Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-02-27
PERSONAL LIBERTY LEAGUE
 
Reasons for Its Organiza-
 tion.
Startling and Dangerous Precedents Used by Prohibition League Off,
 iicPr> tO Secure Withdrawals
To the Personal Liberty League:

To the Personal Liberty League:
 My wife and myself have been res- idents of this city for several years. We have tried to conduct ourselves as Law Abiding Citizens. We know that We have succeeded.
 We believe the time most oppor- tune for the organization and work of such an organization as your name implies that you are.
 We both signed petition in favor of liquor license, OUR EXPERIENCE HAVING TAUGHT US THAT LIZ GALLY LICENSED SALOONS UN- DER POLICE INSTALLATIONS, SUCH AS THIS CITY HAS HAD, IS A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN BLIND TIGERS WHICH WILL FOL- LOW PROHIBITION AS CERTAIN AS NIGHT FOLLOWS DAY. I want to tell you what told lady, (Mrs. -------), the other day that ask ed my wife and l to sign WITH- DRAWAL.
 After threatening us with Boy colt" and many other calamities, my wife told her that her husband, mean ing the undersigned, was mechanic and worked hard everyday and that she had no objection to his taking his glass of beer as occasionally he did, and that she pr eferred my going into the OPEN SALOON rather than get it through the BLIND TfIsEsr 1 ROUTE. This Lady Solicitor reprIed, That's all right, because, your has- band knows when to quit and can con-. trol his appetite for liquor, but my husband is differently constituted, he l can't control his appetite for liquor, drink too much and WE WANT YOU | TO HELP US TO CONTROL OUR HUSBANDS AND BOYS.
 The above humiliating confession which l am sure the lady now regrets having made, is really THE POWER BEHND THE THRONE, WITH MANY OF THE WOULD-BE PROHI- BITIoN LEADERS. They fail to con- trol their own husbands and boys be- cause they devote too much time. gadding about the streets for first one fad and then another, which l could better be spent in making tlis home more attractive to the husband and sons; ands because Of their carelessness they want us to ADOPT LAWS TO MAKE THEM GOOD. IT CAN'T BE DONE, HONESTY. sOBRIETY AND GOOD C1TIzEN- SHIP ARE BORN IN PEOPLE and 1 can't be enacted into them by. Leklss lative acts.
 AND HERE'S ANOTHER
 To the Personal Liberty League:
 l signed the Original Petition for Legalized Saloons. The other day I was called upon by leading lady of the city and asked to withdraw my name. The lady spends about $500 a month with me, and as it is quite an item to me and as she threatened to stop buying from me, and to tell her friends to quit me, signed her 1 paper.
 l I am sorry l signed it as want 10 see Open Saloons, and hereby revoke my withdrawal. st'
 Yours very truly.
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