The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-17
WHERE Do YOU STAND
THIS WRITER ASKS
WRITER ASKS PERTINENT CUES.
TONS ANENT COMING COUNTY
ELECTION.

Th. following communication IL
handed the Ardmorcite with the re-
quest that We give IT publication
and we do so. leaving the reader
to draw his own conclusions in
regard to the thoughts advanced
therein:
Where standcst thou?
offer no foolish apology for
o king or cxpltiating upon this ques-
zion. seeing that the political pot IL
now boiling, and the voter. Of our
county will soon be called dpon to
cast their votes for men - both ,
make ana execute the laws Of our !
tair state. Oklahoma.
To my way of thinking the time |
Is now here again when the best
people. the thinking people. the peo-
pie who build towns. countries and
nations should see that to stay out
y
injurious To The welfare of the sons,
daughters. homes. schools and
churches. ana whatever Is injurious
TO these will sooner or later ruin
nation. and the man that seeks
an Office today should realize that
| whereas once the brewer and his
/ scrvants (thc saloon keepcrsb car
/ ricd the balotc that elected. largely
| ln then pockets. that things have
/ changed and he must now look to
| brains. business, thrift and energy
for his support.
4 Whcro standest thou?
This question is not asked with
/ view to locating YOU politically, but
AS Christ asked the denounced man
with the view of shocking his paral.
yacd memory. 50 | ask YOU this
/ question hoping thereby u get you
to take your stand upon the right
side of one OF the great moral ques-
tons that at che present Is agi-
tatins the minds of our people rs
never before: The great question of
prohibition
. Now. Just for one moment let us
see who the advocates Of prohibition
are and what they stand for, then
who the opposing element Is COM
posed OF and what they stand for.
We are told by the ant.prchibition-
ist that the move Is the outgrowth
ot prejudice and backed by the IA
natics of the country; II they have
uniutcntionally tod the truth (and
they have) Nhat produced this rrei
udicc. and who are these fanatics
that are SO prejudlccd?
We have only to take peep into
few things this rum devil is doing
to see why this prejudice In the
minds OF these so-called fanatics.
First, rum Is n respecter Of per
sons. feelings, morals. home nor i!fe;
he will insult any station IN life,
from the bcggar to the prince on
his throne. old or young, lady or
gentleman: crush away every feel
ing of home. corrupt the minds OF
any, wreck every home and take
the life 4 any, that 1t may have
ull sway | am not theOrlzing, but
speaking forth plain facts that have
been demonstrated and experienced
by thousands We are told that In
Chicago alone there lives annually
32,999 girls IN the underworld; that
- per cent of these are there al
tn, result of the rum habit and that
a nov supply must be obtained ~.
cry seven years; an average of II
girls A day 20 out of existence and
the man who advocates, upholds, prac
10 tlces and votes for men who makes
or refuses to enforce the prohibition
law. by playing the baby act in Say
ing We can't enforce the law, are
particcps crimini TO their wreck ant
condemnation. and besides We are
|
girls 20 from good homes. aud some
father and neither has to suppl,
them. Are you willing to stand an
part OF it,
Again, it is an admitted fact anC
often demonstrated that rum Is al
enemy to the home, to our schools
and 20 our churches and whatever 4
@ detrimental 10 the moral, intellectual
@ and physical development OF a peopl
|, is an enemy - the betterment o
the nation and viii. sooner or late
destroy II,
Where staLdest thou'
VIII you be a party to the destruc
. ton OF this great nation, or will yol
take your stand with the so-calle'
= t,natics?