Arizona republican., 1907-10-14

like altar of roses compared with the [ moral odor of the. saloon. Morally it
 is a stench in the community. ! 3. It is an organized force for the pollution of morals. Here men find
 their inspiration and women their strength to consummate their immor-
 alities.
 4. The saloon is the partner of the
 brothel. They do business together. The brothel hack stands before the sa- loon waiting until the fires of hell are
 sufficiently fierce to drive the victim to his doom.
 I ,. The saloon is the enemy of the bible. It is opposed to everything the bible teaches and for which it stands. 6. It is the desecrator of the Sab bath and tie breaker of the Sunday laws. Nothing is sacred to the saloon
 and there is no law it will not break
 if it thinks it can escape punishment ! '. IL is the sworn enemy of the Cos pei of Christ. The church and the sa- loon are irreconcileable forces. Each is bound to undo the work of the other. ! s. It is the murderer of mems bod ies. It poisons its customers and cares only for the loss of income when they are carried away to the potters field. 9. It is the destroyer Of the mind. Drunk and silly" is a reporters de- scription of the product of the saloon. Our asylum Is filled with men and women whose minds have been de- ', stroyed by drink.
 ! 10. It consigns the soul to a drunk ards hell. It banishes it's work. not only from its own back door when its money is gone. but also from the soci- ety of the good and pure for all worlds.
 l It does these things deliberately, recklessly. unscrupulously and method- ically without shame here in Phoenix. Do We want this work continued? ! In addition to these moral reasons consider ten more social reasons for the closing of all drinking places in our city: l. The saloon is the enemy of the home. In the midst of a bitter New England winter the agent of the As sociated Charities found in an eastern city a home in which the wife and mother was dying, the children were in bed to keep warm as there was no clothing. no food, no wood, no coal. The husband was picketing a speak easy. This is not an imaginary pie ture, but the description of the legiti- mate work of the saloon in any part of the country. When the saloon thrives the home suffers. 2. It is the enemy of the school. Why are so many children working ' when they ought to be in school? Ask the rumseller who supplies the father with liquor2-If the father drinks, the wife and children must work 3. It is the enemy of the church. The saloon hates the church as a mad dog hates water. Said a New York saloon-keeper, pointing to a church spire. If it were not for those - things, we could make more money" 4. The saloon is the school room of crime The burglar. the footpad, the sneak thief, the murderer. the assas- sin find place and power here for the i matching and accomplishment of their plans.
 ,. It is the breeding place of polit- ical corruption. In our most corrupt cities the headquarters of dishonesty will be found in the back room or spare chamber of the saloon, if not in front of the bar itself.
 6. It is the home of anarchy. The red flag and the red liquor of the rum shop go together.
 '. It is the deliberate, premeditated and preserving tempter of the weak. It lays its traps for the boys, it ex- tends its temptation to those who have lost power of resistance, it is a sneak and a coward by nature.
 s. It is the slaughter house of boys. It is skillful in the evasion of the statutes against selling to minors. It takes advantake of every technicality to make drunkards and shirk respon- sibility.
 9. It is the murderer of woman. There is nothing humorous in the spectacle of a wrecked and fallen wo- man though the callow reporter often takes such a subject for the exercise of his supposed wit.