Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-28
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their mad rush TO fall into the trap
that has been 50 adroiIly set to en-
snare their guileless innocence.
1t is even said that there arc minis
tiers of the gospel in Barre and else
where, who have become 50 char mel
by the beautiful dreams and glowing
theories hatchcd out in the incubators
of the liquor traffic, that they are
even anxious to unite their inlluen e
with that Ct The devoteeS OF said trail
tic for the purpose Of abolis hing the
present prohibitory laws Of Vermont
and to erect out Of their ruins, a IL
cense law that shall stand as a monu.
mental advertisement Of Nermont'a
present civilization aud her future
glory. When this shall have Teen ac-
complished through the powerful j =
fllence Of the liquor traffic on the OF c
hand, and the uniting eiI)rts of ge y
many Christi III erg! men and Their
devoted followers u tue pthcr a gfaud
celebration Of the event would certaln-
" be in order.
liz III lIiul iNtlilN'1 tt'iNt Nlljlts<tl 4
and retail dealers of tn country would
undoubtedly do their past To make The
celebration a Brilliant success. They
would willingly furbi.h the "eibeW>
of Wat' for the uCCdai IN, ana would
gladly welcome >ucIl cint2N Incn aS had
rendered lh ir cause Valu b C a>ei,I.
dnce upon II same ro,tIum y n.t d
"lUvc FEAST What an unhtard Il
combinlli n, the dlo'iil rot Kent Ecky.
the ~irIc>dlc dealer .! Ciu iuIiAi tnd
the clergy men Ut Barre aud Ruil I'D,
sitting upon The sonie platform. each
awaitiu4 hi, turn IT, c1Hgatulite the
others in a public speech, W n the
splendid success hat had att ded
tn il nutuil III tr(S ana otfu rgl-s eX-
pcrienctd ia the final aud complete
overthrow Of the pfuhioltuly laws If
Vermont.
At this celebration Rev Mr.. Blank
who has b,eo iny cd to make the
opening address will say in part:
"Ladies and gentlemen, friends from
Kentucky, and Ohio and L, ston, and
you who have come from various sec
tiuns Of our beloved Vermont, | do
most hearli y and sincerely congratu-
ulate you all upon the Dost glorious
a Movement that las intired us to
assemble ourselves here t. day, an
achievement which We do most earn
G lily celebrate, yes, an &c lievement
W lich | tlu,t has forever done away
with period of fanaticsm that has
too long existed in our otherwise proud
little Vermont.
1t is an open secret That you men
O. Kentucky and OF Boston have
long understood that while our pro-
hibitory law Of Vermont did not
wholly suppress the sale Of your goods
within our boarders they were never
theless, as your publications. have 50
often stated "a great menace to your
business"
We Congratulate you, therefore,
that such an uncalled for menace" to
your interests, has been abolished.
We also congratulate ourselves that
the opening Of saloons and the adns-
sion of the sale of your goods under
law has provided an open door Trough
which the young men aud boys of
Vermont may enter and buy yOnr
g ,ods in a most lawful and respecta-
ole way, whereas under the Cd law
they either had to deny themselves
wholly or else sneak around some
back way and even lie in order to get
50 much as a sample Of your goods
Under the present licencc law our
boys Will soon come to look upon
your business IN a friendly light and
ealize that they can patronze the
saloon in manly open way without
bringing any disrespect to themselves,
to their Sabbath school Or pastor or
parent or to society.
They will no longer be tempted to
lie and practice deception in order to
get little beer or whiskey. But
here | am reminded that must not
trespass upon the time ALLOTTED to the
pastor by our sister church across the
street, and to our distinguished speak
ers from distance, representing as
they do the great, powerful and most
pros porous liquor dealers association of
our common country. They were SO
elated to hear that Vermont had de-
cided to turn her back upon prohibit
ton for license law that they could
not refrain from joining ia the festiv-
tiles Of this celebrate n. Being in
tenscly interested in the welfare Of
Vermont and rejoicing ia her etnanci
patton from the curse Of prohibition,
and having previously spent thousands
of dollars in the recent election, in or
der to free our people from such a
curse, they are here at their own e&-
pense to tell you of the glorious mcr-
it's of the license system over all the
fanatical temperance laws that were
ever made
Without rehearsing the cOngratula-
tory arguments that would naturally
proceed from clerymen, distillers.
wholesale and retail rumSellers at a
celebration which would or could
most appropriately follow their com
bined efforts ia the overthrow of our
prohibitory laws, the writer must has
ten to close this already too long COM
munication, Without attemp ing to
describe the Reign Of Terror that
he is sure would fellow the legalizing
of the liquor traffic in Barre and
other cities and towns in Vermont.
In the light of a thousand experiments
with the license, all arguments used
to favor such system are as deceptive