The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-28


parative figures which he said had been
furnished him by county official who is
in a position TO know the facts:
One years receipts by $50 saloons,
averaging $50 day .............. 81 S25, 600
Cost of all the churches in Sa-
vannah .......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6OO.OOO
Cost of all schools in Savannah. 264, 900
All charitable institutions ........ 100000
All City and County Public build
ings ........ ,......... .............. ZoO,VU
Total .......... ............. .s1.214.OOO
These figures show" said Mr.. Jones,
that putting all your public buildings,
churches and charitable institutions in
the scale of cost against it, you yet pay
in y months more for whisky that you
have paid for the building of the institu-
tons, your whisky bill being the larger
by S611000.
Or again
The cost of all your county schools
and churches is ..................,...$ 1000
OF the Telfair Academy of Arts and
sciences OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lJO,VO
Bethesda Orphan Home ............ $1,000
Hospitals ........................... lOO,Vo
IOtdI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .$ovO'VVV
THE cost of these buildings and inst-
tutions added to those of the city still
falls short by 1851 900 Of reaching in value
the cost of the liquor bill
Think of it In twelve months you pay
enough for whisky to replace every
church, school, charitable organization,
and public building in the city and coun-
ty. and still have enough 20 run the pub
lie schools for three solid years.
See what il cost you in order that go
faf IL hta1I ra1 l. kl,n g. CIT
A woman came to the hotel to-day and
told me that her husband was drunken
dabauchee, that she had no bread Tor her
children, ana that ore of them was al
ready in Jail Think of that picture, and
yet these heartless, soulless and dam
nable officials look on and laugh and no
word is said though little Billee has
cream in his pen.
Il told you 10 pray, brethren" he said,
turning to the ministers, and l hope you
are doing it. Here, you ministers of God
have stood in your pupits trying to save
souls white the devil has got your town
floating it off to hell on currents of liquor.
Under such conditions 1 don't see how
you made the progress that you have.
Il preached in the Jail yesterday. There
are the unfortunate ones, but they are
not sinners above all in Savannah. Nine
ty-hve per cent. of them were brought
to that place by liquor.
"As for clubs where liquor is sold, why
I've got as much use for the lowest dive
of a saloon as have for these clubs. no
matter who is the president of it, If
were pastor of a church and had a mem
Der who was also a member of a dub
where liquor was sold Ia kick him out of
the church Think of man that passes
the hat In my church in the morning
passing beer in the Yacht Club in the
evening. Amt he a dandy?
Then there's the corruption at the ball
lot box. Take the gambler and the saloon
keepers money out of the election and
you'd get better complexion of officials
No, you talk about cracker and 'Catho-
lie What do 1 care? I'm neither cracker
nor Catholic, but I've got a contempt
for perjured officer. whether he be either
cracker or Catholic. If a mans decent
drop your prejudice and vote once for
Sally and the baby"
IF there's travesty on justice and a
farce on Jurisprudence practiced anywhere
in Gods word. its practiced in Savannah.
Do you know that the judge of your SUI
perior Court has said that the reason he
fines the gamblers that are brought be-
fore him, rather than imprison them, is
because his court officials must live.
Think of it! The court officials must live
on the money filched from the poor dew
lis and then divided with the prosecuting
attorney" The preacher was interrupted
by the applause that followed this re-
mark. Then he went on as soon as he
could be heard.
"A leading citizen of this town-and 1
know what I'm talking about when l say
a leading citizen-told me that before the
last election he went to Little Billee'
and said: Sir. before l can consent to
vote for you want to ask you one ques-
ton: If elected will you suppress gam
bling?' He said Yes and If Little Billee'
wants the name of this man he can make
a demand on Sam Jones and it'll be
forthcoming.
Corruption at the ballot box and a cor
rupt vote will yield a harvest of sin. Now