The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-25
Calls Upon Residents of First,
Second, Third and Fourth
Wards to Drive Evil From
Their Midst.
ASKS THE CATHOLICS
TO HELP IN CONTEST
Denies That the Saloons Are
1.-The Poor Mans Clubs"
And Says Rich Men Will Not
Live Near Booze Joints.

John F. Cunneen. of Chicago, men,
ber of the International Association of
Machinists. and leader in the Cath
olic circles of that city. delivered a
strong and able discourse on the. evils
OF the saloon at the Gennett theater
yesterday afternoon. His audience.
composed entirely of men, was large
one and displayed much interest in
what he said. In t he evening he spoke
to a large audience at Cambridge City.
At both places he spoke on the subject
The Saloon an Enemy TO the Laboring
Man"
Mr.. Cuneen left today for Chicago.
He is working under the auspices OF
tie Illinois Anti-Saloo1 league and
Will probably go to Michigan to CAM
paign for week or ten days.
Talks in General Way.
He dwelt largely on the question
from a general standpoint, applicable
10 almost any community. He touched
'.pon local conditions in but few in
stances. He asked why the people of
the First, Second and Fourth wards
did not drive the saloons from their
community when the people of the
other wards did. He declared that the
residents of the Fifth Sixth, Seventh
and Eighth wards, which were the
most influential in the city, had found
The saloon to be a scl.ce Of evil, and
bad business investment
Appeals to Catholics.
He maze an appeal 10 local Catholics
10 support the county local option
his audience included many of this
faith. Mr.. Cuneen Is the second Cath
olic speaker to address 'ocal audience
On the temperance question durinc
the campaign.
Not Poor Mans Club.
He spoke in part as follows:
ut is said that the saloon is the
roor mans club. But what about the
poor mans wife and tEildren-where
is their club. The saloon is. in a sense
the poor mans club-it clubs him out
Of his money, his brains. health
strength and character 1t clubs him
out of work when it has dubbed the
strength out of him to properly per-
form his labor. AS long as the poor
man makes the saloon his club he will
never be anything else than a poor
man. The rich men will not live where
there are saloons The will have the
land deeds fixed up so that no saloons
can be established or they will have
30 L.,
Christian people ease their conscience
by having laws mad to keep the sal
oons away from the church doors: but
when you drive the saloons away from
,he rich mans home and the doors of
the church. you drive them to the
homes of the poor people-the least
able of all to withstand their ravages.
The poor man can not drive the SAL
oonaway from his door with money
ike the rich man. for he has no mon
ey; but he has a vote. and with that
vote he can. and should, drive the SAL
DON away from his door.
A Long Way to He'll.
They tell us that ii you drive the
saloons out of your city there will be
reople who will go long way to get
liquor Well. it is long way to hell,
and there are some people going there.
but that is no reason why you should
make a hell of your city for their ac-
Commodation.
They tell us there is more excite
ment in drinking towns than in tenn
lerance towns. Yes. and there is more
excitement at slaughter house where
cattle are killed than out upon the
rasture where they live and grow.
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