The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26

my OF civilization ana progress, the social
world seems to have become more mad
R thnn ever@ln the use md License Of al
ciety 81 the present day reeks with tho
rottenncss of strong drink, men and
women being almost equally It's victims;
and sad interior e te nn n9mes
most daily III tho divorcogcoiii y. 50 ro-s
torious is this IN our nntlonal military
establishment that many good citizens Y
How can men who spend their days and
nights In tho dcbnuchcry Of strong drink,
md drag their women into he Same
of5the natIxu.s honor and welfare In time
OF need? 81 B. 5
Tie other sad feature Of the present
denuy 10 confusion Of Useful with worse
than useless things e Of & Tho incHns used
TO commit crime with; the ifciten'e,t, 70 (
crime; the failure s4e. Il tlic. Mt
Men of nndoubicd Intelligence, wldecxs
pericncc and probable cohscien tt2iisn e,
discuss the problem Of dealing via. tho
$saloonsin sci Il way as to make 1t sun- 4
objectionable, or nearly so,s They spenhaa
y Of enforcing certain rcgulhtlons, auct
/ OF saIe, what other. commodities shallSbs
& sold lnSthe saloon along with the liHuorsi
regulations which they have M risht IN &
Or moras 70 enroree or,o ,ry x
Tt u only solution OF the saloon PROB
lem. one that Will not again need 10 bt
solved next year. Is to prohiblt The 3s ~
therein OF alcohol In any form, .'nt
state has the right to do tfla; indeed,
under Its general obligation toSsafcsuMd
&the public health and the public moral
and 10 prevent crimes ag,i INT pro,psstj ]
and persons, tho state - IN duty bound 4
to do this. z .
or course I knoW that many MI! ,ay
you can't enforce the law Q. these
who say tlils, l want to #ns,S on.i ucs-
to Arc you ready to H y u ,, i, ,nt
wisdom OF the nnio.lty.ol thG, p.okisa
ought TO be enforced? Fsw Will 1dmit
that such is the case Then why y, cannot
pf0i tIiis Country aTs e ayo sesraa shoWn
thcmsclvcs brave en- ouyh ~ .gra pie witt
any enemy that invaded their hones and
saloon certainly invalss tie homes Ut I
this country and daily murders the mem.
bcrs Of these homes. Are amy ignorant
to the columns OF the daily papers al
most any day in the year, where the
most abundant proof can be found.5 !, y.
profitable? Few will admit this. All +
Who have have taken the trouble to think oh
this question know that the tax money
turned into the public revenues D t, ,ha
people, and they must also know thai y
not more than one dollar out ft'f necry
hundred collected by. the saoon- Keeper
out OF ihe treasury must come the money
to punish the crimes and cacs for ne
lunatics and paupcrs causeu by t!ia
saloon. II is conservatively estimated ,.
thatIfor every dollar collected from tha#
lduor business at least ten dollars are
paid out in trying TO make good Us
our liberation OF the saloon is caused
by slowly progressive cowardlce md ,1
not drink and who are opposed 70 an tna
and do nothing. They know that to
say or do ANYTHING against the llqu tSs
and the host of parasites that the llqtlol
business has gathered around II. Atcn,nre
afraid to express themselves on a ms nv,
sse5eft knewaE sna revenge
Mei, fear that they stand alone, boz
Cause there Is no safe method tl1nt .ha,s
know q to p Wi G' % gn act with WITH them
are 1as'i against ain the liquor buslness-this l.
true Of many men who urink' ,,,' .ns
business could by some means come com
together and act in harmony Ian ni,5
that they would ike to do-they ,couidi
suppress It even more Thoroughly tnan
many well-recognlzed crimes are no"
Wi WHY il this is true, have these men e,n
thing they desire Beeauseb 10 ne noI IIasa
- - ies and more especially by means q
P pponiao MI men in the parties anl promIf
neIlt newspapers have KEPT tle ir''Ias>
stirred up by presenting more ts or,eie ~
s sse and strife, and have y BY St th(
attempts 10 bring forward the !Iauio op ~
sH For this reason, 7 rejoice at the dl us
c,,ssion OF the questlonssnow gong ~
and believe Is the be 81, ~ s o. 1,ee ~
Rlehmond, Va, Sept, q. l9o5 mnnn. I5