Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-15
AROUND OF HOT SHOT
Col. W. D. Moore Fires a VOlley Into
the Anti-ProhibitiOn Ranks.
he HITS DEALERS AND AGNOSTIcS
Hon. John F. bravo Talks Temperance in q
SOuthside Church.
OFHER AMENDMENT MEETINGS NOTED.

Colonel w. D. Moore made an address in
the Moorhead building yesterday afternoon,
in which he took occasion in his opening
remarks to repel an attack which had been
made upon him by an evening papet. Pass
ing from this, he took up the speeches made
at the Brewers Convention, in which he
called the members "Dutch beasts, ""Dutch
donkeys," and other pet names. "This is
all can call them" he said. ''They say
they could buy the influence of
every church worker in Pennsylvania.
They buy votesl Why, they are unworthy
to unlace the shoes of any Christian woman
in this city. That little boy in the audi
ence does not have a yote-if he had
one, he would vote for prohibition; but the
Italian rascals whom saw naturalized yes
terday will go and vote against prohibition
God bless my soull they are are only hall
civilized, and they have no more right to
vote than that boyl 1 remarked to friend
that they should be civilized before they are
naturalized."
DRAWING IT FoRCIBLY.
The speaker pointed out the dangers OF
liquor drinking and the many graves he
had seen filled by friends who had died
drunkards. He concluded his remarks on
that phase of the subject by saying: May
God Almighty's curse come down on
whisky and everything connected with 1t
Continuing. he said: Politicians go to
the whisky shops and buy up votes ior
drinks of whisky. The men who run this
city do it %
fMany of our city politicians show 1t In
their looks !' remarked an enthusiastic tenn
perance worker who had inter- upted the
sneaker several times before with remarks:
"I think YOU Gre little of crank!
testify remarked Colonel Moore. The man
kept quiet after the rebuke.
ftSome speakers advocate moral 'suaslon;
YOU must persuade the liquor dealers not to
sell. Do you persuade a murderer not 10
kill vou? Do YOU persuade burglar not to
rob your house? Do YOU elead with him?
You saw: You godforsaken ruthan, you are
going to rob mel Well, I'll break your
headr
'sFor % years have been a lawyer, and
in all that time only know of three KINDS
of crime which were not directly traceable
to LIQUOR. They are burglary, forging and
counterfeiting. These require judgment
and forethought, and the perpetrators never
drink.
TO DEALERS AND AGNosTICs.
"I am in favor of the amendment, no
from personal reasons, but on the ground o
public policy. One liquor dealer in thu
city had SS7 700 receipts last year: Wha
did he give this city in return? Nothing
but misery, crime and debauchery!
"There are two things Iwish to say in con
clusiOe: We are all brothers; and you ar
YOUR brothers keeper. Each day you ar
nearing the Judgment seat of God, an
must answer to Him. There are men VIII
deny the existence of God. They call them
selves Agnostics. They say they knoN
nothing Then why, in the name of Go
Almighty, are they trying to teach us VIII
do know something?
''They say do not abolish it, but only rt
strict it, Do we limit murders? Do W
saw burglar shall only rob so many house
every night? Moral suasion is the doctrin
of do-all-the- wickedness-you-want-5ut-only
linit-it. -