The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-02
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speeches were delivered at the prohibition
isis camp at Glyndon Park and are epito-
missed in the San of Tueseay. Every i'm
pa rial reader cannot fail to see the utter
nonsense which constitutes the Doctors
speech on high license.
REV. DIR. DE LEW ON HIGH LICENSE.
The Rev. DIR. Louis De Lew was the
next speaker, and announced himself in
favor of high license. He said: 81 do not
deserve the applause with which you greet
me. come here to meet with brother and
speak with brother. / have challenged no.
body and made no challenge. / come not
here to plead for the one side or the other.
| am not in favor of prohibition, and am
doubtful Of my position. am on the fence"
Laughter. "Come off," shouted an au'
ditor.
Exactly" replied the speaker. Il will
either be found on one side or the other.
am not two faced man. l am practical.
| am teetotaler, but am teetotally opposed
to prohibition because do not believe in
building castles in the air when am moi
able 10 build a chicken coop on the earth
None of us like to be controlled about what
we shall eat or what we shall drink. If
was told that l was not allowed to drink ]
would be very apt TO take two drinks al
once. [Applause.]
THE EFFECT OF LAW.
Suppose l should tell my friend Hig-
gins that he should not eat beefsteak but
mutton, what would he think Of me? Now
never smoke. l never buy good cigar
and am too poor to buy bad one. Laugh.
ter. But if the law should say that
should not smoke, l would be very apt &c
smoke two cigars, one in one corner of the
room and one in the other, and smoke until
drove the mosquitoes all out of the house
Laughter God tried prohibition in the
Garden of Eden, but Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
would not enjoy the pears on the tree o.
knowledge. 1t is not Gods way to take
away temptation, but it is HIS desire that
we should overcome it. Applause l
wish to say that believe in license hedg-
ed with restrictions so big that my friend
(Dr. Bacon) cannot call it "a failure and a
cursed thing as he says high license is. j
the drunkenness is only decreased little
for Gods sake let us have that little, and
not despise the day of small things.
promise you will not get prohibition in
Pennsylvania for five years, and if you can.
not get one why will you fight against the
other? The best way to deal with this
question is TO punish the drunkard, instead
of prohibiting al from drinking. 1t is
your business not to whitewash the drunk.
ard, but to punish him." [Applause.]
COL. BAIN's ELoQUENCE.
Col. Geo. w. Balm. of Kentucky, said
"Whatever tends to make the saloon re-
spectacle tends to perpe.uate the liquor
traffic. High license gives respectable sur.
roundings to the saloon, and | cannot see
how any man who favors the abolition o.
the traffic can favor policy which will
prolong the life of the evil which Mr.
Gladstone says equals the combined evils Of
war, pestilence and famine. The most hope
full feature of this question is the disrepu-
table, degenerating tendency of the drink
and drink-seller. Fifty years ago whisky
was made as pure as the worm of the still
could make it, but to day aconite, arsenic
benzlne, boot soles and tobacco stems adul-
terate it. One hundred years ago the saloon
stood as fair in civilization as did the dry
goods house. 1t was respectable for chris
tains to make and sell strong drink. What
is the character ofthe avarage saloon-keeper
now? Ii is said more than half the saloon
keepers of New York city have been in Jail
for crime in this or the old country. The
tendency of the drink and drink-selIer is
downward, and any policy that would stop
the tendency delays the doom of the traffic
He who would give the saloon respectable
ity opens gilded gateway to destructi IN
for the young manhood of our country.
THE SALOON AND REVENUE.
Again, whatever makes the saloon a
source Of revenue 10 the State fastens the
traffic more firmly upon the country. High
license says the Cincinnati Volksblatt
bars out prohibition and gives the liquor
business Standing This is the opinion of
the organ Of the brewers. A great brewer
of Omaha says: But for high license Ne.
braska would be under prohibition 1t
was high license that defeated the amend
ment in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Mass.
achusetts. There are two pillars the liquor
sellers expect to support-the grateway to
their future-these are responsibility and
revenue. High license gives both, and how
any man who claims to favor the overthrow
of the liquor traffic can favor the support of
these pillars cannot understand. High
license does not lessen the evil effects of the
traffic, for though in some places fewer sa-
Icons may exist, yet these increase their
and attractiveness, and as much
liquor is sold, besides better young men are
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