Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-05
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A Few REASONS WHY VOTE The PRO-
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a FEW REASONS WHY VOTE The PRO-
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Because voting is a peaceful warfare.
Because | delegate my Will politically
at the ballot box. Because it is the only
place the state will listen To know what
| want. because the prohibition party
is the only party that stands in defense
of the home against the saloon. IN de-
Tense of the church and its blessings
In defense of the school interrupted by
drink Because TO vote 1t is to sand for
sobriety and law: to diminish crime
and lower taxes to cheer the doMneast,
10 pity the unfortunate and punish the
criminal that ruins manhood. Its VIC
tory means smiling faces, contented
homes aud peaceful citizens. Ii means
carpeted floors nirrored walls, full
eupboards, glowing hear;hs, shingled
roofs. warm beds, respectable dress,
good habits and a clear brain for the
transaction of business. Its victory
means a better relationship between
man and wife. 1t removes the greatest
cause for divorce. Its victory means
empty iails few asylums and charita-
bile Institutions. Less brawls and
fights. More debts paid and less con-
tracted. More Well to-do and less very
wealthy individuals. 1t means more
equality among men, mentally. morally,
intelectually ana spiritually. Ii means
less boodleism and malfeasance in of
flee. Less bank defaulters. Less gam
hlers and more sober. honest toilers. i
vote prohibition because virtuous girls
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product of saloon environment Rich
men, clean men, smart men, good and
loving husbands are not made by ST.
looms. Because man who enters a
saloon questions his own morality. his
own responsibility, his own ability for
self-control.
The environment of saloon, wheth-
er n man or Il political party, must
come to Its level. to the level of the
man behind the bar. to the level of the
man In front of the bar. III 1T takes ten
drinks to make a man drunk. when one
drink is taken he is one-tenth drunk.
His moral or Christians status has not
changed by taking the ten. / vote pro-
hibition to stop the unwarranted de-
struction of healthful and wholesome
grains and fruits. To convert business
into the proper channels of trade ana
to give employment to industrious toll
at increased wages. To save the wages
for the support of the Wife and little
ones The great Gladstone said: M
toxicants cause more misery than war.
pestilence and famine combined. i
vote prohibition because he told the
truth; because the prohibition party in
power Will stop the manufacture and
sale of intoxcants for beverage pur-
poses, under the same rule of law as
theft. arson, murder and adultery are
prohibited.
| vote prohibition because the ten
are prohibitory. Be
cause all the beneficial features of IL
the regulation of the liquor traffic has
been tried for a generation and proved
an utter failure. Because partial pro-
hibition with the enemy of the law in
office has proved approximately sue
cess. Because the disease aclled al
cohoiism is ON the increase and the
state is considering the cost OF estab-
fishing hospitals for its cure, instead
of destroying the cause OF the disease.
Because we have drunken legislators.
Because we have saloons i'm the CAPT.
toll at Washington To debauch our rep
and senators. Because
majority of them have become so de-
bauched that they will not remove the
saloons. Because the liquor element of
the country is now organizing to defeat
the purpose of the prohibition party.
Because love to fight a class whose
success is the destruction of the home
l vote prohibition because God Almigh-
ty SO created that two things of an
nature can't agree and and
saloons are opposite. Because as an
American citizen I must serve my
politically if I vote and | don't
wish to be called a political traitor by
aiding the arch enemy of the nation.
Because I believe prohibition is the
only clean-cut, sensible way to deal
with the liquor traffic, and the prohib!-
ton party the only party the liquor
power opposes.
/ vote prohibition because a mother
and a sister and a daughter are denied
the ballot box, and l must represent
their interest. / vote it because the re-
publican party that l loved and sup
ported fell before the power of the
liquor traffic and became its partner in
the crime producing business. i vote 1t
because all of my republican friends
say there is no hope. of that party pass
ing laws derogatory to the rum traffic.
/ vote it because Marshalltown now
needs twenty-five saloons to supply the
demand where only five We're required
six years ago. Because the greatest
patronage is from the young men Be
cause women frequent the saloons and
drink at the bar under the supervision
of republican officials. l vote because |