Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-07
JUDGE M RrIY'S RECORD.

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press OF Kansas did not publish Judge
John Martins record on the whiskey
question. as they call it. few days be-
fore the election. II they had, he would
have been elected beyond a doubt. As
10 is, the Republicans waited until Tues
lay morning and then scattered broad
east, through the daily papers, the lee
ture below which he delivered to one
Henry Human when be. the Judge, sen
fenced lIUman 20 Jail for violating the
pr1hibitory law. Judge Martin was
honest then, as ne is ever honest, and
had every voter in Kansas, last Tues
day read the article below, his MAORI.
ty in This state would have been away
up in the thousands:
Judge Martin said:
The law is absolute i'm its demands
and must be observed and obeyed by
al good citizens. Not only for your
benefit, but for the benefit of and as IA
warning to others who may be in
clined to engage i'm the business which
has led To- your present troubles, think
mly properly make some suggestions
e. This ,.me respecting this traffic, the
effect and influence of which sugges-
lions | hope may not be without good
results.
For more than twenty years | have
had ample opportunities for observing
the working and the effect of the busl-
ness OF selling intoxicating liquors, and
1 haye not been able to discover a single
feature, circumstance or result that
can commend IL to the favorable con-
sideratlUn of any decent, respectable,
OF thoughtful man; ana in this cOnclu-
sion | think that you and all others viii
agree with me. II cannot even chal-
ienge the admiration or approval OF or
dluarlly bad men. | cannot CONCEIVE OF
any business Or occupation, more thor
! Oughly demOrallZiug IN It's tendencies
| dud effects, or mon, destructive OF pub
| lie morals. pubic uruer ana public de
| ceuCy than The bus ness OF selling inloX-
icat.ng liquors. cannot perceived sol
tary benefit to De derived from it by "a
single human being. / cannot imagine
! q blessing Or benefit of any kind that II
brings or con uIbu.,s TO the welfare OF 4
| community. II ulIgs moral and social
! death tu those WL. engage ~ it, as well
gs Those who patl.n lZe and sustain IL.
From JUS very MAJ q % brings you into
contact with mu,f rerS, thieves, rob
bers, gamblers, ~ uukards and every
vicious element class IN society
That such HS,Ol.' Ous can elevate or
develop a man Sch racteT intellectually
,OcIally ur mOraiis Is simply impOssl-
! Die. That such associations will lnevi-
| tably and always 81 AZ others down to
| ,He level 81 ils OWs Jaseness and degTa-
ddtiOu Is absolute certain and under
such circumstance and with this com
mon knowledge NuiCh all men must
| POSSESS, 1 am utterly unable To under
| sand how IT. Is possible for any man.
with any SENSE col Gycency, or any APP
probation of manhood, Orany sentiment
Ot honor, or any one having any hopes
or aspirations for respectable social Ur
moral standing IN the community, Oh
having any regard for the confidence
| and respect tor his fellow men, tO recon
| ctle himself to tue idea of becoming a
! common vender of intoxicating liquors.
IL seems To me that To engage in such
| q business, is 20 deliberately crush and
Danish from the heart forever every SEN
/ timent, every hope, every ambition and
i every element of character that men
/ generally value as being useful and ben
| eticlal To the world. Ii bllghts and des-
| trOys mems intellectual power. and thus
| II makes our insane, idiots aud imbe-
4 Giles. IL deadens every sentiment of
4 morality, decency and honor, anu thus
| men become debduChed, corrupt. vic
iOus. dishonest aud destitute of all
sense of shame. and Of every obligation
Ot family relationship, friendship and
| citizenship.
| IL begels recxlessness, carelessness
4 and utter indifference to, and disregard
! It. the rights, the interest and the hap.
piness of others. IT invites, encourages
and necessarily develops all that Is base.
/ degrading and dangerous IN men, and
destructive VI good government, good
order and common decency. 1t IS nur-
sery for the Development and growth
Of all those wicked practices which lead
| 20 the crimes of gambling (which after
| MI rs but another name for different
| 0rms uf stealing theft, robbery. arson.
| wiury. murder and every sort of pub
| ic crime. social wrong and private in
! decency: I'm other words il is "a school
| house for the development and cultiva
| ton OF every species of crime and an in
stituliOu for the preparation of men.
| women and children for the gutter, the
| poor house. the insane asylum, the re
form schools. the county Jail. the pen
! tentiary and the gallows. But this is
| not all and while IL makes men idiots
and imbeciiGS by robhing them Of their
reason. and makes drunkards. destroys
al self respect blights and blasts all
manly aspirations; il also desp0ils men
| Vt their property. aud makes homeless
and hungry wives and children. who
| shiver and starYe In winter. and starve
and burn in summer; and after an, these
are but few of the evil consequences
\ and had results ont Of the long list of
crimes and miseries that necessarily
Enw from the business of traflicing in
intoxica 1''"S liquors 1t may he posi-.
bic that an houest MAI of ordinary In
telligence may engage i'm sucS bust
ness. but To me it seems impossible
The above was written by Judge Mar
tin and at his special request. published
in the Westmorel and, Kan, Period, of
date October =, 1884.