The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-10
w. G. IT. u. Column.
CONDUCTED by MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.

These gilded, alluring death.trsp
that are set for us on our most frequent
; ed thoroughbred, aud protected by al
Infamous license. call loudly TO an out
ragged people for suppression.
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BE not deceived. Ii YOU license III,
liquor traffic il will plant itself benin,
your license law, aud defy every iegs
eDactment made to regulate 1t. II ha
no respect for law. nor does it mean tc
have.
Standing In a saloon door, and look
ing at a church steeple. is = poor way tc
start for hesven-The Rams Horn.
Sitting in q church vestry, and look.
ing into the saloon door IL another poor
way Western Leader.
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No matter how earnest its plesdings
may be.
Unless in its platform you fiud Prohibi.
As a doctrine SO plain that the nation
may ee.-New Era.
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We object to public conduct Of the
liquor traffic because IL is the public con-
linuance OF s public nuisance. IL is beg.
ging the question to assume that IL will
be diminished nuisance. A nuisance
il . nuisance aud should be abated
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do not wear the collar of any politi.
cal party, nor do dictate 20 you how
you shall vote, but | declare that a. for
me l will vote for no party that favors
the licensing OF the liquor business.
Were the Christian church consistent. it
could end the great evil The continu.
ance OF the traffic is q reproach to the
church. Joseph Cook.
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There Is no question before the
American people to-day that begins TO
match in importance the temperance
question. The question Of American
slavery was never anything but Q baby
by the side Of this; md we prophesey
that within ten years, II not within five,
the whole country will ,e awake to il
and divided upon it."--J. q. Holland.
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How long will the people fold their
poison to encirc!e and destroy their
homes? How long will they stand In
active, and see the hopes and expecta.
tions they had concentrated on their
once manly boys blighted aud blasted by
this insidious and dangerous serpent Of
intemperance
Intoxicants are the cause Of nine.
tenths Of oil our poverty and crime.
Then what folly and madness. what
idiocy, and worse. to license men TO sell
rum and other strong drink! Is it not
strange that any decent man can sdvo.
cate the license OF drink, when 1t is
known TO be at the botto - OF so much
of our woe? There is . fearful guilt
some v here.
Every argument that can be used
show ing Why . temperance man should
not vote for license party at . State
or national election, 10 equally strong
regarding . municipal election. The
came partIeo are In the field; the same
principles are at stake. A vote for
either Republican or Democrat means
= vote for legalizing and continuing the
rum curss, and no sophis.ry about street
law enforcement, etc,
can alter the fact.
How can q Prohibitionist favor the
State doing what he condemns In the
individual? The Prohibitionisi who
(avors state control Of the liquor trsfiic
cannot consistently oppose the liquor
trai1ic when conducted by individuals.
n the LIQUOR traffic is . disreputable and
criminal business, does the state not be.
come disreputabi BILE and criminal when II
engages 10 Il? State control is the last
snare Of the d. vii 10 catch the enemies
OF the LIQUOR traffic There Is not sin.
gle sensible thing that can be said 10 lie
favor.
Il 10 very sad that In the face OF hard
times, lack Of employ ment, and destitu.
ton, men will continue - long as . dol
lar remains, to squander their money 10
liouor saloons. for thst which 10 . posi-.
tive injury In many ways.
l, 10 true that large majority Of those
Who waste money for alcoholics, are 40
far under the power OF the insidious
poison that they cannot resist the un-
controllable demands Of alcohol; bnt
there are many who could stop II they
~ould, and while the former enslsved
victims may have our commiscrstion,
those who are selfshly squsndering
money for drink, Who ought TO carefully
count each dime aud nickel that could
possibly bs ssved for the coming win
Ter, will deserve al. that they suffer /;
but not 90 their innocent wives aud III.
tie ones.