The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-25

and the magnificent sue
cess of the experiment is most direct
refutatiOn of the lie that drink is
necessary" U. S. Senator E. W. Carma.
chat, Tennessee, 1906.
"The political corruption Of today
and God knows, it is everywhere-is
q direct product of the saloon. With
all the saloons out of business, poverty
with it's twin, disease, would be COM
paratively infnitesimal. Beer is the
greatest danger. The brewers thru
the advertising columns Of our papers
continually advertise much misinfor-
nation. Consequently the unsophis-
tieated boy and girl become beer tipplrrs.
In fact, l have known ignorant parents
to furnish this beer to their infant
children thru the reading Of these ad-
vertisements. Now the taste for beer
will grow up,na q person as surely as
the taste for ardent spirits. The mod
crate beer drinker inevitably becomes
a whiskey drinker, or Incorporate beer
drinker, and l don't know which is
in the greatest danger" Hon. N. w.
Hale of Tennessee, 1906.
"The saloons are responsible for
nine-tenths of the graft In our body
polite. Thus when state Of affairs
exists which not only removes the
cause Of corruption but the temptation
to be corrupt, you won't have corrup-
tion-that Is, to the extent you have
it in the present time under the saloon
reign" Hon. w. p Brown, 1905.
"If there is one thug especial that
the saloon is responsible for, it is the
making of man absolutely untrust-
worthy. advise TO all total abstinence;
l urge absolute sobriety on the part
of everyone. MudarAta drinking is q
most insidious evil. 1t rarely fails to
lead to excess, which is dissipation =
U. S. Senator A. S. Clay of George,
1906.
"rell the young men that General
Grant does not drink drop of liquor
has not for eighteen years, because he
is afraid to drink it. l found out II
was an impossibility to drink moder
ately. The fact that I INDUCED al
all compelled me to drink On every
occasi IN, or be absurd. For that rea
son, because moderate drinking is {
practical impossibiiity, became al
absolute teetotsler-a crank, if yol
please. Drink is the greatest curse
because practica 'ly all crime and al
disaster are the result of it. If could
by offering my body as sacrifice, fre'
this country from this fell cancer, th'
demon drink, would thank the all
mighty for the privilege Of doing it
. Give me the sober man, the absolut
total abstainer every time. He is de
pendable." Gen. Fred d. Grant in tn
the Defender of May, 1906.
RI Drink is the greatest and mos
! harmful hypnotist on the earth a
present, and its influence is NOR
awful than any plague, more devasta
ting than any war. 1t is terribl
roll call of men of good and briliian
3 gifts, of bright aud glorious opportan
ties, who are dead, or worse than dea
at the hands of this great hypnotis
q I truly believe that if drink could b
a utterly wiped out of the world tonigh
q humanity would awake in the lnornin
q with more than half of its sorrows an
J.. sufferings gone" Hall Caine in SEQ
q tish Temperance Annual, 1906.
f "To the man, who is actively engage
t in responsible work. who must hav
+ at his command the best that is in hin
Y at it's best-to him I would, with a
70 emphasis that possess, advise an
Is urge, leave drink aIone-absolutel
J. He who drinks is deliberately disqual
flying himself for advancement. Pc
sonally refuse to take such a risl
g l do not drink. With hardly an g,
4 ception the men who are incapacitate
n first during the preliminary actiyiti,
% of any campaign are the drinkers. II
e same is true in every effort of iif
4 which demand the best energies of
= man." Hon. William II. Taft, Seer
n of War in the Defender of June, 19(
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