The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01

,bs. ~ only way % keen what they
b,g. already secured is 70 rise up
srs swea7 fhIs organized inilu.'}
fr,-, TIE state. Il is too late TO talk
II fsa-, nov of LEGAL option. especi'i-
#. when ire taIs comes from men WIG
81 making covert threats OF "slate-
-iaa res- se.7 and who have given
ar not a primary Go which every dem
oc-at may cast ore vote and have Ii
counted as one. bat complicated
scba-re which makes Il altogether pos
sib.e. ana was designed to make 1t
rssle that a minority II he voters
49, override and SCI aside WA
~ the mi .5-i5y 80 cat his taes5
ro aa st Dir intelligeace and i2
~ IS prove II Is Is f. 20 lake rs Tor a
In Ths wande full primary,
MOI. ryer IS one that violates every
nr local selfgovernment N
stcad IF being conducted by the peo-
pIe themselves. it is TO be absolutely
S. 5e rs control Of a small commit
tee sitting in tie city Of Nashville
an i1st.ace Of Capitalization that
eo + ke Alexander Hamilton turn
cree with envy If the democrats OF
the state acting through their local
authorities. Gre not to be trusted to
vote their sentiments straight and to
cornt their BALLOTS honestly in choosing
a nominee for governor, why should
tbev he trusted to settle the matter OF
the sale of whisky? This censorship
from the capitol, based as it is upon
the assumption that it is necessary
for certain managers to watch the
democratic veomanry as if they were
In set of thieves, is the gravest af-
front that was ever offered 70 self
respecting men, And when it is cou-
Dled with a loud plea for the local con-
troll of the whisky business, 1t be-
lcomes an inconsistency so gross that
it does not deserve the slightest con
sideration.
"The whisky sellers, to put 1t short
lbv their incessart and combined op-
position to every form of restriction,
Ibv their deliberate and bold purpose
10 undo and overthrow all the stat
utes that have been framed to limit
nd regulate the traffic in strong
drink. bv their announced and per-
sistent intention to carry on the trade
bv hook or crook in the communities
that have voted it out, by their ylo-
Ilent and unmannerly denunciation OF
Everybody that gets in their way
bv all these things have made it nee
essary to deal with them in a still
| moro drastic manner. There is ab'
| solutely no ground on which they can
Justly call for leniency. The manner
m which they have always acted is
essentially anarchistic. The strong
st argument against thing is often
he argument that IS offered for it.
| No more terrible indictment could be
brought against the saloon-and WIFE
the saloon the brewery and the dis
fillery-than this: that it is impossi-
bile Is force it into obedience to the
| Iecrees of the people And this, after
Il. is the chief plea of those who
oppose prohibition. The plea is true
Whisky violates every enactment that
Is framed to regulate or suppress It.
1t seduced minors; it tramples under
f3ut the civil Sabbath: it encourages
every vice that can be named; 1t is
he abettor Of gambling, the notorious
patron of lust, the chief source of
murder. The issue has been made
"a it will be fought to finish. Let
every man choose for himself what
he will do It is no time for indcci-
Ten. All trimmers and dodgers and
side-steppers and jolly jokers with
re matters must fall into line on
re side or the other.
e. E. HOSS
Nashville, Tenn, April "a, 1908.