THE PROHIBITIONIST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4092, 20 April 1892, Page 3

THE PROHIBITIONIST.

Nbliikd by tk courtesy of tk Editor of • Wairarapa, Daihj Times, under the auspices oftk New Zealand Alliance for tk prohibition of tk liquor traffic, Maslerton Auxilhry. When ratepayers demand tk entire ex~ i Unction of all places for tk sale of ah. liquors, tkir prayer should begranted, V. Charles Bmlon, Brewer. [Communications tor Hub column must bo addressed to" The Prohibitionist," care of Editor of Waiiurapa Dailv Times.] The American Knights of Labour have set an example which should be commended to every labour association throughout the world, One of the articles of their constitution reads thus i "No local or other assembly or member shall, directly or indirectly, give, sell, or have any alo, beor, or intoxicating liquors of any kind at any meeting, party,, sociable, ball, picnic, or entertainment whatever appertaining to the Order. Any member found violating this law shall be suspended for net less than six months, or expelled." The beerseller is boycotted as an enemy to the working, man. The keen, practical sense of the American labour leaders enabled them to see that if the toiling masses are to rise from their present f condition, strict sobriety must be the Iraieteppfthp' ascent.Pity the Borrows of poor old Bung—- ' Once placed upon the pinnacles of (aino-r By ruthless hands jioivfipm his yantage Reduced, 'to aprrow, poverty, and pba'me. Wiere, in time; past, one nobler could . you find? Look back on his beneficent career j He did his beat to'" elevate "mankind, And now a thnnkleßS country leaves hore. for him the iayriads plied their ceaseless toil; To him tho nation used in awe to bow.'-' ' ' c "■' ' He filled Ms coffera with bis victim's ~ • ' ~: spoil; !i '•■!■* He robbed, he ruled, he reigned j ' 'yiiety lishp_now' \ ' A mightier king than Drink has reached " ' "' jjioflrionbi blast frpm Freedom's olarion has been blown. Demos comes on, his banner widely flung, , Demos comes on .and charges ifa straight on Bung, ' In that ercat host are those who feel, who think, "pandect, to; crush the tyranny of 'irWDrint. li. ' c : . Beeßaccfius' '"-priests before the legions fly; i Hear";the loud shouts of victory rent} thesky; ' ' Mile riilgi'the echoing strain fromjsea ' :•• ' tosea: ' ' ■ '■ '• • * ■ |! Hew Zealand's Bober and Neiv Zea> '"' Jftjid'o flgß.""* Tk Voice has been interviewing! the North Dakota Senators as to the working of the Prohibitory, law

wbioh was. Adopted somo two years ago. Bonalor .Almen, 3rd District says—" Prohibition is giving general satisfaction among all'poople. The' law is well enforced here in Walsh County," SetiatorArnold, sth District, saya—" Under this law, there is much less drunkenness, much less loafing." Senator Johnson, Bth District, eays—" No liquor to speak of is sold, it is certainly a benefit, and I don't see that it isadetrimeiit to ajybody." A Senator from the. 15th District, says-" I don't think'iliero is oiio-tweiitictli part' of the liquor consumed us previous to the enforcement of the law, drunkenness is unknown. Families feel the effects to i great extent, children and mothers' ire better clotlufd' and fed." These are specimens of the answers from the Senators interviewed. Of seventeen, only thiee were of opinion that the law had failed, The Temjarance party in the State "are looking forward to the election of 1892,. ami hoping to secure tho return of men pledged to a rigid enforcement of the law,