The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-17
DUBOIs COUNTY w. 9. 4. Y.
Address Of President Mrs. Josie
Cooper, 1t the Court House,
April %. 1901.

Address Of President Mrs. Josie
n Cooper, at the Court House,
I April ., 1901.
Dear Sisters and Temperance Friends: -
u Il has been said that the temperance
question has been worn thread bare, but,
on the contrary. Il seems something akin
I the .old. old story that IL ever new"
and will bear OF repesting. For, u we
take the lite OF only one OF the many
thousand that each year falls into the
|drunkard's grave. sre there not volumes
that might be said Of wasted life and
energies OF the soul that was born 10
glorify lie Maker aud Was lost? Neither
, would We be through II We counted all
the loss OF the victims. For It would fI
volume upon volume, II We look into.
the life Of her who went down into "the
valley OF the shadow Of death" and
came %, With her precious innocent
7 babe upon her bosom. her heart beating
, Joy ously, with bright hopes for the fu-'
, ture OF her boy, and ss she clasps him 10
her heart, thanks God that He has given
her this child to protect and comfort her
, in her declining years. A. she watches
his infancy budding into childhood, and
then merging into manhood, she scarce
" dreams Of the evil that il in the world,
/ OF the temptations lying IN wait Tor the
innocent feet Of her boy.
But. alasi how soon her dream Of
} happiness il broken! tor. ss she watch es
the unsteady steps Of her son As be reels
from one Of the many legslized saloons
: that infest our fair land. she begins to
realize tor the first time how powerless
II. n - ia nj m uan
cence none dared 10 question her right
10 shield him from every danger that
: threatened But now that an evil bas
> .overtaken him which destroys not only
J. the body. but the soul, che is told 0y
e those 10 authority, thst, although amen
. able TO the laws Of the State, she has no
e right TO say what those laws shall be
o that she has nothing to do but to obey
that the saloons are . necessity, 10 -
! much ss they are . source Of revenue 70
the government But for them we
e should not be able 10 sustain our gov.
= ernment officials in becoming style. aud
Ie the streets Of our beautiful cities (ol
which We ere 90 proud) could not be "a
nicely paved; that our free scncol'
would b shortened two or three mouths
each year never remembering that Z
z lev are educated at the expense Of mans
that thousands OF children never ensel
8 The school room for want Of books and
I. clothes, The price Of which be- beer
n ~ allowed up b. sheee very oalooos
3 Bot TIE mother Uhc oponde hor night
b slee2Iess Wssching. remembess' thes
lss thines, and she 6nds but little com6or
!ssl n the thought, that through her loo
= others ere enabled TO revel IN luxury 4
wine and dine their friends and prod uc
Of more drunksrds, which 10 turn calls 10
II more saloons, and thereby increases ID
an revenue.
Ss As the mother wsnders out into th
60 street, tremblingly seeking her sob. th
re very bricks seem 10 burn her feet, TO
70 were they not burned with that fiI
-. \ whi:h IL never quencbed.
- But. alas! the blood OF her son did NJ
~ pay for " si! She can count the mosl
1. err whose grief Il akin 10 her own
M the bricks in the psvementl Surely u
w w city that IL thus paved with the richie
- blood OF the land. IL not far remove
from Sodom and Gomorrah. And can "
think God's blessings will always re-
,.r upon country that is yearly sustaint
"a by human traffic?
ri Some where In Gods word We are to
the that !; il not lawful TO put money that
omlthe price Of blood in the treasury. ~
ItIyet our treasury 10 filed with that ki'
the Of money. Aud ss Ne read on We 6n'
outl .Tbey should cast their silver into &
,ws streets: .Their silver and their 60
the shall not be able to deliver them IN {
ore day of the wrath OF the Lord Sure
,wsin that day many will be calling on I
|. rocks and hills TO fall upon them 81
. ofhide them.
AriyI Our license system, as II stands up
= 20 our statute books, IL nothing more %
or . iustifying the wicked for reward. A
pro- this very law is condoned and sustain
Orn, by men Who profess 70 be followers
re-Him who said: "Suffer the little Of
enh TO come unto Me- And IL their III
re- feet become entsngled In the meshes
g rlone OF the high licensed saloons, "
the will be more responsible for their l
IN athan many who prsy, lead us not i
tnetemptafion Still, / can scarcely thi
Iear. that every man who votes for the iiceI
tner system realizes 70 what IN extent he
fo'- responsible for the existence Of the
sson loon. II he did be surely would not
nsnt moussrate when it came 10 his o
nt q door, and his own son wss sscrific
ting lie would ssy 1t had just as well
etin' my son - another's, and the governm
must be kept up. and our taxes wo
surely be increased but for the ssloor
nue. But the mothers Of the land can
zee Il il thst light. for. they feel
euue their sons are far more precious than
rress little bit Of money received for liq
" 1. lIicensc. But you ask: "What car
viii woman DO toward overthrowing
ment svstem. protected - Il Il By law.
With she With no voice 10 the governmeu
anne There 10 an old sdage which says,
ne . uuion there 70 strength, Y and one eni
,aled. elastic woman can do much toward
~ of fusing hope in the hearts Of others.
oilers when these women array themselves
The Rether and Join those already orGani
. un- feeling Of kinship takes possession
~ /. every soul, and instead Of : 81
! viii PRAYER, We hear two hundred thou'
- the rrvin0 .I,ord. save our sons ana br