The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-25
BEWARE OF BOTCHES.


President Eliot of Harvard Univrr-
Sity, on Friday last. in an address before
the Connecticut State Teachers ASSoca-
ton, startled the complncency of the
great American public by boldly indict-
ing our public school system on the gen
eral charge of inehiciency because the
schools have failed. he claims. to fit the
MASSES TO grapplr with drunkenness.
gambling, vote buying, brain waste over
trashy reading matter. moral waste on
worthless stage plays. faith in quacE
remedies and faith cures and Christian
Science and other vcXing problems.
Whether the Indictment holds good.
1--WE. the people," each will decide for
him or herself But if the schools are at
fault. so are the colleges and the pulpitS
and the press Of the country rs well.
Two generations" said DR.. Eliot. 'havc
been struggling with the barharuuS vice
Of drunkenness. but have not yet diScov-
cred Il successful method of dealing with
it. The schools" he said. go contrary
to science in their teaching upon alcohol.
| 1t is not the use but the abuse of al
cohol which makes the drink problem.
This problem has taxed the wisdom of
the ages. prohbitioniStS seek to solve
it by dealing exclusively with the sellers
of liquor and aim to save the poor man
ut the expense of other men on the theory
that the poor man isn't capable of saw
ing himself. It's Il t"lcrahly cheap way
for most ProhihitoniSts to play the role
of My Brothers Keeper. for. like the
Levite of old. they can give him the
| .h,l, ,,f
him in charge. provided he isn't long"
on pride or is "Short" ON cash. FaddiStS
have jammrd through various State Leg
iSlaturrS measures which tackle the pro-
bem by way of the drinkrr. The latest
fad, is progressive penalties after the
first drunk"
| About thirty states in the Union have
general. and the rest have local laws
dealing with drinkers and drunkar,lS
The penalties are fines of from - cents
to 500. or Imprisonment for from two
days to five years.
! In Maine. the nursery Of Pro-
ihibition. sellers are fined and drinkers
when ovrrfull are merely put in the
cooler" but Prohibition in Maine. for
Ill that. is stale jest Penal treatment
of seller or driuker dorS'n meet the
problem which, a> General Hancock said
of the tariff. is 1T bottom local question
presenting different conditions, according
to locality.
Prohi0tionistS are bold enough To ask
or rather aSSum" what Christ would do.
if He came on earth again. and forth
with trot out their hobby in His name.
Now, ChriSt'S social maxim or rule of
citizenship reads Render unto Caesar
the things that are Caesars. He was
intent not on this but the next world :
problem. and He charged Prohibition
with no special mission. But Prnhhi-
tioniStS are possessed of the spirit. for
all that. and like the wise Spanish King.
who was likencd unto solomon. feel
that they could have bcttrrrh the Al
mightys plan of the universe had they
been consulted before its creation. They
give Caesar no show at all.
They set tout save our soldiers by shut
ting up the cantecu and forced them into
denS that promptly took its place ton
the outskirts %" army posts run hv bad
men and filled with worse women. The
effect Of Prohibition in posts and camps.
says General +. :. Funston, has been
to lower discipline. ruin soldiers and fill
the pockets If those who tempt them.
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