El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-15
The Y NJ C.. A.

There was a larger attendance than
usual yesterday afternoon in the Y. NJ.
G a. on the Occ ision of the address by
Mis- Belle Kearney, of Mississippi, be.
fore the association. Miss kearney is
! one of the organizers of the Nation al
w. @. I. u, aud has been in CalfOr-
MIA, featuring and organizing the work
there as well US in other stasts snd
territories. She is a ready, poH erful
speaker, has subject matter well
digested, aud put what she bias to say
in a strong, interesting light. Her
ia k was GA the drink question with g
political bearing. It might also have
been tie med st ony drink vs. purity
Miss Kearney to TX no stock whateve-
in the policy that the
s ate and county derived any bent fit
from licensing the sale of
Intoxicating drink. Licensing an
evil Tor the MONEY TIA Is il it is like
IL man on railroad tain saving his
hat at the expense of his life. Bust
ness ami profe ssional men pay license
for practicing their vacations, but This
is to provide revenue with which to
carry on COVER mental adm; n:stra ii on.
But the license tax eXacued of SO loon
keepers is fo- the purpose of res
ira A purpose of prohibition is to
make the d Don keeper realize he is
not recognized in law. Prohibi ion
puts the dealer in the position of a
rObber OF We 18th, Il despoiler OF he
home, a grave cigger, a jail keeper.
The liquor dealer is in constant dis
regard of law. Prohibitory Law is not
q restraint ca ps Esenal ltberty. Men
WHO favor license Avs the mot are
those who e~y the loudess ae*iost
about on all sides with laws more CT
lasl ,,r1h hitn Lalr he
being a'detrin tt the community.
No man was r. got to ruin his tOdy
:" it'll liquor. II is an iojury to pros
perity, and prevents the drinker from
being Il gord citizen. D. ink is sure
su eide, AID no man h rs the right to
take bis own life. No man can live to
himself. Physical exhaus' ion is the
result of icdulg ence in liquor, and the
mental powers as well are weakened.
The early loss of vitality is a penalty
paid for this violation of natures law.
Whe n a man turns TO God he ms tine
lively wants to be clean, TO keep his
mind from degred1 g 'houghts. And
here the lecturer dep"a tea ami the
prevalence OF impure Ii erature, the
loud bill boards and unclean advertis Sc
ne Is that tend ID destroy the fiCer
moral senses. "Blessei are the pure
in hear. for they shall see Cod" the
speaker would have changed to ''OleS=
sci are the pure in heart for hey
OILY shall see the God" 1t is sad
fact that one hall If IL e liquor dronk is
by young men. People smile VIII n an
standard of purity equal betweei ihe
sexes is propose q, bur such a standard
would be just all the same. The liquor
traffic aud impurity go together aud
de troy great numbers of the young.
Where is the justice TO say nothing of
the righteousness il allowing this Goa
dition TO continue: Where is the
Christian manhood of this nation? Ur-
less there is repentance along this line,
the country will go down,
Moral suasiOn does no good: and
people are beginning TO realize this
10 gain our csuse we must saturats
others with enthusiasm for he election
of good men to office who will annihi-
late the liquor traffic, Our govern
mept needs men pure in heart, uprigh
in mind, unselfish men who honor God
and good citizenship, snd will work for
the abolition of the liquor traffic. Oh,