Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-03

little doubt that the bold cham
p.onship of legallzed prostitution,
for s1ch It Is under more happy
phrasing, receives Its impetus from
the practise of the system In the
Philippines. 1t cannot have come
as result of a study of the system
In the old world, for in many En-
iopean countries after years of trial
1t has been abolished as falling not
only as moral bat as a hygenic
measure.
England abolished the system
sixteen years ago. Sir James STAINS.
field who for many years was the
Parliamentary leader for the repeal
OF State regulation of vice in an
address in 1881 said. To my mind
the most damnlpg evidence against
the Acts would De the proof OF
their complete hygienic SUCCESS. And
/ 90 not say this from a moral
standpoint only, | say It from the
mist lofty uygienic standpoint. Ii
you could by this legislallon, guar
autee what you profess TO guaIan
tee that people might practice Sex
ual vice without mourning the
danger of the diseases incloent 10
vice, you would not only democrat
iZ- the people, but You would phys
ically degenerate and ruin the
population. Against this menace
TO the purity OF the individual and
the sanctity of family life this new
insult to womanhood we must cry
aloud and spare not"
The legalized liquor traffic the
procuress of the brothel still chal
lenges the armies of the living CID
Haunting defiance in the tace OF tie
church, scaffold, at law, terrorlzing
juries trampling justice beneath It's
f-et and holding up Its bloody
hands shouts exuitingly Alcohol Is
king!' And so 1t Is In politics
Political parties bow to lis.en to its
behests, and are swift to obey It's
commands. Candidates for cfice
In the two great parties lick It's
feet and police officials, sworn to
uphold the law join hands with the
liquor criminal and wink at his law
lessness. Regrettable as 1t Is, ano
peSsimistic as 1t may sound the ten
dency In our nation Is to encourage
lawlessness and sheer at law en-
forcement; to place In power the
base element OF society and so gen
eral has this become In municips |
lite that the med1ocrity OF a CIT,
council, to call 1t by no harsher
term is almost proverbial, nor does
1t apply alone to civic lite. States
men have largely given place to
dernagogues, and craftsmanship
degenerate to pot house politics.
Why? Because Alcohol Is king
In politics and 1t ''makes Christian
citizenship a mockery and a ma
tional houor a lie.''
Nothing In the world bears SO
Enthusiastically the mark of the
beast upon 1t as does the liquor
traffic and no works are so mani
testify the works of the devil as are
the works of the saloon. It Is the
great crime centre for our own
State and for every State where 1t
is permitted to exist.
With the extension of the traffic
in West Virginia crime has In
creased at an appalling rate. Judge
Mason
DR.. eddy In an article entitled,
The Sovereignty of Saloons In
Cities" has this TO say of their
malign influence.
The saloon seizes our great
populations and debauches them
1t is the occasion of direct or indi
rect tax on all industries. 1t Is
public plunderer that has no mercy
on!its victims. 1t breeds idleness,
appetite, passion and crime. Its
the hctbed of prostitution, infamy
and disgrace. 1t tramples down
TIE Sabbath and dishonors God
II holds penal codes In utter con-
tempt. 1t hoodwinks judges and
de6es the puollc authorities. It is
the parent of perjury the nurse of
kDavery, the coruptor of the courts
and the source of sorrows. It
keeps In full blast when the flags
ere Tapping at half mast over ire
mendous woe, and uses all fasl
DAYS and feast DAYS all SEASONS and