall be was mail from grape grown in Iowa the pious ones prayed, the en be willing to acknowledge this, but
or narcotics imported from Europe. thusiastic exhorted the drinkers such a great victory as this now
driven from the land.
I feel so happy over the result of 'Lhe dealers found it a short and to quit, and many of them did. gained in Iowa, is not done in a
last Tuesday’s election. I am not easy road to outrun the statute. some only for awhile, others held year or two. It was much easier to
sure that I can do what I dosifé to Therefore, many people, and all the out faithful. This, increased the accomplish it through the political
do by way of telling how we did it. whisky meh said: ‘ Our law-was [ exhorters. - Everybody,almost,sang parties than to kill them and build
I shall speak of the pas*, and await the strongest that could bo made, songs, sang as never before; sang up new ones. In a countiy like
future developments'. As events . and it was almost a total failure.” of the sorrowing widows and or i ours, politics is here to stay. When
• -transpire facts can be stated. To i This was airgued by the rum in- phans; the little girl’s plea to .the
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police to. send her papa home
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