El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-10

vote for il the next time / get a
chance
The sale of cocaine illegally has on
ly cropped out in a real bad form with
in the past four or five years" said
Mr.. Wheeler. and until law empow-
ering us to prevent it is passed we
are as if we had our hands tied in
regard to it. But the law will be pass
ed and we will make the spot where
cocaine is Illegally sold a hot one for
the seller. Illgotten riches are secured
by men in the druggists cloak as much
as in most any other one. l have
gone into towns where druggist kept
little store on a back street and in
three years / went back and found him
conducting one of the SWEETEST places
in the town. a member of the board
of trade and of the church. Do you
think that if he had conducted le-
gal business he could have taken such
rapid strides to wealth?
This promiscous selling of cocaine
must be stopped and will be stopped.
We have the bar of the state, the
sheriffs of the state. the police. and.
| best of all. the newspapers of the
state with us in this fight and we are
going to win. If | thought we would
deprive the poor cocaine fiend OF any
good l would not be assisting in pre-
venting the sale of the drug But L
have seen TOO much of it to think
that any person is ever benefited by 1t.
Ii leads to poverty and death quicker
than liquor. / have asked persons
why they use ii and have almost invar-
liable received an answer to the effect
that ii is a cheap way to drown ones
troubles. and therein lies its greatest
danger. 1t must be placed out of their
reach. for If they have access to it
every time they have 4 slight attack of
l v-rrfy for hnvN &c
short.
II have seen statistics that show
that in states where they have estab-
lished industrial schools and law
against the sale of cocaine enforced
the percentage of crime has decreased
wonderfully. 1 saw Cav. Savers about
month ago and he encouraged me to
go on with my fight for these two bills,
saying. i have my pen already in the
ink to sign them both One night last
week Chief of Police Rhea occupied
the pulpit of the Christian church in
FIT. Worth in behalf of the industrial
school bill and every good citizen of
the state is Cor il and the anti-cocaine
bill. hence | think II is safe to say
| that they will both be passed by the
next legislature"
Mr.. Wheeler is not combining his
good work to- talking. He is a charter
member and director of the Humane
society of Houston and has his eye
always open for an opportunity to do
good deed for his fellow man. and
not only them but for dumb animals.
He is also a member of the state hui
name society. He has a good standing
| with the police department of nearly
every large city in the state and is
often found interceding with them to
good effect for poor unfortunates who
have fallen into the clutches of the
law when he thinks that if they had
show they would not be found there
again. Our people need have no fear
but what the money they give him
will be used to a worthy purpose. He
| is not in the street missionary busi-
ness for mercenary purposes but his
whole soul is in the work of uplifting
fallen humanity and his labors in that
direction are receiving the approval
of the best men of the state.