Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-03
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conspicuous as of these
preparations"
His talk was in effect that by closing
doors the city would merely be raising
a race of hypocrites. He said, w are
told tina nations are Supplying them
selves with certain beverages, and then
we are told that the only way to cure
such conditions is to cut off the bever-
age. We haven't taken the trouble to
think far enough and TO consider what
a peculiar beverage stands for. We bur-
led today in Yonkers a man whit has
done more for the temperance cause
than any other ten men in this diocese,
William F. Cochran, who built a great
inn or club with accommodations for a
thousand members, who were thus kept
out of the saloons. My friends, prohibi-
| ton is a fraud and a failure. Education,
elevation and transformation are the
notes which the church must learn to
strike"
Rev. DR.. Ralnsford was equally frank
and outspoken. He said to his hearers
You don't go to saloons, altno the sa-
looms is an excellent place in which to
study human nature. The first thing
you would earn if you went there is
that the saloon is a most extraordinary
institution, and it has com to stay.
Any man who speaks of wiping it out
l have no time to argue with. He does
not face facts. 1t is not simply an
evil place. It is a positive need in a city
of no-home people. You wouldn't real
ize the enormous number of people
without homes, and respectable people,
too, and then there Is an enormous
number only half-homed. The tene-
ment house is not a home. The man
cause he can get more for FIVE cents
there than anywhere else. 1t is an in
stitution that profoundly affects hun
dreds Of thousands of people in the city
of New York. The saloon has gradually
taken a hold on the people and you
can't suddenly uproot it. Il is a demo-
cratic institution. You are up against
the working people when you attack the
saloon, and in dealing with this ques-
tion you have got to consider the work
ing people. and in no other way can you
accomplish any good result. These in
situations are not conducted by bad
men or used by bad men. It is q So
cial institution where you can get
mighty good food and get it mighty
cheap. The man who frequents the sa-
loon is usually the one one who cannot
afford to Join the Young Mems Chris
tian Association or the st. Georges So
| ciety.'
His conclusion is embodied in this
statement: There are a great many
parts Of the city where The saloons
might be closed, where they are not
needed, and there are a great many dis
~tricts where they could be wiped out
altogether. Local option by districts
is what we want. We can guard our
saloons and we can guard our homes,
but we cannot put down all drinking
and all the evils Of the city"
These appear to be remarkable state
ments for clergymen, yet they are fac
ing a condition not a theory. dealing
with a stubborn fact and not with a
sentiment. New York city has just
been released from the corrupt rule of
Tanamany. out it's voters are the fac
tors to be reckoned with. II a severe
change is made in the policy of dealing
with liquors they are likely to resent
restraint and go back to old condi-
lions.