The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-16
Prnhlhltlon Reviewed.

Ardmoreite Sunday morning an arti'
Gle quoted as a Plain Common Sense
view" by William f. Kettenbach OF
idaho. 1t was Stated that this gentle
man had some interesting and orist.
nal ideas about (against prohibition.
The undersigned was anxious to know
II there were any real arguments
against the prohibition OF the sale and
use OF drinks that undermine health,
shatter the nervous system, lower the
value OF human life, endanger the
safety OF all, snatch the mothers son
from her bosom, make his life fall
ure and break the mothers heart; In
fact that after making a temporary
hell on earth, send multltudes to eter-
nal perdltion beyond
Could an idea that favored such
drinks be Interestingly" Would 1t be
'anteresting" to legalize such self and
home-destruction?
No, Mr.. Kettenbach, If you would
be s"interestlng" to the patriotic cit
lzenship OF this greatest nation on
earth-America, the land Of the free
and home OF the brave" you must
not oppose the prohibition of this
curse. even OF beer with It's three per
cent CD of alcohol you must first
interest yourself In the preservation
Of our boys even those OF the red
man; you must not pronounce the fee
bic efforts OF those who oppose the sa-
loon and "threeper-cent-beer-" "theo
ries OF sentimental peonle." other
wise your ideas will be disgusting,
not Interesting"
Now as to the original" idea. II
was supposed that the Idaho gentle
man was going to give us something
original, the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ment against prohibition. But upon
reading the article the anti must
have been disappointed. Almost ev'
cry line is "hacknied"--as old as the
saloon and brewery. You are sur
prlsed at once at his original" state
ment that prohibition results in 9
food OF bootleg artists and blind ii
gers" He might have added George
Washington Is the father OF his coun
try" That would have been as orig
inal.
That argument Is used to get thu
saloon but after the saloon is estab
lIshed the bootlegger and moonshine
still floods the country and you thei
have two calamities instead OF one
That argument has been weighed II
the balance and found wanting II
Maine and Kansas and most OF Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Texas. Fo
some reason where there is no sa
loon there Is less crime, fewer heart
aches, and greater prosperity anon
the masses.
He says, "The United States ha
been unable to prevent the sale o
Illicit liquor for years. THE court
are full OF whiskey cases" No tn
courts are partly filled with murde
oases. The United States has bee
unable to prevent Illicit murders w
are. however, unwilling to legaliz
murders even in prohibition territory
} We will prevent legal murder an
the legal sale OF liquor. though W
may not entirely prevent the illici
destruction Of human life by eithe
plan.
II Another Original" idea OF the ldi
no man is, let beer be sold" instea
OF what he calls cheap whisky nike
with pepper" or coursethis originate
with the st. Louis brewers who aske
this compromise What would be tn
effect OF the beer saloon?" Their
would be as much cheap whisky sol
but It woud be called beer both goo
and bad We da a-e not give an inc
or the devil will take a mile and II
Indian too.
We are still without an argumei
for the saloon. The saloon must go
must stay away
H. L. WALKER.