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Pullman, Wash., Friday, February 20, 1914
WHAT FOSTERS A HEALTH V PUB
, LIO SENTIMENT?
In an argument against the pro
posed state-wide prohibition law,
Harry Collier of Tacoma says, in his
Newspaper, the Progressive Demo
crat:
"A healthy public sentiment in
favor of reforms is more to a com
munit> than any man-made laws that
;ver existed. Where moral suasion
will not control, few laws will do
my good."
There is considerable truth in this
issertion , but the weak link in Mr.
Collier's argument is that he fails to
■ecognize the Importance of . laws
md environment in moulding public
ientiment. The greatest benefit
rttich will result from state-wide
irohibition is not the reformation of
hose who have acquired the drink
tig habit, but the removal of the
emptation offered by the saloons' to
'oiing people to acquire the habit,
nd the discrediting of the habit by
aw. When a majority of the people
f any state brand the sale of any
rtlcle as detrimental and unlawful,
hat action is certain to have a pow
jrful influence in decreasing the
umber of purchasers, who would
aye bought the article if it were
Md Indiscriminately with the ap
roval of the public. This phase of
he effect of state-wide prohibition
jas been well summarized' by ex
lovernor Glenn of North Carolina,
pen he said: "In Maine, if I
balled to find a place where one
fight get a drink, I was compelled
' get a guide for the purpose. In
ew York it takes a guardian to
eep a man from getting a drink,
l'en when he does not want one."
young man is not nearly as likely
'form the habit of drinking in a
immunity where he has to seek out
disreputable guide to lead him to
Place conducted secretly and in
"lance of law, as he would be in
community where he is invited and
fged by his companions to patron
e handsomely furnished saloons,
censed to do business with the ap
"oval of the tax payers.
The effect of prohibition "upon the
oral tone of a state has been well
Crated in Kansas, which out
»ed the sale of liquor in 1880. Ac
ting to a statement made in
J™. 1912. by John S. Dawson, at
ney general of that state, 87 of
•105 counties had no insane pa
■«i; 54 had no feeble minded per
»*• 96 had no inebriates; 65 had
Prisoners serving sentences; 38
a no inmates of their poor farms;
I "unty jails were empty, and the
«J rate since the adoption of pro-
II county jaii were from 17 the
P™ r ate since the adoption of pro
f'tlon had dropped from 17 to 7%
'thousand. Contrast these condi
• 8 with those existing in this state
V.hen think the matter over and
Me for yourself which environ
* 'a most. likely to foster "a
HF public sentiment in favor of
•**-" and which is most condu
, ,w the development of boys and
_t'!_l° temperate, law abiding,
jinking and useful men and
ited alL ßtates where they are tol-
Q. the saloons have been a pow
, 'actor *° Politics and their in
* has been used selfishly and
; no regard to the public weal.
In prohibition states, where the
liquor sellers are outlaws, dodging
about from cellars to back alleys,
they have no political influence and
little voice in the naming of candi
dates. No honest man who has taken
an active part in politics and knows
the inside workings of the game
will contend that the saloon influ
ence has ever been used to create "a
healthy public sentiment in favor of
reforms." On the contrary, it has
invariably been thrown in favor of
men and measures inimical to social
morality and political progress.
The most effective method of de
veloping men and women who will
shun Intoxicating liquor because of
principle and not because of law, is
to put the ban of public disapproval
upon the sale of liquor and to abolish
the pernicious example set by men
and women who drink in (public.
The moderate drinker, who is will
ing to run the risk of making an
inebriate of another weaker person
by his or her example, should not be
encouraged and abetted by society.
State-wide prohibition will, to a
large extent, counteract the influ
ence of such persons.
An inebriate is a profitable man
lor the saloons, but an unprofitable
citizen for the state. The saloons
encourge the manufacture of inebri
ates, the state should discourage it.
WM. GOODYEAR.
A NEEDED LAW
It is reported that the state tax
commission will ask the next legis
lature to enact a law providing for
the appointment of a public adminis
trator In each county. This is a re
form the need of which has long
been recognized by many people. The
pi esent method of administering es
tates is altogether too costly, especi
ally in cases where the estate is small
or the heirs reside at a distance.
The commission cites one case in
particular. A man died leaving
$2000 in cash and no debts but
funeral expenses. The undertaker
was appointed administrator. After
the expenses of administration and
funeral expenses had been met, just
$4 remained to be distributed to
the heirs in the east. This case is
typical of many. Nearly every one
at all familiar with probate proceed
ings can recall many Instances where
nearly all of a small.estate has been
eaten up in attorney's fees and costs.
The heirs of a dead man, particular
ly of a poor man, should be protected
by tho state. A method should be
provided by which such estates can
be closed and the funds distributed
among those entitled promptly and
at a minimum cost.
Tho plan favored by the tax com
mission is to authorize the superior
court of each county to appoint the
administrator, the appointee to be
a resident attorney, who would re
ceive a commission to be fixed by
law for administering the estate. The
public administrator would take
charge of all estates where no heirs
resided within the state and would
administer other estates when heirs
residing within the state made such
request to the court. The fixing of
a statutory commission would do
away with the double fees now neces
sary in probate cases. Some voters
would probably prefer to have the
administrator elected by the people,
but this is a matter of minor im
portance. The main thing Is to de
vise and provide a method to con
serve estates and prevent their dis
sipation in exorbitant costs and at
torney's fees. The proposed bill
*>r one similar to it should be enact
ed into law.
The people of Pullman acted wise
ly when they voted to make the
town "dry" by prohibiting the sale
of Intoxicating liquor. They\ will
act wisely it, next Tuesday, they vote
to make the town "wet" by author
izing a bond issue to enable the
council to furnish to every citizen an
abundant supply of the pure artesian
water which kind providence has so
bountifully provided, but which an
inadequate water system makes it
tic difficult to secure In several resi
dence districts during the summer
months.
Patriotism should be fostered in
the churches and the plan of the
local pastors to arrange services
next Sunday appropriate to the an
niversary of George Washington is
an excellent one. Every patriotic
resident of this city should attend
some church next Sunday, if for no
other motive than to pay honor to
the "Father" of this nation.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The memories of many men linger
on earth after they have died. The
something which we may designate
as the living presence of most men
is lost soon after their deaths. It is
not so with Abraham Lincoln. There
is a belief, founded on hope, we pre
sume, that the souls of men, after
they have been translated, still
hover near and have their influence
upon the hearts of men. The pres
ence of the soul of Lincoln always
seems near. When high natures are
touched and they would express
themselves, the thought instantly re
verts to the pathos, the power and
the beauty in language which made
Lincoln's words a model for men to
imitate. When a politician would
gain favor with a harangue, he cites
Lincoln as the author of his idea.
All the men of his day are reced
ing from public thought. Lincoln
holds his place, and it seems but as
yesterday when his sad face was
wont to lighten into smiles at some
mirthful words which his lips had
framed.
The stage was being set for the
great tragedy of modern times. Who
was to be called for the leading roll?
A rude cradle was being rocked
in the then far west. It was sur
rounded by squalor. The babe sleep
ing in it had no pride of ancestry to
help him. Moreover, he had not one
personal attraction to help him.
Passers-by recoiled before the pic
ture of squalor and of want that
wrapped that home around like a
shroud.
But the messenger sent the Fates
to select one who was to be the chief
est agent in the transformation that
was to be, stopped, bent above that
lowly cradle—more desolate than
was the manger at Bethlehem-—and
pressed the signet of immortality
upon the baby brow. Then through
the pitiless years that followed was
given the discipline, the patience, the
unostentatious valor and wisdom to
later take up the burden of a na
tion and bear it through the anguish
and faintness and fear of a second
birth.
In the fullness of time the mighty
trial came. It seemed as though the
earth was being "rolled up as a
scroll and the moon had turned to
blood," as though for the nation the
great angel was about to appear,
with one foot upon the sea and one
upon the dry land, to proclaim that
for the great republic time was to be
no more. There was disaster every
where, every portent was of increas
ing sorrows, and the waves of envy
and malice and ridicule, roared
about the devoted head of the pat
ient man, while at home and abroad
the conclusion was general that the
steering gear of the great republic
was lost and the pilot was driving
the disabled great craft upon a
breaker-beaten coast.
But the storm was weathered at
last, the over-wise ceased their bab
ble, detraction grew ashamed; the
closing acts of the great tragedy
were revealing a sky growing clear,
the dawn of a new hope with a day
of lasting peace coming was begin
ning to warm in the east when the
dissolving view was ushered in.
It was the saddest scene on earth
for 1800 —-the translation of
that tired soul —but above it a radi
ance lingered. That radiance still
remains; its divine light shines out
on every returning anniversary of
the great man's birth; it Is filled
with pathos and with pity; but It ex
alts Americans to contemplate it, for
It brings back to all the truth that a
sad life is worth living, if ft is
such a life as will at its close leave
an impression of splendor that all
the abrasions of the ages can not
dim. —Goodwin's Weekly.
THINK BEFORE YOU SUE
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Last Week we had a little fun at
the expense of the legal fraternity.
No one knows their procrastinations
better than they door takes a Joke
in more genial temper. One of them,
however, comes back at the National
Field, saying: "We'd be practically
out of business and the courts
wouldn't be crowded, if people
stopped going to law over trifles. The
man who wins a suit, makes an en
emy of the loser. And arbitration
leaves both parties dissatisfied. In
a long practice, the majority of my
cases could have been settled much
better by the parties themselves.
Some idea of tho proper proportion,
or a sense of humor, or more ap
plied Christianity, would suffice. I'd
have to close my office, but I could
become a farmer — always wanted to
be one, in fact. And if 1 were, 1
wouldn't go to law if someone stole
a few inches of my land, or let his
cow get in my pasture. If 1
couldn't settle it with the tiespasser,
I'd not waste money and time and
peace of mind suing about it."
A sermon m itself, is this letter.
The fighting spirit, like every other
force, needs wise direction if it doo3
any good. How often it is said: "I
don't care about the money, it's the
principle of the thing," when there
is really no principle involved except
the disposition to make somebody
smart. There has been an imposi
tion. It can't go any further. It
won't be repeated. Everybody
knows it. The wrong doer has either
to bear an uneasy conscience, or gen
eral disapproval, or both. Left to
his own sense of shame, or to the
contempt of the community, lie
would ultimately repair the wrong
or be careful in his future conduct.
But no; someone vows vengeance
which either goes to the courts at
once, or ultimately causes other acts
which force the courts to take a
hand in the matter. (Many a mur
der trial is the result of a quarrel
over something a baby would Bo
spanked if it cried about.) Nothing
restores the self-respect of a wrong
doer so much as to be put on the de
fensive. He, and all his relatives
and friends, line up In battle array.
When the suit is won, or lost, the
original point of difference is almost
forgotten, but the subsequent enmity
engendered remains, a continual bar
to peace and friendship.
Everybody can call to mind ex
amples of this —and when tempted
to make a similar mistake, should
ponder them well. "Judge not, that
ye be not judged" holds in the courts
as well as a principle of charity. It
isn't worth while to contend for
rights that involve little or nothing
of value; where the rights are not
clear, the other fellow has his day
in court. So it is well to pause.—
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