The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-21
THING WRITTEN
/ SALOONS FAVOR
], =. HUTsON SAYS STRONGEST
|aUOR MEN DO NOT DEFEND
THEM.
!, ONE QUESTION
|.sTREET PASTOR SAYS THE
|ESTTON IS WHETHER THEY
SHALL BE CLOSED OR DE
CONTINUED.

CONTINUED.
king for his theme Objections
Prohibition" DIR. j. b. Hutson.
r. OF Street Baptist church,
|red that q large majority OF
who are opposing Statewide pro-
Jon are those who like their
10 and do not wish to be incon-
need by putting the saloons out
etr reach. He delivered a strong
- In behalf Of the movement.
aSserted that he was confident
the people of Virginia will drive
|aloons out of the State. He said
|rt:
the saloon has ever brough.
anything but thorns and briars
u to be discovered. The strong
Quor men DO not defend II. In
he literature which has flooded
State, sent out by antl-prohibi-
b. not one word has been written
kvor Of the saloon itself. 1t Is
ly indefensible. But the liquor
le trump up every objection they
b0ssibiy think of against prohibit
though they may be to thinking
entirely without force. and no
pertinent to the subject than to
Il am opposed to prohibition be-
b the moon does not shine on
nights.' There is hut one short.
question: Shall the saloons be
q. or shall they confinuef The
h will read, For Statewide Pro
Ion, or AGAINST Statewide Pro-
hon. And every man who votes.
her he likes II or not. Is COM
q to vote for whiskey. for liquor,
The saloon. or vote against them
b is-no other alternative.
Hass6ccn Sorrow.
: there II any man In this COM
lily who will vote for the saloon.
not feel unkind1y towards him.
Ian ~ good legal right to vote his
~ I have to vote my way. IL
3 Ii any man in this church who
Frete for the saloon ! do not know
but II there is, believe IL he
one-half OF the sorrow and grie.
hg and tears, woe and wretch
(ss that /. as pastor. have seen,
be direct fruit OF liquor. he would
DO It.
let US consider briefly the prin-
objections TO prohibition.
I believe In personal liberty He
no the right to take a drink when
feels like It. Well. prohibition
not take away that liberty. 1t
closes the public barroom.
Eou can still drink to beastlg
hkenness IL you wish. provided
can find the LIQUOR. Prohibition
bly, removes the public. standing
|atson and temptation 10 young
and weak men io DO wrong. Bue
ural liberty as understood by the
coates 81 she saloon. IL granted
fu,i measure and unrestrained.
Id give power To put barroom
Every street aud every block, In
4 Of every scacoi house and by
Side OF every church. And would
give the right To dispense freely
line, opium. morphine and all
cnous drugs To insist on person.
berry in regard to liquor Is TO In
on diabolism. Some men wouli
IN personal liberty to get drunk.
their wives and starve their chill
}. But those who are injured by
sale Of anything have some
II also. ard as the man said who
hit on the nose. Your liberty
! where my nose begins.
WouId Have No Rights.
II believe In local option. That Is.
derstand. let every city. town and
lty decide for itself. Now IL that
was made to apply to all things
hn ,.{x v1,x
Il, and reduced To its last analysis.
y ward In the city. every street.
y family would decide for itself,
I all Of us know that II by local
On this city could certainly be
e dry. that the liquor people would
ut and out against IL? We would
) no more about tho principle of
0crAcy and self-government. That
exactly what took place some
, $50. In the local option contest.
d thoy feared the result, they OPP
4 local option with might and
i. But now they arc yelling for
They have changed their tune.
the man that went fishing and
along 4 liberal supply of tangie-
He fell Aaleep and q large crab
ylod up and began to- tickle his
"a toe, The man half-awake and
drunk. said, kitty, kitty, kitty
!! 1nat!" So our liquor friends now
Of local option. kitty. kitty" but
long ago they were hoiledns
sayu It Dcem's Prohibit.
Prohibition don't prohibit. Well.
/, Why object to IT. Why oppose
spend thousands to prevent It?
! buy IN newspapers and flood the
try with ltteraturef Why not let
anti saloon idiots try 1T
little boy said, Pop, they say
Ii you win sprinkle salt on a
= tail you can catch him, and ]
I to try IT,"
yery we'll" said the wise father,
Oh AL you can"
ny don't you let US sprinkle az
y votes ~ we please on the sa-
;, and you just chuckle at our
4 endeavors to close them7 But
libition will cause people to vio-
the law? All. that's the trouble.
Your fear that the law will be
tied, ana hence your zeal and
ligal outlay. A little boy appealed
ID mother. pathetically. Mamma.
se don't lock, up the huckleberry
I, why mott" Cause some
/ might break the lock to git EN-"
VIII Not Increase Taxes.
ut will reduce revenue and In
se taxes. Let me say four things.
/. out OF whom does that revenue
8. realized from liquor. OF han y
Ion OF dollars or more? II comes