The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-02-16
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1t is the custom all over these Unit
ed States to observe February II,
which is the anniversary OF the home
going Of Frances z. Willard, as Ne
mortal day. This year the W c. T.
U Of GoodIand have asked Rev John
Eldridge to preach a memorial ser
mon, which he has consented to do
next Sunday evening at the Method
fst church It Will be a day Of me-
MORALS with the special services in
honor Of Lincoln, the patriot, in the
morning, and Miss Willard, no less a
patriot, in the evening.
It Will be an uplift, promise you,
to hear a scholarly, thoughtful man
like Rev Eldridge, discuss the forces
that forged the characters, and the
motives that upheld these leaders in
their battle for God and humanity.
After Abraham Lincoln signed the
emancipation proclamation, he is said
to have declared that the next reform
for this country would be that Of tenn
perance. The Central Christian Ad-
vocate some months ago said that the
great issue before the American peO-
pie is the saloon; that the protective
tariff, trusts and the. money question
are matters OF minor importance in
comparison with the use OF intOu-
eating liquors
When all Of the $50 denominations
OF the United States, embracing the
best citizenship Of America, realize
this truth and teach and preach and
work in accordance with this view,
there will be more done for the es-
Enlistment OF national prohibition.
Each year 500, 900 OF our cOuntrymen
fall into drunkard's graves and thou
sands Of souls are lost through the
drink habit, despite the work Of evan
gelists, preachers, churches, young
leagues and all temperance societies
in our land
The remedy, we hope, work and
pray for, is that our national govern
ment may make laws prohibiting the
manufacture and sale Of intoxicating
liquor in all the states, except for the
actual needs OF scientific and mech
anical purposes, and that rigid gov
eminent supervision and enforcement
OF these laws be maintained, such as
prevails in the United States minis,
the arsenals and other enterprises. A
high authority asserts that there is
only one wrong to the weaker races in
sight that threatens to match Eng
lands opium sin in India and China,
and that is the unparalleled expOrta-
ton Of intoxicants to countries in
which intemperance had previously
been rare.
May the time soon come in which
this evil may no more be present with
US, and our drunken soldiers and sail
Ors in foreign ports be no longer OBJ
jects Of ridicuIe to a heather people,
but may we be a Christian nation in
deed and truth
The rum-seller, be he saloon keep
er, joint keeper, bOOtlegger or respect
able drug store man, is an able bodied
pauper, living upon the earnings Of
the working class. who patrOnize him
In fact a town can better afford to
keep him in an alms-house than per
NIT his presence as a dispenser Of
drinks in the place Neal Dow says:
There is no better established fact
than this-that the traffic in intOxicat-
ing drinks tends more to the degra-
datiOn and impOverishment OF the
people than all other causes Of evil
combined. Its existence is incOmpat-
ible with the general welfare and
prosperity OF a community. All classes
Of society have the deepest interest in
its suppression. AS a question Of do
nestle and political economy OF earn
ings and savings, Of annual accumula-
ton OF wealth to a city, this subject
demands the highest consideration OF
every citizen and inhabitant Of our
beautiful land"