Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-23

higher premium than the total abb
stainer.
T. The railroads OF our country are
against strong drink. OF the loo 900
men employed by the railroads OF our
country over 100000 of these are em-
p,oyed by railroads that wont allow a
man 10 drink or frequent saloons either
while ON duty or Off duty night or day.
II he does, they viii discharge him inc
stanty The road managers have been
driven 10 this by he awful disasters
that have been caused by the engineer
and the train hands being drunk while
ON duty This same rule holds good In
nearly all our steamship companies
whether ocean going or coasters, pas
senger or freight carriers, BITTER ex-
perIence has taught them that cap-
tain or engineer or officer with HE
brain mudded by alcohol win commit
biunders that are beyond repair, while
our commercial houses have been driven
by the business done by their statesmen
while drunk TO prohibit men from
drinking or entering saloons, even fhe
subway tavern, lfit isIa church saloon
land dedicated"
g. The Christian Endeavor societies,
the Epworth Leagues, and Baptist
Young Peoples unions with their mill
lions OF bright, wlde-awake young men
and young women, are every one OF
them total abstainerst and more than
this, they are aggressive lighters OF the
whole liquor business.
., There Is not a single branch of
the Christian church IN our country
that has not in the strongest, painest
language conceivable, In convention,
conclave, conference. and association,
Denounced the liquor traffic ana warned
It's members against strong drink Any
minister or church official that should
be seen entering n saloon his usefulness
In that town would be at an end. In
fact 20 bitter are some churches against
the liquor traffic that II one OF their
men bers is known to sign a petition In
favor OF Il license, he would be sub
iec'cG to discipline and perhaps eXpell-
cl from membership In the church for
90 doing.
10 the glory Of God and to the credit
OF the ministry Of the Methodist, Baptist
ard Presbyterian churches, the minis
ters age almost to a man OF them total
abstalhers.
10. Many Of the governors Of our
states are Christian gentlemen and to-
tai abstaners; some Of them refuse to
appoint a man TO onlce II they know
he drinks while Judges, magistrates.
RhIRleSSlntN, ltklhldlulht lNtItublkht lll
a word the bralny men of our country
thousands OF them-are out and out to-
tu abstuiners, This Is as II ought to
be-
II, The religious press Is oyerwhelm-
irglv In favor OF temperance, while
many Of the secular papers are doing
grand service for the cause, and hum
dreds Of sO-called temperance sheets
devoted exclusively 20 the cause Of tenn
perance are found all over the country,
When the writer was a boy scarce such
thing az a temperance paper or li-
brary book could be found, Yet today
hooks upon every phase OF the temper
ance question, physiology, scientific,
philosophical financial, legal, Biblical,
moral, IN a word on every phase OF the
question abound. our people are be-
Ing educated, and they can be trusted
TO do the right thing when they see It.
Yes, yes yes "The morning cOmeth,"
The sun OF righteousness Is rising DER
the hills and mountains OF old Maine
and shining clear across our country to
California and the Pacific ocean, and
from the Canadian line to the Gulf OF
Mexico. Waterman, what Of the
nlght2 Tho morning cometh."