Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-12
STATEWIDE PRAYER
FOR LOCAL OPTION
[Continued from First Page.1


You people have a right to insert good
INTO the laws of the State and if you
stand UP and are counted in every
moral issue you can have good, clean
government"
Clean Up Politics, Urges Governor
In conclusion, Governor Brumbaugh
urged the people to "clean up politics
so that when a child is born under the
American flag he will be born into a
country that will develop him into the
pest kind of a citizen in the world
Ministers of Harrisburg churches
before congregations which packed
many OF the buildings to the doors, de-
nVered bitter sermons against the
tratf1c. Resolutions calling on mem
bers of the legislature, particularly
| those from Dauphin county to support
the church in the fight were passed by
Mems Bible classes, other Sunday
school classes, Christian Endeavor So
cieties, and other organizations.
Seldom has any movement been
taken up in Harrisburg churches with
the zest and zeal displayed. There
was no evidence of pastors to handle
the local option question gently, with
carefully chosen. soft voiced phra ses.
Voters were asked to take a deter
mined stand now and at the next cleo
ton.
Did Shoe Pinch?
Wtldman, Swariz, Nissley and
Young, who were sent to the legisla-
ture by the city and county were asked
to stick by the churches. in the reso-
lutions passed DR.. John d. Fox,
speaking on The Great Battle For
Church, last night, said that Mr.. Wild
man had taken offense at a statement
by him that certain member of the
legislature was allied with the liquor
interests" did not mention any
name" said DR.. Fox. but Mr.. Wild
man accused me of not telling the
truth. | don't know why Mr.. Wildman
should have been so quick to take Of
| fense."
In concluding his sermon Dr. Fox
quoted statistics which showed that
Kansas has more wealth per capita
than any other State in theAUnion
In Maine. also a prohibition State, Sc
per cent OF the people own their own
homes, while in New York Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts the average
ranges from II to 20 per cent
Wildman Shakes Pastors Hand
Representative Wildman attended
the service, last night in Market Street
Baptist Church, at which the Rev. w.
ii. Dallman, pastor, preached on
Wlldman's Position on Local Option
Analysed, The sermon was in an
swer to Mr.. Wildman's statement. in
which 1t is alleged, he said that the
people OF Harrisburg do not want local
option or he would not have been
elected. After the service Mr.. Wild
man shook hands with the minister
and complimented him on his sermon.
Booze was arraigned en- about thir-
" counts by the Rev. DIR. Clayton AL
bert Smucker, during a sermon in
Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
on Shall Barleycorn Control Our
Legislature"
IF Britain, France, Russia and the
nations at war can take drastic meas
ures against the liquor business. 1t is
about time that the people of Penn
sylVania had the privilege of saying
whether they want the saloon to ex-
ist or not. 1t is a crime to thwart
the voice of the people. All good men
should rise up and take a stand that
will make our Legislators know that
there is something doing and that the
time has gone by. when we can be
fooled.
Not one good thing can be said
about the saloon. Last Tuesday, in
the hall of the House, where the hear
ing on the Williams local option bill
was held, we failed to hear one sane
word uttered in it's favor. Whisky
makes men fight, 1t is true, but they
usually fight other drunken men. The
champion of beer does not stand in
the Temple of Fame, he stands in the
police court.
THE saloon is an evil thing that has
not one redeeming thing in all it's his
tory to commend 1t to good men, 1t
breaks the laws of God and men: 1t
desecrates the Sabbath: it profanes the
name of religion; it defiles public or
der; it tramples under foot the tender
est feelings of humanity; it is a moral
pestilence that blights the very atmos-
phere of town and country; it is a
stain upon honesty; blur upon pur-
ity; clog upon progress; a check
upon the nobler impulses; it is an in
centive to falsehood, deceit and crime.
Search through the historyNof this
hateful thing and find one page over
which some mother can bow her
grateful head and thank God for all
the saloon did for her boy. There is
no such record. All its history is writ
ten in tears and blood, with smears of
shame and stains of crime and dark
blots of disgrace.
mo, the question is, shall John Bar
leycorn control our legislature? Let
us stand by our Governor and all
legislators who vote wor local option. |
Those who attempt to prevent the pas
Se'SS VI liiS iiSdsute ny vote should be |
remembered at the next election. |
Don't let us compromise with wrong
and wrong doers. May the good God |
help our legislators to be true to the |
great convictions and act in the light
of truth and right. Then a bigger day |
will dawn on the State"
Liquor and the Devil
Liquor interests are like the devil"
said the Rev. Thomas Reisch. in |
Christ Lutheran Church during a SER
mon on THE Governors Request to |
Pulpit and Pew" while speaking of |
the Indifference OF some church men. |
Il suspect that Satan don't care a |
picayune whether you do as he saws
or not, as long as you are Indifferent. |
greatly fear that we are six months |
too late on this question" continued
DR.. Reisch, "for while you Indifferent
people were sleeping, the liquor ad-
vocates were at work"
TWO sermons were preached by the |
Rev. DIR. William n. Yates, in the |
Fourth Street Church of God. In the
morning he spoke on "The Saloon
Would Destroy the Church If 1t !
Could" and in The evening on 'The |
Church Could Destroy the Saloon If |
She Would"
THE history of the saloon" said
DR.. Yates, reveals that It DESTROYS all |
that 1t touches. Universally our best |
industries are closed to the man who |
drinks and so destructive is the work /
OF the saloon that no church dare en-
dorse 1T and hope to retain public re-
spect.
IF the church resolves to support