The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-30
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attention 90 tso on three arguments
that are oyerwofked
nrers once and uhile man
tcils me he is opposed to sumpiaary
legislation Two or three yeafs aEo
se had convention ln Omaha and
man came 10 and had a plank on
sumptuary legislation he wanted 90
pat la cur platform said Sol
ia this platform he said The
liquor men have eight million dol.
lars raised and they are going lu-
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ford 20 offend them said. That
plank win not 20 into this platform
! said Il have heard enough about
sumptuary legislation want some
body 20 define what Doe means Boy 70
before he puts il in any more PLAT
forms
Every law proposed for the re-
strictlon or restraining of the liq-
nor traffic is opposed by somebody
as sumptuary legislation. and they
say. Why II you commence to do
that first thing you win be- telling.
boy law how much clothing "a man
should have and how many suits OF
clothes
Now, whom a man SAYS anything
10 me about sumptuary legislation
say Define o., the time is come
now TO tell me what you are talking
about You tell me what you mean
by sumptuary legislation and I viii
tell you what I think about it,"
I tell him if he means by stump
,sner.. legislation a law which says
.istoxicars suits of clothes a man
sha-ee wear, am opposed to it; IL
he means how much money man
shall spend for clothing. | am OPP
posed to it; but | am willing to go
this far in sumptuary legislation. TO
say that a man shall wear clothing
An so, on the liquor traffic,
want a man to define what he means
by sumptuary legislation. and then
| will tell him whether | am in
favor of it or not.
Personal Liberty.
I hear them talk about personal
liberty" Did you ever hear anybody
talk about personal liberty when
YOU talk about the liquor question?
That is another expression that
ought to be defined. When man
tells me he wants personal liberty
| tell him to write it out and let me
know what he means by personal lib
erty. | tell him that when man
enters society he surrenders some or
his liberty in return for the bless
ings of society Why, my friends,
for instance, if a man lives out on
a desert and there is nobody with
In twenty-five miles of him, he can
get on a horse and run races any
where at any time. But, II he goes
into a settled community he can't
run horse races on public highway.
Why? Because you have to have
speed limit for the protection OF so
ciety Why, they even have speed
limits sometimes on automobiles,
sacred as they are.
If YOU can put limits on race
horse, if you can put speed limits
on an automobile, why cant you
attach a speed limit to rapid young
man occasionally?
Personal libertNl What does
man mean by it? Does ne mean
that he has a right or ought to have
n drink anywhere at any time in any
quantity without asking anybody ana
regardless of the effect on every
body? Is that what he means by
personal liberty? If so, | cant a~ree
with him. | believe that when
man asks for right to drink ne
must give plans and specifications
and he must show that he desires
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reasonable times and under condl-
tions that do not injure other peo-
ple. Every mans rights stop wnere
he infringes upon the equal rlghts
of somebody else.
Not only are there limitations up
on orr liberty on all questions put'
nv friends, a man can forleit MS
rights. A man can forfeit his iloer-
~ We have the power to put men
in the penitentiary because they
have forfeited their rights to free-
dom. Men have right to NE Is
there anything more sacred thah
that? And yet in nearly every
county you will find the gallows ana
man can forfeit his right TO iiVe
and society can take him and extin-
guish that vital spark. Not only
that. but If a man approaches you
With a drawn revolver and threatens
vour life and the circumstances are