The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-08

that the Southern people, viewing
wreck and ruin brought about ny the
immoderate use Of stimulants, should
some day awaken and overthrow the
whole business And that Is what
they have done.
Take Kentucky, for instance.
state that produced more whisky
than. any other state in the union;
a state noted for the amount OF
whisky consumed by her people;
Istate that for time gloried in her
liability to drink more, man for man,
than any other people. Today II Ia
harder TO get a drop OF whisky in
Kentucky than in any state In the
Union, Kansas and Maine not ex-
cepted. Only IN lthe larger cities
lean it be had. Less than a doz-
er counties but has voted Il out. and
the law against the Illicit sale OF
lintoxicants are enforced, too. bouis-
willie and Lexington, and the cities
lopposite Cincinnati, and Owensboro
and Henderson. down on the ONO
lriver. are about the only wet
|spots on the map. Not even in the
mountains can drink OF whisky be
Ihad. Every mountain county In the
|state Is "dry." The moonshiners are
lhounded down and kept 80 closely
under cover that one can no longer
lbuy a swallow of white whisky.
1.-The people of Kentucky are now
lclAmoring for state prohibition
law. and if II should be submitted to
q vote II would carry by a hundred
Thousand. Even the red nosed poll
|ticians. ever alert to the way OF
1.-The wind is blowing, are eating
lspices and making prohibition
speeches and voting in congress for
1.-THE suppression of Inc traffic.
There was q time in the South
when a candidate for office had to
be able TO drink more whisky than
his opponent, or he stood no show
10" election Today when man IL
nominated for office he hangs odt
1.-THE sign of The white ribbon and
pretends to be nauseated at the odor
of mint. He would run from a
saloon keeper with all Of his might,
for fear it would get noised about
that he drinks. He has gone from
lone extreme to the other. That
is why it was no surprise 10 we'll
posted people TO find that the
Southern congressman held up their
hands in horror AT the proposition IA
allow the old veterans the privilege
OF glass Of beer. They did not
50 much consider the welfare Of the
vst1uns. They were thinking of
1.-THE god women back home who
while they have not been given the
right to vote. control politics in the
lSouth
That's another thing peculiar tc
the South. The women control the
elections down there. 1t comes
about through sentimentality. You
Southern man wants you TO believe
that he respects the opinion of WON
ell whether he does or not. We be
lieve, however. that he is sincere
hut whether he is or not, he viii
fight as quickly as ii he were. Th'
"wimmin-folks. he will tell you
"are raisin' an awful rumpus abou
licker, and while | like my dram
damned if | don't vote the way tn,
wimmin-folks want me to. =" That i
a classic speech one can hear il
the rural districts OF the South. AM
the most rabid advocate Of fquo
dare not oppose man further whel
he brings in the "wimmln-folks.
Q When a man says his wife or hi
e uother or his sweetheart has Ie
: quested him TO vote certain way
4 no one laughs at him. Everybod
t down South respects him. The won
J. er carried on the war of the Rebal
G lion two years after the men wer
e ready to surrender, and they are ca
: rylng on the war against intempel
= apce until-well, you see the resu