Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-20
TO THE W. @. T. o.

TO THE W. O. T. u.
Great Bend. Kas., Feb. Is, 1890
EDITOR DEMOCRAT.
Will you kindly grant me a little
space in your columns to address few
lines to the Womens' Christian TEN.
perance Union.
What beautiful name! According
to Webster, it is as follows:
"WoAAN-(Women's) The female Of the human
race. grown to adult years." ~
"CHRIsTIAN-1, One who prefesses to believe, OF
is assumed to believe, in the religion of Christ
especially one whose inward and outward life i.
conformed to the doctrins of Christ. 2, One who
was born in a christian country or OF christian
parents"
"Christian--1, pertaining to Christ his
religion" 2, "Professing christianity
"TKMPERANcE--1st, Habitual moderation in re-
gard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and
passions, restraint moderate indulge nee; moder-
stion. Temperance in eating and drinking
Temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth." 2
Moderation of passion; patience; careful lness;
sedateness."
'.UxIoN-1. 1.-THE act of unity joining two OF
more things into one: the state of being united
or joined; junction; coalition, combination. 2,
agreement and conf JUNCTION of mind, spirit, will,
effections, or the like; harmony, concord"
Which, in condensed way, would
mean combination or concord of Christ
like moderation of women in regard to
indulgence of the natural appetites or
actions.
Are you really Christ like, or like
Christ, in your teaching as well as
your works? Please read Luke 19-
l to 10 inclusive. Are you trying to
save regardless of the condition of the
party? Also read 1 Cor.-10, IL. Are
you sure that YOU stand? Are you
not in danger Of having been misled?
Then how would Pro. II, 4 and 5 apply?
Are you moderate according to the
term of your namesp Are you temper
ate in your acts, walks and works?
Are you restrained to a moderate in
diligence?
I fear your name is misnomer. In
the arrests you caused to be made on
or about Feb. 8, 1890, did you exercise
Christian charity? Why not Christ
like go to these evil doers and exercise
the Importance of your name? Why
not try and restrain them from viola
tion of the law, instead of sending out
person who besmirched your fair name
and brought reproach upon you? Will
Iii fn Cfon
where our Savior ever caused a wrong
to large majority of Inhabitants,
tax payers, to punish
supposed violation of any law, to crafty
some particular whim? Was it a
christian spirit that prompted your
might ask quite a number Of questIons
more, but you may ask, what busi-
ness of mine it is that you dor"
will answer you frankly. 1 am a
tax payer of Barton county, and for
every 81 900 that are gathered into the
Golfers of the county, to pay expenses
or otherwise, I pay two dollars and fifty
cents, hence, through the arrests you
have made, by the time you are through,
you will have put your hands into my
pocket and wrongfully taken out of it
twelve dollars and fifty cents. Wrong
fully taking money out of my pocket
may sound little like stealing. Can
yon tell me how much less it is? Who
was wronged? Have any of your
husbands or sons been robbed by the
If so, let them make COM
plaint. Nearly all the parties you have
had arrested are poor men with fami-
lies, and at this stage of the trials it is
an open question whether you can con-
vict. You have forced an expense on
them that is neither temperate nor
christian like. Have you elevated the
morals of society by that act? Have
yov elevated woman and her rights
any? Have you done good work in
any way? fear the answer must be:
mo; we have robbed the county out of
S5 600 or $6, 900, have accomplished no
good, and have brought reproach upon
our fair name.''
Now in conclusion, if you will pay
The costs in these cases and relieve me
from paying, as we'll as the rest of the
taxpayers, have nothing to say, be-
cause as long as 1 am not wronged and
there is no fragrant violation of any law
which effects me injuriously, will be
content. Every tub must stand on
it's own bottom" And every christian
as well as everyone else) ''must take his |
own hide to market"
A TAX PAYER.
Look Out for Breakers.
The farmers, all,a Dos, 10 roo;y;Dp Tho