Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13
SJLPIuR MAN ADDRESSES HOT
CONI,IVNlC ATION TO GOV
) ERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.
ON BIBLICAL PROHIBITION
Noah Got Drunls--Tincly Suggestions
About Liquor and Gambling
Alleged Reforms.
Sulphur, Okla. 4-4-13.

lahoma,
Lee Cruce, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Sr-You having assumed the role
and delegated unto yourself the power
and title of "Pontif' Of Oklahoma.
and having received the unanimous
endorsement Of certain cement,
namely, the fanatical wing of the
church, | am assuming that il Is from
this source that you derive your be
lief in the prohibition and all the
other Sumptuary" legislation that you
are recommending for passage ana
enforcement by the legislature now
In session.
GOV. Cruce. the belief, throughout
the history of the world, such as the
hypnotic frame of mind you have dis
played since becoming our governor
is the same form of fanaticism that
caused ignorant and minimizing peo-
pie TO believe in the divine rights or
kings, and that all powers that came
into being were ordained Of God, and
IN many instances to deny or question
the divine right Of king or priest was
a crime punishable by death.
From the endorsement that you
have been receiving from the Meth
odist conferences throughout thu
state. am assuming that you believe
everything contained in the bible
from cover to cover" II ! am correct
in my assumption, would ike for
YOU to point out a single passage H.
This book wherein you find. either in
the old or new testament, where the
use of wine or strong drink was ever
prohibited? However, on the othe'
hand. find in my Bible from peginn
ing to end that the use of strong
drink has been commanded and en-
dorsed.
Read the story of Noah. lie and
his family were the only ones worthy
OF preservation at the time the world
was destroyed. Immediately after the
flood had subsided, Noah planted q
Ninyard. he made wine and he go'
drunk. Read Genesis IX-20, II ano
-. From this we see no condemna-
tion Of Noah for getting drunk. Iheh
read the story Of Lot, he was one OF
Gods chosen people; the ony family
worthy of preservation out OF the city
of Sodom Genesis NlN-S; 20 to 81
verses conclusive. From this we note
that no condemnation come from Cod
for the crime of drunkenness, or FOR
the crime of incest that he ana MS
daughter committed. Then read Deu'
teronomy XVI, % to 26 verses lnc!u-
svc From this we will note that tht
Lord commands his believers tc
drink wine" Read Proverbs HNAl
TT Eccs. TX, I, Eccs. Ii, g and "a
Timothy, V. 22-23, and If this Is not
enough to convince you that my state
mcnt above is true let me know aho
TN try to cite you further authority
Not only have you gone Dug
house" on the prohibition legislation
hut in YOUR message printed through
out the state under date of March 70
you recommend that race track bet
ting and gambling should be abolish-
ed. | should like to ask you Tor IN
formation who delegated the author'
itv to you the right to dictate TO the
fair associations of our state, ana tc
the men who have spent thousands o'
d6llars asn breeding and raising fine
stock and race horses. what they Oi
other people shall do on race track
Such fanatical laws as you are trying
to enforce upon the citizenship OF this
state, have been passed and enforced
I'm several other states. resulting II
the destruction of the finest stables IT
the Unitd States, which have beer
sold to Russia, Germany, Austria
England and other foreign nations
for the purpose Of raising fine cal
vary horses: II you are SUCCESSFUL II
getting this law enacted, and a re"
other states follow your example
within the next twenty years TIM
country could not raise thirty thou
sand calvary horses for our army.
You also seem very muchly inter
ested in getting more stringent sun
day law enacted. AS though ever!
person was not protected In thei
rights who wanted to attend churci
on that particular day. or upon an!
other dav. The constitution of tn
United States hhoNS Nv ''"' -
Neither does 1t recognize any Sunday
The recognition of the first day o
the week or Sunday Is not mentioned
throughout the Bible as a holy day
The Sabbath however, Is not mention
ed I'm two places in the new testament
when Christ said that the Sabbatl
was made for man and not man 10
the SABBATH, and at this time Chris
had reference to the Jewish Sabbath
which was the seventh day of tn
week. and from the day Of Christ un
III the fourth century the Christian
had no set or particular day Of wor
ship.
our present Sunday came into ex
istence March 7. 313 A. d. Its orig
inator was Constantine, an empero
of the Roman Empire. This man af
Ter having murdered his son and boil
ing his wife to death in vat of boil
ing water, went to Sopater, pagal
bishop and asked for absolutior
which was pagan right at that time
sopatar advised him that for Grim
so heinous as the one he had com
mitted was objectionable and any In
tervention that he might make In hi
behalf would De an insult to Liet'