The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03


49, homes and communities
thgungh what II prints In its sdver
thing columns."
( The Times went dry. second. r
- fres. Il did not care to take or
defS for and from the brewers i
eosldn't make out how the press
could - both the handmaiden o.
civilisafion and the bar-maid Of the
brewer and distiller or the procuress
for the pot-houses. seeking to sc
curB victims for the desperate traf
nc to replace those lost through
the onward sweep OF the anti-sa
loon movement.
Being against bossism. The
Times was bound to be against
booze, the twin evil of bossism. Nc
politically independent newspaper
can train with the puny and servile
little men who appeal to the bosses
every morning to give us this day
our daily opinion: nor can II regard
the voice OF the liquor advertiser al
the voice OF God.
Being dry. The Times is u3fetter
ed and free to support the men who
are openly and pronouncedly hos
tile to the alliance Of booze and
bossism.
Refusing to take the copy OF the
vets, we refuse 20 take the candi'
dates OF the vets.
The Times supported the present
schoolma of Michigan
when the liquor interests were
against him and we knew 1t. We sup
ported him once when the liquor
interests were for him and we
didn't know II. We opposed him
when the vets were unitedly and
ofYicially for him and We did know
Il.
You remember Phil Sheridan's
Irish sergeant who tried to subdue
an army mule. When the animal
in the course Of his gyrations. got
hoof In the stirrup. Pat dismount.
ed in disgust. THAT settles It," he
said. IF the donkey's going to get
on. I get on"
wRen the Royal Ark got on the
Democratic donkey in 1912. II would
have been simply grotesque for q
dry newspaper to be found in the
saddle.
The revolt against the drink curse
has taken on too intense charac.
ter to make 1t impressive for can.
didate or ofIlcial to say. I'm a tenn
perance man: ! don't touch q thing
Teetctalism isn't necessarily moral;
Il may be frugal. A preacher mp
preached . candidate for sheriff and
said. II want to vote intelligently
and conscientiously, and therefore
desire to ask you . question. v
Shoot" said the candidate. dc
you touch intoxicating liquors!'
The nominee replied that he would
like tn settle a point before answer
ing. SAY on" said the preacher
'sIs this an inquiry or an invitation? p
asked the discreet candidate.
The Times went dry. third, Be.
cause Il wanted to be consistent.
pledeed 70 truth In advertising. II
cannot accept copy that proclaima
that -Budwetser Spells Temper
ance." Budweiser speels temper
ance Just about a. much a. alimony
spells domestic felicity " safe-tap'
ping spells personal probity.
II any brand Of beer II found
spelling temperance. temperance
had better stay on the job.
No paper committed to advertis
ing integrity can admit to its col
umns such spurious pretensions al
"A Case Of Beer Provides the True
Spirit Of Christmas" or Make
Your Thanksgiving Happy Witt
Our Best Gin" Beer provides only
Christmas desolation; gin filche.
the thanks from Thanksgiving.
II the newspapers want truthful
Of liquor. let the late
Henry w. Grady, the eloquen
spokesman Of the New South. fur
nish the copy. He said: 1T is thu
mortal enemy of peace and order
The despoiler Of men, the terror o.
women. the cloud that shadows thu
face Of children, the demon tina
has dug more graves and sent mor'
souls unshrived to judgment thar
all the pestilences that have wastet
life since God sent the plaques Il
Egypt and all the warn since Joshui
stood before Jericho"
One would gather from the pic
torial liquor advertisements tina
the path Of glory leads but to {
tap-room. Reading how the Illus
trious Of the long ago achieved I'm
dying fame by liberal imbibing. ont
10 led to believe that
Lives OF great men ali remind vi
We may make our lives sublime.
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints Of . high old time.
Alphonse karr says the soldier
falls wounded. his comrades fnisl
him by trampins over him. he II
buried half alive and left to enjo,