The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-28


they sneak arsunA - ~
law. or 81 men Who ~ ~ N6V
and greedy OF gain that 49,
willing to get II by selling S.ss
cants to their fellow-men. evense
trary to law. and brand then
as criminals- - a Y
Prohibition Won't Prohfbfe.
The hypocrisy OF the liquor
who declare that Prohibition DOM
Prohibit Is clearly shown II 60
present campaign. The fight agAdN9G
prohibition is under the direction ~
the National Brewers and Distillern.
They are leading and are pouring
ont hundreds of thousands OF dollars
10 defeat Statewide Prohibition. lf
Statewide Prohibition will mot
diminished their sales, II as much
liquor is sold In wet territory ~
In dry" why are they pouring
stream of money into the State to
defeat the Statewide Law? 1t Is too
absurd to discuss further.
Laws Protection Removed.
But IL no other good result had
followed. the dissolution Of the part
nership of the State with the trafaC
Ia sufficient gain for all the work
which has been done. To take tho
protection of the law from men who
are so coyefous as to he willing 70
give their lives to a business which
INTOXICATES their fellow.mcn, ~
brand them as criminals, ~ arc tho
gamblers and cocaine and opium
venders--this fs a great triumph In
deed and marks the beginning Of tl10
end. The SALOON keeper has no
standing in social and fraternal life
now. He should have no standing
in civil life. He should be put In tho
same class with the man who sells
decayed fish and spoiled beef ~
make money at the risk OF his neigh
bor's life, for that is what t1e So
loon-keepcr does when he sells In.
toxicants to his neighbor.
AS matter Of fact, I note from
observation In various Prohibition
as we'll as other laws. 1t prohibits
great deal better than the law
against houses OF ill-fame prohibits
in the city OF Richmond. 1t is DIM
cult to conceive how Savannah or
Memphis. In their worst days OF law-
lessness. could exceed the lawless-
ness OF Richmond concerning these
houses. There have been cities. ana
are cities to-day, where the liquor
traffic is utterly lawless, Just %
there IL lawlessness In various locali-
ties concerning other things, but the
lawlessness of men does not discredit
| the law The great Apostle asks, Is
the law sin? God forbid. The law
| is holy and the commandment holy.
Just and good" The object OF the
law he declared is that "sin might
be made exceeding sinful"
| The first consideration every
| patriotic citizen should be ~ help
to put the State in the right attitude
to evil. The law must declare tho
sale of intoxicants for beverage pur-
poses to be criminal. Then the bus1.
| ness Is outlawed.
/ The very fact that men declare
| that prohibition will not prohibit,
and intimate that they hope 1t will
not prohibit, and intiT !. that Il
| shall not prohibit, Is IT, strongest
evidence that the liquor traffic must
| be destroyed. or it will destroy, by
| Its lawlessness, the law and order or
| the nation. II Is arrogant, bloateu
with wealth, drunk with power. IT.
/ has no respect for anything but
money and the indulgence of appe-
lite It defiles and communicates
everything which 1t touches. and -
the arch-enemy OF the Church OF
Jesus Christ.
Law, Order and Morality ON Same
| Side rs Saioon(?)
| You close your remarkable letter
| by the most remarkable statement
| in It. You say I'VE stand ON tho
side Of law, order and morality
You are trying again apparently to
| ride two horses running in the opsa
posite direction. Your recognized
| allies are the distilleries, the brew
ers. the saloon-keepers, the bar
tenders, the fallen women. the de-
bauchers. the panderers. the pimpas
the white-slave dealers, the gam
blers, the thieves and slaves OF ap-
petite and passion. II these people
are all on your side land they aro).
how can you be on the side Of law.
order and morality" II all tho
! lawless, the disorderly. and the Inn
| moral are on your side, how can you
be on the side OF Flaw. order and
morality" Certainly, the crowd
you are with will hardly recognize
| the standard OF law, order ana
morality" which you raise: certainly.
| that crowd all think that you are on
| their side and under their banner
and whether you think so or mot
| they are certainly right. All your
| work In this campaign will help "
perpetuate the forces OF evil and 70
| strengthen them In their dfaboltcaI
/ work. II you are on the side ~
law. order and morality" in this
| battle, then, law. order and moral
| ity" have lost their former mean
ing. and Just as the Local Self-0cvs
eminent Association no longeg
means what its language implies. bun
means the cloak which hides the
National Liquor Dealers Associations
and the National Brewers Ass0ctA-
ton, and the Brewers, Wine and
I! Spirits Merchants of Virginia. and
the Retail Liquor Dealers Associar
| ton of Virginia, and Pleasant H01e