The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-11-04
MANLY APPEAL
T0CONSC|ENCE
Let the Higher Mandates of Life
Direct Your Vote
ARE YOU A DEMOCRAT?
The Florida Democratic Legislature Voted
FOR the Amendmeut-lt can Oily be
Defeated by Negro Votes
Quay, Fla, November |, 1910.

Quay, Fla, November |, 1910.
To the voters of St. Lucie County.
cannot feel that | have done my
duty as a citizen and minister, without
addressing these words to you.
try. and wish to be reasonable and
fair about every matter that. pertains
to the common welfare. wish every
one of you the best Of blessings.
You cannot help but appreciate that
fact. Then please read and consider
carefully what say.
Next Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1910, you will
be called upon to vote for or against
one of the most important and respon-
sible matter ever placed before you.
| refer to the Amendment on the
liquor question.
You will not deny that you, as cti-
zen. are morally bound to vote right on
question of such tremendous interest;
to vote so that you can feel clear and
right in your conscience.
Which side do you think | am on?
How do you think will vOte?.
| am a minister of the gospel Of
Jesus Christ. Which side do you ex-
pect me to be on; for or against the
Amendment? and why do you think
that way about my vote Is it not just
the natural and reasonable thing that
you would expect any preacher to vote
for the Amendment?
How much respect and confidence
would you have for any preacher who
voted against the amendment and there
by to keep saloons open in Florida?
Could such a preacher have any in
,fluence to lead you to be Christian?
Your conscience and judgment; there
by convinces you that you should vote
to close the saloons, for why is it any
more a preachers duty to vote right
than your duty? Be honest with your
conscience.
2. | can and do conscientiously pray
God to- bless me and nv vote for the
Amendment.
Can and do you pray God to bless
your vote to keep saloons open in Flor
ida or anywhere else? Maybe you say
you are not praying man. But these
thoughts helps you to see which is the
right side, and it won't hurt you to
vote right!
8. Maybe you still try to justify
yourself in the wrong by saying am
not in, favor of saloons--but | am q
Local Optionist. Are you right sure
before God that your claim Of being a
Local, Optionist is not just cloak to
cover your desire to keep whiskey in
reach and saloons open? Answer this
question to your Creator and your
conscience before you vote. But If
you are so far misled as to be sincere
and real Local Optionist, then let US
reason a little further:
Was you actually local optionist, and
did you vote dry in the county wet and
drv election? Would you vote dry now
if it was county option election? That
is test. Are you lodging?
If so, why are you in favor of voting
saloons and whiskey out of the county?
Is it because you really believe that
the saloon whiskey business works harm
and injury to you, or your childrens or
your neighbors, or county? On what
principle would you vote dry? If you
vote to protect yourself and neighbors
from the evils of saloons at home, would
not consistency demand that the same
principle should prompt you to vote to
I pro6Hct your neighbors and the helpless
women and children in Jacksonville or
anywhere else against those evils? Who
Ii YOUR neighbor? Is not Local Option
Just step in the great march toward
universal overthrow. of the curse of
rum? Will you halt and hinder the on
ward march? Do your duty and help
US to take another step and close the
saloons in the whole state. You say ii
it could be driven out of the United
States or the whole world you would
be in favor of it! You will get chance
to help do that later on. Will you
still be Local Optionist then? !
imagine you will claim to be a State
Optionist then, after we have gone on
ahead of you, instead of being q county
unit-rights democrat you will be a
wonderfully Patriotic State-Rights
Democrat and shout that tits not right
for one state through Congress, to vote
whiskey and saloons out OF other states.
Get up with the procession now and be
a leader and help onward, and don't
lag behind and have to be led 80 much.
You can do better than that.
Who started this local option opp0si-
ton to the Amendment anyhow brother
Was it you. or was it the whiskey men?
Had you thought about it; don't It smell
Of whiskey? Do you really like the
smell? ',
4. Who started this cry about Demo-
cracy? Did you; or did you get 1t from
some other source. Cant you see that
1t is false alarm; or are you glad to
use it as another cloak under which you
you can favor whiskey? Don't you re-
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