Evening journal., 1907-10-30
BIG JOINT DEBATE
AT EZION CHURCH
lcontInaea l,rom Flrst -

~ iHiDie hnu 70 ftf.ct acCOuutdDl IlY. iu-
temperance or excess in anything. he held
10 be abhorrent in the light of Scripture
Tho drunllord and the gluttoa shan corre
30 poverty ana the drowsy shall be CLOTH
ed in rugs, ne quoted from scrlrtn,c.
Then he declared "there is nothing I'm
scripture that denOunccs as sin the
use ln moderation, Of strong drink. any
more than there is IN the use OF any othsr
thmg.
'lf words mean anything" Mr.. Muller
said Christ Iiimsclf. said RE drank
wine"
Mr.. Muller coufended that the highest
standard OF manhood is the ability OF
man 10 be the master of his own mind
To pe the master of his own destiny with
out beng controlled By law or ioies on
the part Of bis fellow man. Hs deela "a
tht many Christian men had fore1tfon
lhis strength of mans personal win pover
and chareed the same class of man with
hAfins dlgressed from the taachinr,, Of
'he Son OF God in this particular AZ
pleaded for independence by Che ird ~
uN"i man. lie admitted that excesse4 ir
inc use ot strong drink were 10 b. r..
bfet'ed, ANA declared that had he not seen
'Ne utter faisity Of the methods pra-
posed Tor mitigating the evil ha u,i,ef
yet oe supporting the cause of no license
Mr.. Muller then declared tbat nrobl,,
~" laws asainst the saie Of rqu3r h,d
neser improved the moral standing or
Nehs OF the communities In which
the laws were tried.
Mr. Muller then declared false An.
statement that e0.Oa0 men die ,nr,,.,,..
from alcoholism he said census s..fts.
,ies Tor the year 1900 show rnat e,. ~.
yen years preceding only abont 4ooo mon
uieu annually from this cause
teh you that silly woncp cors.t
''ofies ana peek-a- boo waists eauec
more disease ana death than AIN tine
Di ewefies ana saloons comblnedn - ~
s9iu' Ihis remark convulsed the audI
ence with laughter.
Discussing the subject fron tbo ol,,.
eiluonal viewpoint, Mr.. Muller DECLARED
'hat Maine paid les school teachers ~,
an average Of $40 less than Delo,ya,.o
pays her teachers per month. Prom
the viewpoint of morality. Mr. Nrnuar
said prohibition IN Maine caI,ses ,,,a-a
ol'orces' IN proportion 60 population.
.han license does IN any other state
III the Union. One TO every families
lh Maine and one to every 55 In Della
ware he declared Do YOU think
Maine is a state TO be patterned after
a state 90 be pointed to as one that
protects the home? II license States
are superior in their morals. II Maino
Is in every way better than other
states, there Is no reason why YOU
should not vote against license.
IF you vote out this business" Nj.
Muller continued, you viii vote out "A
business that spends nve and one
quarter millions annually S12tOOO IN
licenses. fees and taxes. S5l4 600 I'm
wages and buys 1921 600 worth OF
farm products. I have heard men suv
that II there We're no saloons men
would have more money II you do not
have saloons you viii have speak
oasies"
"we have got them now" shouted a
dry In the audieuce 49, "A. .--
"rhen enforce the l.tw 'agaihsf -them
rather than ask for more law" Mr..
Muller replied
"They have never been shut out" ir-
terrupted another fellow.
kitchen bars and bootlees. Moreover.
children are sent out with the jug 70
bring liquor TO the parents" rejoined
Mr. Muller "and that win be the con-
dition in Delaware if you vote out the
saloon remarked Mr. Muller
Then the speaker referred to condi-
tions in Delaware In 1856. under local
option when 104 indictments were re-
turned against men for selling liquor
without license. "tIave these people
got the right to ask the people Of this
state 20 countenance such a thing
They don't enforce the law m Maine.
and they won't enforce prohibition n
Delaware. This IS NOT question Of
Temperance or mtempcrance." Mr. Null
Arr concluded, "but one or nconse or no
icense. and submit that the decision
nlst Be- IN favor Of license"
Mr. Hector Replies
As Mr. Hector arose % reply the au-
dlence sent up cheer that shook the
building
II want TO FIRST make answer TO some
of the statements of my friend" said
Mr. Hector. in opening Thank God ]
also have been 20 the Office OF the clerk
Of the peace Then the audience aaan
Icheered as though knowing what was
coming Don't applaud" shouted Mr.
Hector, "let me talk to YOU" Thea
the speaker declared that the records
90 clerk Of the Peace Quigley for the
year 1856, when the state was "dry,
showed that the Now Castle count,
grand Jury returned only 500 indic..
ments. instead OF 10i of which mum.
her SIS were against 10 persons accused
Of selling liquor without license
"Thats as true as there is a God ga
heaven" shouted Mr.. Hector. above The
applause "And only as persons 81
those two yoars were accused OF selling
liquor Illegally and ono of those per-
lsons had % indictments against him.
declared the speaker.
Then MT Hector declared that tn,
large number Of indictments returned
|in 1856 was due 90 the fact that IN,
attorney general Of tho period was a.
lowed $3.50 Tor every indictment he Sc.
cured against man, You undcrsian,
now why there were so MANY iudict
ments returned In those prohibition
days" ne said
Mr. Hector ADMITTED that Chris
icamc eating and drinking" but de.
clared that Mr. Muller. being a Chris
titan minister. knew that there were twi
kinds OF wines I'm those days one %
(which represented the blood Of Chris.
Twas that alcoholic" he asked RI
knows q was not Mr.. Hector an
fswored
"He says we cannot put laws on tn
lsiatute books 90 keen men sober.