The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-28
JOHN F. CUNSEEH
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or independence that George Wash
ington and the Revolutionary army
oncamped at Valley Forge were in
uire distress. They were starving for
want of food: they were freezing for
want of clothing; and as they march
ed, their ill-clad feet left their bloody
marks in the snow, showing what
terrible suffering they went through.
One day George Washington was
found kneeling in the snow. praying
to the God of heaven to bring victory
TO the Revolutionary forces and save
the nation. God answered his prayer.
but It was years afterward before the
last battle was fought .'rom that
day to this our nation has had men
ready and willing to answer to ev-
cry call, 90 suffer. beol and die II
necessary. that this nation Of our
might live. Every enemy has been
crushed by the mighty moral uprising
of the people
/ believe that Almighty God guides
the minds and the hears of the
American people and brings thcm
safely through every crisis. believe
that this great moral revolution now
spreading over the land has been in
stilled into the minds and hearts or
the people by Almighty God, that this
nation of ours might not be destroyed
by the liquor traffic. The liquor traf-
ic today is changing this land of the
free ANA home of the brave into
"the land Of the spree and the home
OF the knave." | believe that If this
nation lives, the saloon must die. We
are not called upon today to shoulder
"a gun and go forth to war to suffer
the terrible privatlons of a soldiers
life; to. perhaps. bleed or die that
our country may be victorious. No;
all that We are called upon to do
Is to go to the polls and cast bal
lot that win save our nation. Every
voter who loves his country should
cast the vote that will crush the
American saloon, the worst enemy
this country has.
IL would be better for city to
permit dynamite factory, a powder
mill and a smallpox hospital within
the city limits, abolish the fire limits
let people spit upon the sidewalks LEI
the baker sell bad bread, the grocer
bad food. the butcher bad meat, than
to allow a saloon in the city. THE
saloon Is public nuisance, because
destruction of the public morals, pub
lie safety. public peace and pubic
health, and as "a public nuisance II
should be abolished and Kept out
The saloon is a murder mill. 1t
IL estimated that 5000 OF the TO-
600 murders in the United states are
committed I'm saloons or on account
of saloons. That Will be an average
of one murder to each saloon in thirty
wears. The saloon is a drunkard fac
tory Every man who votes for sa-
looms becomes saloonkeeper be-
cause he votes to keep saloons. Thos
who vote for saloons are responsible
for the evils Of saloons. No matter
how bad saloonkeeper may be- ne
is better than the saloon, and no mat
ter how bad saloon may be- IL lS
as good as the man that votes to Keep
Il i'm existence When people are
murdered or killed through saloons
or become criminals paupers or luna-
tics, DO not blame the man Dehiml
the saloon bar. but blame the men
who voted TO keep saloons IN eNls-
tence. In a local option contest III
this state there was saloonkeeper
who voted no-Hcense. He SAID the
saloon business was a bad business
and should be voted out, but that II
people voted in favor of II, he would
sim remain I'm the business as he
thought ne could keep a better sa-
loon than anybody else would Keep
He was fair. square sort OF tel-
low. ten thousand times better than
the Christian who would go TO the
polls and vote for license because ne
thought the saloon might Keep ms
taxes down thirty cents on the $1,000