The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-13
NO LOCALIZED SALOON
TEN YEARS FROM TODAY


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it looked from the platform as if
every one in the great audience rose
to their feet.
Male i'm Sc
Dr. Bulgin treated the whole sub
iect Sunday night from the standpoint
of the lawyer, quoting Blackstone as
to his definition of law, The speaker
had been lawyer in his early days
and was able to handle the subject
from that standpoint acceptably. He
took for his text the third verse of
the third chapter of Joel, which reads,
in part, "And have given a boy for
harlot and sold girl for wine, that
they might drink Just that thing
is being done today" declared the
speaker, who continued by reading
Blackstone's definition of law, which
first stated that it was the "code of
civil action instituted by the supreme
power of the state commanding what
is right and prohibiting what is
WRONG.
"Sscond--Civil government is with
wrong 1t must do right.
'Third-Civil government is one
that acts in Gods stead
"Fourth-Civil government must
safeguard and maintain three pillars
morality, religion and education.
gislation cannot bargain
away public peace, health or morals.
"Sixth--Whatever is immoral or
tends to immortality or is harmful to
the peace, prosperity and happiness
of the community is Male in Sc.
Or, in other words, it is harmful with
in itself and therefore impossible to
receive legal sanction and protection.
No Legal Sanction
Therefore, the speaker said, the
saloon is without legal sanction and
legal protection because wrong within
itself. To protect it by law is to make
a legaliZed outlaw or lawful lawless-
ness which is a contradiction of terms
as we'll as contradiction of spirit
and purpose.
Upon the basis of this we can just
lv argue that no saloon ever was or
ever can be a legalized institution
1t exists merely by the law of tolera-
ton 1t is like a wart on man
nose-it's there but don't belong there
If you don't believe this, answer this
statement: The town council or city
governm ent, your honorable mayor
and commissioners can revoke every
license in this city, or it may be done
in any other city, at any time they
choose, and they will never be called
on to assign the reason for doing it.
You can't treat hardware or any other
business that way, because business is
lega lized and has rights according to
law, but the saloon is constltutlonaily
wrong, inalienably wrong, inherently
wrong, and you cannot relegate to IL
the right of protection. therefore,
Blackstones proposition that what
ever is immoral or tends to produce
immortality and is harmful to the pub
lie peace, public prosperity, public
happiness or the public morality, the
common law must designate it Male
in Sc.
Monday Night
Monday night DR.. Bulgin's subject
was the "Sin of Barrenness,' which
WAS a parabolic sermon for the bene-
fit of Christians who are living UNI
fruitful lives. Previous to his SER
mon, Dr. Bulgin, speaking of the crit
icism that finds its way to the light OF
day. either through the medium OF
the open columns of the press or
orally. said, 1.-The hit dog howls! l
am here to do all the good L can by
preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ
and hitting sin wherever l can find it.
[ care nothing for the carpings of my
critics. | have been asked to answer
these creeds at length, but l consider
them worthy of no further notice..
Parable of Fig Tree
Taking his text from the thirteenth
chapter of Luke, in which the parable
of the fig tree is told, DR.. Bulgin said
this was fullest of profound spiritual
meaning. He explained this in con-
nection with it's context and in rela-
ton to the times in which it was ut
tered to the chief Jews who were
spending their times over non-essen-
tials. He found this analogous to the
position of some North Yakima church
members whose life in the church has
been without fruit. The speaker said
the parable, above all else, taught the
absolute sovereignty of God and the
lordship and the kingship of Jesus
Christ. We must realize that God is