Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Personal Responsibility.

that its echoes have wholly died away,
Bishop Galloway said: My creed Is
mental suasion for the man who thinks;
moral suasion for the man who drinks;
legal suasion for the saloonkeeper and
prison suasion for the aw.breaker.
When / first began to study the ques-
ton the first thing I found out was that
a saloon keeper had to have q certificate
Of a good moral character. Well. ]
could no, help thinking Of the man who
wanted to break into . lodge, and bribed
a weaker brother to give him the pass.
When lie gave the word, the doorkeep.
er said, Worthy Patriarch, here's a
brother with the right password, but
the wrong breath. The second thing !
found out was how many more snakes
there were than I supposed. They told
me in Mississippi that prohibition would
do for the northern and middle states,
but there were too many snakes in the
South. So I gave up prohibition, but
We have very few counties left that have
saloons. How we keep from haying 'em
Is a secret with our state, but il is too
original 70 keep. We passed a law that
every ma who signed a saloon petition
must have his name published to that
petition in his local county papers for
six months before the saloon can open.
No man wants to be fathering a saloon
that long! We've got pride in Missis
sippi. Years ago I heard one Of the old
pioneer preachers. Al the close he said:
Now, l would like for all who claim the
God for their Father to stand up"
!About half stood. Now" he said,
Those who belong to the devil'-no one
made a move. "Nhat ashamed Of your
daddy. There are sonie things We
won't care about publishing, eh9
have been told by lots Of folks that
mustn't have anything to do with the
temperance cause that il would hurt my
influence and was beneath the Office Of a
This reminds the Of the man
who owned a blind horse and kept a bell
on him az he wandered about loose.
One day the man went down into his
we'll to clean 1t out. One Of his neigh.
bors sn., him, took the hell of the horse
and began approaching the we'll. giving
the bell %admonitory shakes tile while.
From the bottom Of the pit came. Gee
haw-go away from thc-e!" He shook
it closer. 60 way-Xo way" the voice
screamed from the we'll. "you'W fall in
heSe aud break your neck" lie knew
whose neck would Ike broken. aud NO do
they know whose influence will he hurt.
Bishop Wilson, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. with a gesture in.
Guiding the thousand flags decorating
the auditorium. asked. what is the
meaning Of the h.gs" II stands for the
rights Of all; the welfare Of the humblest
man in his home; for education, morali.
~ and religion. From the beginning
the stamp Of tile cross has been over all
the events Of III history. The last man
in America may feel beneath him the
leverage Of the cross.
License isa brine We give the nation
for prostitution. The saloon means the
mental undoing Of those the United
States spends NO much to educate. IT,
he q nation. to Ike y force in It, and all.
jectly witness such things. Is to approve
them. To be pIesen, and not resist. i.
to assist.
Four years ago bid farewell to 9
young Val u brilliant promise and gave
g~odspeed on his journey. Yesterday |
wen, to look him up. aud when | found
him he was going down the middle o.
the street, bu, he did not know ii wa,
this middle. Aud that Is the fruit Of the
saloon. boat talk ~ nie about dedicas.
ing !, aud making Il thereby any better
A. we'll talk Of consrcrs,ing iamnstion
and ciiaiuinx heaven 20 hell. II is thu
most debasinx thing from which the sun
ever tried to hide its face. Only by pro.
test can we protect ourselves from IN,
personal wrong Of az si.ttos. Ike
sponsbiity distributed is not divided
I'm not . Missourisn. but In, enough
Of u ina To admire a man who has csn
J victions and conver,s ,hem into facts
Folk has honored.the Office Of Governo,
Nv Missouri.
The grra, things have nearly sii irc,
dohs Ivy tine personality Of one man
Rarely NY the many. Remember whsi
this question Is brought To your ,l.or,-
That the 6sa& drink mortvaves = vo.,n,