Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-03-17
An APfEAL,.

Dear sisters and friends Of the Womans'
Christian Temperance Union:
"why stand ye all the day idle? Didst
thou not SOW good seed in thy neld9 From
whence then hath II tares9 And he saith, An
enemy hath done this - Yes dear friends.
the enemy is not idle. While we sit at our
ease the great enemy OF souls is active, busy
day aud night. as roaring lion, seeking whom
he may devOur. While the love OF so many
WAKES cold aud so lew come out to prayer
meeting, the devil and his servants are grow
ing bolder and bolder They bid defiance to
all laws OF decsncy and purity Boldly and
impudently they tell us, 1--WE are here to stays
we intend to drag down to hell all your hus-
bands. brothers aud sons that we can entice
into our dens Of pollution and shame; we shall
SOW as many seeds OF sin and sorrow. tears
and woe, agony and death as we can; and now
what are you going to do about it9 Help your
selves II You can, we defy your II you do
not hear exactly such words, there are many
here in our town who say 50 by their actions
Five saloons. joint or dives, tyou can take
your choice OF the Infamous names) were sure
Iy enough for our little town. But while we
have been eghing In ldleness aud hoping the
railroad company, or the agent, or the United
i've open doors to perdltion, our grand enemy
has excited the cupldity OF some ofour etizens
aud sixth den OF infamy and damnalion has
just been lifted mp ia more comfortable and
entieing manner than any Of the others, and
with everything new aud bright. It is now In
full blast, yawning for its victims, and who
are they to be9 These demons do not care for
the old, blear-eyed trembling sots. mol
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too strong TO be broken. II they alone were
to be the victims. these places would soon be
closed for lack OF custom. But the ranks are
TO be recruited from our own homes and nre-
sides. oar husbands, our brothers, our ioy.
ers. our sons, are to enter these dives which
lead to the broad down grade Who OF them
are safer And now. is II true that we can do
nothing9 Are our own hands tied7 Have we
no influence? Must we see our citizens daily
reeling on our streets aud not lin our voices
to try to stem this tideP Have we no influence
with the christian voters aud with our officers?
Surely we can petition the powers that be to
suppress. TO shut mp these places In the name
OF social purity, in the name Of all that is de-
cent ana Of good report, we beseeeh you to
abate these nuisances. these black spots on the
fair name Of our town. Shut them up-the
last one OF theml Our husbands and sons do
not any more need TO go into a saloon to ''take
a drink then we. their wives and daughters
need 10 do so We claim that by the law Of |
God there is but one rule OF right aud wrong
for the guidance Of both male and female and
if II would be shame for US TO be seen fre-
quenting these drinking aud gambling Joints
1t Is equally shame for our boys and fathers
to be found there day or night. And now,
having put our hands to this 'plow OF re-
form. - let us not look back nor yield an inch |
uatil every saloon and gambling hole is closed, |
and those who have them In charge. and max
ing their living by killing Others are forced |
to hnd some more honorable business
signed;-Mrs NJ. A. Clark Miss Jennie |
Wolfe, Mrs. W w Miller, Celia Eganj Mrs.
John S Anderson, Mrs vinA Egan, Mrs Eva
Rateifr Mrs. II c. Cook, Mrs. d. n. Allen.
L j shoptaugh. Olive Allen, NJ. Il. Curry,
Mrs y llurd, Mrs. Belle Stevens, Mrs.
Mccarthy, f. NJ Boedecker