The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-24

Out of this has come the pro7' found conviction that on the ques- ton with which I had to deal in my public career, all my arguments and all my conclusions, 90 far as they excused or justified the moral right or policy of the state to legalize the sale Of liquor, and thereby give sanction to it's ravaSeS society. were only the empty and hopeless statements of propositions which had no variety Or application to a thing wholly and essentially evil and con corning which no principle of right or order or liberty should ever be evek- ed for it's existence.
 eff my recommendations had been followed the result would have been that the open saloon would have been sanctioned by the law of Tennessee. and my idea was that high Hkense and regulation would eliminate the dives and leave the sale of liquor to men of the better class and under respecta- ble conditions 7
 ssTIl1s might have been the result but the mistake made was in draw ing a distinction favorable to the sa- loon as against the dive, or to make any compromise with the evil; for there is no such thing as 8 respecta- ble saloon, and there can never be- "As well might one speak of a yir- tuous prostitute or an honest thief It matters not how attractive and luxurf- ous the appointments may be, these are nothing but the paint and daub which hide the hfdeous features of the hag. and the vice which is most dead ly is not that which repels but that which allures. The link 5betw cen the saloon and the brothel is a beaten patIl and the saloon stands below as the promoter and supporter of the gambling room above
 tsThe saloon is sometimes spoken of by it's advocates as the .spoor man s club,'' but this is a reflection upon his intelligence, his purpose in life and his value to society; for the la- boring mans clubs are his lodge and his home, and the laboring mans as- sets are his health and efficiency, to all of which the saloon is an avowed and open enemy.
 sThe saloon can not produce one veracious witness in it's favor as it stands indicted before the bar of pub lie opinion. It's guilt has been shown by an overwhelming accumulation of direct and circ1mstantial proof. which admits of no doubt and by it's own confession It stands a convicted feIon, and must receive the sentence of the law. It must go never to re- turn. and, with the, going of the sa- loon, liquor itself should go.s
 ToDAY's PROGRAM
 Today the. assembly is continuing
 
 o'clock this afternoon Alfred w. Mar tin of New York. 1ectured on Great Historic Ideals of Lifes'' taking the ideals accepted in various ages and describing them. At f o'clock Henry O1dys of Silver Springs. Md, 1ectured on Birds and Bird Music,'' iI1ustra+- ing the lecture with reproductions of bird songs. At 7:45 o'clock tonight the Weber Male Quartet of New Tors with Miss Virginia Powell of New York, reader and must clan, will appear in a concert program.
 At 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, with a prelude by the Weber quartet | Senator Helen Ring Robinson of Col orado, will lecture on ssThe Woman Movement, The Home and the Ballot Box while John Spango of New York will speak on t19Hhe Real Meanings of Socialism at o'clock. Miss Powell l will give the prelude for the latter At night Prof. George Burbank Shat tuck of Vassar College will give his illustrated lecture, "On Saddleback in the Yellowstone.' The Weber quar- tet will give the prelude for this.