On Uncle Sam's Water Wagon

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Many people, especially in the East, and in New York State particularly, apparently did not awaken to the fact that this great movement was sweeping the country, until the Amendment had been passed. There has been bitter protest against what is claimed to have been the hasty forcing through of a social ordinance such as this, by a group of fanatics, contrary to the real wishes of the majority of the people.