Evening journal., 1907-10-30
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mon consmeate"
Mr. Hector oongra,ulated the man
who drafted the Delaware local option
law Her penalties are proper, he
said Then Mr. Hector declared that
the law that sends % Jail the 'man who
sells strong drink as we'll as the man
who steals a. horse. is a good law. I'll
win stick to Delaware: rll not monkey
with Maine" Mr. Hector continued
Then he declared that "a business
men Of Milford had certified that dur
ing The ave months the saloons We're
closed there there werc but fve arr
rests. whereas in i've months. under
license there were 55 arrests. Il want
Mr.. Muller to reply 10 that statement
in his closing remarks remarked Mr..
Hector
Mr. Hector declared the liquor traf-
nc to be worse than slavery and hke
slavery & would eventually be abolish
ed slavery affects only the African
but the liquor traffic affects whites.
blacSs, green's and grizzlies"
Then Mr. Hector took a fling at
Former United states Senator Alice
who. in a Dover address. is said TO
have threatened the negroes of Kent
county with disfranchisement unless
they vote aeainst license
81 believe Ms. Alice made that re-
mark ia the interest Of the whiskey
men," he said.
a.rhe black men Of this country win
never be tm-crowed unless the low
Gown drunken negro does it, declared
Mr. Hector
Referring 10 a recent advertisement
Of the license committee, Mr.. Hectar
asked:
And who did entertain Booker T.
washington? They tell YOU Theo-
dore Roosevelt. who drinks wine. They
use the name Of Roosevelt to arouse
| vour hatred against prohibition. Why
didn't they quote the pame Of perhaps
Americas greatest man-Abraham
Lincoln, who entertained Frederick
/ Douglass, and Lincoln didn't drink
/ wine, either. but on the other hand de-
| ciared that this country would be the
| grandest country under the sun Il the
| sin OF intemperance was not 80 greo1,
why didn't they quote lincoln who
/ freed the home. instead of Roosevelt,
who chases a lame bear through a
/ Southern forest
Then Mr. Hector called on the wives
and mothers in the audience who had
benefited by the saloon to stand. Then
ne declared that present day llGuor is
not made of grain but Of chemiculs
and added. $50 the farmer won't loose
much after an IL YOU vote LIQUOR out.
! slavery was right but It died. on
my friends there is going to be a biz
/ funeral here next Tuesday You say
| the forces against as are strong -
know the wealth OF the brewers and
/ the distillers is mighty force but
! the God. whose Gospel / love TO
preach. is stronger than them all, and
/ 10 the music of our souls salvation
we win march to the ballot box nn
1 next Tues say, and there before God
/ and conscience use tho sign of the
I cross. the emblem of thc worlds re-
| demptlon. as the means Of crushing
/ the traffic IN this state.
In closing Mr.. Hector said his only
boy had committed some horrible
/ crime. while under the influence OF
opiun and strong drink While the
hoy Is being chased throughout the
/ couutry by officers of the law, Mrs
/ Hector is dying of broken heart. In
hor deiirhim She asks fer her boy.
"Can YOU ask me to support an inst-
tuition that not only ruins my boy and
breaks mothers heart. but will ruia
some other boy and break some other
mothers hearth" When Mr.. Hector
| sat down he was weeping.
Mr. Muller introduced his last -
minutes talk by remarldng' III MY
bov was criminal and ] believed as
ar. Hector does. that the licensed
saloon was the cause. ] would come TO
YOU with an the solemnity of a man
before the Judgment seat. and not with
tho iol,os Of a clown The friends or
/ MIR. Hector hissed, and large NUM-
her of persons in the front seats start
ca to leave TIE church. but were pre-
vailed upon by Mr.. Hector 20 remain
4 Continuing Mr.. Muller said he would
rather risk his boy in a license town
than in no-nconse town. He de-
clarca that he had known li-year-oll
bovs i'm Portland. Maine. TO be mtoNi-
cnted. ami under the. system YOU pro-
pcse IN this state yonr boys win be 10
infinitely greater danger Of being
I ruined lNhn AIt2 Alt NAiANi NitN ltt'N''t
system"
Replying to MT Hector's reference
: to AR. Alice. Mr Muller denied that
the Dovcrite had made the statement
in tie interest Of the anu-license Iarn
OF the state Hes doing all IN MS
: power to secure no-license on nest
TUESDAY" Mr. Mune- slii
Tn summing ~ Mr.. Muller aske'l
whether q was not better % have
drunkenness under license than under
no-iiconse. He also askel if tho pco-
pie want TO innict on themselves q
condition which would increase crime
from 10 TO 100 per cont, and closed By
declaring that 81 thev vote against
license such condition viii prevail,
"and tie. responsibility VIII belong 10
YOU" he concluded.
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