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prevent the sale is the problem. All that
the very best friends of prohibition can
claim is that they have abolished the
saloon, but in its stead the locker club
has been established. Prohibition has
not banished liquor out of the state OF
Alabama. 1t has reduced the sale and
consumption of vinous and malt liquors,
and caused an increase in the sale and
consumption Of spirituous liquors. 1t has
caused men to buy whisky by the gallon
who formerly bought beer by the glass.
1t has put the whisky bottle in the cup
board and desk and within easy reach
at all times. 1t has apparently done
good, but it has actually done harm. The
farther the wrong road is followed the
greater the error, and that prohibition
is the wrong road toward temperance is
matter of daily demonstration.
The use of wine and beer as beverages
is mentioned In Egyptian records dating
back 5000 years before Christ. The in
habitants of the countries where vinous
and malt liquors are regarded as part of
their daily food do not show any signs
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of how to promote temperance without
depriving people of certain personal rights
there must be a com plete departure from
all these and new course taken.
To begin with. the sale of spirtuons
liquors should be confined to drug stores
not on medical prescriptions or such like.
but simply to put alcohol where It really
belongs. Alcohol is a stimulant pure and
simple, and there are times when its eff
feets are very beneficial, but as a steady
drink" It is ruinous to health and morals
Let IT be set and kept separate from the
vinous and malt liquors and its danger
Gus nature is minimized almost to extine-
ton. As vinous and malt liquors are
really forms of food they should be served
as food or with food. The sale of beer
and wine should be restricted to restau-
rants and dining rooms of hotels, and
should be served only to people who are
seated at tables. These restaurants should
be specially licensed and should be stu
ated on the second floor of the building
instead of the ground floor. The proprie-
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this battalion was intense. Wives and
girls came to the lieutenant and begged
him to enlist their husbands, sons and
sweethearts. The men that were en-
listed took the oath of allegiance to the
United States government. The men de-
clared that they wanted no pay, but
would guide the white soldiers into the
midst Of the Taga1ogs, would act as their
personal servants, and laid stress on
the fact that they would do all of the
killing, and In a scientific, up-to-date
manner conduct all Of the tortures All
they wanted or expected was vengeance,
and here I may add that the vengeance
taken by the Macabebes was superbly
grand, magnificent and lasting.
Mr.. William L. Comfort, who accom-
panied Lieutenant Batson into the heart
of the Macabebe province, in his descrip-
ton Of the exciting expedition, thus
graphically describes the event: Among
the men were hemp gatherers, rice
growers, and greatest of all was Jimmy
the Tough. He was the first man in the
first squad of the first company. He
was not the largest OF the picked men
by any means, but he was gristle and
granite from the mulberry soles of his
bare feet to the crown of his black
pompadour bristles He was a sparkling
black infant, this Jimmy. What his real
name was nobody cared, after he was
once down In the company books. He
understood English and army tactics the
same way as he bossed every other being
of his color, by instinct. And Just before
the company marched out for Calumpit
more women and girls wept on Jimmy
neck than on the combined members Of
any other squad. 1t was wholly incon-
ceivable for any one but Jimmy to be
placed at the head of the column
If in trying to show what manner Of
soldiers were moulded under the hand
Of Lieutenant Batson should follow the
doings of the wild, incorrigible lovable
Jimmy, 1t is not because he was bet
ter, or Drawer scout than the others, but
only because he was so strilSingly pic
turesque. And yet where Jimmy the
Tough was, there also were his tribes
men. They ''soldiered'' without feeling
or fatigue. They became the eyes and
fingers of the big northern and southern
expeditions. The love they learned to feel
for their leader was the one thing greater
than their hatred for the Tagalog. The
first fight occurred when word reached
General Lawton that native force was
concentrated at the base Of Arayat, the
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tors openly and f1agrantly violated the
laws and ordinances. In the scramble
of competition among such places of bus
mess law and order were dlsregarded and
authority set at defiance. Such a condi-
ton could not be tolerated. public senti-
ment was aroused and men began to cast
about for some remedy The anti-saloon
league was formed ana the City Council
took up the matter also. Many sugges-
lions were made and many plans pro-
posed, among them being high license.
early closing and restricting the area in
which the saloon would be allowed, but
each of these plans had its opponents,
as we'll as its advocates, and while the
reformers wrangled the Joints and
dives" continued their nefarious opera
lions. Then it was that many people
came to the conclusion that prohibition
was the only remedy and the agitation
was started which resulted In the present
legislation.
Prohibition is one thing prevention is
another. To prohibit the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors is simplicity itself, but to
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in the rain on the soggy Carmen trail
poor Boutelle lay. 1t was a black mo-
ment for Batson. Jimmy the Tough was
leaning with his lieutenant over the body
of the white officer He forgot vengeance
at that moment, even as Batson forgot
the foe, marshaling on the trail ahead.
He had learned to love his "comman
dante" anyway. more than he had ever
hated the Tagalogs. And this "comman
dante" was grieving now in the white
mans fashion. Jimmy the fearless. the
incorrigible, slapped has hat down in the
mud and offered the only consolation he
knew. In his own language he said;
"I'll kill so of them for this" Batson and
his scouts did not feel kindly after that,
nor did they look it, Not more than
mile further on came the crash and the
circle Of white puffs OF a second stub
born attack 1t was here that occurred
one of those hideously picturesque cpl
sodes of war narrow river separated
the two bodies. Thick bamboo foliage on
the opposite shore screened the forms of
the natives. In frenzy of mad reckless
ness the Macabehe allies plunged into
the river, regardless of the terrific and
close range fire. atson. in the lead.
never left his horse. He did not seem to
care whether he was hit or not. When
in midstream. the bushes parted before
him, and a mauser was thrust out and
aimed at his breast. He whipped out
his revolver ana 1reu III tne SWINE Oh MS
arm-an old cavalrymans trick. The in
siirrecto and his rifle dropped slowly for
ward and We're covered by the waters Of
the stream. In speaking of the fight Bat
son said:
"Of course they could not stand such
charge. We followed them until they
vanished and then l stumbled upon Jim
my. He was down and for a second
l hardly understood what happened;
there was a queer grimmace on his face
when he saw me, but he kept on pump
ing his carbine all the same. He tried
to grin, but his features would be re-
peatedly convulsed with pain. He rolled
over and pointed to an ugly hole in his
thigh where Remington ball had
crashed through While l wrapped a
first aid bandage about the wound he
was reloading his hot carbine and when
] finished he rolled over and renewed
firing"
One night. late in November the great
wet shroud which had hung over Luzon
for a quarter, was lifted like a curtain,
and the tropical stars blazed out white
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themselves to the judgment and the heart
of all evangelical Christendom. They con-
tain a magnificent account of the charac-
ter and the attributes of the God who has
revealed Himself to us in the scriptures
Of the Old and the New Testaments. They
give an intensely spiritual conception of
the august Being whom Christians of
every name love and adore.
And yet, grandly spiritual as this con-
ception Is, Professor Davis tells us that
it Is the custom of some who are wise
beyond what is written, to denounce it
as only a subjective fancy, mere crea-
ture of imagination. an eidos or idol as
truly as if hewn from wood or stone;
and their quarrel with 1t Is that they
find in it the terrible heresy Of "Anthro-
pomorphism."
Now, what is the Anthropomorphism
which frightens so many would-be sa-
wants Of our day? The real meaning of
the word is 1.-The form of man.; and
it Is applied to that conception of God
which is so intensely personal and real
istic as to reduce Him to human form.
OF course the objection to this concep-
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I am not ready to conclude that 1t was
an unmixed misfortune. That other won
derful man, Matt Carpenter, WAS almost
totally blind for two years and during
that time he lived in dark room. He
was then a lawyer and he subsequently
declared that they were the most valu-
able two years of his life for the oppor-
tunity they gave him for introspection and
digestion of what he had read. Hence
it was perhaps that Jeremiah S. Black
pronounced Matt Carpenter the greatest
lawyer who ever spoke the English lam
guage.
But Cores knowledge of books comes
secondhand. They are read to him, and
his mental perception, made doubly alert
by the loss of physical perception. grasps
everything, while the loss Of sight has
strengthened his memory to the verge
of infallibility. Everybody marvels when
this man gets up in the Senate and quotes
statistics by the yard without break. II
he were not blind, possibly he could not
do 1t, for he would then depend on printed
data though Beck and Carlisle, who
could see, could quote you statistics by
the hour. So could Horace Greeley.
Notwithstanding his blindness, Gore
attended the schools to which other young
gentlemen Of his vicinity were sent, and
he was capital pupil, generally at the
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prophets was an abstract idea and not
q person.
Now, where did that Chaldean shepherd,
Abraham, reared in the midst of heather
idolatry, living all his life with almost
nothing that is now called culture"
without science. arts, manufactures, agri-
culture commerce, without even a house
to live in; where, we may ask, did such
man get that clear-cut and perfectly
ineligible idea of his covenant God. whom
he loved, reverenced, worshipped and
obeyed to his life's end? There is not the
slightest trace of an abstract God in
any scene in which Abraham figured. His
God could see, and hear, and talk, and
be talked to. There is not a trace of abb
stract speculation in the whole of Abra-
hams theology. Indeed, outside of job
and "Ecc1esiastes' the Old Testament Is
sngularly destitute of the speculative
element. Nothing can be more concrete
and realistic than are the Pentateuch.
Psalms, Proverbs and the prophetic books
generally.
1t Is, moreover, a noticeable fact that
nearly all Jews who have ever made any
figure as speculative thinkers have prac-
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alcohol when he told the pure food COM
mission that a teaspocnful of some Of
the whisky sold in America would make
a rabbit spit in the face of bulldog.
spirituous liquors are drugs rather than
drinks and the proper place for their
sale would be a drug store.
Having pointed out the difference be-
tween liquid food and liquid fuel the
next step is to consider how to permit
the use of the food and prevent the use
of the fuel. Prohibition promotes the con-
sumption of alcohol and prevents the con-
sumption of wine and beer, therefore
prohibition is not the means by which to
attain the desired result. The saloon does
not offer a solution for the reason that
it sells all sorts of liquors, and sells
them as drinks rather than as food. The
dispensary does not meet the require
ments of the situation because 1t sells
only bottled goods and which may not be
consumed on the premises Since then,
sumption of alcohol and prevents the con-
the dispensary can ever settle the question
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phasized that conception. When he spoke
of his ascension he said that he would as
cend to his Father.
Was Christ's conception of God gross
one-lacking in spirituality? Surely he
who uttered tho memorable words, God
is a spirit; and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and in truth
surely he could not have entertained gross
and materialistic views of the character
of the God who had sent him into the
world to teach men their duty and their
relations to that God. And yet all Christs
teachings about God represent Him as
distinctly personal. The God of Jesus
Christ could see. hear, talk, feel. He had
a mouth. Jesus spoke of every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God" See Matthew "A and note that this
was a quotation from Deuteronomy 3d.
We have no use for more spiritual
conception of God than the conception
which Jesus held and taught; for 1t is
quite possible to "spiritualize" God into
''pallid abstraction" and whenever this
result is reached all real worship must
cease,
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self and emptied his magazine into the
trenches. His position tickled him i'm
mensely. There he stood laughing glee-
fully, an excellent mark for the Tagalogs.
The bullets flew about him. but he seemed
to bear a charmed life. as he was not
hit. He pumped his carbine as rapidly as
he could reload and seemed to enjoy the
sport immensely. The scouts had the
Tagalogs in a trap and not one of 200 es-
capped. This first fight of the Macabebes
under American leadership was a COM
pete victory and the vengeance the lit
tie black men enjoyed at this one battle
was to them soul-satisfying, They seemed
to swell up and grow taller. they were
so proud and happy.
| really believe that the Macabebe is
the toughest human being that inhabits
this planet. Before the coming of the
Americans he has never worn shoes. con-
sequently his feet are as tough as an
oxen's hoof. He is absolutely fearless.
and when 1t comes to trailing he can
make North American Indian ashamed
of himself. The American forces would
have had a hard time of it indeed were
it not for the service that the Macaabebe
scouts rendered. They We're, and still
are. the main factor that keeps the Tag
alog in order 1t will be of interest to
follow Jimmy the Tough through the bat
tie that put him out of commission as a
scout. Mr.. Comfort was with Batson
when this sad event happened, so | will
let him tell the story.
'It was at the tail-end of the rainy
season and the surface of Luzon was like
wet and dirty sponge. General Patillo.
with a big native force, was said to be
near Carmen. Batson and one of his
lieutenants, young Boutelle, a splendid
soldier detached from artillery. started
after the big game. The little scouts
were tagged to the bone from the last
terrible days, but they sprang to the trail
when Batson raised his voice. The COM
mand left Aliago in a raining dawn. In
the first two miles the men were half
submerged in the swimming rice paddles.
Outside of the barrio of Santiago
heavy fire was encountered. Boutelle,
with half his scouts, was sent around
to execute a flank, while Batson laid
low. to wait for big charge when the
others were In position. The charge was
made effectively, but things did not seem
to work properly at the other end When
the enemy scattered and the forces of
scouts Joined. Batson le-rned that he had
been left without a white officer. There
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tor of such a restaurant should be a
man of well-known good character and
whatever regulations the city ordinance
imposed should be strictly enforced.
In addition to the restaurants there
should be in the vicinity OF furnaces.
foundrles. rolling mills and large manu-
featuring plants where men are engaged
in heavy or fatiguing labor. specially IL
censed beer houses. where beer only would
be sold If legislators doubt the necessity
of the workingman having his beer let
them drop their legislation for one hour
and take the place of the puddlers and
rollers in one of the iron mills.
It is to be hoped that this special ses-
sion of the Legislature will approach this
liquor question in calm and dispassion-
ate frame of mind. and not In the spirit
of retributive punishment. Legislation
which creates dissention Is disastrous to
the state It takes everyone's help to
build nation. but II one-half is pulling
down what the other half is building the
result will be wreck and ruins.
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and Isaac and Jacob-and We may add of
Jesus and of Paul-was no abstract con-
ception. He could see, and hear, and
talk, and be talked to. And can anybody
imagine how depriving God of the powers
of sight and hearing could make Him
more spiritual?
The only persons that we have ever
seen had forms, and hence we naturally
nay, nevitably-attach a form to every
personality of which we conceive. The
Bible does not discourage this conception;
nay, the Bible is full Of 1t.
It Is an incontestable fact, patent upon
the very surface of the record, that the
God of the Bible is never treated as an
abstraction by any single one of the many
Bible characters who are represented as
believing in Jehovah as God Many critics
of a speculative turn Of mind have thought
they found reason to complain of what
they called the "Anthropomorphism of
the Bible, 1. e., of its making God SO in
tensely realistic and personal as to re-
duce Him to human form; but prob
ably no human being except Matthew
Arnold In his Literature and Dogma"
ever imagined that the Jehovah of the
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TN the heart of the vast continental
island of Luzon dyell the Macabebes.
i Living in the isolated Macabebe
intercourse with not only the other
provinces of the island, but the outside
world as well. Great International wars
might rage for years and the Macabebe
would never know. He Is as far removed
from the society of the other Philippine
tribes as if he were floating in space.
The Tagalogs, the dominent and most
numerous tribe of the islands, are the
mortal enemies of the Macabebes. For
ages they have been at war, and
wherever a Macabebe and Tagalog meet
a fight is sure to happen.
This wonderful Macabebe is fierce
fighter, and the meaning of the word
fear to him is unknown. His average
height is about five feet. He wears his
hair long, reaching to his waist line. He
is very black and shiny, very muscular
and quick Of movement. lie knows not
the meaning of commerce. He has no
education and consequently no literature.
STU he has perfected a crude social sys-
tenn and his home and life are governed
by laws that have been handed down to
him for generations. His natural needs
have made him an agriculturist. He
raises his hemp and weaves his own
clothing. The finest tobacco in the world
is cultivated in the Macabebe province.
and the use of this weed is to this little
black man almost a passion. He grows
his own rice His laws are strong and
stanch in regard to correct family sys-
TENS and fraternal justice.
The word forgive is unknown in the
Macabebe vocabulary. He is beyond
doubt the best Halter in the world, and
generation after generation must pass
away before he will ever learn to as much
as tolerate his ancient enemy. the Taga-
log. When the Americans took possess
sion of the Philippines, General Lawton.
who was then in command learning of
the hatred between these two tribes, con-
ceivea the idea of organizing battalion
of Macabebes to help fight the common
enemy, the Tagalogs. The work OF Or
gani4ing this battalion was entrusted to
Lieutenant Batson, as he had performed
. similar service In Cuba This work was
considered especially dangerous. as the
nsssionates unforgtving, flerce-fghting
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IT HE democratic governor Of Indiana
has forecast the political para
L mount of 1919 and advises his party
to declare for a tariff for revenue only.
and the old party of Jefferson and jack
son, IL there is left such a party in the
land of the living, and that is doubtful,
has some three years in which to decide
whether the tariff plank of the plantform
Of 1912 shall be written by Thomas P.
Gore or Samuel D. McEnery, whether the
idea of Carlisle, or the idea of Randall,
shall prevail, whether tariff taxation shall
be for public purposes or for private adj
vantages
The first democrat in Congress after the
surrender of Lee to proclaim the doc
trine of constitutional and honest tariff
was a statesman from Indiana, Michael
C. Kerr, subsequently speaker of the
Forty-fourth Congress, though 1t Is my
recollection that even earlier William B.
Allison of Iowa made what is known, in
the cant of this day, as a free-trade
speech. David A Wells advocated the
emancipation of trade in numerous maya
zine articles, and after the defeat of
Horace Greeley in 1872 Henry Watterson
led the movement In the columns of his
great paper, and the south fiocked to him
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FEN HE fact that it is proposed to intro
duce in the approaching special
session of the legislature new and
more stringent bills dealing with the sale
and consumption Of vinous, spurious and
malt liquors is an admission that exist
ing legislation on that subject has partly
if not wholly failed. There is a lesson
to be learned from this failure, and the
purpose of these few remarks is to dis
cuss calmly and dispassionately a sub
ject upon which there exists variety
of opinions and upon which every one
who honestly and fearlessly expresses his
views is entitled to a respectful atten-
ton.
Commencing about three years ago
there arose sentiment against the sa-
loon which gathered force as the num-
Der of saloons increased. Licenses were
granted to all sorts and conditions of
men, many of whom conducted their bus
mess in most disgraeeful manner These
disreputable places became known as
dives" and Joints" and their proprie-