East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-13

count. one, two. three. four, five, six
seven, eight, nine. and found that the
school teacher was right. and came
to the conclusion that four and five
did not make nine because it was in
the book. but it was in the book be-
cause four and five make nine. My
friends, if you will read the great
book. the Bible. you will find the same
principle, YOU are not asked to be-
lieve a thing is so because it's in the
Bible. but it's in the Bible because II
is so. This principle will correct
many of your errors and destroy much
of your doubt. Then holding to the
principle that legislature cannot bar
gain away that which is good. be-
cause you can't do II yourself, thai
explains why a man may sue a rail
road company or corporation wher
riding on a half-fare ticket. The
ticket may read. Holder assumes all
risk to himself and property in view
of the heduced rates at which the
ticket is sold" That's fine bluff. but
just the same they are responsible and
held SO by the state to give every
common traveller safe journey to hi!
destination. And in case of accident
or death caused by their negligence
you have right for damage because
of that principle. You can't sign
away your own life or that of your
family.
6. DIR. Blackstone puts the cap.
sheaf on the whole matter and the
crowning marble of the whole struc-
ture when he says Whatever is i'm.
moral or tends to produce i'm
morality, morality. or Is harm
full to the peace, prosperity ant
happiness of the community or in
dividual, common law must designate
Male in Se," Latin phrase which
means harmful within itself. and
therefore is without legal sanction oil
legal protection. There are some
things which may harm the public
which produce immortality. that may
not be immoral within themselves and
therefore should be guarded. and the
mans own conscience should be hi:
guide. And because I am my broth
ers keeper l must not only be con.
science for myself, but conscience fol
a weaker brother. And the grea,
philosopher, Paul evidently had this
on his mind when he said: "If by
eating meat I cause my brother to of
fend, l will eat no meat" And the
immortal Henry Grady said "A mans
personal liberty leaves off and ends
where another mans personal injury
begins" Isn't it true? You may have
personal liberty to own a dead hog
and let it lie until it rots on your own
lot under your own window. but II
my window is next to yours, and my
wife is sick abed by that window,
ask the authorities. in case you re-
fuse. to please remove that dead hog
And catch you standing with shot
gun in your hand and one foot or
and before bloodshed is caused, / tr,
to reason it out with you. I say
Brother. remove that dead hog. it in
jures my family And you put W
the argument. that's my hog. it wa.
my pig. it ate my corn, it drank my
slop, it lived in my yard, died on m,
premises, it's on my premises now
And / say. you are interfering will
personal liberty. The only repl.
which / can give to the man is. YOU
argument thus far is very good ant
you are telling the truth. 1t is YOU
hog. it did eat your corn, 1t did drinl
your slop, it is now on your premises
but there's one fact you fail to recog
nize, and that is the smell o
this dead hog is not yours.
you can control the smell ant
all the effects of the thing
I'll shut my mouth" You have NJ
personal liberty in that which i
wrong. which is harmful either t
yourself or your neighbor. With al
due apologies once more to the hog
/ want to say that the American liquo
traffic belongs to this class It hasn'
the right to live protected by common
law, and it's up to you liquor men t
prove that the saloon crime and tina
the whisky traffic is helpful to tn
public peace. the public prosperity, tn
public happiness. the public morality
the public education and public re
| ligion. II you cannot prove thi
ladies' and gentlemen of the jury II
charge you to return a verdict agains
the liquor traffic tonight that 1t !
| legalized outlaw and lawful lawless
ness. II this be the case you see b.
this contraction Of terms it Is withou
legal sanction or legal protection. AM
say again. and II God would give m
the voice to resound II around this en-
tire globe / would shout 1t with
voice OF thunder. Nowhere in all tn
world is there such thing as legal
| ized saloon. IL may be tolerated or per
mitted in localities but 1t is not lega
It's contrary to the spirit Of law an
an enemy to civil government. 1 car
not how much money you may ge
out of 1t or how much higher protec
tive tariff you may put upon 1t.
doesn't make the matter right. Juda
crime would have been none the les
had he sold his Lord for fifteen thou
sand in the place Of fifteen dollarl
Crime is crime in high places or low
and I claim tonight ladies' and gentle
men. that the church OF God mus
blaze her way into the forest and tax
higher ground upon this question be
fore a great and sweeping revival wi
come to the United States OF Americs
All Aemrican industry falls into tw
departments. charity and business
Charity serves and gets no profit.
ceases TO be charity when IL serve
for q profit. Business serves and GET
n r.ro(;t unA To- ptO11f that - sS&o,rIf