The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-03-14
WHY MEN DO AND. DO NOT
Vote for License--A COlnmuni-
r. I'm cation. u.s. X, ri

Vote for License--A Colnmuni-
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MI Along with the men who vote for
1 the saloon for selfish interests is
many good hearted man who has
never taken time to consider whether
the act of voting to license saloon
does or does not make him RESPONSE
bic for the evils of the saloons.
r In the light Of the law of God and
of man the irresistible logic of truth
will most surely convict him not only
of guilt, but will make him princi-
pal in the crime. To illustrate:
Harry Hayward has just been SEN
fenced to hang for the murder of Miss
Cling, Notwithstanding the fact that
he was sitting in a theater, mile or
two away, at the time that she was
killed by another man. Why was
he guilty! Because under the law
in this state there is no such thing
as an accessory before the fact. If a
man is in no way party to the COM
mission of felony before the crime,
he is a principal. Harry Hayward,
according to the statute, is as guilty
as the man who fred the shot" The
reason for this is, that the man who
instigates or authorizes an evil is re-
cognized as being chiefly responsible
for it. The inevitable logic of this
makes the man who cast ballot
authorizing this infamous curse, a
principal in it. Make your ballot for
a lottery, or gambling, or other evils
and how quickly men will recognize
your guilt. Conscientious, thinking
men see this and refuse to cast bal
lot for saloons. It was VIM. McKin-
ley who said, "by legalizing this traf-
fic we agree to share with the liquor
seller the responsibility and evils of
his business. Every man who votes
for license becomes of necessity a
partner to the liquor traffic and all
it's consequences"
was reading the other day Of d
lady in Michigan who came before a
convention with roll of clippings
she had gathered in one year from
newspapers, of wives that had been
murdered by drunken husbands. It
was FIVE column vide and over fifty
feet long and chronicled list of
over el.ven hundred murdered
women. What sickening record of
crime for American men to answer
for, and appalling that they should
vote for it's repetition.
There is also still greater reason
for not voting for it. You can't do it
without violating the law of God.
"Woe unto them that decree I'M
righteous DEGREES. Woe unto them
which justify the wicked for re-
ward, because they have cast away
the law of the Lord of hosts and have
despised the word of the Holy one of
Israel. Your covenent with death
shall be disannulled and your agree
ment with hell shall not stand when
the overaowing scourge shall pass
through, then ye shall be trodden
down by it. Man cannot violate
Gods righteous law with impunity.
The wise thing to do is to fear God
and keep his law which says, Have
no fellowship with. the infruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove
them
Many men who care not for God
nor the right, vote for saloons because
it affords them convenient place
to get liquor. A few, because they
they think it reduces their taxes-they
seldom stop to figure out how much
their taxes are increased by the paup-
erism, crime and waste caused bv
saloons. A few others vote for sa
looms through ignorance and lack of
moral convictions against that which
is wrong.
There is no excuse for nisrepre-
senting either man or motives and no
permanent good comes to the man
or the cause that does it. If there is a
man that believes the saloon system
is IL blessing to a community or has
any creditable evidence Or argument
why that traffic should have the sane
ton Of law he owes it to the COM
n1unitv to place it before them.
Calling men cranks, fanatics, etc.
is not argument and ought to be
beneath any self-respecting citizen:
Turn on the light. It will be a bless
ing to any community when that