The mirror., 1894-11-01

saloon keeper remark, when asked how
he was thriving, "Oh! business is dull
lust now, but l have Is men at work
for me up in the woods. and it will pick
up in spring. yes, poor fools, they
would leave him their last dollar for
liquor in spring, and perhaps steal to
get bread during the summer, as many
a man in prison will attest. There are
lust this same class of salOOn-keeperS
who look for the discharged convict.
They will pity him; they will help him
curse the law, the officers, the prison,
until mis- last penny is gone, then throw
''go and hustle"-Which means, steal;
they will encourage him from day to
day until the commission Of some crime
is fastened upon him, and then become
the principal instrument in his convic-
ton. We speak advisedly when we say
that there are hundreds, aye thousands
of just such utterly worthless miscreants
selling liquor today; moral suasion
with such men! as we'll quote Homer
to a rock and expect response. We
maintain that it should be held crime
to sell or give liquor to an eX convict,
and hold that it can in large measure
be accomplished. If a husband is
drunkard, the wife posts notice III
saloon prohibiting the sale Ct liquor to
L; win A III q n
victs return to the haunts from which
they came; they are known to the sa
loOn-keeper, and to the officers OF the
law. The day of their discharge from
prison is also known; it is the officer S
duty to prevent as we'll as to detect
} crime; with law making it punishable
bv imprisonment to sell an eX-cOnvict
liquor. the officers post such notices in
the haunts of the ex- convict, and they
usually know them; let them evince
that same zeal in enforcing this law,
; that they do in apprehending and con-
victing a thief, and the convict must
shun his old haunts, and perhaps with
the good resolutions he has formed tC
try and lead better life, will seek new
= surroundings, better associates, and be-
u come useful member of society, in
= stead of a blot on mankind. No MAI
II ever left prison. who possessed single
degree of intelligence, with the deliber
h ate intention of continuing in evil ways
J. and returning again. 1t is when hi
r. meets the evil companions, Old assOcl
Y ates, and returns to the corrupt haunt
Is of old: when the brain becomes infiame(
# with poisonous liquor, that he think
O he owes society grudge, curses fate
n and commits crime; too often urge
r on by the only one who is the gamer b.
If his misdeeds, the sa.oon-keeper; VIII
,e knowing his weakness, his prOpensitie
rs for evil plies him with this damnabl
r. drink. till he is returned to prison agai
N and again. to fill at last convict
lr grave. Every day we read of som
s. new law advocated by the reforme
Sc (who knows practically nothing abou
d. the convict,) as to "What shall be don
e. with our paroled, or ex-convicts
i'll Philanthropists are bled for funds t
d. erect ex-prisoners homes, where som
he would-be reformer, or slick, presume
H. to-be reformed, criminal is placed ;
u it's head, drawing fat salary, to fill tt
nd friendless and penniless discharge
us prisoner full of religion he himse
lis does not believe, or practice. Yet, wit
Ct perhaps one or two exceptions, VIII
en- good has ever been accomplished
les these institutions? Look thrOul
ed the prisons today, and IS per cent
He the returned convicts, went direct
. a from prison to some such institutio
ch WHY build a home for an exec
ms. vict. and leave him free access to
;ep saloon in the same block? AS W.
The place him at the mouth of cann'
AN and request the ball not to hurt hi
ith while you apply the fuse. The M
ind who, possessed of health, will delib'
Ids ately 90 to an aid society, after leavi
md prison, and say, 'help me, [ am d
rid charged convict" is weak; and t
inc prayers of all the good on earth cam
he save him. You must remove the ten
,or. tation. Close the saloon door agail
on him first; force him to seek other haul
, to and associates by the enactment
hat stringent laws, and ninety-nine tin
and out of a hundred he will choose for
,me better, he certainly cannot find wol
the Many young man has left prison W
and the prayer upon his lips, "Oh! G
and keep me from the saloon, from
nd enemy, liquor his very soul filled W
ross the highest aspirations, with resoluti'
he formed through years of continent
mes and suffering, only to find that
rerv nature was too weak to overcome
and attractions of the bar-room. Fol
6 to time. perhaps. he successfully fOu