The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-14

inbilohl Institution VIII not
lake tho time to quote rom W.
iilbio 10 dinproYe theft hypgihosiH
| bat will content myself win re-
citing a story which isbhttllhuied "a
iiofnii0 Seymour u n shii N hin
that when be was candidate ~
Hoyafnnf ~ the state ~ New fnff
with prohibition for an Issue. az on'
Of hia meetings someone arose if
tho audience aud asked him Whhl
he understood the iiihir "a teach it
respect % prohibition and the W.
N lntogirantt NJ NeFuouf repllsd
that he had been student n ih'
| lihie ana that lie was AMY y
millar with itn iaaehlnFHI ihHi ~
remembered that after The arf had
landed and the whtofu ~ thr Hood
| had subsidized Noah bcrnmn an hun
handmHn and planted % vineyard ana
~ lHed grapes and made wine from
/ tho grapes aud drank " the wins
land berama drunken and was
uncovered 10 biH tent no 90.
memhefed that the hlNh prlrsl
NJ the Lord drank vino ~
Remembered that when the Lnfd pfs
Hcfibed The aaefifirrH II the old
Testament wine and liquors we're ~
Tho sacrifices, he femeiubftod ihhl
| tho Saviour converted water int
wine AZ The marriage feast 81 Cana
aud that he made good wine
land u was 80 pronounced ~
the governor af the feast be &c.
lmemhered that tho haNior hdWiile0
that lie drank vine he remembered
| IN fact. that wine ana liquors. were
popular beverages 10 these old days
hut he could remember " onlf onf
man mentioned in the liihle VIC
ever called for water, aud BE- WIS w
hell. whore be ought 60 be efyins
| Tor one drop At time
This 10 Certainly o. blunt way ~
most brutal way. 81 stating Nuih
/ but Il 10 the truth Just the same
Tor no referred to the rich man who
begged of Lazarus q drop OF Wai'i
TO lusnch hih awful thlrst ~
This u a complete summary " al
thai the HtbIe teaches In The days
u the Old Testament the LORD com
munirated with the people Of NE
earth by the iirH Of HE high priests
whom lfe chose Tor His metsehrsfh
and teachers II seems 20 have been
His plan 10 punish tfanHFretflpnr a.
they we're committed to pfpmulFats
laws. many u pfohibitofy character
and 10 visit His wrath upon TIE fi1-
iatoTn Of those laws But when ne
Navluf came Ne taught new Greco
| The creed Of love ard conNdehce
the creed 81 moral obligation and re-
upunslhiiitlss By which lie fet0H
nlHeh the iBdiYiduaiities OF mao
warned hlm5 cautioned him hdmph
lshed him And advised him, and men
LETT him 10 act for himself account
able only at the final day fof hln Sins
N OMISSION OF commission.
These prohibitipnists have consul
tuted themselves the guardian % Ne
home. but what a home TIE nome
..asN a. 5aa.Haa the nod and a bar
ri In the eeitafi They have mhde
themselves the protectors Of he
school The school that teaches ny
uorrisY and deception, and eohlfmpi
Tor ihw That teaches hatred ana
tiFotry and Intolerance
u our Milwaukee debate, NJ
uirkls. a. the mauthplrcs u BE par
IL. declared that IN. CATHOLIC ehuff y
and ever Protestant denomination
In America without single creep
tion are on record aFainsi the lillvf
traffic uhquaiifisdlY ana wllhuiF
false
Mgr FrhnH Collier Of st. Louis. ana
Who viii dafs to dispute ", We hay
ID that his holiness. Pope Plus y,
temporal head ~ the Roman Catholic
church. not only does not favor but
opposes prohibition. and ~ all Know
that 10 all matters d temporal gov /.
eminent the pope IL supfsns ana
Tetiswins i the declaration Of
Mgr qaller This bringa 20 me
Tho thought that HE holiness, while
be- believes 70 everything temperate.
has NO sympathy whatever win ne
prohibition movement. lie dflnft
4 glass 81 vine himself and believes
that mon should use their own )udE
ment In what they should eat and
what theY should drink and not have
other mrn decide such matters fof
them That IL not the spirit Of Tree
dom, but Of Autpefatic sofsrnment
In this country Of tnasted freedom
especially. prohibition has no place.
The pope it the apostle u All ihinss
IN moderation, but not % prohibi-
mis- ought 10 be conclusive Of tho
question II the relation which the
Catholic church suHiains toward pro-
hihitton. To be sure, there are
Catholics and Catholic rlsfgymsn
and pfeiAiet who DO favor
prohibition As they may, for
left 10 his asn discretion IN respect
10 his attitude as II bears upon the
question o. prohibition. but there are
ciergymsn and preiaths iust az emf
usnt just a. desout and just A. able
who are out IN the open In their op-
position 10 prohibition.
You possibly will recall that a 1T
tie lees ihan two years aEa one 81 the
most beloved Of the Catholic pfel-
aisp Of America. Cardinal gibbons
yalcinF his heart thoughts, save an
Interview TO publication IN which he
says Liquor will be sold here quite
an abundantlY under prohibition
laws a. under well regulated license
The consequence will BE- that liquor
will be dispensed contrary 10 law
Instead Of being sold IN accord With
the law Then. too. the city would
b. deprived Of a large revenue,
witch 10 20 much needed for the
government o. this gommuhint
hituaiiy violated. Il brings issisla-
tion Into contempt u creates a
spirit q deception and hypocflsy,
and campels men 70 do insidiously
and BY stealth what they would 9th
srwiss do openly and above board
An good msn@Eood citl1sna-are In
favor Of the virtue Of temperance
and regret 10 aee that the moral
side of the question has not been
sufficiently considered, You cannot
icglainte men By civil action into
the performance Of good and right
eous deeds II We are 20 Improve the
morality Of our city and make our
citiHsna more temperate. let the yif-
tue % temperance bc proclaimed In
the churches Above all. let II be
enforced In the family. that parents
both BY word and example, may In
cuicats In their children the tenn
porai and spiritual blessings which
spring from life Of temperance
and aohristys and let them impress
upon their children the terrible con-
sequences of drunkenness
And yet because he had the hafdi q
hood to disagree with them and the
courage to speak. his Integrity was
Questioned and his motives were Inn
pugned by this same rabhle Of NAL
contents who do not hesitate 10 do
ntfoy when they cannot convert.
Cardinal Gibbons does not stand
alone In the Catholic priesthood as
an opponent Of the haneful doctrine
u prohibition, on the contrary, the
vast ma ioriiy are with him their
declarations may be piled mountains
high. though u il not necessary. for
the attitude Of that church II uni
YorHaliy understood
| desire however. TO read from an
Interview with Rev. Father r, J..
Ryan. ~ Pontiac. Mich, published
in the notrait Free press n Febru.
AIRY II. because Il oiucldatcs the
question most eomprcheneiNely, and
especially presents the We've Of an
interested and impartial observer
upon the operations Of the county
local option law In the Interview
he says The county prohibition
law Is n nHiuhhie farce aud has