Evening journal., 1907-10-14
MEMS Meeting
AT ST. PAUL'S
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stract." he said. "the taking Of glass OF
liquor is not an evil. Wine has It's place
Just as any other useful commodity. It
is the perversion Of the viii that makes
the sin. The church does not say that Il
is a sin to sell liquor. therefore, no prest
can refuse to admit a liquor dealer TO the
altar rail. That is not the question. The
question is. shall the saloon be abolished
for the public goodY do we at the present
time. or can we. have better citizen
ship in wilmington with the saloon or
without itq The Catholic doctrine is that
the individual must give way to the COM
m,initv We must stand together. The sa-
ioon does not exist apart by itself, and
~ IL does evil Il should not exist. Aet
do not think that ii Is just to speak
AGAINST the saloon keeper. Who Is the
esioon keeperq who gives him permls-
sion 10 sell liquorf Who supports the sa-
loonq We give the saloon Keeper the rls n'
10 sell LIQUOR and IL Is cowardly TOT US 10
ridicule the man who does this az OUT
command You yourself are the saloon-
lteener for YOU give out by your votes tne
license for the sale Of liquor. Consequently
Won can never do a more religious thing
IN vonr lie than. when on the hfth OF
n-o,,enber YOU put the saloon out OF
business"
rather Temple said he could answer
the question Of speakeasy In one WORD
and that was speak louder against the
saloon In denunciaton of the tratne
rather Temple was very vehement ana
he urged his hearers TO vote against IL
censo as the manly and christian thing 10
do.
Mrs. Lake, who then spoke, was greet
ed with applause that amply attestea 70
her popularity. After referring In COM
plimentary terms to the zeal OF Fa'her
Temple in the anti-license cause she at
tacked the liquor men at the outset she
,,diculed the proposal to debate with the
,,,nor men or whether the licensed sa-
,ooD or the speakeasy would be the bet
tor for Delaware. 1t doesn't require
any great intelligence TO know" she saio'
.tbst no one can debate on the relative
,,,,,,a az an integral number and cipner'
You cannot debate an existing iact win
a nrophecy." Repeating the words OF
chief Justice Brewer, OF the United states
e,,Drene Court, Mrs. Lake declared the
saloon an immoral thing, having neither
,,horsnt nor constitutional rights, and
a,,,st,ng only by the will Of the people.
Mrs. Lake was opposed TO an loea oi ene
use OF liquor with temperance. All men
addicted to drink. she declared started
with the expectation Of being temperate
and no man deliberately took to drink
with the resolution Of becoming drunk
ard.
She r,diculed what she termed the
s.,,,hg,i,r doubting afraid-of-the-speak
eas,,-n,an' who never knew what pro-
hu,it,on would do. "Well. dang it all,
,,o,,u never know until you give IT a
trial" she cried To the intelligent ques-
,ioners she said: ITO these doubters l say
,f cod is with me- who Is against mel
Ara who is He wlthG II He is with the
saloon then Heaven help usl If He is
,,,tb the saloon, the whole fabric Of re-
llgion is wrong"
continuing. she said: The murderer. the
thief. the adulterer in possession OF h
senses may be able TO make his peace
with God. but the drunkard Is a creature
who at the last dread moment cannot
even ask his forgiveness Of his Creator.
ana we are the ones responsible for this.
I will not tongue-lash the saloon-keeper.
hut viii como back to you who are ac-
countable for him.
.Our friends on the other side are al
wavs dangling the speakeasy before your
ewes. Let me tell you men that the speak
easies in the city Of Wilmington cannot
do as much damage as one licensed sa-
loon. Because the licensed saloon has the
approval OF the community. and the ap-
proval OF the community Is tounl q en-
courage drink. How many men viii want
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