Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-02-02
ECHOES OF ANTI-SALOON MEET.

An extract from President Cannon's
address reads:
Senator Carmack, of Tennessee. in
one OF his recent speeches, in discussing
this matter, said: $50 far as / am
concerned l am weary of the condition
OF things where the man whose business
it is to make the laws must hold his
office by the consent of the men whose
business it is to break the laws. I am
weary of the insolent and dictatorial
spirit which so largely pervades the
saloon business of the State: of its
open alliance with vice, its open con-
tempt for law, its assumption that the
right to sell whiskey in accordance with
law, carries with it the right to sell
whiskey in violation of law. 1t seems
that l have given mortal ofrense to
some OF these gentlemen because |
nave publicly said that the man who
runs saloon has no more right to vio-
late the law than the man who runs .
barber shop" This is. indeed. the
exact attitude of the liquor traffic. AS
class the saloon keepers are opposed
to any officials who act as if thew
thought the laws in reference to saloons
were meant to be obeyed. They think
the law should protect them against
assaults (thieves) and they would
speedily invoke it against any outraged
parents who might come to chast;se
them for selling Intoxicating LIQUORS
to their sons under age, but as for
themselves it is part of their business
to break the laws, and unfortunately
their insolence seems to have paralvzed
the executive branch of state. CITY and
county governments.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina
was the most distinguished speaker of
the occasion. Among other things he
said: He had gone to the penitentiarv
or North Carolina and there he had seen
stripes on men who would have been
giants In their state, but for whiskev. He
stated that 50per cent of those in the in
sane asylum of his state had been BROUGHT
there all through the use of LIQUOR.
He had been to the country homes of
his State and there he had seen wives
and children in rags and restitution. all
brought about by the husband and
father drinking liquor. This, said Gov
ernor Glenn, was the reason he stood
for the abolition of liquor. If there
was any bar-room man or any other
man present who voted on election dav
tor the sale of liquor, he would invite |
nm to the rostrum, and if he would |
say that the use of liquor has helped |
my wife or any church he would never
peak a word in favor of prohibition
gain. If there IS any man who will
ay before this aad;ence strong drink
ver helped people in business or ever
ielped the church, morally or physically.
r ever brought any happiness to this
ountry, he will never say word again
favor of prohibition. If it has nut
ishonor and shame on men, women and
hildren, how can any man vote for it on
lection day? He had heard it said
hat it helps business. Let's see if
MS Is true. Ii whiskey helps business,
Thy don't you when your wife or child
sick have drunken physician? If
quor helps business, why don It you en-
10y drunken lawyers to look after your !
usiness? If liquor helps business, why
ont merchants employ drunken women
nd men TO wait on their customers2
is not true. The drunken man never
kinks of his poor wife and children
ut spends his money to clothe the
quor mans wife and children. The
bier man would buy clothes and supplies
DR. his family. He would insure his ]
fe. He would buy a newspaper for !
is wife and children to read. The 2
bier man will put some money in the {
ank.
Tell me, said the Governor, (Which
oes the most for Petersburg, the man q
no spends his money for whiskey or 6
lie sober man? The liquor traffic helms =
he bar-room men, while it sends the
'ul of the man who spends his money +
n liquor TO perdition. Put the man !,
no has degenerated in Petersburg ont 2
the streets in stripes and others will v