The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-25


Epworth NJ. +. church's former pas
tor, when he delivered an eloquent
address in behalf of the "drys" at the
West Church street tent Tuesday ev-
ening.
This is stupcndous question:"
said Rev Bailey, "and one which has
two sides, two agencies at work. ON
the side of the dry element are
number of agencies which are daily
at work. Take, for instance, the
public press. There may be a few
newspapers and magazines which ia
vor the sale of liquor but, take it as
whole, the press stands for the good
of humanity. The press reaches the
mass of the people, and thus scatters
good arguments all over the coun-
try
another agency for good Is our
public schools. The teachers. noble
men and women, have for their mis-
sion. not only to educate the minds
Of our young people, but to mold their
lives and help them to be bette" cit
izens. / believe also among the fore
most agencies comes the church oi
Jesus Christ. We see the sons of
God standing daily in their pulpits,
sacrificing their lives to the work OF
God, in order to bring the world to
higher plane.
Then. there are various organiza-
, tions. fraternal, social and secret, hav-
ing as their chief function the over
throw of evil. For this purpose, also,
stands the government. The govern
constitution a clause which says that
| government exists for the greatest
good of the people So on GODS SIDE
stands the press, the schools church
es. organizations and the government.
All to make the world better and
happier.
80 on one side stands the agencies
for good. While, on the other side
are arrayed the great forces seeking
to destroy the agencies of the other
side Among these, we hnd the black
hand forces, robbers and thieves
these that work underhand methods,
whereby they may murder, rob, cheal
and defraud. Then. there are the
gambling joints and iens of lnlanE'
Coming close upon these are speak
easies, the 'blind-tigers' and other
bootlegging joints which, without the
protection of the law, openly dely
God and stand in derision and de-
aance of the laws of our country. They
continue in their traffic and damn
this land
'If | were given mark to place
unon individuals whose business was
Ia demean. to debauch ana degrade
4 IA tn Il mn
mark on the keeper of bootleSgihS
speak easy But in other places are
men who, openly and with the per-
mission Of law, are allowed TO sen
liuuor. Saloons which know no law
but their own greed and the tax which
they are require to pay. So these
arc the forces of the other side Inc
black hand. the robbers, the red light
ulstrict, tAe ilcg sale of liquor ana
then. feeding all these Is the open
saloon"
Rev. Bailey then spoke of cond'-
tions existing i'm Marion previous To
the prohibition of the sale of hquor
here three years ago, as compared
to the conditions now in existence
He smoke of number of men, Who'
three wears ago, voted dry but VINO
now declare their intentions of Not-
ing for the return of the saloons one
of these men said that he would vote
for the prohibition of liquor il '!e
system i'm Ohio were the same as In
| PENNSYLVANIA, Another man suld !
believe in national prohibition II we
can get that I'm willing to vote
dry.' The question:" declared the
|
speaker. "is not whether we are go-
| ing to have prohibition i'm Ohio AS
thev do i'm PENNSYLVANIA, or whether
If is To be national but the question
before us is, are we going to let these
men who debauched and degraded Ma
rion three years ago, have the right
TO do il again? Whether or not, We
| shall allow these men to throw OF ai
restraint and ruin our city.
| There are many reasons why we
should prohibit the sale of liquor, In
thinking the matter over, have
| found 80 reasons Good ones can
you give me single reason why liquor
should bo sold? If you can, speak
up. The first of my reasons is, in
the interest of the future generations
There is nothing more fully estab-
! ltShed tnan the law lndl lne NHll"i ~
shall inherit the Weaknesses and ten
| denotes of the former generations
| Now, the last word from men OF
science. is that alcohol is a poison
TO the human body.
"The child has the right to be born
and well-born, In the homes of al
Icoholic parents, 80 out of 100 chill
dren die i'm infancy, or all the chill
dren born in the United States, | / ou'
Of 100 have some physical deformitN
or mental deformity. In the homes
OF parents addicted TO the use OF al
coholic liquors, SO out of 100 children
are deformed,
| ''Another evil of the open saloon
is the influence Which 1t throws
around the young men OF the eity'
They have a right 70 grow up healthy
and grow to ripe old age But oW-
ling TO these temptations this right Is
= taken away from them, know