The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-22
FRITZ.
Our Coming Election From One Who
Has. Voted ~ Fairmont For
26 Years. ~.
E,l.or IVES. Vi"ginIan:

Has Voted I" Fairnont For
26 Years. ID.
EdHor West Vi"ginIan:
Hello to the church men and our
good upright moral citizens. who are
not as get in the churches but hope
and pray will be before II is too late.
Men, get right with Cod, then ! an
smra you'll get right on the temper.
ance question. The moral men, Inc
good citizens tfor there are numbers
of them. | know them and love them.
tool, will come back at me and say
look here. Kelley, you don't know what
you ara talking about.
Why ] have right to vote on this
question as please. and moreover
there are lots Of tho church members
In this town vote just as ! 10 for l..
cense and the saloon. Yes, ! know
that Is true Of quite number Of SO
callsd church members. those kinds
OF church men are travelling lu that
broad way which is headed 10: the
wide gate, that gu. Savior In his sreut
sermon on the mount said many there
be which 90 In thereat. My fa!lo%
men, let ME exlort you TO GIT IN TAFT
beautiful way. the narrow way Of
which he spoke that leads 10 the
straight gate. which leadeth INTO HE.
You say that you have right 10 vote
as yon please. Let's sec II You have
I admit that It Is your privilege 10
vote your political sentiments. certain.
~ It is. But ] will take ISSUE with
you, Mr.. Moral Man. and Mr.. HALF
way Church Member, that you have
not tho right to vote for 4 damnab.e
thing like a saloon to open lip in our
city to tempt and ruin our bright and
promising young men, and get them
on the downward roal which lea'!cth
to hNll and awfu! torment. Yes, and
YOU do worse than that you likewise
enianser The iair womanhooh Of or
city. You know very well that they
are going to associate together. |
tackled Charley Manley one day when
he was In the liquor business about
YorN OF the evils Of ii. He said to
me. you church members are the cause
Of me being IN the business. cald.
Eyes, Charley. that Is so" Oh! If
we could only line llp the church meni-
bers Of our great nation. where they
bslong In the sight Of God and for
that which Is pure and good, alcng
With the moral men, for both classes
ought to pull together. to wipe ont
the awful curse, the whole liquor bEsi.
ness which Is only to accommodate n
few, while they are getting b'no'l
money, and they very oftsn 80 Just
like my friend Benny Williams, then
who IS benefited? Why venture To
say that he sold more rum during the
past six or seven years; than any man
in the business In Fairmont hope
Mr.. Williams will pardon me-. was
Just using that fact for an i'lastm.
tion. moreover. this one case has heen
llnier my own observation. Why iol-
crate thing that benefits so few and
destroys so many? Is that all? What
can any of You say about the awful
suffering and heartaches AMI the
scaklins tears Of the wives and dear
mothers, and the want and misery Of
the little children? Woe be unto the
men who would vote in the saloons
again. ~ -. NJ -.
We hive got the h'lsines b. the
throat. now why not choke 1t TO death"
I rejoice when a large company like
the R. and o. r. r. sets their heel
upon It. in forbi,l,ling all Of their em-
ployes from drinking the stuff either
OH duty Or or duty, the B, and 0. com
pany knows very well taat 1t pays
them big 10 cut It out. Then how
much safer It males travelling for the
public.
I jliss read to-day about the govern
ment railroads in Japan last year, rar.
rying 47.50O.0o0 passengers. and no!
having one fatality, md only 10 per.
sons were killed III all the roads. CIR.
rying l,GOOO,OOO passengers. from ne.
cidents. and 3lS injured, I would guess
they didn't drink any intoxcanls owe,
there eIthFr. while on duty.