Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-07-20

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excited for We are not going into politics
we have just thrown out faint hint to al
parties, not for our ACKNOWLEDGEMENT but thei
good.
In one article Mr.. l.. told US about an
other preacher in this county who has re
nounced local option and come out fiat
looted for the saloon, and he quoted him al
having said that there is more liquor sold il
the county to day than before local option
was adopted. This seemed to US TO be very
striking statement, but there it was anc
made by preacher, and you know II ought
to be straight. 1t was no ordinary opinion
but categorical statement, as we under
stood it, based upon actual knowledge Sc
we gave the statement TO twelve.year-old
schoolboy and asked him what he thought
of it. He told us that it was all right if The
preacher knew how much was sold then
and how much now he could very easy find
out the difference and make his statement
in accordance with this knowledge, other
wise he could make no true statement about
| IL. This was Just about our opinion when
the article was first read, and knowing that
there was no possible way for either him or
US to get such Information we just conclud.
ed that there was just about as much truth
about 1t as there is velvet on cats paw
and any individual, preacher or layman
who makes such statements on either side Of
any question has not much regard for his
own word, and 1t is just such testimony as
this that he wants us to believe. But if Mr..
L.. believes that statement We have the state
ment of merchant whom we met some
time ago that we will put against this
preachers any day In the week. He said
81 sold whiskey, was opposed to local OPP
ton, worked and voted against 1t because
| thnnuhf IN WnnlH hnrt m huoi MT
find was mistaken. l sell just as many
goods, even more, have Il more reputable
place, no drunkenness around, and when
ny customers spend their money they gel
something that will do themselves or their
families some good. They pay their bills
better, so that | find that instead of being
hurt we have all been benefited and the la
is good thing" Now in which statement
does 1t appear that there Is the greatest
amount OF reaso n and truthp
He tells US that this preacher is a fighter
but we understand that he has surrendered
to the saloon. We have never heard of his
great fights or greater victories. He ha'
certainly been fighting in the dark, for WI
get the Sentinel, and 1t generally has The
news. We heard OF preacher that qui
preaching and opened saloon-that was
complete surrender. Gordon and Lee anC
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dered to superior forces. Now this preache
may think the saloon is a superior force
and he had better surrender before he get
hurt. And then there are traitors to every
righteous cause, and sometimes people ar
great fighters and still they haven't much
grit. They simply fight 10 have something
to talk about-they do their fighting by
talking and blowing and when 1t comes I,
actual service they are not to be found
Such fighters won't help any cause Preach
ers are only human beings, and when they
succeed in fighting nearly everybody els'
out of their congregations they sometimes
fl nd themselves without a pulp and they
become fretlul and peevish and dyspeptic, -
Everything works bad, they see evil WHERE
they should see good. They stop fighting
and make full surrender to the powers Of
evil, and in doing so they think they art
doing a good work, until they wake up to a
consciousness of their folly. No man can
cure a minor evil by encouraging, legalizing
and protecting IL by law. IL will make II
a still greater evil.
We met mechanic in the city where he
pointed out to us building noted for its
beauty in architecture and finish. He had
a ded in its construction and he seemed
proud OF his work. We also talked TO a
m erchant who referred to clerk who had
become very pro fcient under his tutelage
and TO him it sc emed "A. gratifying thought
| Now when these preachers and Whlskey
men Ind weak kneed church members sue
coed in substituting Tor local option law
that will protect the saloon keeper instead
of holding him up as the real criminal, when
the old state of drunkenness and rOwdyisn
returns, when young men are led astray
employees rendered unit Tor work, when the
old, the middle-aged and the young begin tc
pour into these licensed saloons, when the
money that now goes to support families
train children, buy land, build comfortable
homes, support our schools and churches
and thus increase our taxable basis and In
vite permanent investors TO locate amongst
us-when this money shall be turned into
the saloons and our present prosperous CON
dition shall be changed TO the old-when
they see the bleared eye, the unsteady step
the unnatural face, and hear the wailng cry
OF suffering and distress as II rises from de
| fenseless homes, we wonder If these gentle
men will be proud OF their work.
Mr.. Thompson seems 70 be in great dis
tress because we failed TO give information
10 regard 10 the location oil a corporation re-
| fered 10 ia our first article. We have given
| him 80 much aud he has not done anything
with any part OF ii, 30 that IL seems to us to
be superhuous to load him down with any.
thing more. However, if he goes TO work
and finishes the little job he has on hand
we will try TO give him some others just as
good He bases his epistles on anti saloon
matters and so-called twisted initials, and
then seizes his little gun and bangs away In
the air, and about all that rolls out Is little
smoke, few big rs and long name, and
he then settles back to his normal position,
as much as TO say Il blew up the land bat
teries, battered down the flag, twisted the
armor plate, dismantled the big guns and
sunk every battle ship Ia View" Why, my
good boy, don't you know that such stuff az
| you shoot would not enter an armor-plate
of tissue paper. Your preceptor, the cap
tain, has not x ven you the first lesson In
shooting, and your saloon gun Is no good,
| and unless you do better hereafter than you
have up 10 this time You will never be pro
NOTED above your present position oil order
| ly, You have the wrong idea Of shooting.
Don't you know that IL don't make any diff
| ference whether the initials are twisted or
straight-whether there are three, two
one, or none al all. 1t ID not Initials or
names that count in an argument, except in
yours, where the name does most OF the
counting, and then II initials are twisted
Just 80 the argument is straight, and we have
never been accused OF having twisted ar
gument, while yours is twisted every time.
| You had better go 10 work, my boy; don't
you know that some OF those big hlggers, AZ
well as Major General ROtgut, have their
eve on you, and II you want " be II big gun
| 10 the army Of brawls and fights you must
wake up. Tell US something about your
old saloon horse. We know the old animal
very well, but there may be some that don't,
| and lhev loOk In VOu for Information. We