Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-10-14
THE work OF THE SALOON.

THE WORK OF THE SALOON.
DIR. H. C. Carroll, of the N. Y,
Independent, was one of the speak
ers at Woodstock, Conn.,, July A.
HIS theme was, ''The Republic OF
the Future - Referring to the. dan
gers before US, he said: "The sa-
loon IS bad, and only bad. There is
no aspect in which il can be. consid-
cred as beneficial, either to morals
or to religion, to the State or to indi-
viduals, to industry or to commerce.
As market for our grain and
/ grapes it is 3 waste; as an employer
it makes labor unproductiye; as a
public business it pauperizes. the
many for the sake Of the conscience
less few; as a source Of taxation it
hardly pays the state tenth Of its
cost. What is it good for? To in
struct,in vice, to hardeni in crime,
to reduce to poverty, to paralyze
Drawn and BRAN, Ito wreck homes,
and to betraY every interest dear to
an intelligent and prosperous people.
You cannot found a church, or estab-
lish a school, or open a hospital, or
undertake any enterprise for the re-
lief or Improvement Of mankind
without finding that the saloon has
been in advance of you, AMI made
thousands of victims. In spite; of
all your efforts: it will gather out of
society," out of your homes, even out
of your public schools and your
churches, many Of your most prom
iIsing youth to be trained in its horrid
school ofvice. You cannot overtake
it in its work of inlquity, you cannot
rob it of its prey. What will you do
with it? Warn against it? Yes.
Form societies? Yes. Circulate the
pledge, and educate the people9
Yes. You will do all this, and tax
yourself to support its paupers and
punish its CRIMINALS, but you will let
it'multiply its dens and increase its
business. When you ask for legislaL
tion against it, it will stand between
you and your legislators, just as it
has stood between you and the House
of Representative for these years
and refuse you even the concession
of a commission to inquire into its
character and results Do the gen.
tlemen Of the House of Represents
tives who have defeated this bill the
seventh time, while the Senate has |
for the seventh time approved it,
consider it a matter Of no import
anceP They have created commits |
sions for almost everything else.
Commissions for yellow fever. COM
missions for cattle disease, and even
for cotton worms and
grasshoppers; but this monstrum I
which Mr.. Gladstone
soIemnly pronounces more destruc-
tive than the three historic scourgesI
Of war, pestilence and famine CON-
bined, they persistently refuse to
have investigated. Why? Is it not
because of the tremendous influence
Of the saloon in politics? We say
beautiful things about the ballot !;
about its executing the free mems
will as lightning does the will of God.
But too often it is the ballot, not Of
the freemen, but of the slave of the
saloon. If we are ever to have a
pure ballot, honest municipal gov
and nobler manhood, we
must suppress the saloon and to this
end we must not forgive stubborn
more than seven tames.
And while we carry on with greater
vigor our schemes for educating
public sentiment on this subject, let
Us draw the line in political action
between those who stand with the
saloon against The people, and those
who stand with the people against
The saloon.