The Globe-republican., 1890-07-30
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THE GREAT TEMPERANCE cOnVen1On
has met and adjourned. There has been
nothing like it in the history of the move
ment in Kansas. The meeting of 5000
delegates from all parts of the state to
show their interest in common cause is
a significant fact in the history OF reform
movements. The people are in earnest
upon this great question. Whiskey adj
vocates may call them hypocrites; those
who favor conservative and. tempOrizing
methods with the whiskey power may
call them cranks; unreasoning whiskey
advocates may declare, and affect to be
lieve. that all prohibitiOnists keep and
drink Intoxicating liquors as beverage;
but the fact still remains that vast
number of Kansas people are in dead
earnest about graduating from our state
every vistage of the saloon, be it in the
form of joint, original package house.
disreputable drug store. or supreme
court saloon. The people are tired of
the whole destructive business.
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THERE Is MUCH loose and erroneous
thinking on the question of personal
liberty and personal rights. There are
some people who think that they have a
perfect right to do anything which their
own sweet wills prefer; no matter
whether it interferes with other people s
rights or not; and also think they have
a perfect right to do with themselves
what they prefer, whether what they
choose is right or wrong. They may be
candid enough, but candor does not
make facts. The king of Siam was, no
doubt. candid. and honest in his convic-
tons when he declared that it was i'm
possible for water to become solid, (ice).
But ice is a common thing to us notwith-
standing the kings opposite opinion.
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Now THEN, on this question of temper
ance. men say: 81 have a right tn get
drunk if want to- If some one says,
"Why no, you have no such right as
that" the personal---very. man gravely
asks. .'WhO is to decide?" The man who
knows better, to be sure. is the one to
make answer. He may not be needed.
But it remains fact that no man has a
right to get drunk; and those who per-
sist in it find it out, but generally when it
is too late.
Do YOU THINK a man has right to take
into his system that which Injuries him?
Alcohol Injuries stomach, head, liver,
kidneys, brain; intellect, heart, soul are
all injured by its use as a beverage.
Then have L. or any one right to use
that which Injuries me; a right to do
what Injuries me; a right to do what i'm
pairs and hurts the whole man, physi-
cal, mental. spiritual? No, never any
such Il right granted. Study again the
laws of self-preservatiOn, self-respect and
true liberty and see if they are antagon-
istic to the law of self-indulgence and So
called personal liberty.
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ARCHBISHOP IRELAND in his st. Paul
speech before the National Teachers
Association, says: 81 would permeate
the regular state school with the religion
of majority of the children of the land.
be it as Protestant as Professionalism can
be, and would, as they do in England,
pay for secular instruction given in de-
nominational schools according to re-
SUITS" which is that any church can 90
to the public treasury and secure public
school funds for their sectarian schools
according to the results of their secular
teaching in the branches taught in the
state sch OOls; "these results to be deter
mined by an examining board" Are
Americans ready to turn our public
schools over to the various denomina-
tons to have the funds parceled out, here
and there according to the majority of a
particular church people in a neighbOr-
hood: L am presbyterian, and we need
money badly for our college, but am
not ready to ask Kansas public schools
to divide funds with us. Besides l do
not believe in forcing even Professionalism
upon a people. 1t is the best religion in
the world, but people must accept it in
diligently to be greatly benefited BY its
benign influence.
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THEY GOT THEIR ANSWER.
DODGE CITY, KANs., July 4.-To the
editor of the Hutchinson Neas Permit
us, the undersigned. to inquire Of you
through your valuable paper what the
prospects are in your town of opening a
place of business, tO-wit: original pack
age house. Also about what rent we will
have to pay. As We understand there
are quite a number of business houses in
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