The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-10


eddy &.nrestiga tion' already madeathat
the drunkenness of AZ track inspector
was the cause of the accident, What
was the cause Of that drunkenness?
The drinking habits of'sthat inspector.
How did he acquire them? In sa-
loon whichlw we taxpayers allow to run
on payment of acertain sum- of money
into our own treasury i;B atl !!g
80, then, it was the greed or selfish
ness Of the men Of this town witch
Hes at the bottom of this dreadful dis.
aster. Who wasfto blame forsthe dis
ssterai The track inspector? Mo- The
saloon Keeper who sold him the liquorR
No. Who then b We ourselves, my
brothers; we who licensed the selling
OF the stiff which turned man brain
iate liquid fire and smotesHhis judgl
,aent gandpreason with "a brand from
ont theiburAing spit. 8is.M il la7'sse5
u "IfefI had stumbled upon..the three
corpses Of my own children night be
fore last, could have exclaimed in
Justice ore the face of God, ~ Yave
murdered my own children FOR Irwas
one ofethe men ofsBarten to vote for
the licenseywhich made possible the
drunkenness of the man in whose care
We're placed hundreds of,glives, &. s,,. 4,
For what is the history OF. this case2
Who was-this Wretched track In
specter? A manfawho.l tor my .own
knowledge. trembled /, before tempta7
ton; who, on the; testimony Of the fore.
man. at the Shops was and always had
been a sober man up, to the time when
we. as a municipality voted to- replace
the system of no license with the sa-
loon for the sake lof what we thought
was a. necessary revenue. yFhis man
bad no great temptation to drink while
the, saloon was out Of the way. IFS
very absence was his salvation. But
its public open return confronted bis
appetite oficem and he yielded and
fell asi's':i al ..i7 ';lsE y assalfi.
"Who says he was to blame? WKo
are. the real criminals insthehcasea We.
ourselves, citizens; we who, for the
greed of gain. for the saving Of that
which has destroyed more souls in Hell
than any other one thing, made posi-.
bic the causes which led to the grief
and trouble offthis hour. Would we
not shrink In, terror from the thought
of.lying in. wait,to. kill a MANI sWoul4
We not lEepal with. holy horror the idea
Of, numbering and, manning rs people2
We would II !, say IpposssiIbleI Yet when
am ushered at last into the majestic
presence Of Almighty God I ffeek con
YincedF shall see in his Righteous
countenance. the sentence of our con-
demnat ton Just as certainly as II We We
Had gone out Id a#body and BY wicked
craft hadStorn out The supporting tim
ibers2 of that bridge Just before tile
train ithundered uponsit, for. did we
not sanction, bMssl lava business which
we knew, tempts mep to break all the
laws. which, fills our jails and. poor
houses. our reformatories and asylums.
which breaks wonen's hearts and beg
gars blessed Ahomes' and sends innocent
ehildFenft os thread-ithe paths of shame
!iandlHagraney which bringsepall0r into
the face of the. wife and atossas With
the; deYil's own. 4gleee thousand .yier
TINS into perdition with, every reyolur
ton ton Of this great planet Ian about t1 is
greater sun? :.
Men 81 Barton u,,s sag 3 what 'y We w viii
| we Are the authors of this dread ful dis
aster. And if we sorrow as com.
m lsp we sexrow 4 in reality for allr
OVID selfish e act. And oh, the. selfish
nless Of lit! That clamoring greed for
money!! Thai, burning thirst for more
and more and more more at tie expense 81
every godlike quaiity, at the ruin Of all
that our mothers s6nce prayed might
belong. tolus as in Ell land women! ssiiil
--fsNnhatlisi 1t, yeamerchants, ye busi-
ness, mens herestonight that .y9 struggle
most oyer.2R Thesenes great aim.of your
lives is5to buy for as little tile as possible
4 and sell for as much as possible. What
care have We for the poor, who workaa.
worse than starvation wages, SO long
as We can buy cheap and. sell atalarge
pgefits? tg What is the. highest aim, of
us railroad ,tnen gin the great whirl of
comm1nerciall competition which seethes
and boils and surges about this earth
like another atmosphere, plainly visi-
4 bic TOT the devils of other worlds? # s''es
AAWhat is oursaim but to make money
Dur god and power our throne? iH low
much c.iiei orjlove is there for flesh and
blood at times when there lis danger OF
losing almighty dollars? But, o AL
4 highly Saviour, It was not for this
that We were ifiade! We know it was
flot!sssF. IL M s' sI.1less.essl aas g.s,3str,E,
,esTo6r twhomt amo4 speakingg Tommy.
self. God forbid that Isshould, stand
here condemn 4yous being myself5tha
ahieflsof sinners; for these ri225 years.
What have done to. bless this com "a
mun ll.ia. E How much TIL have cared Il fol
the men in my employ? What differ
ence did it Iiake to me that lily exarffil-
pie drove lien away from the church
OF Chrlst2and fcaused anguish to- those
few souls who were strying to redeem
Humanity aTo mytjust shame ! make
answer that no one thing has, driven
4 the engine Of my existence ever the
'sas.li Of is s!as;iIly c:::c.p, .cif. .as'