The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-11

OF the Sabbath! But POSSIBLY
you had some faint idea OF
the other occasion when Christ
healed on the Sabbath and these false
men tried to frame an accusation
against Him, and He again rebuked
them by asking is it lawful On the
Sabbath days to do good ?" Do you
mean that these words of Christ
justify the Sabbath and our
churces being used to promote
cause because it is believed to
be good Should not six days labor
be sufficient and the Sabbath left to
God Z? Or do you pretend that your
cause, of all the political questions of
the day, il alone good? Which is it,
are you impiously pretending to be
divine, or are you pharisaical in all
your actions =?
And what do you mean when you
say your bill is mot to stop drinking"
but the sale of intoxicating liquors 2
We confess that a careful perusal of
it's provisions, have not enlightened
us upon the distinction in terms you
attempt to draw.
And why do you insist upon saying
that the elections under it will not
"entail a cent of expense" 1t
requires notice Of the election, extra
printing, &C.; everyone knows that this
il an expense.
And why criticize 'the gentlemen
who is understood to be running the
Advocate" and condemn the high
license law of Carroll county ?" Does
this help your cause or excuse your
acts of duplicity? The Advocate cannot
take up editorially what any man
does or says privately, it is only when
public official or man leading or
heading a public fight, comes in con-
flict with its views of right and
wrong, that it speaks out. Hence, we
have to condemn you when you pub
licly say, that the Local-Option law
passed for Carroll county eliminates
all enforcement features" insinuating
that if adopted by the people the sale
of liquor would not have been stopped.
Do you realize what really out
rageOus and mendacious charge you
are making, when you state to trust
ing people that the League showed
up this bill, as you thereby assert
hot Go1-
tive and was not what it pretended to
be =? Do you appreciate that to adj
wise your followers, it's adoption would
be useless, because it had mo penalty
clause" was deceiving them and lead
ing to false conclusion. And you Of
course never told them that the Car
roll county local law places a fine
Of from three to five hundred dollars
on the man who sells intoxicating
liquors without license and that if
this bill which you condemn was
adopted, no license could be issued.
To have done SO would have deprived
you of your false argument. Such
deception and trickery is not worthy
Of an honest man or of you, either in
your capacity of lawyer or minister
If you had made such statements to
to a Court, knowingly, you'd would
have been fined for contempt; ignor-
antly, disbarred for incompetency.
And yet the churches tolerate YOU
Do they wish to be deceived .
And why necessary to charge that
the Advocate is not telling the truth
or dealing fairly with you 1t judges
you by your acts alone, and have you
denied word it said? Don't you
utilize religion for a political pur-
pose? Are you not holding meetings
on Sunday in support of it? Do
you not use the church as your meet
ing place Are you not employing
statements, that you know will convey
false impressions, to foster your ends?
Have you not threatened people with
damnation and loss of business if they
don't agree with you 7? Can. you sue
cessfully deny the charge that you are
in secret league with the large brew
cries? Why did you not answer these
questions when you paid your re-
spects to the Advocate in church at
Sykesville, Sunday night ?
The only thing we are informed that
you did admit on that occasion was
that you were working for money, and
then passed the basket around. But
you did not say how much per year.
Il the usually stated amount Of $4,000
correct, or is it false: If true, is it
not pretty large sum for a political
highwayman to take as his share of
the pennies removed from a deceived
audience in the name of Christ =?
And why do you attribute improper
motives to the gentleman supposed to
have drawn the high license law?
Is it that you are accustomed to use
only the methods OF the cuttle-ffsh in
your efforts to escape just criticism
Of your practices? We however, re
fer you to him for any personal ex-
PLANTATION Of his actions you may de-
sire, which we feel confident he will
gladly afford.
We sincerely hope that this is the
last time we will be obliged to per-
form the distasteful duty of exposing