The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-25

among your fellow-citizens and see il pub
lie opinion is as they claim, or that they
are SO esteemed by majority, or even by
q large number of the people. Ask the
widow who is sorrowiDg over q husband
gone to the grave from use OF strong drink,
Those orphans that have been left in pov.
erty, what do they think? Look at the
SORROW that has been produced by drunk
enness, the crime that would not have
been perpetrated il intox seating liquor
was not TO De had at every street corner
and sometimes two or three times in everv
| block. Can 1t be said that the mother
whose sons are fast going into confirmed
drunkenness esteem these men as honest,
upright and conscientious Remember
that great lawyer, once a United States
senator from Missouri, now in his grave,
sent there by drink long before his time.
who convinced jurors and courts by his
sagacious 1, asoning, and controlled sena-
tors by his wisdom and elOquence. See
yonter editor with versatile talent un-
surpassed by any Of his fellows in The
state, now IN the prime OF his life, The
pride OF his friends, the worthy exponent
Of controlling element in the state
brave, generous, iaiSehearted, sym atEeIic
with all the wants al weak humanity, open
handed and ever ready To assist a i.i-nu,
struggling against the vice Of drur KEN
ness and gradually giving away to las evil
| influence. In what estimation do the
friends Of these men, one OF them dead,
The other still living, hold The beer
seller? And what is the opinion al
that wife and daughter WHO are sor-
rowing Gin humility because oi
the habits of husband ard father that
| they cannot control? Is it not worse than
preposterpus To say that the members ol
this association are universally recog-
nizee;" as homes: and upright? The saloon
keeper who sold beer, 4 W days ago, 70
the two men who are now liz their graves.
| one murderer and suicide, the Other a
ictim CT their drunkenness-is he ''up-
right, homes, and conscientious ?H He
ought To be ashamed IO show his face H.
the community, and should shulk away
like criminal rs lie Is, Other vioa,ors
oi the law, thieves and burglars, come our
only at night, but this man who caused the
loss Of two lives still exercises d Ii the rights
guaranteed 10 him by his beer license. l.
it not humll;ating To an American citizen
to contemplate spectacle presented In our
great American metropolis on the sea-
board-a magnificent drinking saloon, fur
| nished In the most superb style. with paint
ings by the first artists of the world, statu-
ary by the most skiliful sculp.ors of the
earth, and irescoes Of the most gorgeous
and tsst-ful execution, presided over and
owned by proprietor VINO Is
A COMMON MURDERER?
How does the irebriate who has the
disease of alcoholism upon him esteem
these saloonists? Go ssk him in
his sober intervals and he will
tell you he despises them as the
destroyers OF his happiness and the blight
ers Of bis life and peace. Where, then. are
the people who respect these beer sellers?
Certainly not any of these We have Men
toned
These saloon keepers, il is contende,l. |
shave added to the material wealth and |
and prosperity OF this country by their in
dustry and frugality, as much in proper
ton to their ability as any other class of |
cetizens in our midst" We think this
proposition more absurd than the others, if
that were possible. Governments were in
>tituted among men for their mutual bene-
at and prote ction. I'm order that they, their
wives and their children should be protect
Ell In their persons, their property, the
fruits of their labor and the enjoyment of |
their homes. Whenever portion of the
community do anything thai is not for the
general good. but for The promotion Of pri-
vate ends and selfish purposes, to- the injury |
and detriment Of the pus.lic interest, then !
are they violating the full letter and spiri,
of the compact under which they live.
Wherein, then, do the saloon keepers con-
tribute to the general good and material |
wealth ami prosperity? Are they not sim
ply trying to
INCREASE THEIR ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH
by their misplaced industry and their bad
ly applied irugalitv, in utter dis !
regard of the views, rights and Interests /
OF the toiliug millions Of this country, To |
whom thew sell their beer by tie glass and |
bucketful? Do they not cypress, impov-
erish, ruin and baEkrUp, millions al over |
the land and fill the country with lders, !
Migrants, paupers, tramps, musdererS ana |
suicides? These men are meIe cUrinoranIS !
upon the body polite, htartle>s trailickerS !
IN human lives ana de strOyers Of domestic /
happiness. Many. aye. thousands, who are !
under The influence OF The Effects Of their /
sccurse;i beverage scarcely know how 10 !
live from day 10 day, or whether tt contin- /
ue To live al all, while these men live in fine |
houses and fare sumptuously every day.
Are not our courts oppre ssed with the trial |
of criminals, produced TO large extent by
drink? Our large jails and costly police !
stations as greatly u necessity Of their bust
ness from which they gain support.
Our ssylums, our aims houses and our
hospitals ar. filled with sufferers from The |
effects OF the use OF their beverage--our
streets are full of idlers and our alleys
OVEEEUN WITH HOODLUNS.
And vet We ale told gravely that these
beer sellers are honest. upright, honorable |
and public spirited citizens,
There ale doubtless among them MANY
who have not considered the nature of their
calling, and who, ii they were fully ill.,
formed of the mature consequences of their
own acts. would desist from
further tic.pation In this airocin1is hns-