The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-03

Some reasons why the w. C. L. L.
seeks the ballot: We believe that as
citizens of this Republic we ought to
have power to express our will at the
ballot box. The only mode in which
we can do any thing at present is to
/ speak or write about the condition of
women and endeavOr in various ways
to create such a public sentiment as
shall bring about laws to protect our
selves and our children from the evils
of intemperance We believe that if
woman had the ballot, she would
then hold the power to abolish the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors, and thus greatly lessen the
various evils resulting from the use
of Alcohol, as we all know that a very
large proportion of the crimes commit
ted are done through the influence of
drink.
We seek the ballot for no selfish
ends, asking it only in the interest of
the home, which has been and is
woman's divinely apo nted province;
there is no clamor for rights only
prayerful, persistent plea for the OPP
portunities Of duty. The fear in our
hearts is not OF unwomanly action,
but of possibility unfulfilled. The
dreadful shadow OF a gigantic evil is
over us. Up to this time, the efforts
of good men have failed to cut it down
or repre- SIS it. Year by year, it grows
faster than our nations growth, and
no power has yet been applied to
check its encroachments. The Natl
onal Associ alton of Brewers has CIV
en- US a clew to the agency which they
fear. At their annual session held in
the city of Chicago, Oct. 1881, the fol-
lowing resolution was passed:
ResO lued, That we oppose always
and everywhere, the ballot in the
hands of women, for wOmen's vote is
the last hope OF the Prohibitionist.
No liquor will be sold in the Massa-
chusetts State Building at the Worlds
Fair. How many other States will
take this ground?
What are the underlying causes of
intemperance? Mr.. Livermore says:
l. An inherited appetite for strong
drink which, when uncontrolled, dew
elops into an insatible mania for in
toxicants. q. The use of food that is |
too stimulating and an indulgence in
tobacco which demoralizes the ply I
steal system nd is likely to beget alb !
normal desires. The social drink /
ing customs of society, especially .
among the better classes. 1. The /
wTetched condition of the lower clas- |
ses, and the barrenness of their homes !
and lives, which drives them to the /
saloon for pleasurable excitement. ). I
The carelessness of physicians in pre-
scribing alcoholic beverages to pa
tients, and the immense use of those .
patent medicines whose chief in
gredient is some kind of intoxicant,
and which are self-prescribed for
every ailment. 6. The legislation of
the liquor traffic, which throws around
it the sanctions of law, gives it power
and prestige, and debauches the pub
lie conscience as well as private NOR
ais.
The Christian at Work, Oct, -. Is
81, said, "The liquor traffic exists in
this country to-day only by the suffer
ance of the membership of the Christ
ian churches. They are the masters
Of the situation so far as the abolition
Of the liquor traffic is concerned.
When they sag Co and Uote Go it
JCU co. The NelC York Tldepend-
ent, July 81, 1892. said: when the
Christian papers of the whole country
shall publish such vigorous denuncia-
tions of the crime of lynching as are
found in the Christian Observer, of
Ky, this horrible practice
will soon come to an end all over the
country, for The Christian sentiment
can dominate the nation" Is all this
true? If true. then failing to exert
this great power. where lies the res
for the continuance of all
the sin, shame, crime, and horror of
the liquor traffic? lola SUPT. FRAN.
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