Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
Tho Deadlie.t Foe.

II 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 yir-
tue, II all the scum of the earth could
mingle with the denizens of hell to try
to think of the deadliest institution TO
home. church and state, tell you, sirs,
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 tho 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 it leaves a strand
ed wreck in the home which is the
skeleton of what was once brightness
and happiness.
Like drummer on a railroad train
There were some men playing cards,
and one fellow pulled out whisky
flask and passed it about, and when it
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 if You want to, I
was born with an appetite for drink.
and for years have taken from five
to ten glasses day.
Il was at home in Chicago not long
ago. I have friend who has a pawn
shop there, and I was in there when in
come 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. I can not take Them But he said.
| Give me a dime-I must have drink
] mo, take them back howe, your baby
will need Them
"The poor fellow said: my baby
is dead-and I want 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, 1 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 a $1,000 a
year license, will it cut your stomach
less than If you drink it in saloon
Te
have any effect on you whether the
gang pays $500 or $1,000 license?
No, 1t will make no difference whether
you drink it 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 it, and
a cement floor.
They turn on the faucet and give
the patient mop and tell him to
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 a 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 sentinel to guard the door
from the officers of the law.
1t marks it's 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 its signs on the aban-
doned affairs of the church.
1t would close every public school.
1t respects the thief. and 1t esteems
the blasphemer.
1T 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.
dts tables are full of the yilest it :
erature.
1T is the moral clearing house for
rot. and damnation, and poverty. and
insanity.
1t wrecks homes, and biights lives
today
The saloon is a liar. It promises
good cheer and sends sorrow.
1t promises health. and ca,,ses al,
ease.
1t promises happiness. and sends adj
versity.
1t promises happiness and sends
misery.
What the Saloon Is.
Ut Hes IN wait for the unborn
4 ut cocks the highwayman's pistol
1t puts the rope in the hands of tho
mob. VIC
~ is the anarchist Of the world and
Its dirty red flag is dyed with the
blood of women and children.
1t sent the bullet thru the BODY
OF Lincoln.
1t nerved the arm tb.. -