The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-13
ANENT THE BRADToRD POISONING

By Joel Swartz. d d.
/ The experience of the ". 4 T Z delegate:
/ at their late State convention AZ Bradford, Pa
/ has been widely published and heartily com
miSerated That about one hundred Of then
should be taken violently i'll az the same time
was alarming and mysterious. and whilst ii wa
| soon agreed that it was n case of poisoning. II
was not so easy to determine the cause. Bu
after many cOniecturcs and some examination
/ il was pretty generally agreed that the poison
I ing was from the eating of chicken which was
kindly and literally prepared for the
ladies in a copper boiler in imperfect condition
/ 1t was clearly and sadly accidental, and while
1 no one was suspected or blamed, the kind lady
who ordered the cooking was the most unhappy
Z of all. She really suffered more than any who
were takenSick. Their GistTess, though severe
was of the body, hers was Of the mind. 1t was
/ pitiable to see her wiring her hands and wceI
/ over the misfortune
The dear delegates who shortly recovered
/ braycly returned 20 work and seemed 10 regret
the affair chiefly because il was rude and sud
den interruption of their program They al
rather laugh at ii now. and all may rejoice that
/ in 10 case the poisoning was fatal
have referred 10 the calamity chiefly for the
purpose of pointing a lesson connected with the
great purpose and work Of the organization Oi
/ the W c I L The ladies are organized foi
/ the purpose of doing away with the manuiactufC
and sale of a licensed poisoned drink What
ought one to think of licensing poisoned food
Was the chicken, inyitingly served TO the ladies
from defective copper kettle, any worse than
the drink served to all corners over the bars oi
drink is known to be poisoned Science. eNper-
fence, Holy Writ, all declare with one voice that
the cup which iGcbliateS Is poisoned cup Its
Z effects are much like those produced by the
poisoned food which the ladies ate, The nausea
and vomiting of the dTun6ard fully parallel
those of the sickeSt ladies at bradford. But in
many respects the poisoned drink Is worse. ii
dcthrOneS the reason, lnl3mes the passions,
dgaGens the conscience. cnslaYeS the VIII aud
makes its victim terror ana q menace 10 all
within his reach u has the strange ana sad
eveMf a.sNn sWa# for Ia
same infuriatiug poison and leads its victim as
a bond slave back 10 his cups. w hen awake
l win seek il yet again y
The ladies were not made maniacS and Grim
inalS by the food. They were not inilSmed 10y
il 10 return and eat again Is they did not, like
the dTunkard. deliberately and knowingly take
a poison they did not suffer in their conscences
ana morals rs does the drunkard. But suppose
the poisoned chicken had had the sad and
strange effect Of creating n a desire for more
would those husbands Of the sick ladies likely
+ have demanded that more should be allowed
that to DENY it was an interference with per
sOnal liberty an act Of 'Slmptuary legisla.
ton and gross abuse OF privilege. suppose
further that the lady who furnished the chick
en-, instead .Of breaking her heart over the
evil her kettle had wrought should have. il
view OF any demand the sick might have made
| for more, asked for license TO run u regular
: business supplying all who might ask for hci
deadly yiandS and suppose that in view of the
money thus IN prospect voters should have
been found wiling 10 cast their ballots for Sucn
4 z u
cook. and such advocates and supporters of hcI
venOmOUs art Why. let Us answer just what
ought now 10 be thought Of the licensed saloon
keeper, his supporters and political patrons In
all reason, what argument row made for the
licensing restriction. regulation Of the
poisoned drink could not DC made for the pois.
Oued food Let those who now vote for the
licensing of the deadly rus traffic ask them
selves why thcy could not consistently vote for
I "a traffic in poisoned fo9ds They could only ans.
wer because the demand has not yet been made
there Is 10 revenue "a Il. but when these condi-
tons are supplied We VIII just as soon vote "a
license puryeyorS Of poisoned meats as OF pOis.
oned drinks. fur The principle Is the same. Oh
We fathers and husbands and brothers and sons
who do our voting and make our laws, what
viii some better century think Of the closing
nineteenth What Goes God think OF you? What
DO YOU think Of yourselves
4 bushel o. corn makes four gallons OF whiS.
Z Ky. which rCiaiiS al SIC OF this the farmer gets
sorty.ccnJs. the railroad 81, the United States
3 CO. the manufacturer s. and the yender s.
AID the GTiu6cT-siXty days and the dciiriunl
I tremgnS