The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-01
VI0LEIGH'S AD-
DRESS CONCLUDED
,o.,t,nued from last week.

.,,ued from last week..
,,,,,o.ver you change the appetite OF
Wne" nmerican people then you make
the t n This moving of the Rocky
PP[ os,,D Yes, but you say, there
NouS'~ ,ncb in the way of abuse SO
is 50 . nhuses connected with this bus
many d. Do you know of any business
mess ,bsre is no abuse connected
'na' Won take the railroad systems,
, @',r' have abused their rights and
lpt ,;leges; they have gone into COM
piNn a:ans in the restraint of trade
L Dlar' have gone into the business of
NV s,,ing This is true with politics.
w.. we have this great network OF
n 0litics in the land and the politi-
;n. have abused their rights and
'l ;,;I.oes This is true with thous-
ads Of men who play cards. and
@"r of women who play cards.
Saro seen them and so have you,
=. will YOU abolish the church be-
s,noo there are abuses in 1T? Here
!. the drink question, it has its use'
oo want it and many thousands
n.o IT legitimately, but there are
some who abuse it. Is it right to
ottemnt to do away with the whole
.h,rg because some abuse their OPP
nortunity and privilege? 1t reminds
mo of the story Of the man who
wanted to get rid of the rats in his
harm. He tried for long time and
failed Finally his boy came in one
morning and said: Dad, got rid
If the rates" The father said:
well, how did you do it?" and the
how answered why, dad; ! burned
down the whole blamed barn"
If you could take all the saloons
in the United States and stock them
nm here in Caldwell and burn them
up the liquor traffic would go on
lust the same, it would not affect the
aDpetites of the people, they would
want it just the same. Some peo'
pie say: Why not punish the
abuser? If a man gets drunk and
misbehaves himself, punish him. II
man beats his family, punish him
1t is the abuse that needs to be cor
rected. There are thousands of meI
who drink and do not abuse the
privilege. 1t is the abuse of the
thing that ought to be corrected
Speaking on this subject of the
abuses, let me tell you there are
some awful abuses under the loca
option system. l have lived undeI
it and know that the abuses ar
something scandalous. l have LIVED
in little town, as / told you, wher'
they got rid of the saloons, and the!
got rid of me, too. After they go
rid of the saloons, in about sil
months | went back, and, honest t
goodness, the thing was worse ant
more rotten than it had ever beel
before. Why? Because of the drui
stores, because of other methods o
getting liquor AS l walked dow
the streets of that town l had t
walk with my wife in the middle o
the street. Why? Because the side
walks were lined with DRINKS, an
that in prohibition town. l say
something scandalous on you
streets right here last night, in sc
called Dry Caldwell. twas bunc
of young fellows who had just abou
all they could hold, and more. DR.
Caldwell, too, if you please. Yo
need not tell me prohibition prohil
Its, because l know 1t don't and 20
know it don't. There is a system b
which men can get from the dru
stores, through the express ofiC
from the bootlegger, by going aft'
1t, or by having their friends brin