The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-12-30
ANTl.SAl0ON LEAGUE FLOODS
GREAT STATE WITH PAID
REF0RMEKS
FROM SOUTH, TOO!
Buckeye Editor 10asiS Small,
Hobsqn anl Patterson. Tell
ing Them To Help Lii Up
Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nesseC Which Really Need
the Light

After two previous unsuccessful at.
tempts the Anu.saloon League, with
paid gans Of rcrormega, IS trying TO
mako Ohio "dry" licro So what tho
Ohio val,ey Times, OF G,ouLcaylile,
Ohio. thirEs Of tic rchcuo:
The national organization OF the
Anti.SalooA LEAGUE 20 fouding into
the state o. Ohio the Row. Small OF
Georsia, the Hon. Richard p. llobson,
of Alabama. and Ex-Governor p0ttor-
son. OF Tennessee, to toll tho people
here how TO manage the affairs Of this
great state, Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee
Look at the map! study the tables
OF illiteracy and human depravity.
Make comparisons OF these states with
the state Of Ohio on any question I'm.
volyiug any matter OF american clylli.
cation or American welfare and dc.
termino for yourself whether these
gentlemen, Rev. Sam Small OF Georgia,
Hon. Richmond p. llobson Of Alabama,
and Ex-Governor Patterson OF Tonnes-
sec might not employ their talents,
such rs they have, 10 the amelioration
OF conditions In the states from which
they come.
Ohio is an enlightened community.
Ohio places the man above every other
consideration
Ohio Represents America.
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee do not
represent the spirit OF America. They
all live in nu ago that IS dead. They
are decadont communities. Tho things
that Rev. Small, Mr.. IIobson and Mr..
Patterson are cOuteuding for may bo
all very wCil Tor Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee and Russia, but Ohio IS
America at iJ3 best. Autocratic gov
ernmcpt for Russia, Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee is the only form appli-
cable 20 communities where the popu.
lation hGS been kept IN tho darkness
of Calhay, but This Is OElo-Oh!o self
reliant, Ohio Intelligent, Ohio awake to |
the light and tho life of the twentieth I
century.
OHIO docs not vote the Democratic
ticket nor tNc Ec1uDitcon ticket al tho
behest OF The bosses. Ohio has moro
independent yo.cgl than any state in
the union. Ohio thinks for herself
Ohio Is 0blo TO take caro- of herself |
We eay unto you, Richmond =. Hob. |
son, 80 baci, TO Alabama, and take /
those poor ha'GsloyyCl children out OF .
the factories, where tho grind IS de- |
stroylns the future citizens OF Amer |
ica. You sank tho Ierrmac IN The !
straits OF Sau.l3E2, but NO warn you 1
not TO sink the Alabama.
TO Sam Small Of Georgia We say |
unto you put Georgia on tho map rs ,
a civilized community and then come .
TO Ohio and tell us how you did 1t.
AntrSaIoon League PoUuce.
To Ex-Governor Patterson Of Ten.
nessee We want TO know how YOU
came by th.. "EE' IN nCut OF your
name. DID tho iacl that you helped TO !
destroy ciy.i liberty and local self .
government in Tennessee have any
thing 10 do Ni,h it. You have q court. .
appointed MAYOR R Ueupl.n, pat /
there by q rrN err.aut court, aad IN .
defiance ol ,hC expressed viii ut the .
people, Nol have IN Iowor-ee what .
you arc pleased 10 gall prohibition, but 7,
you have not local acl,.oyornmaut; /.
neither have you q Judiciary that T.
dare5 to lit its head. Ghc Ani!Sa- /.
loon mob ha1 iu,'miGatel yow courts .
and the state has taken property with.
out due process. Human slavery has .
been abolished Within your borders, /
but not ~ you nor your fathers, but IN |
spite OF you and the race from which I
you spring.
You cannot fo,st upon Ohio either ,
human slavery nor any OF those sub,
stitute5 which you brins under an,
other gu!sc. Ohio demands clean
hands ana a puro heart Show your
hands aud reveal 20 us the true in
wardness cf your hearts. We do not
believe in yolr sincerity, neither do
we trust 70 your judgments. "Fool, +
first cast the Leam out OF thine own
eye; then cUu'st thou sec clearly the .
mote that is in thy brothers eye"
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