Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
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IL all the combined forces OF hell
would assemble in conclave, and with
them all the men on earth that hate
and despise God, and purity and vir-
tue, II all the scum of tho earth could
mingle with the denizens Of hell to try
to think of the deadliest institution to
home, church and state, tell you. slrs,
the combined hellish intelligence could
not conceive of and bring forth an In
stitution that could touch the hem Of
the garment Of the open licensed sa-
loon to damn the home, and manhood
and womanhood, and business, and ev-
erything good on God Almightys dirt
What the Saloon Eats.
The American mongoose Is the open
licensed saloon. 1t eats the carpet
from off the floor, and the clothes from
off your back, the money out of the
bank, and 1t eats up character, and it
goes on until at last 1t leaves strand
ed wreck in the home which is the
skeleton of what was once brightness
and happiness.
Like a drummer on a railroad train.
There were some men playing cards,
and one fellow pulled out whisky
flask and passed 1t about, and when 1t
came to the drummer he said:
mo"
They said:
Have you got on the water wagon?"
and they laughed at him. He said:
You can laugh IL you want to,
was born with an appetite for drink,
and for years have taken from FIVE
to ten glasses day
u was at home in Chicago not long
ago. I have friend who has a pawn
shop there, and was in there when in
come a young fellow with cheeks sunk
en-, and a wild look on his face. He
came up trembling and threw down a
little package and said:
"'Give me 10 cents
"What do you think it was? 1t was
a pair of baby shoes. My friend said,
No. 1 can not take them But he said,
Give me dime-I must have drink
NO, take them back howe, your baby
Will! need Them
"The poor fellow said: my baby
Is dead-and want a drink"
Sell Out for 81 Each.
But you say, 1--WE will regulate by
high license"
Regulate what by high license?
A man that will sell out to that
dirty, cussed business, have no use
for. That is less than one apiece-not
a dollar apiece.
1t Is Less Harmless?
You let that gang buy you for a
dollar? You see how absurd their ar
guments are? Say, if you drink bour-
bon in a saloon that pays $1,000 a
year license, will it cut your stomach
less than If you drink it in a saloon
that pays $500 license? Is 1t going to
have any effect on you whether the
gang pays $500 or $1,000 license
No, 1t will make no difference whether
you drink 1t over mahogany counter
or a pine counter. 1t will have the
same effect on you to damn you. So
there Is no use to talk about it.
Test for Sanity.
In some insane asylums do you
know what they do? When they want
to test some patient to see whether or
not he has recovered his reason, they
have a room with faucet in 1t, and
a cement floor.
They turn on the faucet and give
mop up the floor If he has sense
enough to turn off the faucet and
mop up the floor they will parole him.
But should he let the faucet run, they
know that he is crazy.
Well, that is what we are trying to
do. We are trying to mop this bust
ness up with taxes and insane asy-
lums. We have jails and Kelley cures
and reformatories, and are trying to
mop the business up with them.
Saloon Coward.
I tell you, that the saloon is a
coward.
1t hides itself behind stained glass
doors, and opaque glass windows and
sneaks it's customers in at blind door.
1t keeps a sentinel to guard the door
, from the officers of the law.
1t marks its wares with false bills
of lading and offers to ship green goods
to you. and mark them with the name
| of wholesale articles of food so that
people won't know what lis being sent
to you. q
Against the Church.
1t is an infidel. 1t has no faith In
God.
1T would close every church in the
land
1t would hang it's signs on the aban-
| doned affairs Of the church.
1t would close every public school.
1t respects the thief, and 1t esteems
| the blasphemer.
ut fills the prisons and the peniten-
tiaries.
1t despises heaven. hates love, scorns
virtue.
ut tempts the passions.
Its music is the song of a siren.
ITS sermons are collection of lewd
vile stories.
1t wraps a mantle about the hone
CT this world and that to come.
Its tables are full of the vllest lit
erature.
1T is the moral clearing house fo,
rot, and damnation, and poverty, anG
| insanity.
1t wrecks homes, and blights lives
today.
The saloon is a liar. 1t promises
| good cheer and sends sorrow.
1t promises health, and causes dis.
ease. N's
1T promises happiness, and sends ad.
versity.
1t promises happiness and sends
misery.
What the Saloon is.
ut lies in wait for the unborn
Ut cocks the highwayman's pistol.
1T puts the rope in the hands of the
mob. wy
1t is the anarchist of the world ano
its dlr'y red flag is dyed with the
blood of women and children.
IT sent the bullet thru the bod,
Of Lincoln.