New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-15

GRASSES OF every type dlld nation
and 40 stud y of the problem lead
Inc to a process OF achieving uni
fOrInity Of temperament and
habits Of the peoples Of the earth
has revealed the path TO this mys-
terry of life. Tastes and appetites
are Of the flesh and blood. They
are t he demands Of the individual
physical machinery, the call Of
the still voice Of the soul. Viii
power can administer prniSh-
ment to body and soul, restrain
taste and appetite, restrict the
freedom Of indulgence Of fuel for
the body, out when You have IN
tlicted abstentiOn and an unnat-
ural interference with those subt'c
influences called the cravings Of
OR heart you have obtained to
permanent solution, no settled
fact or principle.
The shall oNnesS of Major
SMITH $ leItGrc is an outgroWth Of
the lecturers implied vanity. a
sort OF exaggerated ego, that
neltralfzes and positively spoiled
the impressions intended to be
made on the audience. The prom
inence given to his political actiy-
lty and connections and his par
ticipating in the enforcement OF
state and federal laws over
whelmed or submerged the PRO
H'biton subject he was paid To
"lucldatc to the electorate OF New
iberia.
The statement that the mode:
license leagi'e prevented reform
Legislation in the whole United
States between 1908 and 1912. is
not only erroneous and deceptive
bat discloses some hidden germs
Of resentment he bears for ms
former employer There have
'een several pieces of commend
able legislation put on the statute
books. laws that can regulate and
supervise and exact obedience to
It's provisions. "A large part of
his so-called lecture, it was not a
lecture but sort of disconnected
moving word picture. was devoted
t" a sentimental appeal to the
woman; to the widow with an
only, lonely son; to the mother
with lovable daughter. That
piece of histrionics has been tried
by every prohibition orator with
more or less success. The Ma
t'"naI Anti-SalOon League should
offer premium for the discovery
OF a new slogan, more modern
catch-phrasc, a more catchy figure
OF speech. The old orator and
the old literature shave failed. !
The scope was too narrow. Sue
cess might come from a new WIS.,
ualization Of thes ubject. De-
nnnciation Of peoples, condemna-
ton of systems and a continuous
mobilization and roaring of mouth
artillery to asphyxiate with the
shell gas of venom the persistent
hydra-headed opposition of liquor
forces is program that invites it's
own rejection and defeat. |
Major Smith 8 reference to his
fathers connections with the Con-
federacy was an empty appeal to
the gallery and failed to lend adj
ditional vitality to his badly hand
led subject. The charge infe-
rentially made that the liquor in
terest mixes in Louisiana politics
is more than overbalanced by the
offensive tactics invoked by the
anti-saloon agent during our leg
islative sessions.
Abraham Lincoln during the
course of an address delivered
before the Springfield Washing
tonian Temper ance Society Feb
ruary 22nd, 1912 said: "The
preacher it is said. advocates
temperance because he is a ia
matte. and desires a union of the
church and state; the lawyer from
his pride and vanity of hearing
speak, and the hired
agent for his salary" AS to the
point Of saving the boy, Lincoln
again argues: "Few can be in
luced to labor exclusively for
posterlty; and none will do it en-
Enthusiastically. Posteritv has done
nothing for us; and theorize on
t as we may. practically we shall
10 very little for it. unless we
ire made to think we are at the
same time doing something for
Let me present a few extracts
# the expressed views OF Repre-