The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-30

II you see a don't spit sign in a hall
way or some other place what do You
do? You spit.
you were told all Kinds of good
things would come about If you vot'
I'd Marion dry before Is the town in
any different condition now than
then? No. you are going along in
y our same old ornery way.
81 started out to find country
where there had never been any drink
ing in order to compare conditions
oh, no, / didn't go Kansas. Every
cne in Kansas drinks. Liquor Is so
plentiful out there they have to al
most give 1t away AS there are on
| " three influences that will keep men
from drinking--the edict Of society.
moral suaston and religiOn-I went to
the country where religion refuses to
permit the people to drink, went to
Turkey. Did I find the millennium
OF course not"
| He then told of conditions as he
| found them there how lightly woman
hood is held, the dirt ana moral filth
Of the country Then he said he went
to Germany where everybody drinks
and nobody gets drunk. There he
said are found the greatest scientists,
philosophers and learned men of the
world. He said II was not total abb
stinence that had made Turkey. what
iC is nor has moderate drinking made
Germany what 1t is. He merely cited
these facts TO show that total alb
stinences has not made Turkey mo-
del and generations Of moderate
drinking haven't made Germany
a nation of animals. Drinking is not
responsible for all the evils in the
world
The speaker said the succeeding
Igenerations must be taught to use
liquors in medication He was not
loppoSed to temperance but he did OH
ject to law saying he could not
drink in moderation. lie objected to
Having his rights taken away Pro-
hibition means secrecy and hypocrisy.
Captain Smith said he had fixed up
la law which would compel saloon
keepers to keep the law. If this law
could be put on the statute books
there would be no further trouble
from the licensed saloon. 1t would
have to become law abiding. His plan
involved suspending saloon keepers
, license for his first violation of the
! Ilaw for 10 days. For his second viola
tion IL would be suspended 30 days
! and for the third would be revoked
and the saloon keeper would never hs
, lpermitted to engage in the saloor
business again during his whole Efe
The Judge must act on these violation
l IT he refuses the prosecuting attor
E ney must bring impeachment proceed
{ ings and If he refuses any lawyer car
Y bring them
The result OF such law would h,
e Ito make "a saloon license thing o
+ value and tho saloon keeper woul,
!. rot dare break the law for fear o
4 losing his license. He does not favo
e high license as It has tendency t.
r drive the honest and law-abiding sa
d loon keeper out of business. He make
# only "A fair profit on his business Will
the lawless man makes immense pro
& cts and doesn't care whether the II
'. cense is nigh or low. The speaker sal
THAT prohibition drives the hones
Ie lawabiding saloon keepers out of buSl
lie ness. also, and leaves tho law-brcak
n ers in the business running thei
II speakoasles. II prohibition hasn
st prohibited, hasn't saved your boys
a hasn't done any of the things tina
I were claimed for It then get on tn
n Ippht tack and pnsg n ragulatiVp laN