The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-17
LEGAL ASPECT
OF THE SALOON
DIR. Bulgin Delivers Stirring
Address on the Prohibi-
ton Question
OPTION OF GOVERNMENT
Law Is Code Of Civil Government
Enacted by the Supreme Power
OF the State-The Saloon
Is Wrong.

On account of the threatening ele-
ments many persons were kept away
from the prohibition rally at the Air
dome Sunday night, but in spite OF
this fact DR. E. ] Bulgin's address
! was heard by large and apprecia
| tive audience. Dr. Bulgin spok,
mostly on the legal aspect of the sa
! loon question and his address was
one of the best that has been hsarc
here during the campaign.
Before DR.. Bulgin began speaking
his singer, Prof. Rose, sarS num-
Der of prohibition songs ana the Ju-
veni'e Band played a medley OF 81.
cred tunes. DR.. Bulgin was intro
duced by Hon. j. NJ. Alderdice,
chairman of the county prohibition
campaign committee, and for two
hours the speaker held his audience
spell bound.
The speaker said he did not want
to be branded as crank on any
question. He would like to take
broad view of the burning question
in Texas today.
After a few preliminary remarks
he pulled off his coat and rolled up
his shirt sleeves and then he waded
into his address in way that con-
WINGED the entire audience that he
would have something interesting to
say. Dr.. Bulgin is a native of North
Carolina and is a converted agnosuc
lawyer Shortly after his conversion
he entered the ministry and for sew
eral years he has been engaged in
evangelistic work He spent six years
in California during which time his
preaching resulted in 41,00o CON
verts. He is now a resident of Fort
Worth and has cancelled all engage
ments for meetings until the close
of this campaign He is doing
great work for the cause of PROM
bition.
Resuming his address Dr.. BulG'n
said there are many sides TO man.
questions, but when 1t comes 10
moral issue there can be but one
side. There is an eternal right anu IN
eternal wrong. The question 81 slaV-
ery is gone and settled beyond all
doubt and settled right because we
would not maintain a wrong by
righteous law. DR.. Bulgin's lecture
was entitled Blackstone on Booze,
and the following Fundamental prih-
ciples were laid down;
First: In defining law, the great
Blackstone says that law is coae
of civil government enacted by the
supreme power of the state com
manding what is right and prohibit
ing what is wrong 1t is just as nee
essarv for law to prohibit the wrong
as IT is to command the right, ana
vice versa. Then we must ask IS the
saloon right or wrong. If right de-
fend tiff wrong prohibit it.
second: Government is without
option in matters of right ana
-wrong. 1t must do right. 1t may have
the option of choosing the penalty
and the amount of the penai1y bus
civil government cannot do tue
wrong. This is why Christ said, BE
loyal to the powers that are, NOT
bad men in office, but the office and
what it stands for.
Third The civil government Is
one who acts in Gods stead ahd the
eternal right is God and Col is eter-
nal right. Then civil government
should properly be called Gods gov
erness In hiring a governess, no
man or woman would allow the GOV
erness to govern as she chooses, but