The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-02
WORK,PRAYANDV VOTE
The Star of Bethany Wannamaker
on Temperance-He's for 1t.
THE GREAT TOWER OF BABEL.
The Eiifel Tower Officially Opened in Paris
From 1t can be Seen One of the Finest
of Panoramas.

PHILADELPHIA, March 31.-Postmaster-
general Wanamaker made his first public
utterance today at the Bethany Sunday
school, on a question of high license and
prohibition. He declared
IN FAVOR OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
and exhorted all persons who listened to his
words to work, pray and vote for 1t. Mr..
Wanamaker announced that he had been
requested to talk on temperance. After
speaking in general way of the necessity
of temperance in all things, he referred to
the wreck of the American men-of-war, and
spoke of the broken-hearted wives and chill
dren who were waiting the return of their
husbands and fathers, who have been
dashed to pieces on the rocks. He con-
tinued:
''RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY
are broken-hearted people, beaten against
the rocks of adversely by this tide OF lquor
and of license. The man who will not sign
the temperance pledge, though he does not
need it himself, to help weaker brother,
is not as much of a man as he thinks him
self to be- Christ said: Deny yourselves,
take up your cross and follow me. Inc
man who takes only a little and will not
give it up, is as much controlled by 1t as II
he was a habitual drunkard. He IS under
the influence, because he won't give 1t up.
The reason you won't stand out Tor an
amendment is because
YOU LIKE GLASS OF BEER.
You say, want to be free to take an oc-
casional drink if l feel like it. What in
fluence keeps you from voting for the
amendment !Isn't 1T the influence OF glass OF
beer! There are thousands of men who do
not get drunk. They say we have right to
drink it if we want to; to sell it, to buy 1t,
or give it away. A man may not drink at
all, but he may be under the influence OF
the liquor spirit 1t is the same with many
a politician. He is afraid he wont get
votes, so he is silent on the liquor question.
When a minister or teacher refuses to
speak out on this question, he is ruled by
the liquor interest. The drunkard who
votes for prohibition is a freer man than
the total abstainer who carries water on
both shoulders, and then votes for liquor or
to put it in the high license harness. Just
as the saloon keeper must
ANSWER FOR EVERY GLASS HE SELLS,
so we must answer for voting for it. 1t
isn't question of high license. The quib-
BILE that prohibition does not prohibit, has
nothing to do with it. A law against steal
ing does not prevent stealing. The same
power that puts an amendment on our con
stitution will attend to the enforcement of
it. 1t is our duty to make it as difficult to
get liquor as it is to get poison. High
license means that the city, state and
saloon keeper shall go into partnership to
ruin ITO build up iails, almshouses,
hospitals and houses5tOf correction, and to
keep up taxes.
GOD Is GOING To, COUNT THE VOTES.
Vote for prohibition, and you will be voting
for him, for order, for religion and for the
highest civilization He will see every
ballot. When you go home tonight, go
down on your knees, every one of you, and
pray God to help you to carry the amend
ments."