The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-03


have blind voters give the women
n chance at the ballot; they will put
In officers who can see. You never
hear that ancient fallacy about more
sales in dry territory than in wet,
except from folks who like their
drinks. From one of the largest
wholesale whlskey men in Cincinnati
/ learned there was more whiskey
shipped from his house into wet
counties in q week than into dry
counts in an entire year. Who
keeps the blind tigers? Not our
preachers. Not your merchants.
Your saloonkeepers. That ought to
be enough on the face of 1T. Why
should you tolerate keepers OF blind
tigers any more than YOU would
horse-thiei? Both are equally gull
ty before the law. would rather
have my son the victim of a high
wayman than have him come home
with bottle OF whiskey In his
pocket. In the former case he would
suffer but temporarily, and could 90
to HIS work in the morning with his
body and mind clear, not befogged by
insiduous alcohol. There is no COM
parison between the thief and the
dealer in strong drink. Would you
grant a license TO steal In your city
with the provision that the thief does
not steal from citizens under twen-
ty-one, or after eleven o'clock or
from habitual thieves? Logical isn't
It? why should you tolerate the
violators of the law. and you won't.
Now and then there will be a deci-
sion against you, but the receding
wave will return in greater force.
Ohio is moving straight toward state
wide prohibition"
f'Then you'll hear but prohibition
doesn't prohibit. That is the cry
of the whiskey people, the people
who throw all these empty bottles
about the alleys as part of their
scheme. In Milwaukee recently, l
saw one four story building. one
seven story building, and two hun
dred box cars, stacked with ex-sa-
loon fixtures shipped back to the
brewers from dry territories. Pro-
hibitlon doesn't prohibit say you?"
you've heard the personal liber-
ty cry. TIt's an infringement on
personal liberty why friends,
there is no such thing as personal
liberty in this land The savage has
personal liberty, but no civilized peo-
pie. When you became citizens OF
this great republic you signed away
your right to personal liberty. What
about the personal liberty OF the
wife and babies whoea sustenance
goes to feed the saloon till? When
a man or institution demonstrated
unftness to live, We take away their
life. when there is a contagious
disease in our homes the Law de-
mands that we be quarantlned. 1t is
an infringement on our personal lib
erty but the safety of the majority
demands It, and we must submit
Why use so much common sense
about a disease which destroys the
body and so little about one which
destroys both the body and soul?
'EWhen shall we cease all this
silly talk about personal liberty and
trust ourselves to Old Glory the
flag of the larger liberty? When 1t
is full tide, and temperance is writ
ten on the stripes Of red and white. "
Mrs. Richards was continually APP
plauded as she made her points. At
the conclusion of her address the en-
tire audience rose to their feet sing
ing America"
Rev. d III. Bailey announced a
special collection for the benefit OF
the Law and order League. Two
detectives have been in the city for
the past two weeks and have succeed
ed in ferretlng out twelve yiolators
OF the liquor law The cases will
be tried some time this week, and
will be in the nature OF surprise
party to both the offenders and the
people OF Marion. Some of the mosI
prominent ex-saloonists lin Marion
are said to be among the offenders
Rev. Bailey believes we are in the
most vital part OF the option situa
tion, and II every man will stand
firm, ther ewill be no more talk O
an election at the expiration of tn,
three years,