The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-11

price for the infamy. because II gets
an easement in the public road. and
gets the power of the road to draw or
drive the human game to its decoy.
but ESQ years of failure have demon
that will make such bargain with
slch a gang, to do such business
Is incapable of enforcing even the
ridiculous restrictions it imposes
The LIQUOR trade asserts that ont
lawry swells it's sales IL lies. like the
premeditated criminal 1t ie. for IL
fights at any odds for a license. at
any price and on any terms OF in
fanny to itself, because the right or
way goes with it, which In the chieg
asset of the footpad.
An Old Lie Nailed.
The liquor trade asserts that pro-
hibition breeds blind pigs" 1t lies.
Licensing areas are the habitat of
such defective swine. But, at any
rate, they are not creatures of the
road at all, but of the back lots, cell
lars. caves 1t is the road that we
must fight for. first, and decent poll
ties can keep that clear. There are
still wolves in the woods. but they
dare not s1unt in the road. There
are still rattIesnakes in the rocks, but
they do not coil in the street. There
will still be saloons in the cellars,
but they are skurrying from the road.
There will still be pot stills in the
mountains but not in the road. There
Will still be decanters on the side
boards of careless or selfish people.
, But the road ought to be, and Is go
ing to be, made safe from the whole
treaC,aerous thing. mo lion shall be
there. nor shall any noxious beast go
=tfIaFpeH.=FFhey shall Hut-be found
Dee 10 al shall
there safely. and the ransomed of the
Lord shall return 90 Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads"
The twentieth century opens new
vision toward the fulfIilment of that
prophecy. The old politics represent
ed by. But stop: will not defile
this hour with their names, The
old politics flouts that vision. and
sticks to the old level serving. and
being served by, the saloon. But the
new politics, represented by such men
as Daniels, Cummns, Clapp. Shep-
pard, Kitchen, Kenyon, Webb, Bryan,
and Woodrow Wilson, already mounts
me rise to plant Old Glory on the
heights Of progress. The decent citi-
zen must meet the liquor traffic there.
at the forks of the road ana make
good. with local, State and national
prohibition and officers to match.
congratulate my country that IL
is now in the act of accepting the ar
gument here made The licensed dis
regard of life and character has be-
come alslorrent to decent minds The
pusillanimous prostitution OF the po-
lice power to the uses of spoilsmen and
the threats and demands of public
prisoners is passing forever, The ar
rival OF this great elastic, non-partisafi
league of Christian men. at the front
of the age-Iong fight for a safe road.
has set us free from the drag of old
partyism. and new partyism as well,
and opened wide the everlasting doors
of political opportunity to independent
voters everywhere. Intelligent Chris
tian corporation saturates the old
guard of prohibition. Conservative
! business America is lining up for
"phe safety of the people," which is
the highest law. and the church OF
Jesus Christ. that has led us all for
twenty centuries, still leads
Braxten II Trustee.
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