The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-20
wnyI SIGNED.

a man should always he ready !" |
give an intelligent reason ior "ha.
be may DO or has done. Fir~t
want To- say that the supreme cour'
of the United Siate- i the highest
authority we know oi, touching the
law. and the right Of the citizens
III. der the law
! Nv first reason for signing the re-
mon-trance j.. that the supreme
court Of the United States has ich-
since decided that there i n" Id
herent night vested IN man 10 ="
intoxicating liquors 10 be drank a. =
beverage. The state cannot confer
that right. and the people ,hem-
selves cannot do H. Then II De-
came my duty a citizen oi 'ne
state to sign my name TO any re-
monstranc.- against any man oeih-
{, licensed 5y the state To a 'hl,is
which the supreme court says ne
has no right to do, and which ngh'
: the same United States court says'
the state itself has no privilege y
- confer.
Second. signedthe remonstIancs
! ecause think it the duty OF ins
.nation. and Of the State to pass ahc
enforce such laws a. will promo''
,lthe public welfare and most ei1ec'u
allv perpe,uate IL own exi-'ehC.
"a The liquor traffic does not pro,no'
the public welfare, nor that oi an.
'- who NAV use liquor a beverage
hence il Is my duty to remons'ra'
against IT, ,r
The law saws / shall not Kill any
body. 1t saws shall not rob any
I,lhody 1t saws i shall not destro
Ianvbody's property. ltsays all I'M
,s, IN the general principle that nav
VI no right to do anything the succe'
~ which brings about the inluI,
are and downfall OF my fellow man,
any man-even the drunkard MN
;. -eif-foolish enough to say IN
drunkenness does no, inlure me-
(. ~ that the saloon does not promo
dunkenness9 Now | signed u
remonStrance against man Dell
licensed to follow a business ~
irunkenizes my brethren, that q
,ooral;zes the community an
INK nauperizes 50 many Of my feiiS
lcitizens-
know saloon-keeper Who ha'
better stable for his horsNs TO llSe
- than the houses many OF my ore'
ren have for their wives and nap
~ live in. How did he get 1t
!, honest toil9 No, Every ten ce
.rsl slinyested in that stable represe
~ lust so much sweat, and ton !
formed by some poor working m
and bartered away for nothing
worse than nothing. because II
the price Of his manhood and
\ happiness Of his wife and cniidi
i signed the remonstrance TO
i the working man save ms mon
i and build for himself and famll.
i ihome of their own, where they
live a. well. or better. than that
loon keepers horse !.
II Another reason why | signed
IL ,ha, those engaged in the ll'
traffic are arrogant and overbear
aiming to control men and par
They rule with such tyranny
business men dare not call
fs souls their own. Newspapers 6
al in the dust AT their bidding.
publish the names OF remons'fa
- that the saloon keeper may
! list TO put up in his saloon,
cursed and villi6ed by all the Or
L ards in the country Lawyers
II doctors cringe and tremble whel
saloon-keeper speaks
So far a. am personally
= cerned | thank Mr.. Nicholson
offering the bill before the le.
I,ure Of the State. thank ihs
Iislature for passing the bill. al
thank Governor Matthews Tor
istee inc il. thereby making II a Ia
the state. 1t places the resp
e Tns bility Of the saloon on the shcu
At n. = Iof the people. and there = VII
he pur- properly belongs The law =
lsine@.. saloon keeper to petition ior
18th the cense. and it allows the peop
'e II !" demonstrate against granting Y
an
!, Isaac signed the remcnstrahce
all NAV because | have less regard ior
loon keeper. but because have
~ilI . regard foi my fellcw-men, ane
= ! = last includes the salcon-keepe
ison TIP self. To the demonstrators
-hase signed the remcnsirance
..,an., me | send greeting and III n
Next time we will take time
70 hall. forelock and do better Ihlr
n lots in meyer settled till they are