The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
SPEAKERS
IMPORTED
To Address the Temperance
People of Marion.
DELAWARE MINISTER
DELAWARE
Spoke at the Tent Saturday
Evening
DR.. Barnes, DR.. Wharton and Seua-
tor Crist Discuss the Temperance
Cause.

The Saturday night meeting at th'
local option tent was addressed by
Rev.. DR.. Barnes, pastor of the
Williams street M. l.. church, o
Delaware, and DR.. wharton, OF
Pittsburg.
Rev. Barnes told OF the fight thai
is on in Delaware county, and STATED
ttat they were thoroughly organized
with prominent business men and
lawyers in the lead and the cooper.
alton of the entire press of the county
to help. He was very charitable as
he spoke of the opposition the
drys are meeting in every part of tie
state. Liquor men are unable to
figure straight and we must excuse
them NJ they make mistakes of sew.
eral thousands of dollars I'm state
ments to tax payers. He referred
with pleasure to the stand Delaware
business men are taking. They be-
lieve 1t will be best for their busi-
ness. He thinks the saloon will
lave to go soon because this is a
practical age, 1t has not given us a
square deal and Is not American.
Dr. Wharton said in part "The
forces OF evil are arrayed against
civilization, against the home and
the school. We must drive out the
spirit of evil thzt Is in business.
Men are making the dollar greater
tian the man. The question Is:
Shall we, the people, provide con-
venience known as the saloon? We
must say to them that we are not
under any bonds whatever 20 put up
with It. Brewers propose putting up
model saloons. There IS nothing OF
the kind in existenc. Tie kind we
have is where young men ruin their
| characters, young women are robbed
of their womanhood, vice and Grim,
are promulgated. and It is frs
rate poverty breeder. This natior
can't stan dthe cost in manhood ant
womanhpod."
Senator Crlst, OF Delaware, SPOKE
on Sunday afternoon. He said III
wanted Marion county to go dry To-
the inspiration they would get from
II as their election Is to be two day
later. He believes the question Il
first and foremost a moral ques
tion. ''NIoral questions have alway
stirred tn epeople, even to war. Publ
sentiment, i'm the case of dueling
slavery and lotteries got to the plaC
where IL would not tolerate tlien
and they had to go. Unless the sa
loon can demonstrate that it's a goot
institution, It's bound to go. MucI
has been said by liquor people of DR.
Munsterbergs article in a recent mag
azine, But he does not attempt Il
defend the open saloon. The salool
Eas been tolerated as long as It ha
because those opposing II fought to-
mach among themselves. Some hav
said people must be educated ava.
from It, others have wanted govern
ment control, and Prohibiuonists hav
Thought they could put away the evil
Still a larger number have wanted
to stop the evil by high license, bu
Il has been found that high-licens
whiskey makes a man just as drunI
a. no-license whiskey.
"Liquor men claim the Rose law l
unfair, Now they want the Bea
law or residence district law tried
But when the people tried votinl
on them before they used ever.
means TO prevent men from voting Il
their favor. They tell us it's no us
to get II out of our county; men VIII
want liquor will set II IN neighbor
ing towns. suppose II We tried b
wipe 1t off the face of the earth
they would tell us It Is of no us
they have stuff on Mars that will
make you drunk. All this talk abou
personal liberty makes me tired,
said the senator. "I have bee
present in the general assembly an
heard thuir discussions. II is, indeed
personal liberty on the part of on
man to ruin the other. or allow tn
other to ruin him."
Professor Miller referred tc a kim
of fish called "squirt" trat has th
power to color the water all aroun,
1t an inky hue to protect itself from
enemies. "'The saloon men ar
trying the same thing on u.s. declare
Mr.. Miller. "As a business issu
the saloon has proven tremendou
failure. 1t costs the people 81 900,
000,O annually. SeventyLive pc
cent OF this is spent by wage earn
ers. Counting ths money in ONT
dollar bills at the rate of dolla
per second, and working tweiV
hours per day, II would take on
person over twelve years just 4
count the money thus wasted.
"The poor state of Maine has bee
dry for a long time and yet the
average slO4 per capita in bank de
posits, while the great state of I'll
nois with all its wealth average
only 800 per capita, Kansas ha