The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-31
WINDLE TELLS WHY PROHIBITION is
WkONG-REPLIES TO REV. w. A. SUNDAY


auon In use: prohibition forbids use
even In moderation. oppose prohi.
billion because am a temperance
man Prohibition. as Abraham Lin
coin said. lis species OF irtemper.
ance In itself" Why. when a man
gets drunk on speed. or any Of these
other things mentioned. he IL liable
10 act foolish. but you can get drunk
on prohibition. and when you do YOU
are liable 20 act as II you are full OF
old crow. For instance. last night.
The speaker used some very beautiful
language. daughter Ennobling,
Edifying, Refined MAGNIFICENT
word painting Here is a sample or
two:
He called the brewers. the distill.
ers. the salOOnkeepers and all who
disagree with him On the question OF
how TO regulate the liquor business
hell born cut-throats and assassins."
dirty sinking liars" "a damnable
sinking crowd" "dsmnabls bull neck.
ed. hog-Jowled gang" daughter and
applause Dirty black hearted liars. d"
Hanged hounds OF hell" and said his
life had been threatened. daughter
and applauscD
Why. II these people were the kind
or people Billy Sunday would have
you believe them TO be. he would have
been playing a golden harp long ago.
daughter and applauseJ The very
fact that he is safe: the very fact that
no man on our side would harm a
hair on his head. proves that his in
dictment OF these men is false. unfair
un-American and unjust in every
sense OF the word. (Applause.D He
tells you that his life is threatened. so
that he can strike a pose. like Ajax
defying the tightening. and tell how
he is going 10 spill his blood up and
down over the great state of West
Virginia. (ApplauseD
Well. Bill need have no fear II he
never dies until man believing in
personal liberty and the rights of
property kills him he will live 10
make Mcthuselah look like "A spring
chicken. tAplauseJ
Now. my friends. he tells you that
The saloon cocks the highwayman's
pistol. and that II Is the greatest
criminal in all the land. u Is unfair
to refer to the liquor business in that
way AMI IL is untruthful. To give
men in exactly the same way and
make out terrible case against man.
For instance. this is what / can say
OF man. and IL would be true in the
same sense that Bits denunciation OF
the saloOnkeeper and brewer and dis.
tillcr is true / could say that man
was bad. bold. bloody. bilious. base.
( hull-hcaded. bum and beast. gar.
rulous. greedy. grating galoOt: a
. hateful. harmful, hypocritical humbug
"A pu;rid, nestilent. peddling pinhead
. and pismire: silly. sncakinE. sim
pering. sllacious slob: low-down. Ian
, tern-jawed. lump-headed. lecherous
liberiine and liar: a vicious. vengeful.
villainous vampire and viper. That
is man. Outside OF that he is all
right. daughter and applauseD
Now. my friends. Bill was real good
10 me last night He said that ! was
"hog-Jowled. beetlebrOwed. God
/ fOrsaken pup from Chicago Doesn't
I that sound like the mOutLings OF a
man intoxicated on something zap
plausc.I
want 10 call your attention 10 an.
other thing You know the Bible Is
q wonderful old book You can always
find your picture iu n. and / have
.
, crowd that you viii recognize the
moment ! read tine passage First
I Corinthians, sixth chapter. ninth and
tenth verse. Know yc not that up
righteous shall not inherit the king
dom Of God. re not deceived. neither
. lornicatOrs. nor idolaters. nor adul-
tcrers. nor effeminate. nor abusers OF
themselves with mankind Nor
thieves, nor cOvetOu.. nor drunkards.
nor revilcrs tina 1911. tAppi 'IseJ
: lie Is the champion revilcr OF the
world. APPLAUSE Almighty God
put him IN Ills book right with the
drunkards and the other people that
cannot inherit the kingdom OF heaven.
Yet Bill talks about the drunkards
as II anybody advocated drunken.
ness. We don't. There Is a differ
cnce between taking a drink and get
ting drunk There Is as much differ
ence between taking a drink and get
ting drunk as there is between buy
ing gun and committing murder
Nobody advocates drunkenness We
oppose prohibition because We be-
iInt" ~ temperance.
NoW. my friends. according 10 the
Bible. q rcviler in the eyes Of God
o. just as bad. and just a. sure 20
lose heaven as the druukdrd or idOia
TOR or adultrer or the forniCator. or
any at those others mentioned In tbs
. fNIIII'.
Again I vas reminded boz listening
fo Mr. Sunday last nlgh'. % a story
fro the Bible where Elijah and tho
false prophets we're trying 10 prove
zach represented he true God The
false prophets cried upon iaal thee
grew excited they tore of their col
lars. and chem their coats. and some
of them ! imagine. tried to tear IN
their shirts Boo their excitement and
lrapod ON the altar and cuf themselves
with kuisct and called on l1al 20
send Fire down DId you ovor 500 any
BODY scf ike that daughter and
rppiau.n.
You dom have t0 sct like that whom
SOU repre- .fuf fho true God and the
truth BE- BEL NOT necessary fu resort
fo amy such EFFORTS to defend fHr
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rnu" drunken e1f. damn you'' And
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preached on h'a phewv in your town
1 fHW month. ar0. and iu that sermon
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