Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-12-08
DR.. John alexander DO,cie,
Zion City, III.

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Dr. John alexander DOrie,
! Zion City, III.
DEAR SIR: see by the Chicago Record
Herald of recent date, that you are very anx'
ious to Know how many "stinkpot saloons
are licensed in Chicago. note the city col.
lectors answer to your question is that there
are 1900 The number of saloons in the
state is 90, LAC In this Christian nation, in
this land Of churches, colleges and theologi
cal seminarics, we have 25449S "stinkpol
saloons as you choose to Gail them. Doc
tor, you should not call your partners such
hard names. Remember. you are in part
nershlp with the "stinkpot saloons" Each
saloon keeper has q government licence back
| of his counter, also a state license. He like.
wise has certificate of good moral charac-
ter. So you see they are well fortified by
law and morals. 1t is just as lawful for sa-
loon keepers to sell liquor and make drunk
ards, criminals, paupers and lunatcs and fill
| and to cause hell to enlarge its borders TO
make room for its victims; | say this is Just
as lawful as it is to sell Bibles, hymnbooks,
or to preach the gospel of Christ and lead
men from sin to Righteousness. Old Glory
waves as triumphantly over the brewericS,
dstilleres and saloons as it does over our
churches and institutions of learning Now,
DOCTOR some one is responsible before God
for this state of things. If the saloon keepers
run their business according to law, they are
lust as good as the law that gives them the
license to run them; the law is just as good
rs the legislature that passed it, and the leg
islature is just as good as the governor that
signed it, and the governor and legislature
are just as good as the voters that elected
them to office, especially when they see that
the policy of these men is to continue to IL
! Gems this nefarious traffic.
From 1880 to 1885, was an advocate of
high license, but soon learned that high IL
cense increased, rather than decreased, the
sale of intoxicants in this land. found that
high license was making the traffic more re.
| spectacle than low license; that, in place of
low doggeries we were getting gilded sa.
looms While the low license saloons ruined
our boys, the gilded saloons ruined our girls
also. The more beautiful sin or an evil,
the more dangerous it is to the society.
By the help of God, in 1888 dissolved
partnership with this internal. drunkard-
making business; and proclaimed to the
world that would not vote for any man or
any party that was in favor of the legalized
liquor traffic So, doctor. you see feel at
liberty to speak very boldly upon this sub
ject.
Now what are some Of the fruits of the
legaized liquor traffic? God in his word
has pronounced terrible woe upon the
drunkard and the drunkard maker. "Woe
unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
that putteth the bottle to him. Haba6kuk
2:15. Isaiah says: "Woe unto them that rise
up early in the morning that they may fol-
low strong drink, that continue all night till
the wine infame them" therefore hath
hell enlarged herself and opened her mouth
without measure, and their glory and their
multitude and their pomp and he that re-
joiccth shall descend into it." Again the
Word Of God says: mo drunkard shall in
herit the kingdom OF heaven" when the
righteous are in authority the people rejoice,
but when the wicked beareth rule the people
mourn. "-Proo. 29:2.
Today this land is filled with weeping,
wailing, mourning, and woe; there is many
Rachel weeping for her children and will
not be comtortel because they are not"
IN PARTNERSHIP.
suppose these facts will have but little
influence upon your life as long rs you he
long to party that hasn't had single mo-
raj plank in its platform either state or ma
tional during the last twenty years. If l
belonged to party whose policy it was to
legallze the liquor traffic, would, whenever
met "stinkpot saloon keeper" as you call
them, say: Brother, how is our business