Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-14
THE LICENSE QUESTION.
wha; is Said OF the Bills Now Pending 4
fore Congress.

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fore Congress.
/ Few. DR.. 8. Domer. pastor o. 81. Paul.
Lutheran Church, when asked by STAR re
porter for his opinion upon the pending liquo1
license legislation, said: my views have beer
voiced publicly often that / can hardly ado
anything new at the present time. 1 am II
favor Of prohibition. pure and simple. No
that cannot draw the line between the So
called temperate man and the incorrigible
toner. from whose reach the tempting cup
should be removed. but because l consider il
worthy OF the aim OF a higher civilization,
which We will want TO make mankind free and
indepe ndent Of the use Of all substances which
/ do not necessarily enter into the maintenance
| % life aud health. II We are told that every
people OF nation we have ever known TO exist
had some form OF ar intoxicant' let us reply
that We desire to attain TO greater progress
than every nation before us in this respect as
well in all others.
But so long as this most desirable aim cannot
"a yet be arrived at let US have the next best
thing TO ;t-let ms get half loaf at least. il We
cannot get the whole. Let us have high
the reach of every irresponsible person to &C.
cuPy himself with traffic upon which such n
terrible responsibility rests. One to whom the
welfare of 80 many OF our young people is in
trusted, much against our will. should be at
least one 10 whom we can hold on when harm
comes to our dear ones, as is so often the case.
During the many years of my ministry have
seen so much. such an almost endless story of
evil ard harm directly resulting from intern
perance that my heart grows sick at the mere
thought Today our young men think ii es-
scntIal attribute Of manhood to be able to stand
before the bar OF some popular resort. in the
company of what are supposed to be 'congenial
companions, and to fill themselves up with
the product of the still, when neither their
physical condition nor their eIuberance Of
spirit nor their financial circumstances call for
such things. While we have. therefore, the
largest degree of individual liberty compatible
with public safety, let u at least remove out of
that sphere o: personal liberty many Of the
dangerous stumbling blocks as We can with
some show OF success"
REV. ERNEST DREwITz.
Res. Ernest Drewitz pastor Of the Concordia
Evangelical Church, said yesterday to a STAR
reporter: AS simple citizen. standing aloof
from any business interests, l can only point to
nv experience here and elsewhere as guiding
my views on the license question. heard the
keeper Of a gambling house in ST. Paul who
conducted his business under the cloak of
high toned restaurant. boast openly that no
matter how high his license should be made he
could always raise the money. That incident
helped to convince me how impractical any at
tempt at legislative control OF the restaurant
business must be If 1t is not primarily founded
upon the individual character OF the man him
self. or If mere ability TO paw n high amount of
municipal tax can secure a privilege which is
denied a poorer but more respectable man.
The same recognition OF the power of money
will prompt the INSCRIPTIONS possessor to
bride minor functIonaries to ignore the wrong
doing gong under their very noses making
the most rigid provisions for surveillance illn-
sorry and ineffective. law which would dis