The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17

BRANDED BY BURDETTE.
He Burns the Marx OF Cain
Upon the Liquor Traffic

10 ES&- EE3tt4 A1--A-tE stE er-sas TIL
Ea5n paragraphs Isolate th-sm fsous
leEE cgzt~LE- gETrAeh tEs=EH from fine
rsaEscfEaz -~ms-EeeS that explain
and emphasize sI=zEl- Reproduce ffleIEs
from nG-ElGry iH faaisy construction.
aud cssIDE-d by the Hsar-Ezs pE-EH-
die arrange 8r ti~arrsngE tne5H EI
a sE4BNne- or eJauecsiau- j. = DIS
ho4-sE say u making disasla--5 ar
zuneafs for a dEsh1GoEabE- sssBs-.
b that same tF-AEuazuf y1u gan nas
ouEy EustIfy. bat commend tire Vrac-
-Jce 81 p1iyZ&MEy. theft, dFsnk~gl-
Tess murder u any 0gtFF crime, 1y
the Bible Itself
S8eh Csc h.z b~eu made If Eec-at
remarks which I made b-f0E- THE
W. & T L. AZ Les Ang~tss few
weeks ago. N@W SHAT zusst her E1an
says somebody f0EG hiul he heard
said I stand ready 10 di~pute on gen
=rzl principles That isaFE evidence
in any e1aYt IN the world. Bat lei
me say il myself. and III standby IL
10 the last ggzIEIs and IypbeEe
S1w hear me say il myself
About rhe power % pguIfbisJ7y
avs 20 pg0hIbIs-fhe Isws Of the
Gy prevent murder But aeverrI4e-
less I arm Gppsss-d ~ licensing DGe
mgr3-rrF 10 every 49, many Thousand
persons even M petition Of = Inai 5ET-
~ 81 the property owners In the
block that w may have all the
murder that i desirable in the c8Ea-
aluuIEy under wise regulations with
little Incr5Es9e for the municipality
I believe 10 the absolute prohibition
uf murder.
The lass Of the country prohibit
ring stealing do not entirely prevent
.-eaIInx- Nevertheless. I am Gp-
oq-@i 10 high license system Of
stealing. providing that all theft
-haEI D. restricted 20 certain s4th0r-
ICED thieves. Who shall steal only b.
tween the hours Of. say. 8 - ~. and
81 ~ ?. II rxseps Sunday when no
stealing shall ba- done except Fy
stealth. elrrauce TO b. made In all
cases Oh that day by the hack door,
and az the thiefTs risk I believe in
laws that absolutely forbid theft a.
any hour. On any day Of the week
And on the same grpand. and Just
- positively do / believe in rh=
prohibition Of the liqg0r traffic
And never said / dida And did
ssy that did. And Do.
/ do say that the best ~sy TO make
= man q temperate man i 10 teach
hiR not 70 drink Bot q saloon Il
not = kindergarten Of s0bFiety. Your
.own is under 10 obligation 10 any
saloon. All that il Is. in TEspecta-
I Dility and permanent prosperity ID
has grown 10 b. without the assi--
tance Of the liquor traffic Y0a
don't own a dollar or a merchant ~
a resident. you don't own one item
u the sttFactiveness and popularity
Of your town 10 the refining aud edQ-
eating influence Of a corner gin mill.
with it, group Of sidewalk I0afeEs.
IT Is deliberately claimed By some
people who appear to be sane on
other subjects, that to properly in
stTuct a sober people in the ways Of
sJbriety and u teach total atstaiHers
the beauty and virtues gf teHp-r-
aGce- you must license the selling Of
liquor in the town. The man VINO
originated that idea ought - have il
stuffed and exhibited at the 81. Louis
Exposition, aud be should be leaned
10 against it a. = part Of the exhibit
There was once = man who owl 6 a
parrot Ii swnre like a pirate 4
ueighbOr owned a parrot that did not
swear at all, but habitually used on
~ the most dTcOrOus language. Let
uIe have your parrot for a mO@sL.
said the owner Uf the good bird; i
wiIl keep them 10 the same roam.
and mine will teach yours not to
wear" The birds were Gagged side
by side. And everybody who knows
enough to know anything. knows
which parrot had his yOca buiary FL
Fiehed With new and startling words.
Keep your town clean from this
evil. II men will violate a Iaw in
order to crafty evil habit ana taste.
don't try to cure the sin OF Law
breaking by eIiacting Law which il
would b. easy and wicked to obey
As to prohibition in Pasadena. il
any liquor man thinks there i big
money and a safe thing in running a
blind pig in Pasadena. let him
come here aud try il. II he has any
love for his liberty and yOcketbOOk.
however. he will do well TO consult
rhe fellows who have tried il. If he
I
hiding somewhere ont on the desert.
Running n Joint in Pasadena Is
like running a powder mill iu a smell
reTiug furnace. It's mighty exciting
while it lasts. but it doesn't last long
enough to BE- profitable.
If the saloon men insist III quoting
me on this topic, let them commit
this to memory. that they may re-
peat it as they need it. I do not
know one good thing about the sa-
loon. II is an evil thing that has
not one Tsdeemiug thing in all it,
/ history to commend il to good men.
1t breaks the law Of God and man.
/ II desecFates the Sabbath; it pro-
fanes the name Of religion: it defies
public order. il tTampIes under foot
the teHdereSr feelings of humanity;
il Is a moral pestileRce that blights
the very atmosphere Of town and
country; it is a stain upon honesty;
blur upon purity; clog upon pro-
ZresS; a check upon the n0bleF i'm
pulses; il l. an Incentive to false
hood, deceit and crime. From such
a hateful fountain head can there
ever flow clean stream? Can yOu
name one good thing the saloon has
done for humanify-One good thing
but one instance in which it mas
brought forth fruits unto righteous
ness-Oue influence sweet and health
full, and pure; gracious and beautiful.
which will liuger lovingly in the
memory of men, when you have
buried the rum power, TO make them
say, God bless the saloon for the