Dodge City times., 1888-04-05

debasing as alcohol. Difficulties almost
insurmountablei have, presented them
selves in the solution of the this question,
| and believe more effort has been bestow-
ed upon its solution than any other ever
presented to us as people, The church
| occupies front rank in the fight, and
believe that through the church this
evil is to be banished from our land. |
believe its doom is sealed and look for the utter
humiliation of the traffic from the United States.
The peals Of its death knell nave been sounded by
| the women Of the white ribbon army: over 100000
| wives and mothers are busy making its shroud;
and it remains for the trne men Of this generation
to dig the grave Of this pre-eminently great evil
| Of the world. OF all the vices to which man is
addicted, intoxication is the most debasing 1t de-
thrones mans reason and surr ounds his soul with
the curtains Of night This evil is not confined to
only one class tribe nation, but it affects ALL
Enormous capital is invested in its defense, but
God is against it. Is it not a question whether
Congress will ever enact law to prohibit the sale
Of liquor in the District Of Columbia The tenn
perance question does not seem to be popular
enough to gain the ear Of our public men. The
whisky interest is organized to fight every inch of
the ground. To meet this opposition we must be
equally well organized, We must have harmony
and q union Of sympathy and hearts The women
must be invested with the ballot so they may
| stand side by side with fathers, husbands
and brothers to fight this evil.
think this the simplest way to solve
this question I do not argue in favor
OF the prohibition party, but 1 do favor
the prohibition by law Of the liquor
traffic. Men do not engage in the sale Of intoxi-
icating liquors because they wish to fnjure their
fellow men, but to make money, and 1 am not
here to curse the saloon keeper. The law has
made his occupation legitimate by licensing it,
and so far as business entities man to respect he
is entitled to just as much as any other man. The
people who are afraid to mingle in the political
movements of the day should be denied the pro-
lection Of our laws God intends his children
should do their part in helping to make their fel-
low men better by the laws enacted for their gov.
ernment and the preacher or layman who thinks
himself too good to do his part in politics is too
good to live, and should Gle as room as St. Peter
will let him. When good men will go to the
polls and work for the election of only good men,
then will politicians pay some attention to the
wishes of good men. The time has come when
good men should band themselves together to
fight the evils Of intemperance, polygamy and
Sabbath desecraton, these three. but the greatest
of these is intemperance.;
Rev. c. H. Miller, of Halstead, and Rev. A. H.
Parks, of Syracuse, delivered short, earnest and
very interesting address on the important subject
Of Home Missions, and Presbytery adjourned un-
til Friday morning to fnis the routine business.
Mac S. Todd has purchaser the inter
est of Messrs Hastings and Harmony in
the real loan and insurance business and
has mOvee into very handsome offices
over the Merchants State Bank. Mr..
Todd is a gentleman who has won a high
place in the esteem of the people of this
city, and is building up handsome bus
mess.