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


father was a drunkard. my, grand
it." But. l say. II am not blaming
you. poor soul. tell me who put you
there" And he says, Mr.. Bulgin. up
the river on the banks stands sa-
loon. go talk to him. don't want 1t.
but it was there, smelled It and
went in. And I go to the saloon
keeper and say. "Sir. what right did
you have to sell my brother for filthy
lucre the stuff which damns him and
makes brute OF man and put him
inthat foul stream. that dark river.
Of hell" He says. "Bulgin. don't talk
to me. l exist by law, have as good
right to stand here as your church."
l know he Is telling a lie, but he says
that's legalized institution. he says
don't talk to me. go to the legislature
that made this law or fix up this
plaster over our laws, this carbuncle
on society. that what a saloon license
Is. And / say. "Mr. Legislature. let
me talk with you. what right did you
have to give this saloon keeper the
| right to sell the stuff that damns his
soul. mind and body, and put him in
| this black river?" And he says. "Bul.
gin, don't talk to me-" Who must I
talk to? Go talk to the people that
voted for me, elected me to my office.
gave me the right and authority to do
what have done. I represent the
people. they did not ask Of me to pro-
hibit the wrong nor to command the
right in this particular case. rep.
resent the people. Then l have you
before me tonight, and in Gods name
let me say, never again vote for man
to fill an office to make a law to rep
resent the people till you demand OF
| him stand upon this mighty evil
The saloon would destroy the church
of God II 1t could the church of God
| could destroy the saloon II 1t would.
Will we do it? 1t has not single re-
deeming feature the sworn enemy OF
all righteous institutions. There are
but five kinds of rights known to the
true citizen, the constitutional right.
the inherent right. the inaliena BILE
right, the natural right, the relegated
right, granted by the state or nation.
The saloon has not part in either one.
Constitutently it's wrong. inherently
it's wrong. inalienably it's wrong,
naturally it's wrong. Therefore we
have no right to relegate to 1t a right
because its wrong The right to live
isn't in the thing. 1t belongs to
the criminal class. l see no reason
why the saloon should exist by law
thou a man should have legal right
! to gamble by law. Why Is gambling
wrong? / can give you dozen ar
guments why it's wrong before you
can give me one why It's right
| First, gambling is wrong because
when a man gets a dollar he didn't
earn somebody earned dollar he
didn't get. Second gambling is wrong
because II wants something for moth
ing and II becomes non n-American. for
true American is willing to give a
just equivalent for everything he gets
in life. Gambling is wrong In the
third place because 1t encourages
idleness. and idleness is sin. Gambl-
ing is wrong in the fourth place be-
| cause II produces immortality.
Gambling is wrong in the fifth place
because 1t harbors prostitutes. Gambl-
ing is wrong in the sixth place because
1t makes innocent to suffer. These
are the streams that flow from the
foul spring Of gambling. We know
that gambling produces all this. But
the logical man will say why should
II produce this. Then as have treat
ed the liquor question upon the basic
principle upon right and wrong or
Male In Sc"
Let me treat gambling the same
way. Hear me! Gambling Is wrong
within itself, it cultivates a passion
for chance and therefore develops
recklessness of character. A loss of
regard for consequences in life is the
danger point and gamblers have pro.
duced all that. They have developed
the passion for chance. reckless In
character because regardless of con-
sequences they act. That's why the
banker, the merchant, and the cor
poration cannot trust the gambling
young man.
2. Gambling Is wrong within itself
because 1t develops a character which
finds pleasure out OF the pains Of an
other. The gambler drinks OF human
blood and barbarism. and that Is the
quintessense Of cruelty. pleasure had
out Of pain. Rejoicing in the downfall
of another. DO YOU see 1t now? Let
me say in closing this discussion to-
night. 1 shall stand till my dying day
the sworn enemy of this liquor crime.
fight 1t because OF its intolerance.
it's the most intolerent thing that
ever fastens its fangs on human lib
erty. I right 1t because of its arro-
gance and pride, II boasts Of the havoc
it's made and wears diamond crown
OF ruin. I fight It for it's hypocrisy
it's the biggest hypocrite. 1t pretends
and never does fight 1t for it's
commercialism. II will make money
out OF the blood Of my boy, and sell
his soul for gain. I'll fight II until I
die because Of it's avarice and greed
Ill fight 1t because Of it's domination
In politics. III fight It because OF the
corrupting influence in the affairs of
city government. I'll fight 1t be-
cause OF its constant effort to de-
bauch the suffrage Of our country
and buy votes at dollar a head and
buy Its chairs in the senatorial dis
trict and brag about the havoc its
made. fight 1t because of the cow.
ards It makes OF men in public OF.
fices. No bigger coward has ever
been made than the elected officer
who sells his place for a whisky con.
stituency. TIT fight Il for its utter
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