The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-15
w. CT. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
AFTER THE ELECTION.

ne eltCtlOIl has pcci ii"NN.
The campaign is over. Now that
the smoke of battle has cleared away
.et us take look at the battle field
There has been much mischief
done. Many are hurt. Some Grip
pied for life. Many have fallen
down dead. Christians have been
led captive by Satan. In the mad
whirl of excitement and the heat of
the campaign some have forgotten
that they were Christians, and
some have made shipwreck OF the
faith.
Many Others have behaved in a
very unpretty way and brought re-
proach upon the church OF Christ,
and sorrow and shame to the hearts
of Christ's followers. An elderly
Christian man said to me only yes
Iterday, 81 lost a haton the election.
He meant to convey the idea that he
had been betting Others allowed
their zeal in politics to lead them
Into saloons. Others gave OF their
money to buy votes, which means,
Ito buy men, and corrupt Amerlcali
citizens. Christian men in their
eagerness to elect their ticket, and
desire to win the victory for their
, party, forgot that there was great
moral issue before the people, and
talked and shouted and voted as II
: there we're no drink evil in the land
Many who had in former elections
!. voted against the saloon gave ur
that fight and Withheld their vote
'Ifrom the party that made that an
Tissue. What is the result? The
Prohibition party, which stands TO
, the protection of our boys, los
many votes and did not count 50
2 many as it did four years ago; con
sequently the cause of prohibition
is much set back.
Will those prohibitionists am
other voters who are Christians sui
fer a word of exhortation? Ii yo'
had voted prohibition, Mr.. Mckin
'Iley would have been elected any
way, and with about the same ma
'aiilIiority; since you we're about dlvld
Of ed on the smaller issue Of silver 0
re gold, and the greater cause OF pro
hibition instead of loseing man.
votes would have gained many, an
the day of triumph over the saloo
would have been brought nearer
Nothing has been gained. Mucl
has been lost
Who led you to believe that i
nd this election the money question
TX. was all important? flood or truth
- how happened it that about an equi
number of you stood on each side
One was Just certain that the gol
7. standard would save the country
The other was just certain that onl
the bimetallic standard would saw
} the country; and the sly old dev
nd grinned a sardonic grin and sale
. "I've got them. They have To-
gotten the saloon"
: Old satan and the willy politician
', know themselves, and the godle'
cannibals devour their fellow me
o in the murderous liquor bnsine'
g. : are scarcely less cunning.
nce The liquor mems policy is to kee
the attention of the people of of Il
= saloon. Have up always some OF
r er question which the voters can
induced to believe is greater thu
a the liquor question. Old sata
. holds the saloon as his best age
AIto ruin men, and he will help. II
9 wire puller and political leader mu
n nave something to rally the peop
Ito. With him any thing tn
q promises success to his party will d
> With old satan and the liqu
u men anything will do that W
:, craze the people and blind them I
= they do not see the saloon, and {
- people are led to the slaughtt
led Look at it and marvel. The liqu
on question is in politics. L
Christian voter has three chances
- express himself by ballot and wi
either he will be helping or hind'
ing the liquor business. There
one platform and ticket saying t
saloon must 60. There are t.
- Others which in their platform al
ticket say nothing about it, but it
XAs
ID liquor business and will allow a
License the saloon. For the Fl
anna|mentioned ticket no distiller, bre
Lon; 4 N; |er, wholesale liquor dealer, wi
!. merchant, saloon keeper or bartt
-. der will vote. These votes will
about equally divided between
- other two. One would think Il
At no Christian voter would be fou
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