The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-12

ally u that blind tiger. Il is not hard
to ind ont what is going on. Evil
doors never hang together, they are
selfish in their wrong-doing. And when
you do find out. turn on the light.
The one thing iniquity most breads
is publicity. There are ways Of learn
ing and when you do learn. tell 1t,
but NOT by anonymous letters.
overwhelmingly for the indi-
vidual citizen. Silence in the knOwl-
edge Of wrong-doing is not compatible
With Integrity. Your duty as an
American citizen will not allow you
to remain silent and see the laws Of
the country broken You say, per
haps, 1t will hurt your business, and
for so much trade a year from the
law breakers. you sell your manhood !
and keep silent. The work here, as
in other places. will be done largely |
by few citizens.
"Industry-You will have to work,
work without pay except the sneers
and SANDERS and fault-hnding Of
many people. But that will be wages
enough. ANY man. who amounts to
anything, should be thankful for the
enemies he makes. No man amounts
to anything without enemies This
is going to be a fight for life and IL
you enter 1t, you will arouse enmity
"Intelligence-You hear a good I
kaJ ID he NOlfkfnolI
preachers. am In that category my
self. The old prophets were politi- 6
cal preachers. so we political preach t
ers are in good company. Every NOR 7
al upheaval in history was lead by g
political preachers. The supine saint,
who sits back and says 1t is beneath C
mis- dignity to take part In politics, 3
can never accomplish much good. The
whlskey interests fight all the time. j
They never tire, never give up, and o.
unless the moral people Of Tennessee A
keep up this fight till the last saloon el
is driven from the State, till the last
boot logger Is driven from the state or T
confined in jail, you will see the time Sc
when the saloons will come slipping
back for conditions will become such r.
that the people will decide the open y
saloon preferable to the multiplicity of
blind tigers and boot leggers, 1t hap
pened in Kansas, II happened in
Maine and il Is The duty of you peo- II,
pie to see to II that 1t never happens
here. 1t is your duty to see to it
that the present and future officers of
your town and county and state do
their duty and enforce the law. The O.,
future political issue will not be the -,
tariff or the money question. but the ~,
of good laws and the enforce 80
ment of all laws. The people are go a..
ing to see to 1t that some politicians III
low in the saddle are going to ,
walk. They will not be content
WIN ""'' tina
= piauis County s"o'u use ''' spi
Efforts to see to ii that no man should
lold any office In the gift of the peo- ~
lie. unless he was an outspoken ad- -.
ocate of the enforcement of laws.
lave every Office in the hands of the ,,
riends of the law. That is one OF
our duties. Nothing SO soon prosti- ~.
utes public sentiment as unenforced
aw ~,
"Indefatigability- Keep everlasting
7 at It, The satisfaction Of duty well
one will be your compensation, The
aloons are gone. The only question
shall the law he enforced man "
as just as much right to oppose the
Nv against theft and murder as the
Nv gainst the sale OF liquor. He
in either case an anarchist and
hould be driven OUT The people
ave reached point where they will 81
1t tire easily. They are In earnest this
,out this thing Law enforcement accc
going to drive some undesirable cit fifty
gems out of town, II is going to re- abol
ice Columbia'S population for little look
hile, They will either have to re- OF I
rn ar leave l hope they will re- the
rm know lots OF good citizens. spes
bo were formerly bad ones. but who nigh
.forined." side
Dr. Landrith then gave q graphic thei
ID eloquent history OF the great earl
oral awakening that has swept over Satr
lis countrY.s Hessaid tomorrow will ep..t
, the best day America ever knew that
omorrow will be the best day IN the fnis
story of Columbia, We have just
,ached the point where we can build
,ristian homes and raise christian kH
miles free from the communicating
iluences OF the saloon,
At the close OF DIR. Landriths adj
ess, Mr.. w. r. Hamilton, Superin-
ndent of the Anti-Saloon League of n,
ennessee, was called for and made earn
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