Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-05

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saloon, even at its best, II nothing but .
great social and national evil, which
should be put entirely out OF existence.
--Sendbote, Cleveland, o. Official organ
Of the German Eaptists)
The saloons have everywhere mixed In
politics. uniting the low element In the
populace in such a way a. to dominate
affairs in many localities. This power
they have utilized s o insolently and reck.
lessly, that the better class Of people are
beginning TO arise and declare they will
no longer bend the neck under this yoke.
The cry Of personal liberty" raised
by the advocates of the saloon is a sham;
it 10 our civic liberty that Is endangered
by the saloon power. The brewers and
their following must reap what they have
sown by their alliance with corrupt poll
tics. " = But now the brewers
are becoming really alarmed. The tenn.
perance sxoveinent has aroused them.
Seeing that their business ia corrupt, they
haze decided To reform II. But this IL a.
formidable a job as an attempt to reform
the arch Gend biuseh. Even angelic
garments cannot hide the clubfoot.
Heretofore the brewers would not &C.
knowledge that their business had any
indecent features connected with It, but
now they are being forced to zee. Even
the liquor organs, which had previously
enriched the LEXICON Of abase and invec-
tive, when referring to the temperance
people, are now becoming anxious to
enter upon a compromise with the
fanatics. "--Evangeliscie Z~eitschritt,
H~arrisonburg, Pa. iOficial organ Of the
German Evangelical cllurch.)
The prohibition movement, which has
made such tremendous Roadway Of late,
has produced I regular panic among the
liquor people. Recently the brewers. in
convention assembled in the city of New
York, considered ways and means how to
counteract the growing movement. They
have decided to play the role Of conserva.
tive reformers, aiming on the one hand
TO eradicate the low dives. but on the
the other hand fight prohibition, "that
monstrouS outgrowth Of the temperance
movement They do not want the sa-
to violate the law, but cannot
agree to complete abolition of the
traffic or the Closing Of all saloons.
But this will do very little good; saloons
that do uot violate the law are AZ rare AS
white ravens. There can be no question
Of the necessity Of such IA reform; but
can the brewers carry il ont? Not before
IT viii he possible for the Ethiopian to
change his skin or the leopard his
spots. "-Christliche Botsrlafter, Cleve.
lani, o. Official organ Of the German
Evangelical church
The brewers and saloon keepers are
compelled to do something to bid a hat
20 the advance OF the temperance
movement. They have hit on the idea
10 advocate a ''model license law"
Then we should get model drunkards,
which should be Oh u plane will, model
thieves and model swindlers. The world
is better off without such models lions.
bolc, Mcpherson, Kansas. (Oiicial organ
of the German and Mennonite Brethren. }
These comments are but a few Of many
Of a similar tenor that we might bring,
but these should suffice to show how
basclcss is the claim Of the brewers and
their tool the decentralization Ali.
ance, - that the German people. AS a class
are against temperance legislation.
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