The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-04
SAYS A BOYCOTT
WILL BE WELCOME
PASTOR HANDLES SALOON
THREAT WITHOUT GLOVES.
Says Boycott Is Nothing New, but the
Issue Must Be Drawn, and Churches
Will Be Glad to See Every Man Take
sides-scorch1ng Denunciation of Sa-
looms.

Understanding Remuneration OF Sa-
looms.
At Wesley church last evening DR.,
Guild read another fpulpit EDITORIAL
after reading some extracts from the
city papers concerning the proposed
boycott Of the churches by the saloons.
The large church was filed and no part
OF the service awakened the interest
that this did, his radical utterances re-
ceiving hearty applause, despite the
usual restraints of the church atmoS-
phere. s..
DR.. Guild said:
notable gathering of nearly four
hundred Minneapolis citizens was held
this week. These were very influential
citizens representing institutions which
contribute 100000 a year to the city
government; with by-produet OF
court costs, insane, paupers, widows,
murders and other crimes not enumer-
ated In the census. These noble citi-
Wronged because during many years
they have been permitted to defy the
| statutes and to continue without inter-
| mission their work of running human
life, seven days to the week. Six days
are enough for the banker, the mer-
chants, the, barber, but the important
products OF the saloon are SO needful
that they must have seven days of
about twenty hours each.
| "After mature deliberation, we are
Informed this patriotic body decided
upon four very important things:
"First-To remove their bank de-
posts to St. Paul;
be repealed. These gentlemen do not
like the idea that man should actu-
ally be made to pay penalty for vlo-
latlng the law. 1t is ridiculous; there
fore let us repeal it! I appeal to the
Christian manhood of this city to see
that, nothing of the kind is done. The
Clark ordinance imposes, the only pen
atty for violation of the excise laws
which amounts. to anything; viz: for
fixture of the license fee. This penalty
is customary everywhere.
"Third-They voted themselves
certificate of good character. Accord
ing to one newspaper they declare that
many Of them are church members, and
the paper almost intimates that Bible
classes will soon be running in the bar
rooms with Christian Endeavor and
Y. W. C. A. meetings in the winerooms.
"Fourth-They will boycott the
church and it's members; they will show
these fellows that king alcohol is not
to be interfered with.
Would Welcome It.
IT would welcome any such drawing
of the lines that would make men
choose their sides and stand either for
J., the home and for God, or for rum and
!, the devil. Perhaps the church MEM
| bers Of Minneapolis who own brewery
stock and use it to benumb the churches
| 'smoked out" By far the greater
| part of the saloons are owned by the
/ breweries; corporations have no souls;
churchmen can own stock and have no
responsibility
HHow will it work?
TThe church; heir of the devotions
and holy lives of the past; voluntary
give their means; who help their fell
lowmen without reward or profit; max
ing this and every other lard fit to live
in; boycotted by the saloon? One
hundred and fifty church buildings and
400 saloons7 Compare the finished out
put Of each institution.
"What is a saloon? It is place
where bribery and corruption are
spawned. It is the breeding place; the
nesting place of crime, where moral
: vermin lurk and creep and crawl. 1t
is the vestibule Of 'her whose house is
the way to hell It is the hotbed Of
lieentiousness wherein men loaf; lean
with elbows on the bar, talk vile things,
Jest about the virtue Of woomanhood.
|
; natures and thence, go Keeling to the
r den of vice to feed the rum-enkindled
, passions upon, death itself.
, "Men called gentlemen frequent
these delightful places also. But they
} do not take their wives and children
there. Why nots If woman who
freauents saloon and d bIn b at t9f
not the man be9 I believe In one
r standard Of morals for man and woman
alike.
"This is a mild description Of the
saloon. Out Of it's open portals over
900 drunkards reel into the grave
every year. This is a part Of the profit
: Of the business not mentioned in the
; resolutions Of the reputable gentlemen
who are debating the civic policy OF
Minneapolis.
Cry Is an Old One.
HThey say: Let the church mem,
bers attend their revivals.' II G. w
Purple and the Home Protective League
and few others would let us alone we
Geva e. on oss dsfng ao
: "That cry sounds familiar9 Jesus
said unto the demons, come out Of the
man. And the evil spirit cried: Let
us alone, what have we to do with thee.
Jesus, thou Son Of God most hight
"Let every soul that loves men
throw off lethargy concerning this bust
ness; welcome the drawing Of the line
The rum business must go. The slaugh
ter of boys and girls must cease.
"Boycott the church, Did the sa
loon ever do anything else but boycott
: the church, They pay license fees and
!, give much money to eharity9 It is
, the price of blood. The saloon as an
! institution is the greatest menace OF
= this land today. Let the church crap
pie with it and eliminate it.
: "The finished product Of the saloon Il
t Wrecked lives, broken hearts, de,
bauched manhood, defowered woman
hood.
r sThe finished product Of the church
/ Your dear, toilworr old father; sanity
9 mother. Isaac W. Joyce, once shot al
r by saloonist. The college, the home;
i These are the products.
q ttTof tha boycott 90 on: Which side