The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-01-20
CARROLL VS.. McNAMEE;
THE JOINT DEBATE


persons had assembled and more
were arriving to hear the joint debate
between Rev. c. G. Carroll and Hon.
Robert McNamee.
DIR. Carroll made the best argument
for temperance and the abolition of
the saloon he has made since coming
to Ocala and he has made many good
be the best
Judge Richard McCOnathy in intro
ducing Nr. McNamee, of Tampa, ask
ed for him a respectful hearing gand
1t was given him. Judge McConathy
said the question had two sides and
the people should become familiar
with the arguments for and against.
The speaker for the vets was re-
ceived with enthusiasm. His support
ers were there in force and their
champion did not lack applause. He
said 1t was an open question and all
he asked was fair play in it's presenta-
ton for his standpoint. He then re-
fered to the report of his stage fright
at bunnellon as reported in the Ban
ner but whatever may have been his
state IL @mind in the Phosphate City,
his yNfA0leonic self possession was in
the sandie and he rode it finely over
theSEet Journey
Mr.. McNamee referred to NOah's
getting drunk and the fact that whisky
and years and yet the people of the
earth today were better than i'm NOah's
time, hence liquor was not the con-
terminating liquid as painted by the
prOhibitiOnists. He then told how es-
sential champagne was in cases of ty-
phoid fever. brandy in cases of dys-
EMERY and beer in stomach troubles.
and scathed the Georgia prohibition
law cutting the supply down to half
a pint Of raw alcohol to one family in
cases of sickness, to be obtained only
by the head Of the house and upon a
doctors written prescription. He in
stanced the case of a drummer's wife,
who If taken sick and her husband
was out on his drumming trip. she
would have to await his return before
she could even get the pint OF raw al
cOhOl. He seemed to think the GeOr-
gia law an outrage on humanity. But
he never stated that the law was
written by the best physicians in the
state to abolish the drugstores and
blind tigers.
He then took up the argument of
the prohibs. that whisky steals away
homes and wrecks the brain. He then
quoted the prosperity Of Duval, Hills
borough and Marion county. wet coun-
ties, saying those counties had more
children in school than any Of the dry
counties Of the state, hence it's destroy
ing power was nil by comparison and
the dry argument fell to the ground
That the argument was lame, you
need only give it thought. because
you would have to insist because they
were wet it made them prosperous and
populous. hence had many children
Ergo, liquidity begets little ones.
He then turned on his reasoning
powers to religious craze and fanatic
ism: also that the dollar was not
thrown away, but that the growing OF
the grape and the distillation Of the
grain formed part of the great indus
tries of the land and helped to make
us the progressive people we were. in
stead of a people eating mad dog on
the half shell. He then referred to E
w. Davis letter, saying how democrat
ixing the drink habit was and the
cause Of 75 per cent Of the cases in
our courts. He paid him high COM
piiment as an attorney. one worthy OF
the honor bestowed and greater ones
to follow. but said it was a curious
fact that -four of the five counties in
his circuit were dry and yet special
term of court had to be called in Cit
rus county to get rid Of liquor cases
blind tigers, the result of prohibition
He then touched on the names OF
, the trainers Of our new constitution,
showed what marked, able men they
were, and they had not written pro-
hibition in the constitution, but had
made this a high license state. Re-
ferring to the fact that the prohibs
said drink filled our insane asylums
he said this was a misstatement, that
religion or it's excitement caused most
people to be placed in the asylum;
that those devising patents came next
and that drink or alcohol came third
He spoke of the effect of the blind
tiger on the boy: said if you let boy
know and see a thing and bring him III
right he would be a good citizen. but