The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-02-21

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Ny DEAR SI>TER:-iou said,
The Dillon brothers didn't have to
20 To the saloons, neither did they
have TO drink the stuff that put the
-.old scratch" in them, and II these
poor fellows who frequent those
places would not 90 there, nor spend
heir money there. they would have
nor- money to buy food and cloth
Ing f,r themselves and families. and
those horrid saloon-kee epers
would have less money, and II
would not be long until they would
oe looking round for job, and we
wouldn't hear tell Of a saloon any
where. That j. my view OF IT,
am really sorry you cannot see
a do concerning the saloons.
You say that If the men would not
90 To the saloons and spend their
n onev that way they would not get
drunk. True enough. but what
would be the use of having the sa-
Ioons2 Ii takes men and boys 10
run them, and the saloon men must
have them. or they never could car
iry on the business. and OF course
ithc saloon III ness i "A lawful blsl-
,.... .ni don't We know it? Is II
.n,t our boasted christian nation,
IN other words i il not the christian
men and ministers Of the nation who
vote 10 license these saloons? Did
YOU know that without the vote OF
the christian men there could mol
be n saloon in our land. No, | do
not blame the saloon man; he has a
right to sell. Just as much as the
merchant or any other dealer, es-
peciallv when he obtains that right
bv the vote Of christian people.
! Dear Sister. you say, those Dli-
/, lon boys did not have to 60 to the
saloon, = etc. Why, yes. they did
: have To go, and more than them had
!. to 20. and have to keep on going
! else the saloons could not be sup
: ported, and if they were not sup
ported. so many christian mer
would have voted in vain, foi o
:. course they expected them to bs
: supported. else they would nevel
have voted for them. Dear Sister
u please tell me how we are TO stol
this business. While the minister
vote To license them do you thinl
7 they can persuade men to quit
Have thew not been at that slnc'
! J, the days Of Adam and Eve? Di'
= y not God place them in the gardel
- of Eden. and place before them
u certain tree. and forbid them to ea
= Of it9 Did that prevent 1t? No
: indeed: YOU know the consequence
= Has not moral suasion been the
= from then until now, and are nc
things growing worse? My sistel
il i time the Christian people wer
he waking mp. God will hold US a'
- countable. We are not blind
- these facts; We know what we al
= doing. We know what these ol
us parties are doing for the saloon
Neither dare drop the element, the
i' cannot live without it. God know
'ur 80 t,o. and he knows that the chri
~ tian~ are supporting the saloons, I
III they could not live another We
Z without sanction Of the church pc
c~ ple. Right here is where the mini
"a ters lose their power. They W
la ia preach against drunk men and Z
a. saloons. Chose who have bol
ia " enough) and then 20 straight to Z
~ polI. and vote for the saloon; ca
'e' their votes with the saloon me
and rejoice with them over the v
''' tories. Ii matters not which Of I
old parties, it is all the same,
M the one will gain that has the m'
~ - preachers and saloon men IN.
~ course those men that pay for a
= oct license 10 ruin are not all I
w the saloon men; those who vote
".llicen~e them are the same
- Nv Dear Sister, perhaps y
-" think that as YOU have not ma
or ~, b,vS. they are safe. But you
.he m mistaken. sadly mistaken; see n
..' many innocent ones have TO sun
ne All from the effects Of the saloe
! y Yours NAV not touch it, taste It,
''' 70 near these dreadful hellho
!" (supported bv christians } II
on may never enter, but God O.
ar knows how soon some will be
ireo victims. 1t j. needless to say
TOW what way, but there are none :;
me and IL our own be safe should
fov not feel for other mothers boys,
ooi bows not SO fortunate a. to y
mothers. Again those saloons NJ
am be supported, for they have D
"a so,ed for by christian fathers,
M analt would not do for them TO
their votes, for votes are more