The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-12

CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.



tons? The saloon. Thithcr goes
the money earned by the sweat Of
their brows. Thence do men issue,
broken down il health and strength,
to swell the list of idlers and pau
pcrs. Our disgrace and our mis-
fortune in America is the number
Of Irish saloon keepers. .-Archblsh-
op Ireland.
| impeach the liquor traffic OF
high crimes and misdcmeanors.
II is mere mockcry to ask
Us to put down drunkenness by
moral and religious means. .-Cardi-
nal Manning.
The saloon is the recruiting Office
Of the devil, of blasphemy and OF
infidcity. 1t is the duty, therefore,
OF all who love God and the Church
to oppose the influence of the sa-
loon. Father Burns.
We know that intemperance has
wrought evil in the liberties OF our
country. Oh, the meanness OF our
politics that will be led by the grog
selling element Father Elliott.
We who labor so hard to rid our
mother country Of landlords and
landlord iniquitv ought not become
slav Of the rum lord and bow to,
the iniqui,y of intemperance.-
Father Conaty.
Let no man say that he is safe
enough, that he has no occasion to
take the pledge. ! have seen the
stars Of the heavens fall and the
cedars Of Lebanon laid low. The
pledge which | ask you and others
to take does not cnslave-it makes
free. Temperance briggs blessings
il both hands-blessings for time
and blessings for etcrnity.-Father
Mathew.
We do not believe that the Church
. should leave the field entirely alone
. to the saloon keeper to champion
our laws. We believe that as long
/. as the saloon dares, with blazer
effrontery, to dcmoralize our poll
; ties, that the Church, with upright
ness, with a clear and serene coun-
tenance, should enter the poltica
arena to purify it.-Father Cleary.
ANY American citizen who says
it is impossible for Us to put dowr
these evils, to enfolce the laws thai
are upon the statute books agains
the liquor interests, would say tc
him he ought to abdicate. We are
able to do it.-Archbishop Elder.
The principle Of the legal prohi
. bition of the liquor traffic is emf
nently sound. The crimes OF the
modern saloon. equally with thu
: crimes Of the modern gambling der
and the crimes If the professional
burglar and horse thief, should be
prevented by law. AS well license
l murder a. license the sale of tha
z. which is the inseparable condition
Of, perhaps, half the murders com
mittcd.
/, Prohibitionists as a class. are not
mere hair-brained enthusiasts;
company of bigotcd "one-idead'
folks, in part long-haired men, il
F. part short haired women. The,
are intelligent enough to know thu
!; difference between right and wrong
} they are religious enough to rea'
i the Bible and to take its statement
Y in all their divinely intended sim
u plicity and plainness OF language
Boston Daily Standard.
- -.
A careful comparison Of some Z
Q the early platforms Of the Nationa
! Prohibition party will furnish
/ whole arsenal Of arguments agains
r those who criticise the strong ter
dency towards a broad platform, a
. a departure from the early trad
. !. tons of our organization. In tn
!. :, national platform adopted at Cleve
- land in 1876 we find advocated: -
= Equal suffrage without regard I
Il sex. Abolition Of class Legislation
] State control Of railroads, tell
Of graphs, etc. Suppression OF stoc
,r and grain gambling. Maintcnant
Of public schools. Freedom Of re
ligious faith. Arbitration. Elct
j. ton Of President, etc, by dire
of vote. Currency issued by govcrl
y ment only.
ne As one studies this platform !
a. must be struck with the close sim
larity between it and the exccllc
Massachusetts platform Of lS9
1T The Prohibition organization is
>. political party fit to cope intelliger
tai " and honestly with all the poll
90 cal questions pressing for sett'
ment.