The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-07-29

! why saloons should N0t be closed
LIST. There wouid be numerous
dives u erected and kept ia the out
/ skirts of the village,
%. There woulG be 20 ten o'clock
ordinance To regulate them, ana many
men, instead OF returning 70 their
I homes at ten o'clock, WUIid remain
out the greater part u the aight
81. Men will spend their evenings
at these dives, and being places
kept without regulation or restriction,
Other usse Ions. mor, degrading than
the passion tor drink, would be the
engenGe-eu result
4Jh. EIe closing CI the saloons
! would cause "a large class of persons to
| purchase liquors 10y the quantity aud
/ keep il in their cellars, and surely one
1 who cannot dTuk moderately in a
/ saloon would not IN his own cellar,
where it is much hauGler.
/ Total abstinence, as practiced by
most of our " best ~ temperance peo-
pie, is hyp, c'icy, and it is a well
known fact that many of the promi .
nent prohibition advocates and orators
keep Intoxicating liquors in their cell
lars FOR their own use
And now a few words 10 our women
who are taught by our ministers of
the Gospel that saloon keepers and
their friends are low and disreputahlP.
These ladies who were seen at the
Town Hall last Tuesday. giving 4 free
dinuer, begged in part from the poor
and needy. How much nicer and
wiser it would be Cor these ladies 10
remain at their homes and serve good
warm meals 20 their families, and by
kind words and acts, make home
pleasant for ihe young boys and young
girls.
Regarding an article recently pub
lished on " Prohibition States" | will
say that, having spent several months
in the State OF Iowa, where saloons
are not permitted by law there is more
drunkenness to be seen in one week in
a town like ours than you will see here
in ihIee months and IL il strange, yet
true, that il Is unsafe in Such places
for lady TO walk the streets alone
after dark aLu the same is also true
ia the Prohibition State of Kansas.
DO not want to have drunkards
here any more than the Prohibitioniot
does. l DO not like &c see anything
overdOme.
The word temperance itself means
moderation III al things. Instead of
trying to make better men of the -a-
loon keepers and their friends, through
KIND words ana strict regulations, you
only incite them into revolt and stub
bOruness, las was shown at the meeting
Friday night, 10Th inst, when il was
remarked that # the glass blowers can
not do without drink, put men in their
places who can, and then the sane
speaker wouud up hy saying, "TheIe
are first rate good fellows amongst
them. - fearing they might lose some
of their votes, unless something was
said in favor of the glass s-blowers.
What the Kid gIoved Prohibitionist
now wants of the glass blower is his
vote. After that is obtained, he will
he regarded with 1.-The cold shoulder
L do not believe that a man ought to
stand before an almost intoierably hot
furnace and blow glass for twelve con-
tinunus hours without taking some.
thing stimulating. On the whole,
believe that there are Just as good men,
honest men, and smart men among
the glass blowers rs among the church
goers. While the former are open in
their doings, the latter feign holiness,
when, in reality, they are directly OPP
posite. CITIZEN.