Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-11
BLOOMFIRLD.

o clock dinner at Hotel Sax on Sunday
in honor of Mr.. Jones, of Kirksville,
Mo-, who, after spending several days
at the home of Mr., and Mrs. Lorenz,
returned home on Sunday evening.
z. p. Curl received the unpleasant
news Saturday that his brother, George
Curl, fireman on the Il. c. railroad,
had received serious injury to his
angle while stopping at Farming
ton.
Miss Rosa Greegs, after long i'll
ness with consumption, died at the
home OF her mother in this city at
noon on Saturday. The funeral serv-
ices occurred at the Universalist
church Sunday at 2 p. m. In the alb
sence of the pastor the services were
conducted by Rev. I'll. r. Trickett. pas
tor of the Christian church. Miss
Greegs died at the age of nineteen
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Steckel spent
Sunday with friends at Bunch.
The good citizenship meeting held
was we'll attended. Rev. T.. B. Hughes
presented an able address on the sub
ject of the relation Of the licensed sa-
loon to good citizenship. Rev. Hughes
discussed the license question by ans
wering the objections to legal prohib-
tory laws. These objections We're,
flrst, prohibition musu be wholly ac-
complished by moral suasion; second,
source of revenue; third, prohibition
does not prohibit; fourth, prohibition
interferes with personal liberty. The
first argument given in favor of pro-
hlbition was that the federal govern
ment and each state have right to
prohibit the sale of Intoxicating Ii
quors, as decided by Chief Justice
fancy many years ago, and more re-
Gently court in Kansas decided to
reimburse the saloon. The state of
Kansas appealed the case to the United
States supreme court, which reversed
the decision on the ground that the
saloon was nuisance and as such the
state OF Kansas had right to legislate
against it. The second argument was
that the saloon traffic is evil, and that
to legalize it can not make it morally
right. 10 legalize it tends to make an
evil traffic respectable and clothes it
in garments of responsibility. To le-
galizegit those who vote for it must
assume the Responsibility, whereas if
person assumes the, responsibility
OF the result of the traffic he alone is
responsible. The liquor traffic is the
enemy of home, of individual and ma
tional virtue, the enemy of an honest
ballot and fair count, an enemy of the
Christian church and menace to the
government itself. Rev. HUGHES made
a strong point aan 1,5 fine sstate4Anrents of
Jos. Cook, ,J9siaht Strong, ana Others,
who affirm that in 1910 and not later
than 1920 most of the votes east will
be in the cities. As we now have it
municipal misrule is a great weakness
in national life and. will increase as
the population increases in the cities,
where evil elements are already in the
ascendency. He stated THAT the un-
Willingness of those i'm business to as
sumo responsibility in speaking
against the liquor traffic was a great
barrier to the cause. Rev. j. NJ. Stark
will address. the citizens week from
next Sunday on the subject of gam
bling in relation to good citizenship.
w. r. Bryce and Mrs. Nevada Cline,
both of this city, We're united in mar
rage Sunday by Rev. II. r. Trick
EFT.
The citizens held a meeting Saturday
at ii. G. Taylor's law office, relative
to the proposed extension of the Rock
Island railroad to this point. Frank
w. Eichelberger was chosen chairman
and L. p. Bunce, secretary. The meet
in" was largely attended by our bust
ness men. A committee was appoint
ed by the chair to continue the CORE
spondence and keep up the work, This
committee is composed of ii. C. Tay-
lor, N. S. tJohnson, B. T. Carol, E. K.
Herr and Senator w. II. Taylor.