The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
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On July -, 1902, the voters of
Jennings anu OF ward 10, in the
parish OF CulcAsieu will so upon
record upon the question OF a.
ceusuig the sale of alcoholic bev-
erages. In other words, they
will decide whether liquor snail
oe sold by autcority OF the people
or inspiLe OF the declaI ation that
it shall not b.. sold. For none OF
k1he st~'vocate~ oi prohibition VIII
nlenu THAI the liquor lra1nc
~ been or will oe suppressed
in asQnings.
HE q ues zion resolves itseH,ia-
to this p,;.,u proposit;on:S3Since
liquor will be sold Pre-, mot
better to regulat sci IL aw
and derive the ne ltk can
be oolalued frHl Ace eesx IL
is u coualt:un. not q thu eEy that
coufronts US. Tho prnio,tion-
lists strong argument is the evil
that ,reanlJs from the abuse OF
LOUD File is fond Of drawing
upoiS Inauguration for horrible
eXautples OF ruined homes aud
shattered lives. These he eau
conj are up seemingly without
effort. Occasionally he Cites d
really pathetic Instance. He
could also go out into the com
muuity and End wreck and ruin
caused by .aziness and shiftless
ness in no way brought ABOUT by
the use OF alcoholic slim ulauts.
i The police records OF all lne urge
cities OF the world show that
many thousands OF bright lives
OF both men and women, are am
nualiy destroyed through using
, opium, coCalue ana other drugs.
WV does he not go upnl record
as in favor OF prOhl biting the
manufacture ana sale OF these
: uestrO., trs OF home and happln-
uess? L. - surprising that ne
: should c.uHle his efforts to
tiShtlny liquor when there are SO
many ulher channels in which he
might excl his talent tor med
ding IN other peoples business.
There are in every com II Inlty
F.. d lot OF people who want to reSu'
late the affairs OF Others They
= look at their neigh5ors with mi
cru,copic eyes and contrlve tt
see ana note their every fault, nc
matter how intinitisimal. They
are never really and truly happy
unless they are placing some sor1
.t /, resLricuvn upon those whose
i Conduct A. not square witt
n heir own arrow AID oigotee
leas. 1t l,ters not that the
au .dies they propose for some
4 ia bic evil have been tried over
J. and over again, and have 1alles
- whenever and wherever tried
y They insist that the same farce
shall be re-enac ted. AS RUE
they are better schroled IN the
theories involved in the seclusiol
of Tie ministerial study: and q
sewing circle meetings lAan II
, vhe Ways of the world and 1h'
=, conduct Of civil government
They seemingly never learn D.
experience. Il they dad the,
. would know oy this Mme TIA
nen cannot be made moral an'
righteous by legal enactment
1t speaks badly for the preache
when he openly confcsseS that h
/ caunoL present the gospel 1orcit
u. ly enough to prevent tue saloon
keeper from beguiling his cor
sre4atlun into the paths OF pei
- glitch. Such a man Is puoII
eu dipped tor the work he La
ul.ue, taken. and should appl
himself 10 IL study Of tile scrIi
" lures. in which ne will learn thu
ix neither the savior nor In
% Apostle Paul WAS IL proulblliul
- list.
!. There is nothing new in til
,taleul.nls Of Henry Fab and ,
o. Ii. Patterson. They u se the san
,uu Slrreo1ypeo arguments an
~, tl1e sttn!e uid appeals To preIudit
49, Luat were used IN the prohioltlt
cam paiGus in the state OF Mai,
half a century ago,and We're su
- sequently used IL other t'ew T.
gland states, and in Kansas az
Iowa, in which proli vitiou W;
- given trial lasting for years; al
proved al Sstly failure.
In hIs communication, +.