The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-29

and said that Jefferson was a drink
ing man. Well, perhaps he was Con-
ditions are much changed since then.
In those days, they had good brand
OF Liquor. Today, they have the MUIR
derous brands can take five fingers
of Liquor from dive ON Palafox
street, give it to the biggest coward
in Florida and he will face military
company out on the Plaza. 1t will
make man fight. They did not have
this cheap whiskey in Jefferson's day.
Women and Children.
They talk about the rights of the
women and children at the polls. 1
am now and forever in the defense OF
the women and children of this coun-
try They have got rights.
Somebody has. started talking about
what horrible thing it is to see the
women of Pensacola line up and
march down the street on election
day. | saw an article in one of your
papers saying that the women were
unsexing themselves, and going out OF
their realm as angels of the house
hold. Oh, the liquor men get very So
licious about the welfare of the women
at time like this. Think they ought
TO stay at home and preside, Why,
God bless your souls, don't you do it.
You can't vote yourselves, but you can
go to the polls and exercise your
rights and beg of the men to cast
ballot for you and yours. You can
and must do this to protect you and
your children who suffer the most ON
account of this unholy traffic.
Just word to you, young men,
many of whom may be casting your
hclll fk for fIn
take your stand with the children
with the churches and with the good
men who are making this fight
against the Liquor business Cast
your ballot in favor of law and orde
and decency in this great city on the
gulf coast
Advice to Negroes.
I want to say a word to the colored
| people. | wish we had more of them
here tonight They talk about the
race question and its application to
| the Prohibition question. What is
going to become of you colored peo-
| pie? Why, you are going to stay right
here, as black men of the south and
white men of the south have been
doing for years, and you are going to
continue to live here in peace. The
/ greatest curse OF the cOIOreQ man To-
day is the Saloon. If he doesn't cast
his vote on the Dry side next Tues
day, he is standing in his own light
They say you can't prohibit Get the
right kind of men to enforce the law
and you can. 1t is a serious reelection
on the manhood of Escambia county
and the state of Florida if you can't
If you will put men in office all over
the state who believe in prohibition
you will have Florida as dry as a
bone.
Now, God bless you, / hope the
ballots will fall thick enough and fast
enough next Tuesday to put this coun
ty and beautiful city in the list OF
those who have already banished the
evil from among them The Saloon
never did good to the Saloon keeper
for it prevents his wife and daughter
from being the equal of their equals
never did good to tine patrons, never
did good to the community, can dc
no good to anything, is essentially
evil Everything connected with it is
bound to be evil, and I appeal to you
tonight, my friends, in Gods name
and in the name of these boys and
girls you are rearing here, to vote this
accursed evil out of your community.