The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-09-12

fects and should cover the state, there
were frantic shrieks for personal lib
erty and local option. 1t was the
same in every state where temperance
was moving along progressive and ex-
panding lines. In Pennsylvania and
Ohio, where local option was now be-
ing considered by the temperance peo-
pie, the distillers, brewers and saloon
men were fighting its progress. He
said the man in Florida who voted for
local option was voting to perpetuate
the power and degrading influences
of the saloon. That temperance SEN
timent was growing and that rapidly
all over the land. He not only in
stanced the actions of the railroads
Of the country against their employees
INDUCING in drink. but would not
permit their employees to enter sa-
looms while most all of the benevolent
and fraternal orders denied barkeep-
ers and saloon men from entry into
said orders. He quoted the fact in a
political sense that 16 of the leading
democratic judges Of the land had
pronounced against the saloon and
whisky element and had no standing
in court as an institution. for it stood
for all that was bad and vicious, and
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lation and suppression. and in this de-
MED that local option was democrat
ic principle. He asked the question If
it is right and proper to vote against
a saloon at your door, what consist
ency in all conscience can you vote to
establish a saloon before the door of
your neighbor in a neighboring coun-
ty. If the doctrine was a good one at
home, how could 1T be bad over an
imaginary line in a neighboring coun-
ty. He said at the late brewers con-
vention in Cincinnati, Ohio, a million
dollars were voted to carry local op-
ton, or the saloon in Florida and that
in Jacksonville 10000 was raised for
the same purpose. He took up the
question of personal liberty and said
there was no such thing in this state
or any other state, as every law on
the statute book. no matter what was
it's character, was restraint or a
dictum that you must not do so and
so. and what was this proposed law
but to protect the best interests of the
people of the state, to protect the in
nocent and restrain and deter the evil
element and the vicious. He said the
only place that man could exercise I'M
controlled personal liberty was in the
case of Robinson Crusoe on the lone
and uninhabited island. but as soon
as he saw the foot prints of another
person on that island, he became ap-
prehensive and alarmed. He spoke of
the instance of woman and her six
children in Gadsden county tdry)
driven from their home by a drunken
husband, melted thereto by liquor re-
ceived from Duval county, and wanted
to know If the people of Gadsden had
no right to protect themselves from
the Infamous curse that liquor brought
into their midst and against their pro-
tests.
Mr. Cartons perOratiOn was most
eloquent and inspired. The audience
| was delighted with his address and
many of them remarked they would
| like to have Mr.. Carlton meet the
champion Of local option in Marion.
In the evening. besides the songs
given by the quartet, Mr.. Frank Wide.
| man and Mr.. Arthur Milan spoke
| The one on the legal phase of the sub
| ject and the other on the economic
side of it. Both made fine addresses
and the large audience was we'll pleas
| ed with what they heard. Silver col
| lections were taken up at both enter
! tainments, also subscriptions to the
prohibition cause, the money to be
| used in Marion county during the
| campaign that is now on until the 9Th
| day of November, when the election
| will settle the question. Today the
] Stetson quartet went down to Dun.
Mellon, where they will sing and
| speak tonight.