Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-16

70 the future; One OF them IS
respectable and the other Is rev
enue. II look to our present license
law to give respectability to a busi-
naS that Is debauching 10 the man
who engages IN Il. debauching to the
drinker OF the stuff. debauching 20
the voter who Is hribed by the
thought Of revenue. ard debauching
10 the whole public sentimene. Gap
nlause.) The other Is to make the
saloon = source OF revenue and so
fasten Il upon the people; and ] am
here tonight TO say that II the
saloon is right, II Il is a legitimate
business. II Il promotes the health.
peace and morals OF our home and
our community. we ought not TO fet-
ter It with any higher license or any
more restrictions. we ought to take
our hands off Of Il. Il is as legitimate
as the puivit and the home. but X
the saloon Is wrong, II it bears on
its face the blood Of men and the
curse OF God. II Il transforms Ameri-
can homes into novels OF drunken
ness and hHghts the very face Of
wnmanhood into wrinkled drunk
ards wives, IL q stands in wait to
debauch the children OF our homes
and our public schools. il is time that
the decent citizens OF Oregon rose In
the majesty Of American manhood
and said. "The saloon shall no longer
befoul cur people; It has got 10 go.
prolonged applause.
The Colonel may say that this
sentiment that Is rolling up. rolling
upward until we call q wave. has
got to recede. My friends. this Is
no wave at all; this Is a land slide.
daughter. Il has started. and
there is no power short OF the throne
OF God that can stop it, and the
throne Of God Is interested in con-
tinuing the slide (Applause.l II
has back Of il what9 Why. listen;
II has back OF Il the public schools
OF America that for twenty years
have heeh teaching the rising geneT-
alton that alcohol Is never a food
hut always a poison. that It Is de-
trimeutal "a the public peace and the
public health and the public morals.
that Il has no place in the healthy
human body. and these millions OF
children have grOwn up TO manhood
and womanhOOd That Is a little bit
OF the force back Of this slide Then
the Sunday school: DO you know
that thirty years ago the Interna-
tional sunday school Lesson Com
mittee decided that In every Sunday
School the young people should
study the word of God on the liquor
question. aud that for nearly thirty
years every three months they have
a quarterly temperance lesson and
that they have been sending around
pretty nearly a hundred million of
them. scattering around this earth.
and teachers have been quoting 10
them. wine Is mOcker. strong
drink is raging; whosOever is de-
ceived thereby is not wise" Look I
not thou upon the wine when Il Is
red. when Il giveth its color in the
cup. when Il moveth itself Alright: tt
the last Il hiteth like a serpent and
like an adder" Woe unto
him that giveth his neighbOr 4 drink. .
that pursest thy bottle to him. that 4
makest him drunken" (Applause.l } z
Woe unto him that buildeth q town I
with blood and establisheth a city by
Ii Is not lawful TO put Il .
into the treasury II ii Is the price ot
blood (Applause,l But this moral 4
sentiment buigt on Gods word. in
stilled into the very souls Of our
Sunday school scholars. IS now COM
ing down on the accursed liquor traf- .
Tie. aud ID has g0t TO 20. (Applause. } I
TAere are only two schools.
there are some other schools: The
life insurance companies have said
thar the liquor business Is detri-
mental to the health. and they won {
insure men who drink it az all The
A h
ty OF the travelling public is at stake. .
and they Won't employ a man who
over fre0uents a saloon or touches
liquor On any form The secret I
societies. Masons. OddfellOws. will
not take men either engaged in the
liquor business or men who are
SaOwn TO be topers. All these are
az the forces that are
hack 0f this landslide, Sud they have
started the whole liuuOr business. Z
from the blind pig aud the hilted
saloon. % the distilleTy and the
brewer ana the wholesale liGuOr
dealer. thtV have started a landslide
~ the whsle contemplate business
town toward the deep blue sea. tAp-
plaWse And thea Go has been COINS
Some In Oregon. CAPplaUseA
MUNN aaIea cAW AAAe NA44 NAltA
and notorious gambling had made
cur infamy sugell acrOSs the con-
.inent. but Tom WOrd closed thSt
thing up forever, (Applause-l But
the ntckei-iu-she-Slct machine wss
running and breeding the gambling
mania in oar O0ys. but the mayor az
this city. Harry Lane. stopped that
,hing al one stroke. Applause
NOice. HuFr0h for Lane
Dg Wilson; Then the houses %
shame were Am up In the residence
section alongside of good homes and
business houses add all over cur
,itv. bat Harry Lane closed On on
that thing. drove it int0 close quar-
,ers. and thea abolished Ct. ZAP
llAusel Bat the saloons weTe run-
alng vide open on sunday and they
were E,Sktag high carnival q the
1aF that ne call the Lord's naE, /.
bat John Manning. the distrscs at
.0rrey. seat ont an order hat they
shaala close. ana they viii never D.
opsred until the sun grows cold and
she stars are Clt and the ieaves - 4
TIE iu&Emeat book untold. CAP
QlaUse1
AnotAer thing In Isa2 cur
aEagua ChartR. the Initiative and .
Regegen3um, vas adopted pa oreEon .