Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-21
Temperance Worker In Musca-
tine Meets Reminder of
Dynamite Outrage
MAHlN's HOME ONCE BLOWN UP
Believed That This Was Only a Hoax
Yet Some Think 1t is Meant as
Warning and Threat - Rankin Hold
ing Temperance Meetings in Musca-
tine This Week.
Special to Times Republican.

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Museatine, April divisions of the
/ dynamite outrage during a temperance
crusade years ago were recalled yester-
day afternoon by the finding OF a sup
posad bomb III this city. A. c. Rankin
| is spending the week here exhorting the
pepulace to favor his state marshal
bill and it was he who gave the temper
ance lectures ten years ago which re-
suited in the blowing up OF editor Ma
hin's home. The bomb found today was
evidently a hoax taken by some as
warming to Rankin If he continues.
AT the Baptist church Tuesday even
ing Rankin tis livered rousng temper
ance lecture in which he asserted that
more Muscatine men were III The sa-
looms on Sunday than were in the
churches. In part he said:
| Nationality has nothing TO do with
a mans inclination to drink. 1t is a
matter of his; religion whe Their he is a
total abstainer or not. Most men
drink ito a greatsa, or less extent"
One of the greatest difficulties in the
way of the temperance reforms is the
prejudice of the people. Men get into
a way of thinking that things are all
right and the world cannot move
them. 1t is thus that the scum of the
population gets in the control of the
city governments in our nation. This
vas THE sentiment expressed in the
orening Of his lecture. He continued
to illustrate the result OF fixity of
opinion and the difficulty OF overthrow
ing those things which are established
by custom.
He showed that in many commune
titles where the church men are not ac-
tisfly total ahstainers, the drink habit
grows on the community. Instances OF
this We're given to prove that it is net
race or nationality thai makes a COM
munity of drunkaris and drinking
men, but the attitude OF the church
and leading people OF tie comman-
ity.
If only the drunken sot was seen in
the saloons, he said, there would be 10
danger of good men and young men
following them, but it IS thu frequent
ing of the s-lloons BY the men who are
moderate or occasional drinkers tina.
makes Others fail In line ana become
slaves TO the habit.
There ara more ran IN your city go
to the saloons on Sun lay ;nan go TO
the churches in The city. He said, in
ut. Dodge, AS tes., good reliable men
were chosen to watch the saloons and
report of,ps evening, cor two hours. In
that time. 1t was repo tel. 1,lS5 men
visited ten saloons of the little
city.
There are three binds of drinkers,
the occasional dr:nker. the moderate
drinker and the faibitual drunkard
The first two are the ones that do The
harm in the community. The occas-
ional drinker is the one who drinks on
election days and holidays. The mad
crate duinker is the one who taxes q
glass OR two a day. There are the
walking Delegates, the decoy ducks,
which get others to get into the sa-
looms.
Mr. Rankin could not keep away
from his theory sll of the evening and
just before the close of his lecture eN-
planned that although h, iii not stand
for liquor dn any shape nor eo-m and IS
a prohibitiorists, out and out, ne does
not believe 1T Is practical to regulate
or stop the sale of intoxicating drinks
in Iowa at present. and wants a s;ep
taken for the enforcement of the laws
and regulations already on the statute
books
Lectures We're announced for the
rest of the week, this evening the talk
VIII be on the marshal clubs again. A
meeting for women was also an
r1unced.