The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-26

keepers. brewers and distiilers. have
known good thieves, blackmailers. and
murderers. but l hope you Will not saw
mat they should not be prohibited from
carrying on their business and advocate
licensing them.
You say the only evil connected with
the liquor business consists in the abuse
or the right to drink.
30 there. ~
In quoting Mr.. Lincoln on the l,ouor
true that many are injured by II, hut
none seems to think that the iniury
ssrose from the uso OF n bad thing, but
You cannot have Abraham Lincoln O,
your side OF the question.
You cannot pull men like that down
INTO your saloon filth and mire.
fou know that Abraham Lincoln was
not IN favor OF the saloon.
sunSa Sn ;bsi lar are you to pun down Mr..
ecter OF one like Abraham Lincoln. the
greatest man that our country has had
I day land don't you forget. Bill. ean
take care OF himself) but you cannot
gar BILE and misauote our martyred Presi-
Mr.. Lincoln said. II believe this rov-
eminent cannot permanently endure
half s,s slave and half free" Neither can
IL endure. half drunk and half sober
noi say that you licked Billy sun
mn. arc tour-flusher and a liar.
BILLY Sunday is still fighting you.
imps. anu al '''s
II there Is anyone licked. Ills VIM
You say, When Jesus permitted devil,
/ TO enter the swine, His connection wiz
lne transaction ceased. and what hap
devils" "a
When the United States government
permit the saloons TO enter our coun-
try does its connection with the trans
action cease because what happens az
teTward IL the work OF devils
nrIa, IKE the oeyii You quote scripture 10
Snsracter and has no standing in the
bio4e; II righteousness comes by the
law then is Christ dead In vain
so you say you cannot make people
temperate by legislative enactment any
more han you can make them righteous
DO you know what prohibition means7
II does not mean to make. compel and
foTce people 20 be temperate.
1 am only a school boy and 7 knovs
mat II means 10 prohibit licensing sa-
| ICONS 70 make men drunkards
lou lou nave no proof that the wine
Jesus turned water into. contained alco-
| hoI. OF tnat the wine He used when He
W usututed the sacrament was feTmented
boozy you would make Jesus Christ a
IN regard whether hell IS dry because
p prS s are there. IL will be hot
eLd dry because you old booze soaked
!sIioNs are going there unless you whis-
You yourself Indicate God as a mon
ster and Jesus Christ az Criminal
wnen you consent them with a business
thSt you admit must be controlled
~. .ne saloon business was Instituted
: by Jesus Christ II Is a good thing ami
I should not be controlled.
Satan Laughed
| DON'T you think the devil laughed
when you read Sundays word picture OF
the saloon. and then Tor an answsT tool
Up the subject OF man, ard added a
Thousand. more or less Of adjectives
! " the saloons would not close the
public schools why did not Won tell a. a.,
IL would Keep open the schools OF hell
/ , gu know IL respects the thief. fills
tne prisons, and penitenfiaries despisss
heaven, hates love and scOrns virtue ff
temptA passions. its music IL the song OF
we siren. It's sermons are collections OF
IeWd. vile stories, 10 cocks the highway
ish pistol. ~ puts the rope IN the
hands OF the mob. IL Is the anarchist OF
tn ,., world and It's dirty. red flag f. dyed
WIN the blood Of women and children
~ sent the bullet through the bodv ~
ldncoln. ana nerved the arm that sonf
,,he bullet through Garfield and McKin-
~, Did you say you never seen a saloon
a man who says he never seen a
loon Ike that - a greedy. hoastfui. hate
4 iIl. low down. lantered- iawed Junk
loaded whisky soaked. lbertinc. and A
You try 70 dispute Mr.. Sundays state
Inent mat the saloons causes 20 per cent
Sf s me insanity n the land 50 per cent
You garble statistics the same a. vot,
90 TIE Bible. You state that 90 per cont
or ihe criminals 81 the world were nsr-
lertcd az abandoned IN childhood Ana
mat - per cent % the criminals OF tne
world have no trade or profession Won
say mat these facts have more 20 a.
MIN their criminal career. than ali the
whlfsey or beer That ever flowed from
brewery or Htit
Why did you sf0p@
Why DIDN'T you tell them tlat &c per
.ent or cnidren were neglected ami
abandoned b. their drunken fsthers 80
mothers a''-
WHY trat 20 rer cent Of thos. tb,t
houze hlstlnEr
Referring % the Jukes you cay lat
we majority Or the crimes that laye
been committed we're committed between
We nge ~ o. and o. Hueforr 800.
ger fhan'e f1 .uuvert a. honest rer
son 90 "a criminal Have ynu not heard