Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-04

onions and the lettuce, and then the
cats. and the puppies and the calves. and
the geese. Now Jamaica IL spending
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars to set
rid of the mongoose.
Americas MOnEoosc Il the Licensed
saloon.
The American mongoose Is the open
licensed saloon. II eats the carpets off
the floor, and the clothes from off your
back, your money out OF the bank, and
II eats up character. and II goes on until
at last II leaves n stranded wreck In tho
home, a skeleton OF what was once bright
ness and happiness.
Like a drummer on a railroad train.
There were some men playing cards. and
one fellow pulled out a whisky flask and
passed It about. and when It came to the
drummer he said:
mo"
What" they said. have you got on
the water wagon7" and they all laughed
at him.
You can laugh II you want to-" he
said. but I was born with an appetite
for drink and for years have taken
from five TO ten glasses per day. but l
was at home in Chicago not long ago.
and have a friend who has a pawn shop
there. was In there when I'm came a
young fellow with ashen cheeks and a
wild look on his face He came up trom-
bling. threw down a little package and
said: Give me 10 cents" And what do
you think was I'm that package? II was Z
pair of baby shoes. My friend said
No. I cannot take them
Give me a dime. / must have a
drink
mo, take them back home, your baby
will need them
Ny baby is dead, and want a
drink answered the poor fellow.
Boys, / don't blame you for the lumr
that comes up In your throat. There IL
no law, divine or human. that the saloor
respects. Lincoln said ''If slavery Is not
wrong, nothing Is wrong"
/ say II the saloon, with it's train OF
disease, crime and misery is not wrong
then nothing on earth is wrong II
the fight is to be won we need men-mer
that will flght-the chur, Catholic and
Protestant. must fight It or run away
and thank God she Will will not run
away, but fight to the last ditch.
Who works tho hardest for his money
the saloon man or your
Who has the most money Sunday morn
ing; the saloon man or your
saloon Is Rat Hole for Wages.
The saloon comes as near being a raj
hole for a wage-earner to dump his wages
! In as anything you can find. The only
interest It pays IL red eyes and fou
breath, and the loss of your health. Yoi
go In with money and you come out with
empty pockets. You go in with 0haracte
and -ou come out ruined. "a 30 Il
with a good position and you lose II
You lose your position in the bank, o
In the cab of the locomotive. And 1
pays nothing back but disease and dam
nation and gives an extra dividend In de
lirium tremens and a free pass to hell
And then II will let your wife be burieC
in the potter's field, and your children
go 20 the asylum, and yet you walk on
and say that the saloon IL a good in
stitution, when 1t is the dirtiest thin
on earth. 1t hasn't one leg to stand OF
and has nothing TO commend II 10 n de
cent man. not one thing.
But" you say. 1--WE will regulate I
by high licenses" Regulate what b.
high license? You might as we'll try AM
regulate a powder mill in hell. DO yol
want to pay taxes in boys or dirty money
A man that will sell out to that dirt,
business / have no use for. See hoy
absurd their arguments are.
II you drink Bourbon In a saloon tina
pays $1,000 a year license, will II ca
your stomach less than II you drink
in a saloon that pays $500 license? !
II going to have any different effect Of
you, whether the gang pays $500 or $,Ou
license?
No It will make no difference whethe
you drink It over a mahogany counter o
pine counter--it will have the same effec
on you; II will damn you. so there IL n
use talking about 1t.
In some insane asylums, do you knoN
what they do? When they want to ties
some patient to see whether he has re
covered hi sreason they have a room wit
a faucet in II and a cement floor. an
they give the patient a mop and tell hir
to mop up the floor And II he has sens
enough TO turn off the faucet and mop u
the floor they will parole him, but shout
he let the faucet run, they know that h
is crazy.
Trying 10 MOP with wafer RUNNING
Well, that Is what you are trying TO dc
You are trying to mop Il up with taxes
and insane asylums. and jails. and cure
and reformatories. The only thing to d
is to shut off the source Of supply.
A man was delivering a temperance ad
dress at fair grounds and fellow cam
up to him and said-
Are you the fellow that gave a tai
on Temperament
Yes"
Well, I think that the managers al
a dirty piece OF business 10 let you Civ
a lecture on temperance. You have hui
my business. and my business Is legs
one"
You are right there said the lecturer
they did do a mean trick. ! would CON
plain 10 the officers" And he took Up
premium list and said: by the way,
see there Is a permium OF so much offere
for the best horse and COW, and buttel
What business are you in?''
I'm In the liquor business"
well, 1 don't sec that they offer an
premium for your business. You ougt
to go down and compel them 70 offer
premium for your business, and the
ought to offer on the list 80 for the be'
wrecked home. SIS for the best bloate
bum that you can show, and SO for IN
finest specimen Of broken-hearted wifi