Smyrna times., 1893-11-01
The JUDGES AND The DISPENSING
OF LIQUOR APPLICATIONS.
STRONG COMPARISON BETWEEN THE
LEGAL METHODS OF TODAY AND
THAT OF JUDGE SAMSON IN
THE LAND OF THE
pHIT T9TTNuO

o me announcement by the pastor. Rev
o Auan Stengle, of the text. "ANn
hE DID GRIND IN THE PRISON HOUsE },
leu naturally to the thought there was
+ new line of argument to be deveIon-
3 Gu ana SO 1t was, growing more terse
anu vigorous from the beginning to the
4 nnisn' there seeming much more he
n@u 10 say, when he stopped at the
luiC OF 10 minutes. The Introduction
Vi Uhe SUBJECT in the choice of the text
was unique, the application fresh and
striKlng, the comparative argument so
T wen sustained (having the seeming in.
Verest and hearty Endorsement of the
congregaton) and the subject matter
50 apprOpos at this time, that in Obed-
renee 10 popular wish we give here
win III! synopsis of the discourse.
ms text was from judges 16 chapter
part OF the Is verse; subject:
THE RUM MILL"
samson was Judge in Israel for
"TouI twenty years during that period
When the nation was governed b,,
Judges. So we may properly cali him
Judge Samson. The functions of HE
Office were both civil and ecclesiasticaI
-out ne was more particularly tO
maintain peace and order. punish the
guilty, protect the Innocent. Drouofo
the welfare of the people in General
ana especially to drive cut and taxae,,
OUT the Phllistines, who infested tbs
land and sorely oppressed the neonia
YET IN our text we find Judge Samron
at Gaza In the very heart of the com
Try OF the Phlistines and actually tnrn
ing mill which ground flour to fae5
ana nourlsh the most inveterate fos
israel ever had. The utter incon0ruit,,
between the work in which he was on,
gagged and the office to which he bod
all. "PP"renC 10
This incident in the career of Tndoo
samson finds in some sense and noas
ure a parallel in this State of Delaware
a sacred officer of Justice is bv law re.
! CURED TO turn the mill which orindo |
supplies for every species of crime |
known to man. To illustrate this foot |
VIII relate an incident which came
uhder my own observation sometipao
| ago attended court in the citv ~
wilmington. A young man. of ahont S5
years OF age, was tried for and convic,'
ca oi most dastardly crime. the nen.
any OF which Is. death. The defense in
order to break the force of the indict-
inent, proved that the victim of bic
brutal assault was "A poor Old women
VINO was ut the time picking nm waste
coal along the railroad tracks. as .hou.rL
Such person were not enti,Jed tn t6a
luI' measure Of protection guaranteed
ny the Government. The plea Of tbo
ueiense was Drunkenness. The defend.
"nC 5 lawyer proved that his client was
au naoituai drungard. This he proved
oy Vhe young mans father, who was a
saloGh Keeper and perhaps responsible
io[ the dissipated habits of his son
"hen about to pronounce sentence
Tue Judge asked the prisoner if bs boJ
anything to say. He reDlied "T was
drunk at the time-I had been drnnL
Tor week-I did not know what ,naS
uolng'" Then the sentence was nc
h0unced and the condemned man Tyos !
laEen back to his cell After disnosin1
OF TINS case the Court announced re t
the applications for LIQUOR TicenSo S
would next be considered Haro |
thought IS Judge Samson over ooein r
An othcer, whose chief function is tbo G
punishment of criminals in ordar - !
prevent crime, is required to turn tbo 0
ullli winch makes criminals Let if bo t
understood that have not one WI !
" say against our Judges. But have Il
to say against the mill. Il
I, WHAT Is THE MILL? "
Inc saloon is the mill This mill o
Srlnds supplies for every enemy nf
Iou ana Man, of Church and State n
IL supplies jails with criminals aims. aims. "
houses with paupers, hospitals viii "a
asylums with idiots.insona y
ma every evil principle with 3D. 81
'a'es. 1t is law-breaker. No otbor "a
nsIltution so persistently and defiantIv D.
'loIates law. And as il is IaY,9 tc
'Ieaker 1t naturally generates a penar. Ia
Itlon OF law breakers. e0"'' tt
II, WHO TURNS THIS MIL19 til
our honorable Judges. How 50 IN
Hey 90 not own the saloon and mncb u
oss 90 tney stand behind the bar and IN
eIalI drink ~ No, and neither did OF
anson own the mill, but he tnrnoJ &c
ne crank which operated the mill yo
. our Judges turn the iudicioi be
rank !, which licenses the soIoon tn
us Incense authorizes its existence and al
uarantees it protection; so that The W.
iioon mas as much legal right to exis. du
'Ece and protection as your home hos sp
"a, as TINS holy temple has. an
Inc licensing of saloons il as inoo, me
sIent with the judicial Office as the sp'
flnding by Judge Samson was incon0 ha
Stent with his Office. Civil govern ha
ent Is ordained of God, and the indi. me
ary IS an essential feature of SuoL the
'Vernment, aud hence ordained ofGoJ the
certainly as the Christian minis,rI, wh
IL Is ordained of God for the good sal
Cne governed-tO maintain Deace
i9lsn the guilty, protect the innocent' we
ID 70 promote the welfare Of the naoI rio
generally. But here this sacred of del
e Is prostltuted to the base use of an. cor
ori1ing an institution, whose natural the
"a lhvarlable effect Ia diametTIcolI,, wit
posed to the object of the judicial oS UNI
e' Judge Samson Is grindin0 enn. not
les Tor the very enemy whom ba ,,a. wit
pointed to destroy. With the somo ten
the Judge signs the drunkord'o Pra
om' and then the license of the go dali
lh 10 make more drunkards and whi
US multiplies work for Ind a gro
u lufles, and instead of protectin@ his
interests of the people, is aetuaIIgg witt
perilling them. - "''uaiiy pill,
now can such a contradiction anai. hur
!, i,Si1ste1oy be tolerated 10 this aao b
= = l"9u H OF knowledge aud conscienceS Judl
lge Samson's case suggests at HIaoSt that
arIlai answer He was BETRAYED c. The
ney, MS eyes were put out and ba they
: carried away to serve the nnrnoae ne on a
us enemies: So our government H. muC
pdye0 into the hands of the saIoon e. wTet
u1eyi the revenue to the State from man
,icense, the political influenza and 6egg
es OF the saloon, lead our rnIers "Io - hear
out the Interests to the liouor troF Whe
20 ,a, Sne Fhlllstlnian silver led Delilab Who
Iesray samson. And so also our law % hush
sers nave been blinded by the %% ory some
mptuary law &C. .PersoOsy moi
erty &C." aud acoordin,,i,. Ional I Perh
siateu In favor of an institntion Will
en- mas wrought bondage far mora to he
shslVe and CALLING than anv a frican If hel
cry ever was. And 40 too onr NJ u'"., ooan boy,
nent ,I has been captured bv the does
on: The country is contrnlIsd hv your
clIles, and the cities are under ths to res
llinatlon OF the saloon. II is tbsr". 20 be
difficult to secure tho elao,,nn 20 his I'll
Perance men. it is more dificuIt 10 into
Ln ~ temperance or prohibitorv 10 sa
siation, aud II Is stIIl moro
;uIe TO enforce such restrictive leg
loh after II is obtained. The A
,n holds the politician. and the w OR