The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-12-06
Thanksgiving Thoughts by
Prohibition.

To the Editor of the New DoM1oN1oN:
AS this day has been set apart for
prayer and thanksgiving, reading
DC, l have been trying to comply
with the proclamation to some ex-
tent at least.
Reading in the New DOMINION of
the proceedings of last Saturday, l
stop to think, and it seems to me
that you put it very mild, for l
CHANGED to see the most of the dis
graceful proceedings you speak of.
A local contempory of yours made a
very slight mention of it, but was too
modest" to say much about the
principal actor which l think was
alcohol and his allies.
/ wonder what is the use of call
ing loud and long for order and re-
form, and doing nothing to help make
and maintain the same. l will tell
you where it ought to commence, viz:
by cleaning out those dens of iniqu-
ity which are dealing out poison so
freely, and that too in direct and
open violation of law. / see by the
papers of other towns and cities that
the mayor orders such places cleaned
out and closed up. Tell me if you
can why such state of affairs is al
lowed to exist, when the Mayor and
Prosecuting Attorney are eve wit
nesses to so much of it. Every one
knows that ninety nine out of every
one hundred street brawls are caused
by bad whiskey.
One other question: Do you think
that the individual members of the
Law and Order Society all do their
best to help on the cause of law and
order? l wonder if any of the law
and order men voted for St. John?
There were only four votes for him
at the court house l believe. In place
Of the citizens giving those four in
dependent, high minded men credit
for their action, they call them fools,
and other vindictivc names. One
prominent citizen of your town who
prates for temperance and exhausts
his vocabulary in denouncing the
liquor traffic and dealers, swings his
cane in the air and says "You blamed
prohibitionists defeated our party"
Now sir, we country clod hoppers,
are ready and willing to join YOU in
the good work whenever you show
conclusively to us that you mean
what you say, and do it by backing
up your officers in the performance
Of their duty. You can do it in many
ways. You elected them to enforce
your laws, but you must help or they
can't do it. The Grand Jury will
meet before long and let us see how
many subjects you can send in and
how we'll you sustain them in court.
How many Of you heard one of
your prominent men. and even saw
him beating the air with his fist and
uttering such volume of oaths that
the air was fairly blue around him.
his stentorian voice proclaiming for
two or three squares around, that law
and order did not exist, at least Just
then. Cannot some action be taken
to prevent such disgraceful scenes?
Now let the citizens of the town and
country stand shoulder to shoulder
and do what we can to bring about
a better state of things, and see if the
arch enemy can not be vanquished.
l think every one ought to read DR..
Talmage's sermon published in the
Freeman Of Nov. 18th. l will give
one dollar towards its publication in
the New DOMINION. would like for
all to see it and help in this great
work.
II any one asks you what s'fool''
wrote this tell them it was