The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-30
FACTS OF LOCAL OPTION CAMPAIGN
AS BROUGHT OUT IN SPEECHES
Of REV. ROURKE AND REV. MILES

rs much booze as they can I'm the
open saloon where they line up two
rows deep and drink az wiz. Nor ara
one-hfth as many boys reached and
made drunkards by this secret, law
less means
If YOU want to Know. ask Charles
Miller or Mrs. Charles Miller, OK
booze artiStS-lr you can hnd them.
Ask the Burkcs, fined S1,70O, the
three men In the workhouse, those
that have been let out, the many con
victcd persons I'm the mayors court.
Abel ana Coourad who hnyc just been
arrested by the. United states govern
mcut and taken before the court at
Toledo, and see If prohibition doesn't
prohibit some ana make Jordan o.
hard road to travel for these laN-
breakers. And when this county goes
dry the balance of them will get Il
move on them. This criminal effort
TO overthrow the law. winkod at and
supported by some officials viii have
To go.
Now, let every man do his duty.
And let the women pitch in, too.
Women are big factor in this bait
tie. They can talk ana agitatc and
now Is the time to work. Get every
voter to the polls.
There were a number of bright
boys and girls at the meeting ana
Rev Miles appealed To the men and
women nresent and all over Marion
county, in their Interest, as against
the Interest," of these boot-leggers and
law-breakerA He pointed out the
way of temuNance, of education, of
Christianity aA contrasted the righ,
education and \ulure oL>sthese chill
dren with whN thesT(Iuuor-sellers
would do TO theAZ%ith the broken
ana debauched INNS of humanity
which the saloon turns out into the
gutter. The sidney ease whore they
have is saloons In small place and
where 100 boys and girls have been
subpoenaed before the grand jury 10
tell whore they obtained the liquor
which made some of them drunk and
caused girls as well as boys TO stag
ger about their streets, was given as
an illustration of the lawlessness of
the open saloon.
Points by Rev G.. NJ. Rourlic.
Three years ago we We're told that
local option would injure business and
today the banks of Marion have thou-
sands of dollars more than they had
three years ago. And in addition TO
scores Of new depositors collections
in Marion county are easier, the quail
ity of work is superior and more
goods have been sold 10 homes than
during any preceding three years OF
Marions history, They told MS that
taxes would increase and this pro-
phecy like all others has not been
fulfilled II is a very noticeable fact
that the people who seemed so alarm
ingly ethical ana fearful that the law
could not be enforced have been the
chief violators of the law
Judging from the statement fire.
quently made that more booze is sold
today than whom the saloons were
here, one would infer that am educa-
tional slip has been made, If q
farmer has worked for years in cultl-
waiting and fertilizing his Held and he
now RAISES seventy-dve bushels OF
corn per acre, it seems that he would
he an everlasting fool To go back to
the halmy days when his hell pro-
duced hfty bushels, Ana If there Is
more booze sold in Marion today thHa
three wears ago. the men chiefly in
terested in the wet petition are noth-
ing less than silly to desire 10 return
TO the oldeh days when they sold less
than they do today.