The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-02-25

u less radical ana advoeats rssulat-
ing the saloon instead OF destroying
the whole liquor trafhci / would Il
could be convinced that regulation
would do any good. but let me ask II
you ever heard Of regulating a skunk
until it won't stink.
The reason regulation Of the saloon
is failure is simply because the sa-
loon is q law-breaker. 1t never was
and never win be a keeper of the
law and II It did It couldn't make any
money. and you know men would not
engage in 1t unless they could make
dirty dollars out of # The saloon
knows no law. no morals and no pity.
But you know there is tremendous
capital invested in the whiskey traf-
fic and don't you think we should re-
imburse the men II we destroy their
business2 Well. in the first place
don't call 1t business. l call it the
devils traffic and / claim that no
man has a right to invest in that
which is wrong.
III agree to reimburse the distilier
and the brewer If you will step down
south and reimburse my grandaddy
for the slaves that were freed ON his
hands. Well. Bulgin. slavery was
wrong 1t wansn't bit worse than
tn whiskey traffic.
When you talk about reImbursing
the saloon keeper I'll advocate reim-
bursting the safe cracker and the yegg-
man for the capital he has invested
in nitroglxcerine and burglar tools be-
fore you permit the officers to arrest
him.
Don't Need Saloons.
You don't need saloons in Colorado
any more than need bed bugs for
comfort in my bed. The saloon be-
longs TO the bed bug class: It never
ves and never win he a wealth pro-
ducer. Il IL wealth consumer. .
blood sucker. How can any institu-
ton whose finished product Is worth
ten thousand times less than its raw
material bc n wealth ccnsumerf For
every dollars revenue We ever got
from the liquor traffic We paid out
seven to take care Of the e me and
suffering caused by old King Alcohol
No Personal Liberty.
I'm sick and tired OF all this talk
about personal liberty. There il no
such thing There never were but two
men who had personal isberty--one
was Adam before Eve was created.
the other was Robinson crusoe be-
fore the Welcome Friday reached the
immortal isIe. But the moment . sec
ond person made appearance upon the
stage Of human activity psr1uual lib-
erty Of The crigisal actor disappeArea
and eivti liberty sprang Into being
Henry Grady made himself immortal
By uttering that great truth. "A mans
personal liberty leaves on where an
others personal injury begins--
But do you believe In trying 70 reg
ulAte what = man shsil drinkf Well.
We regulate what he shall eat nova
days BY our pure food laws and We
prohibit druggists from selling car.
bolic acid to q man who intends 10
use Il to commit suicide. Isn't that
regulating what q man shall drinkf
And while carboiic acid is a little fact
er, Il Is no surer than whiskey and
between the two routes TO hell con-
slider the carbolic acid route far more
respectable and certainly Il 10 much
easier on tho old devils family and
society In general.
Well. u We can forbid the quiek
poison. why not the slow one. with
worse consequences following in its
wakeF
Jesse James IL . gentleman COM
pared to . saloon keeper. II . high
waymAn were to above gun into my
boys face tonight and take IS from
him Il would not do the boy any per
manent injury. even II It did scare
him green. but II . saloon keeper
sold my boy IS worth OF booze he
would ruin my boy physicaliy and
morally and would break his parents'
hearts. Furthermore. that booze vii
incapEcitats my boy to earn another
IS. and 90 l say that saloon keeper
Il worse than a highwayman-
Why oambllau ls WroNs...
Gambling 10 wrong becauso Il en-