The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-22
GOOD TEMPLARs, COLUMN.
EDITED AND MANAGED UNDER THE AUSPICES or FLAGSTAFF LODGE NO. 14, O. CT

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 Lodge meets every Friday evening at the c. A, R. Hall, 8 o'clock Visiting members | J. GUTHRIE SAVAGE, c. T, l H. R. DAVIS, Secretary.
 For fifty years no smoker has grad uated from Harvard College with the honors of his class.
 The following items from the monthly calendar issued by Father Flood, pastor of St. Johns church, New York City, give food for rehec- ton:
 "Who has the fat of the land, all that mouey can buy--you or the ssloonkeeperp"
 Prohibition Is Gods way of deal ing with sin, personal or political"
 ''If drunkenness is disease, the Bible must have been mistaken when it says that no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God It doesn't apply that rule to smallpox or consumption, or any other disease"
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 Yes, prohibition may have been a failure in Iowa, but below is given a contrast drawn by the editor of one of our leading journals, which speaks for | itself:
 "Four years ago we spent two days III Des Moines, the capital city of Iowa. We were deeply impressed with the thrift of the place, and with the remarkable absence of drunken ness. There were no saloons. A drunken man on the streets was such rare occurrence as to excite surprise and comment. Crime was reduced to the minimum. The people were happy in their deliverance from saloon dom- ination and supposed the good days had come to stay.
 I've spent two days in Des Moines last week. We found eighty-two saloons running full blast. As we passed along the streets we saw |
 through ths unshaded window men by the dozen standing in front of bars drinking down liquid damnation. In walk of an hour we met four men in beastly state of intoxication. Since the saloons were opened rowdyism has increased, criminals have multiplied, and six foul murders have occurred. A number of young men, members of some of the best families of the city, havs gone back to life of dissipation after having stood firmly for months. The Christian ministers are almost daily called upon to witness the devas tation and ruin which the new order of things has brought to happy homes. There is mourning in Des MoInes to- day"
 Something may be said on the sub ject of frequenting saloons for the pur pose merely of spending an hour which is a common practice among some highly respectable citizens.
 Every person should be as careful of his influence as of his conduct; ant every person has some influence. Els pecially should parents, aud those tC whom young persons look for example refrain from putting any stumbling blocks in the way of the young ana irresponsible.
 By frequenting saloon as resort, man acknowledges that it satisfies [ want, which cannot be credit to him Then perhaps someone may be induced to visit those places, through your in strumentality, who may not escape tht evil influences which may be throwr about him there. But the worst effect is upon the young who, by the exam lple of men who ought to be an in fluence for good, are imbued with care less ideas with regard to these thing' which are often the means of their de struction.
 No one will contend that the effec of such associations is good, for on' l
 meets here mostly profane and vulgar men, and only abandoned women, ant no one can be wholly impervious tc such influences. A little incident pre- senting 8 contrast which, it may b, said, fairly illustrates the effect upor men of cultivating such associates, a. compared with the effect upon womel of the purer social habits which ar' general among them, came to the at tention of the writer the other day The incident was that Gov. St. John had delivered two certain lecture iditrin0 pne of his recent tnurs whicl