The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-05-19
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Praise tod from %AotA al DAszS-
in9s fOw,
Praise Him who saves frcm deep
at WO@.
Praise Him who leads the temper
ance host.
Praise Father. s0a and Holy
Ghost.
There were n 5GInieides in South
Carolina last year, and the Charles
ton News and Courier says that 30
% them we're caused By Eiiskey.
OPINION OF LIQCOg MEN.
Politics concerns as only in 80 far
as politics Is calculated 70 benefit,
or threatens to iujHFe the traffic 10
liquors Wine oDd Spirit Gazette.
Sir Frederick Treyes, who stands
at the mead Of the surgical profession
in England, has stirred the people By
declaring that alcohol j. a poison,
that ii i an injury 10 the system
when taken even 90 a moderate de-
gree. He would favor the extreme
Of total abstinence. Being a surgeon
he has seen the effect u the Use OF
alcoholic liquors on the system Of
those who have to BE- operated upon
and who recover from the knife with
less success than do those who use
little or no such beverages. The use
Of liquors in Great Britain - de-
eFeasing, and public sentiment Is
more and more against them. Even
10 Russia the Old Believers, a very
rich community. are total abstainers.
In Scotland they are trying 10 get
law passed by Parliament allowing
n4S 1T .
The Independent May H. %.
TEMPERANCE LESSONS FROM THE
PRESENT wAR.
That chronic alcoholism among
the Russians may explain, in part,
at least, some Of the results Of the
var ia MauchuTia, is the editorial
opinion 81 American Medicine april
~. Says this paper:
''Oa the Japanese side the re-
ports are all Of one tenor and depict
an almost universal abstinence
What drinking Is done is in extreme
moderation Upon the Russian side
W. hear Of immense stores of vodka,
champagne by carload lots, and or
GIGS innuTnerable. The Russian Off
Ger is notorious. by general report Of
cOhOl he daily consumes, and il is
impossible for any brain to submit
10 such insults without undergoing
the changes long known TO take
plack in heavy drinkers. 1t is not
remarkable then that the older Off
GERS, who are managing the cam
paign, are constantly Outwitted by
the healthy japanese. It is
apparently not 50 much question
Of drunkenness as it is one Of the
patholOgic results Of lOng-cOntinued
excessive drinking without drunken
ness. The alcoholic lesson Of the
japanese war will no doubt be APP
lpreciated by the American people,
who are particularly sensitive to
such matters. They will take it TO
heart and will speak in no uncertain
terms when they learn how danger
Gus to the nations welfare it Is to
trust military power to a chronic al
c0hOlist. Particularly in isolated
places are the false ideas, perverted
reasoning powers, and enfeebled
Judgment of such men sure to bring
disaster when coupled with arbitrary
authority. The universal cOmmen-
datiOn shOwered upon the President
for the prOnIptuess with which he
dealt with the incompetence in the
Panama Commission, though it had
no possible relation to alcoholism,
shows how the people think on the
subject OF obtaining vigorous-minded
public servants, and like cOmmenda-
ton will follow any efforts TO rid the
government services Of the old alcO-
hOlics. Should any such incOmpe-
tents be retained IN any place to
hamper or destroy efficiency, such as
they have done in Manchuria, there
is apt to be complaint from an .indig-
nant people. The Literary Digest
May IL, 'O5.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
No legislature can bargain away
the public health or the public NOR
ais. The people themselves cannot
do it, much less their servants.
Government is organized with a
view to their preservation, and can
not diyest itself of the power to pro-
vide for them. '-l02 u. s., 8I6.
"There is no inherent right in the
citizen to sell Intoxicating liquors by
retail; it is not a privilege OF citI-
zen of state, or of citizen Of the
United States u. S. Supreme
court 1877 U. S., p. So,
Nor can we ignore the fact, es-
tablished by statistics accessible to
every one, that the disorder, panper-
ism, and crime prevalent in the
country are in large measure direct
ly traceable to this 1.-THE sa-
lOons.--U. 5. Supreme court, Dec. 5,
1897.
Nor can it be said that govern
ment lnterfeTes with or inpairs any
ones constitutional rights of liberty
or property when it determines that
the manufacture and sale of intoXi-
eating drinks for general or indiyid-
ual use as a beverage are or may be-
Ecome hurtful to society and to every
member Of it, and is therefore bust
ness in which no one may lawfully
engage. ~. S. Supreme Court, Dec.
8, 1857.
by the general concurrence OF
opinion Of every civilized and Chris
tian community, there are few
sources of crime and misery to So
ciety equal TO the dramshop, where
Intoxicating liquors, in small quanti-
ties, TO be drunk ut the time, are sold
indiscriminately to all parties apply
ing. The statistics of every state,
show greater amount of crime and
misery attributable to the use of ar
dent spirits obtained at these retail
liquor saloons than to any other
source ~. S. Supreme court, 1890.
Sure OF Himself.
'1'll give you position as clerk to