The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-28
Is the Young Man Safe ?
EDITOR DAILY News: Dare you
publish the following:
WHY NOT?

publish the following:
WHY NOT?
1t takes backbone to talk as Rev. G.
Fl. Rogers did Sunday night. Such
talks are needed, but to be practical,
what can be done about it9-Daily
NeaCS, 18th inst.
Why not I" license the ruin of young
women, as you do the ruin of young
men by means of your $500 " licensed !"
saloons, running seven days in the
week, and some of them all night?
CADoX.
Your reiteration of CodeX's question,
Why Not 2" would seem to imply
consistency on your part at least; and
that you would consider five hundred
dollars as an equivalent for the ruin,
sin and degradation that would result
from the running of single " bagnio =
for one year in the city of Kenosha.
Multiply this by twenty eight, the
number of five hundred dollar licensed
saloons in the city, and fourteen thous-
and dollars would be considered an
equivalent for the damage that might
result from twenty eight "bagnios, J"
running one year. Oh consistency,
though art, indeed, very rare jewel!
Let me draw your attention to two
pictures the ancient Judas and the
modern.
The ancient Judas went before the
high priests of the Jews, saying, pay
ME thirty pieces of silver, and | will
betray into your hands Jesus, the
Christ. The money was paid and the
goods delivered. But when the ancient
Judas realized that the result would be
the death of his benefactor, he repented
and went again before the high priests
of the Jews and begged Of them to take
back the blood money and release their
prisoner. This they refused to do.
Then his soul was troubled. His con-
science was filled with remorse-and he
went out and hanged himself!
The modern Judas-through the
| ballot box-goes before the high priests
of Bachus, saying, pay me five hundred
pieces of silver and will betray into
your hands the young men OF the city
The money is paid and the goods de-
| livered. But sorry am that the SINH
| arity between the two pictures ends
here. When the modern Judas sees
the young men being transformed into
drunkards, paupers, lunatics and GRIM
inals: does he go back to the high
priests of Bachus and beg of them to
take back their money? No! Is his
soul troubled? No! Is his conscience
filed with remorse ? No! Does he go
out and hang himself! Alas, he does
not But he puts bis five hundred
pieces of silver blood money into his
pocket and goes and pays his taxes !!
When returning from the tax gather
er's place, if he meets a drunkard, he
folds his robes of unrighteousnessa about
him and commands the drunkard to
stand aside" come thou not near unto
me, for am holier than thou !"
Who are responsible for this state Of
things? / answer, the modern Judases
And who are the modern Judases? |
answer, the politicians, the editors,
some of the clergy, and large major
ity of the voting members of the So
called christian churches.
This is the diagnosis, but where is
the remedy? The remedy is in the
hands of the modern Judases it is the
ballot. It is in the hands of men who
think more of their political party than
of their God Men who think more of
their pockets than of their boys. Men
who have not backbone enough to
stand erect for morality and right. Is
the young man safe?
ii. NJ. ROGERS.