The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-11-07
Is it Right? Is it Justice?

Is 1t Right? Is it Justice?
To the Editor of The Rathdrun
Tribune:
AS subscriber of your valuable
paper, The Rathdrum Tribune,
wish TO ask favor 10 be allowed &c
make few comments on what seems
to be the foremost question before
the public OF today. and that ques.
ton seems TO be The Liquor Dues.
ton.
AS am not very we'll known
author, ! wish to ask the general
public, on my comments, to be pa
tient and excuse me, especially
those that are Of different opinion
on that question, as | am only a
humble farmer, but feel proud of
being a citizen under the Stars and
Stripes.
But am sorry to say that can
see thru glass, althsugh not magni-
flying, the conditions that are con.
fronting the American citizens as a
whole. And it is the question Of
liberty and free agency, which are
two very vital points concerning the
peace and happiness of the home.
You destroy mans free agency and
liberty, and you have destroyed the
home never to come back until pun
lshment has been dealt out to the
extent that we never will forget it.
And woe unto those that are respon-
slble for the changing Of the Laws Of
God and also the Constitution of the
United States.
lfyou will please note, profess
to be a Christian as we'll as a good
American citizen, and question the
right OF any man or class of men to
prohibit or to make laws to prohibit
the exercise Of mans free agency of
eating and drinking what he sees fit
as long as he does not interfere with
his felloxmen's rights and privileges,
the laws Of God, or Of our great gov.
eminent.
II we are indeed Christian peo-
pie, as we profess to be, we certainly
must understand that we came into
this world on equal footing with the
same conditions confronting us all:
namely, To have and to hold con. |
troll and all power over all the ele. |
ments Of sinful nature. if we SO
would use our rights and liberties.
We we're blessed with knowledge and |
a privilege to use that knowledge in
making laws to guard our rights, let
It be against the liquor question.
gambling, eating too much, or evil
women. If that is so, which / defy
any minister Of the gospel to prove
differently, we should not be 50
weakened or even cowardly (ifyou
please) to admit that we are BRIGHT
enough to make a law but not +,
enforce it.
we have ample laws Of today to
control the liquor ques ZION in all its
different stages, to r fotect the man
Or woman in any Sage Of life, if we
would only enfo, ce them. If we
admit that we cannot con.
rol the saloon, or the liquor traffic.
is lmpossit lie tor the minister or
my other b uman being to prohibit
y law the exercise of his own free.
gency' % cat, drink or dance if he
nds 1t good. There is not an evil
'iaceo before man in this life, If he
'ouie. but control it, but what would
e ? blessing unto us, if we would
understand it. If it wasn't so, it'll
Voulo not be worth while living here
'pon this earth, because we read in
holy Writ that we came here on
'arth for the specific purpose of
overcoming and controlling all evil
IN the condition, that peace and har-
nony would reign supreme.
lquestion the right of the minister
u the gospel, of any denomination,
II meddling Oh interfering in any way
With the righr; and privileges of any
nan o, set of men. or even advocat-
ng the making Of laws that interfere