The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-02-17
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carry the U. s. mail, or the President
of tile United States. You remember
the Slaughter Pen Suit, of New Or
leans, where the United States Court
held that you could not bargain
away the health of the people, though
this was IA great disadvantage and
source of great loss. This reminds
me of the fellow THAT was caught
stealing corn. ateto mention this
because corn gets scarce in this
country. l know that you have got
to have the corn. A fellow who kept
missing his corn set his steel trap in
a big crack near the top of his crib.
Imagine his surprise the extmorning
when he found his nearest neighbor
caught in his trap. He went out to
where he was and said, brother
Henry, (they both belonged to the
same church) sure hate this" The
man in the steel trap said, ~ guess
you don't hate it like do" "I'lItell
you what Ill do" said the man who
owned the corn. eff You will prom
Use me onc thing, I'll let you bring
your wagon here and fiji it with corn.
III never charge you for the corn. or
even tell this on YOU" "Well, what
must promise your" said the man
. in the trap. Promise me that you
will never steal any more corn" Then
the thief hung his head and knit his
brow, and thought about it Il mo-
ment, and said: II can't cut her.
You don't suppose / nm going to
sign away my personal liberty, do
your" (Applause.) Now, what are
you all laughing about? 1t is just
as reasonable as the argument that a
mnn has the right to engage in the
, liquor traffic. In fact l believe it
would be better for Grant parish to
license highway robbery than the
r liquor traffic. Suppose man had
/, been to market with his cotton. On
Z his way home the highwaymnn threw
his gun in his face and snidhis money
or Ills life. The robbed mans wife il
}, not afraid to meet him at the door,
r his children are not afraid to climb
D up on his knees and put their little
arms around his neck as he tells them
of his narrow escape. He has the
right exercise of his mind, hiseyes are
D not bloodshotten, his steps are not
:. treacherous or faitering, he has tbs
I strength of his limbs. he still has bis
home. the respect of his neighbors
y who join in with him to fiiid the high
8 wayman, and if caught the highway
/ man goes to prison. On the othel
> hand, if the saloons are licensed, some
man goes home without his money
. some day without his health, som,
y day his neighbors avoid him to keel
II from getting into conversation witl
V him, his wife jumps with fear, his lit
: tie children run to hide instead OF t.
:, Meet him. and some day he is cnrries
u home II lifeless corpse, as are Owe
!. sixty Thousand every year. Now,
n leave it to you as to which ia tn
~ worse nan, the most dangerous t.
society.
:, Some people say they are afraid q
u blind tigers. No, they are not asrai'
It IF blind tigers, they are only afI'ui
IT, there will not lie any blind tigers
/, The fellow who is not afraid of a
:. open saloon, run in the same building
70 for years. and protected by officers c
III the law. could never be afraid of
n blind tiger, which is usually run by
If confirmed law breaker. in some bac
"a ally, or in the swamp, on the run a
!" the time, until lie gets in jnil. The
ne try to make it appear by this argu
al ment, that prohibition makes la'
Il? breakers, but want to show to yo
~ that the liquor traffic makes then
and not prohibition. Listen at wha
Editor *. Lnmity, of the Hnrpool
no Austin, Texas. a high hcense paps
to had to say Of the saloons OF his ow
-e- city: fright here, in Austin, thel
= are a lot of damnnble joints in fr
" blast, in which man stakes his Ii
'u to enter. Day in and day out thu
It, are crowded with gangs of WORTHLESS
l." niggers, and more worthless gangs
nj whites, who would cut your thro,
lot GtiTty Ccutr. uC III C"Vic WIS
~ come in for n lions share OF the binm
IT for the reason that it has been the
he practice TO buy the license and "be
no stake" any COMPOUNDED COB of alle
- ed humanity that wore pantalooI
: or petticoats, and thus start them
IRE ms saloon keepers, when they WASH
to morally, socially, or financially equ
Mt to the ra zor back hog" Listen agai
,o the paper says Of Shreveport, III
., spite the fact that we have 104 8
n ~, looms, numerous complaints are col
. ing in of moonshiners and Illicit Ii
al nor dealers. Out of the 1851 moo
ar sinners captured by the revenue Of
GERS in 1900, every one Of them W
as captured in license territory
7 Again. "The biggest blind tiger ev
captured in the world, value of t
plant was sec. 900, and, it run to
nid iull capacity, would beat the goveI
t / ment out Of $500, 600 per yenrin RI
ere enue alone" Anf. yet this vas ca
no tured in q city that had saloo
enough to make one street OF I
'nt looms IL miles long. In the sal