The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-29
"sIC EN-" SAID SAM JONES.
Sermon AudencePoIcians and Whisky
Men, Are

the Atlanta saloons are manufacturing.
the boys that they are making drunk
ards?
"They say, oh, these are $1,000 sa-
looms. That's what they pay year
Indeed, and where does this money so?
SHOT AT POLITICIANS.
1T goes to the papsuckers--the ro,i-
ticians and that's why they favor the
liquor traffic in Atlanta. Some OF
these papsuckers have been In Office
here all their lives and they put their
sons in office to pull the public teat.
You have calves, yearlipgs and old
bulls hanging onto office In Atlanta,
and they tell me they all went out to
that barroom barbecue. OF course,
they went because they want the sa-
loonists to keep on paying that $1,000
a year.
ibid you ever see calf holding its
mammys teat?
tits as hard to break him loose as
II 10 to pull these papsuckers from the
public teat.
You can't wean that old gang, 10,
sir. that you can't-these old bull pap
suckers who've been in office here all
their lives.
PREFERS POLECATS TO WHISKY.
Il had rather go round this town
with dead polecat in my belly than
drink of Atlanta whisky!
Why don't you get some $1,000 rat
tlesnakes in Atlanta? When one b ties
fellow and he groans, you could say
to him. You needn't take on that way
that was a $1,000 rattlesnake that bit
you. They come high. You ought to
feel glad TO be bitten by that $1,000 rat
tlesnake.
'Avarice," said he, lis the home OF
liquor
Put a mans dollars and cents in
business and you throw him in from
snout to tail It's the money they
want. It's not is 1t right?' they ask,
but viii 1t pay?'
The dollar runs this country.
Money runs everything that wears hair,
and they say that even bald-headed
men have 1t.
you preachers are afraid to tackle
Atlanta liquor-there's money in it,
you are afraid you might hurt some
body's feelings in the congregation.
Some of you old deacons and stew
ards are so saturated with Atlanta
liquor that it's a wonder YOU don't
ton and go to hell In a sheet OF lame.
Too many big, rich fellows object to
you preachers denouncing liquor
Broughton has no big members down
here and he talks out In meeting. But
how is II as you get near the center.
Doctor Landrum knows how it is
don't you?" and he turned and spoke
TO the doctor, who was seated on the
platform.
There were thunders of applause
and a man yelled Amen" in q win
dow. His voice was drowned in ap-
plause and laughter.
Judas Iscariot betrayed the Saviour
for thirty pieces of silver. but he
brought the money back and vent out
and hanged himself.
''He had conscience
DAMNABLE CHURCH DEACONs.
But you damuable old, dirty church
deaccns have no conscience. You ought
to 80 cut and hang yourselves. 1t
would do great good IN the commune
ty."
After roasting TIE legislature to the
queens taste, he said:
They appointed a committee on
temperance in the last legislature.
Every drunkard in the body was On
that committee except one, and he was
too drunk to serve on any committee.
Send sober men to the legislature
that's the way to put liquor down."
He concluded thus:
Il don't live far from this town.
watched Broughton last Sunday wheu
he stirred the animals up-and l want
to say that If he hadn't have made
things drop l Intended to do 1t today
i say 10 you, Broughton. old fell
low, when these officials don't do right
and you get AFTER them, all / can say
Is, Sic EN-, sic EN-.