Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-05
Superintendent of Anti-saloon
League Gives Reasons For
His Action
LIFE THREATENED MANY TIMES
Saloon Men Have Sent Him Many
threatening Letters, But 1t is Not
This Which Caused His Resignation
But Because He Received No Sup
port in His Work.

j Sioux City, Feb. 5.--Rey. T. p. Car
ter, who as superintendent of the Anti
/ oaiooh League has conducted the most
vigorous campaign against the saloons
ever waged in Sioux City, has resigned
For some time it had been said that
Garter had let UP in his prosecutions of
the saloons because Of fear of personal
violence. The saloon men had sent him
many threatening letters, saying he
would meet the fate of George C. Had
dock, who was shot down on Fourth
street.
Carter has come on. in red hot let
ter in which he says he is tired of being
made catspaw and refuses to do the
dirty work of the league any longer
without remuneration. He says:
| why do resign? Seeing there has
been SO much said. will tell just why:
'First-Because have a divine COM
mission from heaven TO preach the gos-
pei OF salvation to dying hell-bound
men; and, being able to do that work,
and having opportunity, can not re-
fuse.
"Second-Because I have no conf
dence in this manner of proceeding
against the saloons. When I entered
the work it was with definite under
standing, on my part at least, that we
We're to proceed under the provisions
OF the prohibitory law of the state; that
the Martin law is practically an injunc-
ton against illegal selling, being sim
ply a bar to proceedings under prohibi
ton, SO long as the saloonkeeper kept
within bounds. but when these provis-
lens are violated the prohibition law is
in full force, just as IN localities where
the Martin law does not obtain. But
have failed to get any proceedings on
that line. can't get q suit brought
against property owners or an injunc-
ton against the property. And when
one saloonkeeper is enjoined against
Illegal selling he finds it convenient to
skip the country, and the brewing COM
pany puts another fellow in his place.
and the work of crime and death goes
right on, and the city government does
not care, neither do any of the people,
and our work is about like pumping
water out OF leaky ship without stop
result is that the lawyers legally get
little of the saloonkaepers' illegally got
ten money. The only right way is such
proceedings against the property, as
well as the operator, as will close the
places up.
"Third-It is mos. humiliating fact,
but fact nevertheless, that the tenn
rerance forces. so-ca.led, will not stand
by the kind of work I propose. few
preachers and laymen and very few
churches rs such believe in it. But
the majority, while willing that the
tough, low down places may be pulled.
will kick against mo!esting any of the
high toned places and big hotels and
withhold sympathy and support if they
are interfered with. But in my creed
saloon is a saloon. whether low down
dive or .gilded palace of vice and hell
Fourth-The people do not and will
not support the work. We might as
well be honest about it, and own up.
People will howl and criticise $50 and
subscribe so cents worth for the work,
and then often not pay that. 1t re-
CURES all Of an active mans time to
keep up with the march, and the man
who does it must have bank account
tc live on or an income from his con-
stituency. have neither, and have
been the catspaw AMI done the dirty
work for nothing as long as can stand
it. My family mus. have something to
live on. and have found an opportu-
nifty to earn 1T which can not afford
to let pass.
Now let the Anti Saloon League and
the temperance and church people stand
by the work. and put up the money. and
they can easily prove that am neither
afraid of the saloonist's threats nor the
newspapers Misrepresentation"