Arizona republican., 1898-07-25
PENNEY & ROBINSON,


 factura was forever lost. That one day I would devote to rejoicing.
 Did I ever drink? My young friend, no man could feel as I dc on this subject who had not felt the stings and bites of the adder and the serpent within the redness of the cup. I have known hundreds of liquor dealers. have made it point to obtain from each of them expression as to prohi- bition. I have never yet met one who failed to echo just what have said to you regarding the manufacture of intoxicants. I have never met one who did not smile at the futility of the efforts to bring about prohibition of sale
 You cannot shackle liberty. You cannot prevent drink from getting to the thirsty. But you can hedge it around with responsibility. You can regulate it. You can prescribe it by bounds, giving it time, quality, quan- tity and compelling observation of the rules, statutes, ordinances, or what ever else ycu may term them. con- corning it's traffic.
 Some years ago I was travelling in northern Ohio. About 6 o'clock one evening I alighted at a depot in a beautiful little town on Lake Erie. At the depot I noticed a number Of in toxicated men. On the way to the only hotel the town afforded I passed ether intoxicated men. On the steps in front of the hotel were about a dozen men, all showing signs of in- toxication The proprietor of the t,., 1rrif white beard, looking not unlike pie lures I have seen of the patriarchs, was quite bcozy. 1 inquired for the post office and went there. The post master was sober. After transact1ng my business I asked him what was the cause of the towns celebration. He looked at me a minute, his eyes filled with tears, and with a voice quavering with emotion. this old man said:
 "I have lived in this town nearly all my life. From the time ] was old enough to know my own mind 1 have been an earnest advocate of prohibi- tion, and hard worker in the cause of temperance. For the first time in the history of this town at the last cleo tion now nearly eight months gone we secured prohibition by a majority Of one vote. We rejoiced. True, there were but two saloons in town, ard they made but a scanty living. There were but four men in town liable to get drunk occasionally. and only one real habitual drunkard. The saloons were closed. You see the result to- day Every mornings train takes away empty demijohns. Every even ing's train sees them come back full l Men who were never known to drink more than once or twice day arc now under the influence of liquor al the time. Farmers who used to come in on Saturdays, transact their busi- ness, take a glass or two and drive back home, now come in, fail to trans act business, get drunk and remain il 1 town two and three days. I shal thank God when the year is up, an( if God spares my life at the next cleo tion I shall vote for license, free Ii cense, if necessary.
 Now where lies the secret of thi state of affairs? I believe that it i to be found in the fact that human na ture will not stand blows aimed at it freedom. Take it in families wher liquor is always kept on the sideboart why is it that the boys do not develoi drunkards? In families where tn constant effort is to keep liquor fro1 the touch, taste and sight of the boy. where there is preaching of temper ance night, noon and morning, why lt-and we all know it to be so-ths such a large percentage of these boy become drunkards? Does it not l in the old aphorism, 'familiarit breeds contempt?' And is it not trl that curiosity leads to temptation, al secret indulgence to greater downfall Insist to your boy that he shall n, enter the saloon where are brigl lights, sounds of revelry and entici1 music. Does such insistence drive
 from his mind? Human nature wi
 assert itself. The young man wi
 enter that place as surely as the sr will rise. Suppose you take your b, inside, let him see all that is to seen, hear all that is to be hear quietly pointing out to him the falsi of it all, pointing out to him the afte math, the results. There are alwa
 numbers of horrible examples in ey
 dence. Take him again and again ' necessary until he shall have Decor > acquainted with everything connect / With the flash and shadow side of su
 life. You will have saved your boy.
 "Canteens? Oh, yes. They a
 within the regulating influences of
 army authorities. They are open
 business during certain hours, clos
 during certain hours, and no man G
 obtain drink in them who shows t
 least sign of intoxication. Beer a
 wine is their only stock You cam