The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12
The Trend Of Sentiment.

III oiS oO'Oioi SOWuollpo lOr Jue
purpose OF a concerted disapprov.
al Of the liquor traffic. In view
OF the coming primaries it Is pro
posed that the several candidates
for JUDGE shall be asked to
make known their attitude on the
liquor question IN PLAIN straight
forward manner, no technical
evasions. In the past some of
our judges, presumably tor po-
htical reasons have tried to rec.
oncile their constituents with
nice talk concerning the duties of
a Judge, the Interpretation of the
law etc, all of which is no longer
a valid excuse; for the simple rea.
son that every reader of average
intelligence knows that the grant
ing of a license for the sale of
liquor IN this state is a matter
entirely with the Court, the duty
of the Judge being to hear the
evidence, consider the mum Der
and character of witnesses for
and against the granUng Of H.
cense, the question atlssue beng
simply that of a necessity for the
sale of alcoholic liquors as a bev-
erage. Scientific investigation
answers the question IN the mega.
tive, since it has been plainly
demonstrated that alcoholic bev-
erages have no food value, nor do
they possess any sustaining quail.
itles; besides, we have the decla-
ration of our best physicians
everywhere that alcoholic liquor
when taken into the system is a
poison to the human organism,
hence it is decidedly harmful as
a beverage, and has but limited
use as a medicine. In all depart.
ments of the business world is a
demand for efficiency, and efiicl-
ency implies being on the alert,
to think quickly and rightly, to
act promptly and diligently, to
grasp firmly and steadily with a
skilled hand, to be guided by the
clear vision of a trained eye, and
verify, these qualities are the at
tributes of sobriety; they cannot
emanate from a brain excited or
lnfamed with booze. The man
at the wheel who has taken a
drink Is unsafe, his brain, in a
degree, is excited, he has exalted
Imagination, and does not see
with the normal eye. In our day
OF good roads, automobiles with
passengers are cIrcling IN every
direction; our hotels are filed
with guests in quest of meals and
lodging. These patrons are, as a
rule, our best people-intelhgent |
and sober-interested in pleas
ant surroundings, good meals,
clean and comfortable beds; but |
not interested in the bar room.
True, we have our ''joy riders"
who want the booze, but they are
a blight to decent society and a
menace on the public highway.
But let US have faith, trusting
that IN the future when hotel
men appear IN court asking the
privilege to sell rum, they may
be manly enough to not cast re
lection on the many sober people
and good people, who chance to
be their GU ests, by telling the
Honorable Court that the license
privilege is ior their accommoda
tion. May they be truthful, and
frank enough to tell the Judge
that their desire to sell booze, is
for the profit, and that their most
likely customers are the "Joy
Riders" the old topper, the person
Al liberty tippler who is likely to
become confirmed boozer and
what Is used at the recruiting sta
lion where young men and boys
ire induced TO JON inebrlate ar
my, to fill up the ranks as the old
fall by the wayside, or
wend their way to almshouses or
asylums.
observer"