The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-25

am opposed to it ON principle. ]
am opposed to it Notwithstanding
the slurs that are made by it's ad,
vocates-that every man who dares
oppose it favors intemperance and
is working in the saloon interest
IT you cannot trust people, their in.
dividual Judgment aud their con
science, and their conviction after
discussion, as to their health and
what >Aey shall drink, in the name
of common sense how can you trust
them at the ballot box with the des-
tiny OF the country - IL
Rt. Rev. Thomas f. Liilis, Bishop of
Lavenworth, Kansas. ,.-
"Absolute prohibition has prov
en- impracticable, if not a dismal
failure, and there is probably as
much violation of the law in those
states where prohibition is wide
spread as there is in those states
where the authorities have hesitated
to enforce the present existing
laws for the regulation of the liquor
traffic. Prohibition is an ideal-its
enforcement in this country
would indeed be a great blessing
if it could be enforced. However,
it is only dream, an ideal, and for
this reason it is better to have high
license and proper police regula-
ton, - -.---..-..---.... .--..
Bishop Hall, of Vermont.
prohibition drives underground
the mischief which it seeks to cure,
making it more difficult to deal
with the evil and impossible to reg
ulate the trade, as, for instance, in
the quality of liquor sold.'
Bishop Brown of Arkansas.
"Generally speaking, l have also
this objection to the prohibitory
in the interest of any
form of Righteousness, that it is an
attempt to build upon the sand
and resort to the evil of tyranny
that good may be accomplished. I
am profoundly convinced that the
superstructure which prohibition
lists are seeking to erect will not
stand.' .........-.. ........
Archbishop J. T.. Spaulding Of Peoria
"There is a law of human nature
that excessive pressure brought to
bear on any special form of evil
results in other evil and now when
various influences are diminishing
intemperance in America, there
seems to be no sufficient reason for
calling upon the state to prohibit
the manufacturing and sale of al
coholic liquors. The less we bring
the public into our private, per-
sonal and domestic affairs the freer
and happier we shall be-"
Cardinal James Gibbons, of Balti-
81 have never been able to con-
vince myself that what we call total
abstinence is essential to morality.
The moderate and occasional use Of
all alcoholic liquors is not to be con-
dcmned. In countries like France
and Italy, where people as a rule
drink wine, no serious harm results
from the practice. Even in Rome,
even at the vatican, wine is not
prohibited, and as we know the
papal doctors themselves prescribe
it for His Holiness. Then, again,
I long since came to understand
that, putting aside the point of
principle, it was virtually impossi-
bic to enforce a total abstinence
law in large community or in a
state. The attempt to enforce such
a law must consequently lead to
one Of the worst things-illegality
or hypocrisy possibly both. :"
Henry Ward Beecher, Noted Divine
eff you say I ought not to drink
I may agree with you, but if you
say I shall not drink, I will drink
and whatever [ please, because that
| is my right
Bishop Lines, of Newark, N. J.
"Prohibition leads to the forma
ton Of clubs which cannot be con
trolled and which are more demon
alizing than saloons"
Bishop Johnson, Of Texas.
81 would be the last to curtai