The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
l,aea,an TEMPERANCE WAVE.

ine EfeNt stand Tor ODhicfdtlOn Oh
lsaloons now swceping ths Republic q
Tho second Of the kind within The last
hall century At the time when the
governmental taxes were levied on
whiskey. the temperance people came
close 20 sweeping the manufacture and
sale of liquor from the nation. insofar
as the legal record OF sale was con.
lcemed.
AS u WIS then. SO now is Che move.
fment aided greatly hy the effort of The
distillers wholesalers aud brewers 10
dominate politics Ia certain localities
Made a taxable bualness by the gov.
ernment states and municipalities. the
liquor interests have had a direct ln-
terea4f in the politics of he c0untrv.
and they have played The game using.
in many Instances. corrupt mcthods.
Is unquestiOned by fairminded men
Iseldom denied by the interests when
accused
The temperance movement Is as old
as history, and has had tho sanction
of The greatest thinkers throughout all
time. II has had for it8 workers peo.
! pie who sought the elevation OF their
! fellows; mothers, sisters, sweethearts.
wives and All The fair women Of all
races mad IN their enort To stop The
idemOn Of iniemperance. the power Of
I destruction to al happiness when once
/ the fangs are set deep in the brain OF
/ The victim
So powerful Is the argument against
the use Of liquor as beverage that
many of It's makers refuse TO stand In
the limelight and meet the onslauglts
made aealnstiit.
sgimany arh the instances OF ruin
TO acqn2iniances that few are they
who have not Witnessed one or more
of their youthful acquaintances go fhe
downward road to he'll
And the sin pnd shame Of y all is
that 50 many Of those hurled from
power trust and opportunity by The
Idrink habit were those OF the brightest
promise when hey stood al the TIRES.
hold Of manhood's estatel
The penitentiarias are filled with tho
fallen victims, stranded wrecks. with
so little resemblance to the beings
starting on manhood's way bmi a few
short yeags before
Tho inebiiate Is the worst specimen
of the human family. and sinks lower
each succeeding day until the fiickering
spark of existence goes and the ship
wrecked soul sent TO the Faernal Mys.
terry fer its last trial and sentence.
The sad specimens are also found
behind the wallis OF the mad-housss.
and the rawlings Of the drink-crazed
brain make the night hideous 10 those
who are trying to soften the declining
DAYS Of the stranded victims OF rum.
With all these things and hundreds
more to make war on the sale of in
toxicants. it may sem strange 20 the
average person that in ~ country has
temperance ever been led 20 a lasting
victory by the organized force OF pro.
hibilory laws.
Backed by Tie most splendid OK.
amples of what should not be. mar
shalIcd TO battle by the brayest men
and most virtuons women or an the
ages, and fought for by men whose
very souls we're on fire with ardor for
The cause. why, reader. has that cansc
failed Ia each case. and failed, as
rule, when at the very summit of hone
and victory seemed certain?
When the cause OF right Is sent 10 do
battle with the destroyer of the human
race and has the equipage OF war Al
rs very hand is there not 4 reason
'shy The forces are ever defeated on
the last round and sent discounted 10
the retreats. 30 emerge no more for
rom ten 80 fifteen years?
The answer Is ever the same.
no cause was ever won by tho mere
Iorce OF arms; no nation ever reformed
by he strong arm Of legislative enact.
menti
You can not mako men good by leg
lslation. Yon can by prohibition ac.
compiish this much and no more~-vou
eau save the youth from the evil Of
association and keep his idle hours
away irom the sodd, q Influences Of Tho
lstoNica,ng thirst pmlors.
The evils Of intemperance must be
Fought by the mothers. and the battle
must begin when the prattline babe
commences to ask questions OF Inc
one WHO gave aim birth For as long
as slquors are made and there no !
method. leeal or otherwise. some one
ls going TO try and demonstrate he can
handle H. properly; and out Of that
nhmber forty-twO per cent are tsoing Ia |
travel the sin-cursed path of drunken. |
ness, and Of that marching host twelve |
per cent are going 10 their earthly |
shipwreek and go to The dregs al the |
bottom
rms ls not temperance or an anti !
iNnipelHnef. lecture. II Is but the con |
densed. history Of the case II Is tho |
eeold facts, tod in brief. and told witl. |
me nope that il may be the cause of |
someone looking at the battle between |
temperance and intemperanoe. seeing |
the right side OF the case.
IL is a lamentable truth that the l
porderland OF Misery lies but a little |
distance from the man who tries 10 |
md pleasure in the bottle containing
'hat which besots the brain ana makes
oi the man under the influence of drink
the maudlin and the fool,
s--a-ssa------s...----s-
senator Emory Brownlee comes of a
long-liied family and expects 10 40 thc