East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-04
SUNDAY LAWS VIOLATED;
TOWN WIDE OPEN-BULGIN
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nothing but an encore would satisfy
the audience.
The speaker then declared, PEN
dleton will never be the same after
this revival. so you want to get ready
to handle things. will meet the law
and order league in secret meeting
at p. m. tomorrow to perfect the or
ganization and outline a plan Of ac-
ton. This Is moral issue and
should be directed by divine guidance.
"Then shall / cover and protect this
institution with Old Glory which runs
by the vote of the people, whose raw
material is the boys and girls Of the
land and whose finished product is
the blear-eyed drunkard, the bum, the
gambler and the broken hearts Of
mothers"
mo! MOI" cried the audience.
"Then II cannot and must not pro-
tect 1t with Old Glory would like to
do this to it," and Dr. Bulgin raised
the chair which he had been using
for an illustration of the gin-mill,
high above his head and smashed Il
to splinters. as the crowds cheered
him, and the front row lodged from
the pieces. and the choir sang Am
erica" Before anyone realized what
he was doing. DIR. Bulgin had peeled
off his coat and In shirt-sleeves fin
ished his most impassioned philippe
against the liquor traffic
II fight 1t for it's intolerance, It's
arrogance. its hypocracy. its corrup-
ton Of government and domination In
politics, even to the very highest seat
in the nation. 1t debauches the suf-
frage. 1t is ruthless and tramples every
institution of the state. 1t loads the
poor man and empties his dinner pail,
and impoverishes his home. 1t pal
sizes the hand and robs minds of ge-
MUS; it wrecks your boys and fills
institution of mercy. 1t fills the in
sane asylums, and the graves, and 90
per cent of the crime of the world is
laid at its doors. 1t has caused the
malice in your city against Bulgin.
See the picture. men. See the grief
OF mothers, and wives, of children suf-
fering because of what you sell their
fathers! Get heart in you, men,
and stop it, How long, oh Jesus, WIN
we tolerate the evil? The best way
to fight it is to be a Christian and to
stand on the side of Jesus"
Eleven persons came forward
DR.. Bulgin took as his text Joel
hat
drink and girl for a harlot.."
This was spoken of conditions
5000 years ago by one of Gods SER
wants. yet we are living in such social
conditions in this enlightened age,
because for saloons we sell boys and
for white slaves we sell girls"
DR.. Bulgin laid before the people
several principles of common law
laid down by Sir William Blackstone.
the eminent English jurist and au-
thority on law. He established the
fact that law was a code of civil ac-
ton and must command what Is right,
and can't maintain the wrong. Civil
government must maintain and rest
on three pillars. namely, religion. NOR
ality and education. Legislatures and
legislators cannot barter away the
public health and morals. Common
law will not allow a man to sell him
self into slavery. Legislators don't
make law. Law is as eternal as God.
You can't break law, you break your
self on the law.
IF legislators can legalize lawless-
ness and that which produces the
same, then you will have to prove
that the saloon Is good for the peace
| of the community and produces hap
piness and is good for morality and
religion. If you can't prove that, then
the saloon. as an institution, stands
condemned as a violator OF the law.
The highwayman robs me but leaves
me with strength and mind to make
| more The liquor traffic robs me and
my boy of both money, mind and abil-
ity to support myself and family. The
liquor traffic is not an American in
stitution nor business at all. Busi-
ness serves the people, and leaves a
profit: the saloon serves nobody and
gets profit. Common law says tina,
an institution or thing can be consti-
tutionally right, inherently right, in
alienably right and naturally right
claim that the liquor business is NOT
right by any of these ways. When H.
censed 1t takes 22 other laws to hold