Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-08-02
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
EDITED BY JoNEsBoRo W. c. T. U.
A disgraceful drunken row tool

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nifty BY calling tia German Village"
Twelve men were arrested for particle
pating in = fight. 1t will not add to
the pride of Americans to remember
that this beer garden exists at the
Fair in defiance of the laws Of Illinois
and of the p%rohibitory laws of Hyde
Park,
A Petition for the enforcement of
the laws relating to Sunday closing of
saloons, which has been presented to
Mayor Harrison, was carried by a COM
mittee of ten, among whom we find
such weightv names rs j. V. Farwell,
P. d. Armour and T. w. Harvey. 1t
wa signed by eighty thousand law
abiding citizens of Chicago, secured
through the efforts of the Christian
E~ndeavorers. In reply the Mayor said
that he was Opposed to i%ntoxication"
as much as anybody but that he did
not consider himself bound to do more
than enforce the city ordinance pro-
viding for the closing of front doors
and the drawing down of the blinds on
Sunday. He was not obliged, he said,
to enforce either state or national law.
He particularly inquired how many of
the eighty thousand signers were
voters. This furnishes food for thought.
Had every name of that petition been
that of a voter would the answer have
been the same, think you?
Between drunken negroes assailing
and drunken mobs lynching
negroes, certain sections of our country
are paying u very dear price for the
personal liberty" to get drunk.
We have to record the birth of a new
organization. 1t. name is the Nation
al Retail Liquor Dealers Association,
and its birthplace is Chicago. Mayor
Harrison in giving the welcoming ad-
dress to the delegates commented upon
the timeliness of this action of the re-
tail dealers in organizing for mutual
protection" The association thanked
him for his words of wisdom and
then and there dubbed him the grand
old man" of Chicago. A remarkable
resolution informs US hat the liquor
sellers believe in Contributing largely
to the prosperity of our country and to
the advancement of all classes of bust
ness, " and declares further that "God
in His creation of man endowed him
with the unalterable right to eat and
drink whenever his appetite required,
so long as the exercise if this human
privilege does not interfere with peace
or happiness" We think that even
the retail dealer himself will hardly
attempt to gainsay the fact that this
privilege" does very seriously inter.
fere with the peace and happiness, not
only of the drunkard, but of all who
comes IN contract with him-and
that means everybody.
PARABOLIC.
A Mad Dog.-On the main street of
a certain town q citizen tied a mad
dog with a long tether. Many of the
passersby we're bitten: some were dy-
ing. The citizens in consultation said:
I'VE must found a hospital, and fit it
out with the most approved apparatus
for the cure of hydrophobia." So the
hospital was built and kept full. A
plain man suggested, why build a
hospital; better kill the dogl" kill
the dog" exclaimed one of the tax
payers, don't you know, sir, that that
man pays well to keep thatdog thereY"
Now the dog is liquor and the town
is America. -Sel.
A LITTLE LATE IN THE DAY BUT, IN THE
MAIN, GOOD.
In a speech before the State Board
OF Trade in San Francisco the other
day, William III. Mills incidentally re-
marked that the principal obstacle to
progress, enterprise and prosperity in
California vas the saloon. And this
settlement was ~applauded to the echo.
The State Board of Trade is made up
OF solid, representative business men
from all the counties and corners of
the State. They are notcraAks! They
are not sanctimonious humbugs, but
substantial. successful business men,
who have the best interests of the
State atheart, and give up their time
and means freely to promote California.
And such men applauded the senti-
ment that the saloon is an obstacle to
enterprise. progress and prosperity in
California! This is significant and it
means a whole lot! 1t means that the
saloon has come under the ban of the
thoughtful men of the country, and
must go! Mr.. Mills said that one of
the factors that promoted the wonder
full progress and prosperity in South
ern California vas hat her citizens
first grappled with the saloon question.
And this sentiment was applauded,
too! Heretofore the saloon has only
had to contend with cranks-long
haired men and short haired women
but, hereafter, it will find an opponent
not to be sneered at! So long as 1t
was simply q question of morals the
substantial, business men held aloof
from the fray, and the saloons only
had to contend with what they were
pleased to denomininate as cranks:
but now 1t is a question of prosperity,
OF money, and the business man says
he feels the pinch of the saloon bust.
ness in his pocket, so the sdioons have
somebody else besides old women 10