Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-06-19

view, weekly publication in Bslti-
mere City, published and edited by
Catholic Priests with the sanction
ard approval Of Cardinal Gibbons Oh
the "The saloon.
The President Of the Company
Publishing the paper is, Rev. Father
Fletcher; the Vice President is Rev.
Father q j. Thomas.
The Directors are; Rev. Fa,he,
Geo. W. Divine, Rev. NJ. +. Foley,
Rev. James F. Donohue, Rev. c. +.
Thomas, Rev. w. A. Fletcher and
Rev. Joseph Wissel.
Under date Of Nov. %, 1918,
Cardinal Gibbons V.0te and the on.
dorsement is carried at the head of
the paper as follows:
CARDINALS RESIDENCE.
BALTIMORE, MD. NOVEMBER %, 1918.
l most cordially approve the
Baltimore Catholic Review, and co a.
mend it earnestly to the clergy and
laity Of the Archdiocese. exho, t
them strongly to give it their praa-
ical support and encouragement.
| trust it wilt be great p ,wer for
good in religion in The Archdioces
and | hope it wIil find its way into
every Catholic no ne.
J. CARDINAL GIBBONS,
ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE.
From the editorial.
Size Saloon has long been an OBJ
ject Of attack Oh the part Of very
many people, and has merited much
1pprcbrium and condemnation. lei
has been the occasion Of great injury
u the good peace If many sommua-
tiles, and destructive of many indivi-
dual lives 1t has become SO that
mans reputation Is placed in jeop-
lrdy f he be seen coming out OF such
a piac,. l. Continental Europe
what corresponds TO our salo n is
respectable place; the poor can 20 Ill
and get what liquid refreshments they
want.
"There is no reason in the world /
why saloons can not be quite rerpee
tablt; ist respectable as Gales aud
restaurants. Aud they can be so
that no man need be al
slammed to enter and take rink It
ne wants one. rhey are not such
sviI that we should be obliged 10
close them up. And we h. w .
pqtience with the fort Of those who
want t abolish all saloons without
restriction and discrimination. We
are in favor of effort to raise the tone
of such places and to make him d.
cent aud orderly; if the mem, ers of |
the Anglo-Saxo rae can lie Undue d
% conduct anythii g orderly. We
might learn great deal from the |
Latin races whisa so many affect 10
iespis Taere is moderation, re-
s.raint, order, courtesy, reason, IN all
things among them; it has always
been 80. Oar race has never been
noted for the same or similar qualities.
1t seems to us much better to have
saloons and to have them good rather
than 10 oblige People to keep liquor
in the r houses; which they sill do If
deprived Of the opportunity of get
ting it as they do nov. And 1t will
be Impossible TO prevent people from
getting it aud getting it il abundance
when they want TO. 1t is strange
taat We will not learn from the ex-
periences OF the past. Human ma
ture remains the same always: the
race will Il stimnlants of some kind
or other. Deprive men and woiaen
of the stimuanis they now have, ID |
they find others. And when peope |
keep liquor in then h mes, they are
very apt to drink more than if they /
have to go out for it, At least among |
the masses.
Besides, the rich and well-to-do
can keep thei- buffet well-stor ked,
Or they can have .hpir clubs which
will always have it Oh hand; these
DO not have the public saloon. But |
the majority Of men need the saloon,
or something like it; aud while we
admit the evils and the abuses that
are concomitant with he present con
duct of them, We do not see that it is
to reform their character
and let the people have them in Jet
ter conditions.