The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-30
FIRST WET SPEECHES OF THE
CAMPAIGN MADE SATURDAY

( the reason it has failed today.
when laws are made that are not
in conformity to the views of the
people they will not be kept, for after
all. the reople gGe themselves the law.
Don't overlook this. majority can
, I've just as despotic as any czar. Fifty
| one percent Of the people can take
| the bread and butter from the mouths
Iof the other 40. \ few little, narrow
minded lunatics want to pass local op-
uun WIS and enforce them at the ex-
IIonse of iailing most of the people
"Somc one recently sadd in a local
option speech that hfty per cent of
] the ailments of the ola soldiers result
ied directly from over indulgence of
drink. Think of that slander to the
men who took up arms and fought to
preserve this country.
zone half Of the town turns detec-
tive to watch the other half. The real
reason of this trouble is that the law
is not in the hands of the people who
are i'm sympathy with the saloons or
the progress of the city.
"It is true that the temperance peo-
PIE ore more prospectus Drunkards
1
| ME poor men who support the brew
cries. Come with me to the bars at
the Chittcnden. the Neil house in Co
lumbus or any of those lug hotels.
where hundreds Of dollars pass
| through the cash register every day,
and you won't find a working man
| there. unless he is cleaning the spit
toons or engaged in some other menial
| labor. There YOU find our big men,
| our lawyers, doctors and men of af-
fairs and wealth. Poor men can't af-
ford high balls. If the poor man had
70 support the bar 1t would have been
in the hands of the receiver long ago
"Ncu say that drink is n luXu"Y. OF
: course 1t is a luxury, but how many
/ luXuries do the wcrXing men have
! All that he has he has worked to gel
I and he wants to keep them The 10
] cal option man SAYS give it up bu
|. the wet knows the money he hal
+ gotten along without once. he can ge
|. along without again. The man on thu
+ stump for temperance is there TO
I the money he gets out of it and yol
i. can depend on it., he can't earn Il
+ much money at any thing else. TIL
u Cry speakers are composed OF preach
!. ers. teachers, and lawyers who hav
L failed.
!. "A man told me the other day, tina
+ he intended to vote dry because h
Z couldn't go by saloon without get
+ ting soaked. Then that man, VIII
Z can't take care of himself, wants
!. appoint himself guardian over m
+ to see that | don't drink anythin
q Ci, m a
: tlon in this earth. il is because Go
wants them here. God is powerfl
enough TO kill the devil and all II
evil in the world but he doesn't wal
to. You can't build up character III
less you come in contact with the'
clements.
"The 'drys' argue this question 1
terrible word pictures and by worl
ing on the fears Of women. The WI
\. men have been given more heart tina
\ the men, but the men have mo-
" blains, That is the key note Of Il
anti-saloon league. They do not a
peal to the reason, but assault 4
emotions, work up people into "A cond
tion Of hysteria, get onNone long me
tai jag and then rush through son
lin.
"Now I want to speak of the rel
gious side Of this question, There a
a large number of preachers Of evel
| denomination i'm this moveme
| against the saloon, and they are su
| ported by an army of people, most
| Methodsts and Presbyterians Mo
OF these people preach prohibition fl
| days in the week. religion On Sundi
| and then take one day to sleep {
| the mental jag.
| Fortunately, not all preachers a
dry, and not all mix themselves
| with this issue. In my church,
| which | am an active member. Il
4 IpiscopaIlan church. the rectors {
mot preach this thing from the pulp