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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-10
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-10

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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02
APPROACH
TO ARGUMENT

The Louisville Comier-Jonrnd Colo
mel Henry Watterson's paper, has so
seldom presented anything that even
remotely resembled argument i'll its
frantic assaults upon Prohibition, that
ia paragraph which appears in one of
his recent editorials may properly be
accorded a hearty welcome. The
CoMier-JoWnal says:
The Conrier-J onrnal interposes
three clear, conclusive, unequivocal
objections: first. that Prohibition does
not prohibit; second, that it corrupts
whatever it touches; third, that it is
not only an invasion of private rights
with respect to drink, but is the lore
runner of every manner of tyranny
and oppression with respect to all
rights done under the sanction of law
and in the name of God and morality.
Colonel Watterson to the contrary,
these objections are neither clear"
''conclusive' nor "unequivocal." The
Statement that prohibition does not
prohibit" is grotesque All that Prohibi
|tion does is to prohibit, that is, to
forbid. All the law against murder, or
any other law, does is to forbid. How
ever, Colonel Watterson was very IN
clearly trying to say that the Prohibition
(of the liquor traffic does not prevent
he sale of liquor. In some small sense
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02

IF private rights with respect to drink"
The suspicion is we'll founded that the
Colonies devotion to his bottle is the
real secret of the frantic editorial at
tacks upon Prohibition that have blotted
the editorial pages of his paper for
months past, but when Colonel Waiter
son attempts to represent the Prohibi-
ton of the liquor traffic as "the fore
runner of every manner of tyranny and
oppression with respect to all rights"
he becomes merely foolish old dervish,
bowling about nonentities. There is
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02

nothing in the history of the Prohibi-
ton movement to indicate the slightest
disposition on the part of Prohibition
lists to invade any right of anybody.
AS we'll talk about mans fright" 10
turn rattlesnakes loose in his neighbors'
gardens; as we'll talk about a mans
right to go about houghing his neigh
bors' cattle; as we'll talk about a mans
right" to poison his neighbors' wells
as to talk about a mans fright" to sell
in the midst of any community a poison
for the individual, social and political
life of the community. And as we'll cry
tyranny" when We send a fre-bug to
states prison as to cry tyranny when
we stop gin miller
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02

this is truthful statement. The law
in the hands of ti-Prohibitionists for
administration is frequently violated,
Just as other laws are under similar
circumstances. Colonel Watterson can
find splendid parallel in his own state,
at the present moment The laws in
the state of Kentucky against murder
and arson prohibit those crimes surely
enough, but do not prevent them. They
are committed, almost nightly, to the
outrage and scandal of the whole state.
Would Colonel Watterson advise that
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02
SAD PLIGHT

The Springfield Republican comments
upon Colonel Watterson's recent out
bursts in the editorial columns of the
Louisville Cowier-J Journal in somewhat
humorous strain, concluding its editorial
with the following paragraph:
With NIGHT riders destroying good
Kentucky tobacco and "red-nosed an
gels" trying to annihilate all the GOOD
Kentucky whisky, the state is rapidly
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02
A PLAIN SERMON TO THE
PREACHERS

The Philadelphia North american,
which has of late been devoting much
editorial space to the discussion of the
liquor question, as the readers of these
columns have had opportunity to OBJ
serve, in its number of Monday, March
%, presents one of the strongest editor
als of the series, under the caption "a
Word to the Preachers" The North
american opens the editorial with ref
erence to the fact that it has received
a large number of letters from ministers
and priests, who have commended its
attitude, and disavows any special claim
to praise, upon the ground that it has
taken it's course in accordance with fixed
principles which it could not deviate
from 1t then takes occasion to preach
a ringing sermon upon the duties OF
churches and preachers, calling attention
to the fact that the liquor interests have
used every effort to make it appear that
the fight against the saloon is entirely
upon the part of the church and that
they have taken this course because of
the feeling that the church is, to an ex-
tent discredited today as impotent as a
force in the worlds affairs The North
american says:
Grave doubt is creeping into the
minds Of many people as to whether
the church is the same potent force
in modern life that it was in an earlier
day. There is abundant proof the
world over that such doubt is spread
ing daily
We believe that chief reason for
this is that the church membership
the people who profess the religion
that declares against the existent evils
comprises sufficient proportion of
every community to end those evils.
And yet the wrongdoers thrive un-
punished and the wrongs flourish I'M
abated Therefore in this contest the
liquor people think they have assured
their success by taking a position
which constitutes a challenge to ev-
cry minister and every congregation.
If an invading religious army-a
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02
THE RECONNAISSANCE


approaching some kind of a serious
moral crisis. That Mr. Watterson is
thoroughly stumped is evident at
glance He needs all of his vocabu-
larry to soothe his soul.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02

those laws be repealed in Kentucky, or
would he urge some other state not to
enact law against arson or against
murder. because the public officials of
Kentucky do not enforce those laws
there?
To say that Prohibition ''corrupts
whatever it touches is merely the repe-
tition of form of very unsound words
that have no basis in fact. The pro-
hibitory law has made government no
where corrupt; has debauched public
officials nowhere. Rascally men in
office, sworn to enforce the law, but
obeying their private interests instead
of their public duty, have allowed the
Prohibition law to be violated. But
the same has been true concerning the
regulative laws of the state of Ken
lucky Kentucky has not city or a
town where liquor is sold under license,
where the officials are not corruptly
winking at violations of the law every
day
Colonel Watterson's third objection
probably more nearly represents his
personal views than either of the others,
particularly in that part of it which
represents Prohibition as "an invasion
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-02
Spread the Truth Broadcast

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has prepared
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THREE GREAT LEAFLETS

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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

The method of organization now followed was
introduced by the Germans. Colonel Kohler,
with three captains of various branches of the
service, undertook the work in 1882, and when
Kohler died the reorganization was taken up by
General Won der Goltz, one of the best officers in
the German army. What modern methods of war
FIRE and organization now exist in the army are
due largely to the unceasing efforts of these men.
The Germans all acknowledged the superior
material that they had to work on and that they
did not make one Of the greatest armies in the
world was due to other reasons than mere organ
ization, The Turk is a born soldier.
The moment that a rife or sword is put in
his hand" said someone who knew him, 'he in
stinctively krows how to use 1t with effect, and
he is at home in the ranks or on a horse"
He may be Eeod-humored, patient, kind to
children and animals, but let there be some fight
ing, If nothing more than a riot, and he shows a
surprising power of organization, and If he keeps
at 1t long enough, surprising ferocity and heart
lessness, killing, burning, r~avaging without mercy,
neither asking nor giving quarter.
His bravery no one has ever questioned. Re-
ligious inspiration is not, as is generally thought
the chief cause of it. Islam only adds to his war.
Ike enthusiasm. He is Just as fearless when he
is waging war against his coreligionists. the Arabs
or the Albanians. as he is when fighting the in
fdel.
he is especially eager in battle with the inf
DEL because death in such cases secures him the
reward of martyrdom. His bravery is in its blind.
ness almost animallike and its nature is revealed
by the attention that he can give in battle TO the
trivial details of life. One of his officers illus.
trates this by telling OF the unconcern with which
In the heat Of battle he will watch the flight of a
bird overhead, the unconcern with which he will
SIT down and tie his shoestrings, or the zest with
which he will follow q joke or any humorous in
cident.
But all his admirable fighting qualities have
been sacrificed and rendered of little avail by the
very ruler he is willing to die serving. He is not
allowed to have any system of military training
beyond a little elementary drill in the barracks
grounds, consisting mostly of marching back and
forward. because the sultan Is afraid that any
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

Regiments of Sudanese, Nubians, Albanians,
Georgians, Circassians, Kurds, Arabs and many
others of the picturesque Oriental races line the
roadway along which the sultan passes and sur
round the mosque in which he ~worships. 1t is a
brilliant show that they make in their red fezes,
white turbans, gold lace, red and green banners
and glitter of arms,
But out along the borders, where the stranger
is seldom permitted, it is quite another story.
There are the ragged regiments, officers and men
who have perhaps never received any pay, and a
review, should one be held, would be an exhibition
OF - military poverty such as no other country could
produce.
If the bare numbers that Turkey could muster
for war were alone considered there would be a
formidable array. 1t weuld not be short of a
round million. AS far back as the time of the
Russian war in 1877 the army had a peace foot
ing of 100000 men, capable of increase to 237.-
600. When these numbers proved insufficient a
fresh effort was made, and despite the wretched
communications of that day the Turkish army
from first to last managed to embody not fewer
than $50, 900 men.
But in the present available force of a million
there would be about Is per cent that would DOS
sess an Insignificant military value, being COM
posed OF irregulars like the Circassian and Kurdish
cavalry. For an encounter with a modern civil
lied foe Turkey would have to rely upon the
turkish contingent. The best material for such
an army would be supplied by the Turks proper
found In their purest in the central province of
Ahatola and as a more or less mixed race through
out Asiatic and European Turkey; then the Lazes
OF creek descent living on the southern shores of
the Black sea and the Syrians. The military value
OF the last is perhaps the lowest of the three. while
the Lazes would not be animated BY the blind ia
Voton to the sultan that makes the Turkish sol.
oier ever ready to devote his life to the perfor-
nance of any duty for the Holy Prophet.
Military service is compulsory in Turkey. but
only for the population For
reasons that are both political and social the
Christian subjects of the sultan are excluded from
the army. CONSUMPTION is in fierce all over the
empire. but among some Of the wilder remote Dso-
pie the rule il tnat9sSSRtty sAfOrcsd-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

evolution of military efficiency would mean n
movement against his palace. AS a result mill.
tary maneuvers are forbidden.
Rife practice Of any kind, moro especially
sharpshooting, is prohibited. A soldier who
reaches any great degree of proficiency as a marks
man is hustled OF as far as possible from the
neighborhood of the YildiI Kiosk.
The officers in the great majority Of cases are
initerate or received their training at the military
academy at Constantinople. The principal quail
hcation of the director OF this institution il that
for twelve years he has been one Of the most eG-
cient Of spies upon his brother officers. Another
gauge of the worth of the school is the fact that
chemistry is not taught there, because four years
ago someone who knew something of that Sciencs
made a bomb that anne near blowing on the Inn
perial head at the Selamlik.
Affairs are undergoing q much greater change
in Turkey than people outside Of the country have
any idea," he continued. "As has always been
the case, every reform movement is belittled bv
ofncial reports. From the information given out
by the sultan's officers you would think that all is
as serene as a summer day, yet everyone familiar
with the situation knows that the sultan is liable
to be overthrow any day and the whole wretehed
government changed.
"At Beirut recently a body OF some 1000
troops that had served eight or nine years and
we're being sent home without their pay forced
the captain Of the transport TO take them into port
In denance OF express orders to the contrary. They
landed in attachments. seized the military COM
mandant, the treasurer and the vail and held
them as hostage until their pay, about 5000, 900,
was turned over to them. Then they went back
to their ship and, being landed at another port.
dispersed and went to their homes.
Another regiment at Uskub, which had been
forced to serve double the time of their legal serv.
Ice insisted upon going home. When permission
Wts refused the men abandoned their dutiea
seized the postohlce and held 1t for three days.
Their .arrearage and discharges were sent 10
them and they disbanded and started for home.
These are only two OF many incidents OF which
the world knows nothing, but they clearly Indicate
the change that has come In akAirA"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

10 AAA 10 VAOI0Aly COuSlu-
cred by those fitted TO Judge as being
among the most patient, obedient and
sober of any In the world, and, consid-
ering the limited opportunity that he
has to learn his trade, one Of the most efficient.
He has been denounced by all Europe for massa-
cres in Bulgaria. Macedonia and Armenia; has
gone without pay, clothes and proper ~rations; has
been poorly housed badly drilled and generally
mistreatsa-yet through it all he has been uncOm-
planning.
The hopeless Encouragement and corruption
OF the administrative branch of the Turkish army
during the war with Greece and Russia are well
remembered, but not more wildly than the cheer
fulness Of the rank and file. An American who
was in Turkey at the time Of the last war cites
as an instance of patient discipline a body of
troops that he found guarding a government house
near the Grecian border.
They had been rushed overland from some
where in Asia Minor and it had been raining in
torrents for days. The soldiers were obliged to
remain day and night drenched to the skin and
without food or shelter, for the commissariat had
broken down; their uniforms were in rags and the
soles Of their shoes were worn through, but not
a murmur escaped their lips and no discomfort
was visible on their impassive countenances. They
we're ready not only to die in battle, but to con-
tinue standing in the rain until they should die at
their posts.
So loyal to the sultan has the Turkish soldier
been that for him to rise in mutinous revolt as he
has been doing recently indicates some new and
unusual development. His grievances must in
deed be great II they exceed what he has put up
with In the past. II he is a part Of the young
Turk movement, which has for its purpose the
forced abdicatoh Of Sultan Abdul Hamid and the
formation Of a new government with a constitu-
ton, II is the FIRST time in his history that he has
ever mutinied from political motives.
Opinions regarding the Turkish army vary
and depend much upon the part of the country in
which they are fOrmed- The soldier is seen at his
best in Constantnople where are found the great
est numbers OF strangers to Turkey.
There is always a brilliant and inspiring mill
tary display when the sultan gees to the mosque.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

Ernest received the strict religious training ana the Spartan dis
cipine characteristic of the day. Between the ages OF 6 and II
years he attended school daily and upon attaining the latter age he
was confirmed in the Lutheran church Solid religious grounding
was considered Of first Importance In that day and Q large part Of
the daily program consisted Of prayers. hymns and Bible history. On
Sunday the entire family drove four mites to church In the morning
and in the afternoon spent q few hours IN recreation and conversation
at the beer garden. Industry. thrift and right thinking grew a nat
urally into a man brought up under this regime rs strength into his
bones and muscles When he had attained the age Of II years he
entered his fathers shop to learn carriage and wagon building.
Gan the work was done by hand then" says Mr.. STUNT From
the tree standing In the forest 10 the completed vehicle, the carriage
builder had to be able to do everything. Germany then, as now,
protected her forestA Each fall the forest master marked the trees
which were ready to be cut down and they were then sold at auction.
Trees were cut only in the fail and winter when the sap was out Of
the wood, and the wagons which we made then would ouuast any
made today. There as no eighthour regulation for workmen, either
Our work day contained nearer fourteen hours, though we took things
easy and didn't hurry 30 fast " they do at present At 6 o'clock
every day we were at the bench; at 7 we had breakfast; at Q :sO
lunch was brought In, and at noon we had a big dinner; at 4:se in
the afternoon we ate another lunch. and at 1880 we had our supper"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02
America Lures Them Away

BY the time his Apprenticeship wa completed that spectre of
every young man in soldier-ridden Europe stared him in the face-hs
period of military duty. The pay of a soldier IN the army under
the peace establishment was equivalent to 5 cents a day. Ernest
had been reading about America, and he thought he could do better.
He preached the subject to his elder brother, Charles. His father,
however, in spite of his wide travels in his youth, was appalled, at the
thought of venturing across the ocean into an unknown land. He
pointed out that probably they would have to be soldiers in America
anyway, a S a great civil war had Just broken out there. Ernest
answered this by the argument that they would get good pay for
being soldiers at any rate. In the end q letter was written TO William
walbrand, an old-time neighbor who had gone out to the United
States An answer came in due time giving such a glowing account
of opportunities in the new world that the whole family determined
to go. All their possessions were converted into money and one day
they logged away in a big wagon down the high road to the west
At the end of ten. rafting, humping, exciting days full of wonders
they arrived at the port of Hamburg and realized that they were
nearly 200 miles from their peaceful home.
Great adventures awaited them on the ocean. Scarcely had they
put TO sea in their sailing vessel when a terrific gale came out OF
the southeast, driving them many hundreds of miles out of their
course. The storm continued for days; the steerage passengers be-
came frightened and had to be confined under battened matches.
Ernest STUNT made himself useful a an assistant to the ships car
penter. Then one day the old hulk sprang a leak; she settled rapidly
and all hands were called to man the pumps. Day and night the
strongest of the men and women fought the battle against the sea
Some refused to work. but spent all their time in frantic prayers
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

After eight weeks and three days in this watery inferno the adven-
urers reached New York. Three days later the STUNT family went
NV an emigrant train to Milwaukee, Wis, where they hired a man to
transport them In a wagon to the town of West Troy. Ernests
worldly possessions amounted to exactly 25 cents at that time. But
n o possessed a goodly heritage Of strength, health, industry and
ambition. A scOtchman hired him to work IN the farm at the sur
pr1sng salary Of IS q month. At the end of a month the Scotchman
wa o pleased with the sample of industry which the German boy
showed him that he made a contract with him to work a year at $40
q month. OF course, the work wasn't hard-just milking eight COWS
caring foT six horses, feeding forty hogs and 30O sheep before break
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02
Utilities for Energetic Men Were Never Dreamed of by His Ancestors

spent several years working in the shopl in winter and in the wood
or on farms in the summer. He bought an interest in a threshint
machine and later traded II for a yoke OF oxen with which he hauled
cordwood to town. In 1866 two of his shopmates persuaded him to
go with them further west. They came to Moingona, Boone county.
Ia a railroad camp, and opened a blacksmith and wagon shop.