The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-08

serve: When tho election comes of
next November there will be most as.
suredly one vote cast for the Prohibit
ton party If there are no others.
don't have to change my politics;
don't have to, and won't do it, for I am
on the right side. When | die I won't
have to Change, but you, yon OLD red
nosed Democrats and Republicans, will
have to change when you get to hell,
ior you can't get whiskey there. Why,
pless my soul, even water is scarca.
was, Der ocrat until tho convention
met in St Louis AMI adopted the liquor
plank In their platforms, then left it,
and you hear for whose side | am blow.
ing my horn now. don't you? There's An
old Methodist minister praying God to
pus whiskey out, and then you go and
cast your vote for it.
You are the biggest old fool in the
United States. Tho only way TO Get
whisk"y ont is to vote it out and God
don't vote. Take the United States
Congress. it is playing into the hands of
the whiskey traffic. Why, when 300, 600
thousand OF our noble women signed a
petition to Congress asking them TO
adopt some law for REFRESHING whiskey,
what did they do about it, Why, they
paid no moro attention to it then 20 the
moving of cat in the lobby of the
capitol. am like Paddy. the Irishman,
who when asked by "a friend whether he
was 4 Democrat or a Republican, said
don t know, but am anything agin
the government Mr.. Cleveland never
gave me any bread or meat nor anv
office, neither did Mr. Harrison. and l
don't care which is elected What |
want is God TO be our ruler so that the
world Will remain sober. Some OF YOU
people say, i would die for my political
convictions, when, you blcar.eyad old
iool, you would not know them if YOU
met them in the road and marked with
a red flag.
The world has stopped asking, Is
this thing right or wrong" but How
much money is there in it?' Now, ]
Will take this card and write the word
wrong on it, and | will then take this
So bill and put over the card, and what
do you see? You don't see the word
wrong Well, that is the way some
thlngs-such as whiskcY and gambling
are covered up, and you don't see them.
Got that in your noddle? You people
say; we can't afford to close our bar
rooms, as we need the revenue derived
from chem for paying for having our
streets macadamized,' when folks hero
tell me in muddy weather you can see
d
on the surface of the mud.
Why can't YOU Tx your streets with.
out the saloons? Y,u are going TO be
taxed for Ii anyhow, and the saloon
keepers will pay Tor les, of il than auy
pOdy else, and whoever says you amt is
TOOL and ought to have Il guardian ap-
pointed for him. Listen; this CITY is a
new one and in the formative state like
1 10 II yeafold boy. The way a boy
lives from the time he is I3 to the age
OF II will fix his destiny. This city
stands here in its youth. and now is the
time To decide what the future shall be:
whether this city shall be given over TO
God or to the devil
Gambling, am told, in this city is
as notorious as the stars which shine in
the heavens. There are 1000 gamblers
in this city and the police are as power
less to catch them as dead cat to catch
rats, and you have all kinds OF gambling
here, too. The other day boy had a
monkey and ball and you paid cents
for chance to throw the ball at tho
monkey, and if you hit him you got 10
cents. tell you that monkey was kept
busy lodging. II was chief OF police
here would go right through this city
with sledge hammer, and l would
burst the doors OF the gambling bells
and be in the midst Gifts inmates before
they had time to get away. This city
is lacking manhood whom things like
this are allowed to go UNPUBLISHED and
something should and must be done.
Listen! If one Of your police see
tramp drunk here on the streets he is
Immediately arrested. while If thew
catch one OF your old red.nosed colonies