The Newtown bee., 1908-09-25

strength? Has fellowship with that de- mon made him stronger n character See him as he returns from that aw- ful worship, bleared eyed, staggering,
 bewildered, besotted, wrecked, damned. yet these liquor men would have us believe they pay our govern, ment bills and that the country would become bankrupt if 1t were not Tor their business. The great cry to-day IS,
 how shall we get rid of 1t? All realize
 1t menace to the public welfare; an enemy to the government, school ana
 the church. Public opinion says It must
 go. The church says for the saloon to succeed means the ruin of the church.
 Where the public is divided is not on
 what ought to be done, but how to do it. The moral suasonist says it's so- lution is in the teaching of the boys,
 put he has found by sad experience that the boys follow example and are not altogether precept. Not only must we hang out the danger signal.
 but remove the cause for the need of the signal. One has said I've must make it easy for people to do right and hard to do wrong" The high licens- ist says it is by heavier tax we must curtail the business. Experience has taught him it's failure. The poor con sumer has been compelled to pay the heavy tax. The prohibitionist says it is by this method. Can it be accom- pIished? All of these do not agree as to method but all have the same good, whether he be a local optionist or third party man, all realize that the saloon must go. It is political fight (not party,) but we must meet the enemy on their own grounds. The license system has made it political. Argu- ment in the camp of Saul was of little value as the giant in the valley was defying them, but when the shepherd had met him in the valley then the victory was won. They have hidden themselves behind the political forts of our country. Argument will not suffice. The day has come when argument must be crystalized into ballots and the Christian men must lead in the conflict. Some say prohibition does not prohibit. Gov Burke of North Dakota says i've have had prohibition so long in North Dakota that in some counties there are no jails. Thereis not much crime in the state. Thus in the name of the 100, 900 boys of our land the saloon must go as it is going rapidly. The saloon stands indicted with the wealth of S1, 300, 100000; murder of one hundred thousand, the cause of 75 per cent ot our crime and pauperism; breaking of thousands of mothers hearts; corrupt ing American politics; and the great enemy of the government, school and the church. Have you, as a voter, been consenting by silence? You may not be able to stop it, but you can, by your ballot protest against it. Will you! Protect the boys and girls. Give them a chance free from rum's awful temp tation. Judge Dayton says: "l have said it, and again proclaim it, that no man can be engaged in the sale of liquor and be honest. He will take the last dollar of a drunken young man, kick him out. and send him out to a drunkard's grave. They study dishon- esty, and come into court and perjure themselves to avoid punishment. We don't license any man to rob, steal or murder, but you can take the licensed saloons generally of the country, and the murders committed under the sale of liquor will average one murder for every saloon in the country"