The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-12
w. c. U.COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. N. L. HOBBS.



OI "Woe unto the crown Of pride, to
THE drunkards of EphIaim, whose
OIglorious beauty is fading flower,
s because ye have ssid We
! have made covenant with death
and with hell are We at an agree
, ment."
The liquor license is a contract {
D |entered into by and between the
D voter through bis agent in the leg
lslature as party OF the first part
} and the rumseller as the party of
J the second part, whereby it is
} agreed that for the consideration of
stipulated sum the party Of the
second part shall have the privilet Q
)|of starving women and childrn q,
wrecking homes and damning the
souls of men. 1t is further agree d
that the party of the first part shall
furnish the party Of the second part
ample protection in the prosecution
OF his business and further that the
party OF the first part agrees to as
sumo the care of the output of the
business and to incur all expense
accruing theIefrom, without any
relief whatsoever from valuation or
appraisement laws, together with
attorneys fees aud ample provision
Tor workhouse, asylum and peniten-
tiary support. A million church
memters are parties to this contract,
entering into covenant with death
and an agreement with hell.
Never since the days when Tetzel
peddled his indulgences and licens-
ed men to serve the devil for so
much day, has there been such a
travesty on Christian civilization.
The licensed liquor traffic is more
subtle in ite de- option, more out
rageous In its practice, more ruin
Gus in its effect than was the curse
OF slavery. What a shame to our
free institutions is this, the child Of
tho devil, which, by our own su-
preTae court, has no inherent right
to exist. Ha breath Of life is meted
out by law; put to bed " -nnm
the policeman's club and locked up
on holidays; it nurses at the bottle
of woman's tears and sleeps to the
lullaby OF the orphans cry. Such
say is this birth. marked bastard
If the father Of lies.
II fiourishes and becomes Z giant.
iefying the armies Of the living God.
because Christian men talk about
xpediency and truckle to politicians
Vho are driven on by the lash Of
um rule. These are they who call
David that be is ia the minority
nd will lose his ammunition II
urled against the shield of the
hilistine. But Prohibition IL
ruddy and Of a fair ntenance %
answers back, 1.-The battle is the
ord's" and hurls its ballots into
'e eye OF the enemy. This youth
scomes q man after Gods own
sart and will see The day when
% Lord shall lay judgment to the
ne and righteousness to the plum
ct, and when the hail shall sweep
vay the refuge of lies.
Something must be done. This
the government by the people.
1ristian men can free themselves
'm this iniquity. They can make
cir influence felt in politics, which
the highway TO power in this
vernment. II is too late to cry,
Keep il out Of politics." for the
loon has long since been the most
werful factor in political fairs.
any an officer Of the law would do
duty, but he knows if he crosses
path OF the liquor power be
mt get Office any more.
Il is disgrace to the honest man.
od OF our country that municipal
7efnment is generally turned over
the beer firms, and that the
isky power Iobbies our leeisla.
e, ready to strangle every tenn
ance measure in its infancy. II
q shame that the wo dominant
itical parties have side.tracked
3 issue and bid in open competi.
q for the support Of the liquor
ver
But something will be done. In
= the two great political parties
he country declared in their plat.
ms in favor Of slavery. II was
y eight years from that time that
man was placed in the white
lse who wrote the emancipation
clam alton.
TO b. continued }