The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-06

nesota metropolis has voted dry, even
| Proctor Knott would not have to ask,
Where is Duluth" Prohibition puts
both towns and States on the map
these brighter days
A sober American soldiery IN need
ed in Mexico, else the number who
never come back will be painfully
and shamefully large. An early order
OF total abstinence for officers as we'll
as mon will insure an early and less
bloody pacifcation campaign
| The liquor gang in politics ts never
so happy or so secretly busy as when
1t mas convinced the public that the
question Is settled here"
IN New York a wet Legislature con-
dnues to disfranchise rs per cent OF
the voters by denying to towns of the
first and second class even the poor
nsht TO vote on prohibition. local
opuon, or no-license In a free coun-
try like this about how long should
the electorate tolerate such legisla-
ton? And yet. the saloonfsts in State
wide prohibition territory are tear
rully pleading for local option and To-
cal self-sovernment. Wherever the IL
quor dealer is in political power he
ensIaves not only his customers but
the voters and the government The
SOLITARY remedy Is q complete nation
al house cleaning
The mild hammered, the easy-gofng
Rne-of- least resi- stance pulpit that ut
ters no warnings, denounces no near
by wrongs, and offends no powerful
leSalized and organized vice. Ia en-
tlrely satisfactory TO Satan, but what
a blasphe1nous disgrace to the cause
Of Christ, who came 10 destroy the
works of the devil
In England, where the bre very and
not the King alone, is In power all
sorts Of laws and regulations restrict
Unnecessary transportation that war
munitions may have the right Of way,
but barley and other brewery supplies
may travel where and in any guam
titles they please. says the editor OF
the British Weekly. Treason for self
interest is international habit OF the
liquor makers. liquor dealers and II
quor partfsans of all kinds, and trea-
son Is capital crime. Execute the
whole trafIlc and permanent world
peace will follow
DR., koren is as far behind the times
as Is the alleged scripture whose name
resembles his own
The Boston Herald IN a recent edi-
toriaf gynnastic artful lodging exer-
else, during which 1t tried to main
tain certain show of decenov and re-
speciality and still keep its adver-
tisng columns on the brewers pay
roll, SAYS, agreeing with Koren: The
heavy hand OF the tax gatherer should
be latd on all distilled liquors to the
point OF utter suppression. amuhane-
ously the substitution OF fern erted
drinks should be encouraged by
large system of graduated taxes up
on such drinks in proportion to their
strength. The privilege of selling
should be kept in responsible hands"
In other words, substitute rattlesnakes
for hyenas No, thanksl
With the consumption OF intoxfcants
in Russia reduced a6 per cent, It
looks like prohibition prohibits even
in what we used TO call 'half-heathen
Russia" In America 1t should be
sure and easy.
For the last time in the history OF
American politics a great national
political party has been able to keep
silent on the liquor question. They
will all be for prohibition IN 1920
Mark that prediction.
We must protect our border and
preserve our national honor, even II
1t is necessary to go to war in this
patriotic cause In the brilliant light
Of the twentieth century d better way
| than the way of blood ought to be
| try's best friend in an hour like this
who hravely seeks the better way 1t
often takes more courage to avoid
than to declare war. less courage to
fight than to seek peace and pursue It.
But when right meets determined
wrong. when virtue meets unyielding
vice, when good meets belltgerent
had. we can only fight for peace and
pray for victory. 1t may be that such
condition has arisen in Mexico. Ger
ttainly It arose a long time ago In the
war on Americas greatest foe, the H.
/ quor traffic. which Stays every year
more people than Mexican soldiers
are likely to kill in the generation
/ it will take us to get out OF Mexico.
once we really GO In
They went out for a good tina at
dance hall. met some men. were
piled with liquors-and then they had
1 to come to us" Such are the short
and SIMPLE annals of sin told by the
head OF the Illinois Training School
for Nurses. concerning the young scar
| let sinners that come for treatm emit
| to tho Cook County Hospital, where
| 400 worse than fatherless (because
paternally dtsowned) babies are Dor n
every year and where So, mostly young
| g-flS, We're treated IN the surgical
wards for unspeakable infeuth ons be-
tween November and June. True to
the tradition that the darkest hour is
just before the dawn. the orgies of
the licensed liquor trafic are beast
Her than e~ror. now that almost every
hotel must have tts ruzn-Soaked and
almost universally foul cabaret All
efforts to divorce the dance hall from
the bar have failed, hence the bar
mHst 60 or maaden1y purity must con :
tinue TO perish.
Statesmansfdp r. only ''fanaticism''
which public sent1men has overta ken.
The "cranks'' OF yesterday arc the
recognized patriots of tomorrow. The
mere politician Is the only thinker
who ae never ahead OF hts time A