The Glenwood post., 1916-07-29
THE NEW BOOZE AMENDMENT

At the Presbyterian church last SUI
day evening, Mrs. D. NJ. Hayes, super
intendent of the rescue work of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
addressed the congregation on proposed
beer amendment to the constitution,
and spoke in part as follows:
Some years ago Methodist minister
had charge of mission in the slums
hardly where the West Denver brew
cry was vomiting forth its hell
broth. He noticed that some of the boys
in his Sunday school had punched tick
cts. With some difficulty he ascert-
aimed what they were.
They were issued by the brewery for
free drinks; and when ticket was
used the child was given another.
This was obeying the injunction of a
leading liquor dealer in a meeting of
their association.
Gentlemen" said he, "our patrons
die off in the course of time, and unless
new ones come to take their places, our
business will die out. Therefore I ad-
wise you by all means to create appe-
tite. Drinks given away now will re-
turn rich harvest when once the ap-
petite is formed.''
Today Colorado is practically sa-
loonless state, but the liquor demon is
still camping on the trail of our chill
dren. Beaten two years ago, it pleads
fer another chance to lay waste this
commonwealth.
It asks for the privilege of manufac-
turing beer in the state and of selling
it in sealed packages which means that
the brewers wagon may peddle from
door to door, that the brewery may
push its wares in every conceivable
way, upon the people.
The first sentence of the proposed
amendment to the constitution i" Beer
is hereby declared to be non-intoxi
cating.'
Either one of two things must be in
the minds of the trainers of this start
ling assertion. They must assume that
the people of Colorado are knaves ready
at their behest to sacrifice every prin-
ciple of righteousness and to incorpor-
ate a lie in the state constitution, or
that they are fools, willing to be bound
hand and foot and to be handed over
to the powers of evil.
The voters of this state at the next
election will show them that they are
neither knaves nor fools.
An old lady who had good word
for everybody was once asked what
she could say for the devil.
"Well,n she replied, -" | always did
admire his perseverance,.
When Napoleon ; old guard was be-
ing cut to. pieces at Waterloo, they
were called upon to surrended. The
captain replied, "The guard dies; it
does not surrender
The liquor traffic must die; it will
never surrender.
When L had my little children with
me 1 used to 60 to a cabin in the
mountains for the summer. One day
my little girl went to the door to speak
to boy who was choppihg wood in the
yard. She screamed, Oh, Mamma,
Mamma there s a great big rattlesnase
on the doorstep
1 hurried, and sure enough there he
was, coiled, head up, tail up and rat
ting away for dear life. I Screamed
to the boy: Harry, Harry, bring a
pole and kill this snake, quick!"
But Harry prudently stayed where he
was. He doubtless reasoned, as other
people have done on the liquor ques-
ton: 'That snake amt hurting me
none. Let well enough alone"
Well, couldn't get past that rattler
SO I ran back and snatched the only
missile could find, . flatiron, and
hurled it at the reptile. A woman
never can hit anything, they say, but
I hit him. Not SO but what he crawlsd
under the cabin. No, didn't kill him,
but made him hunt his hole. We have
made the drink business hunt its hole,
thanks be, but there is yet work. Listen
to the sequel Of my snake story:
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