The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-01-05

not plan q saloon there and make 1t thrive
exceDt as widows and children suffer be-
cause of it. Friends some day these men
who attempt to terrOriZe your city ana
corrupt your politics will stand before the
judgment bar Of God and they will hear
read the command, Thou shalt not kill.
and they will see the line of those who.
from age to infancy. have been murdered
that they might make the money that
comes from selling that which took their
lives, but you need not worry about them
God will take care of them Even the
distiller and brewer is not big enough to
defy with impunity the laws of his
Maker.
There is something more important
than that for you to consider. and that
l. whether you will be his partner and
share the moral responsibility. There is
something the saloon needs besides Gus
toners. something it needs besides cap
1tal to run, something it needs besides the
LIQUOR that it sells: 1t needs the votes that
bring it into existence. The man who
furnishes the capital gets dividends or in
terest on his investment. The man who
sells the liquor gets profit on his product.
but the men who furnish the votes get no
dividends and get no interest They just
get the disgrace of being a silent partner
with men who would not be seen on the
street with them or allow them to come
within their walls.
Organizing Dry Democrats.
"They say if we do not have the saloons
they will sell anyhow. Well they won't
make me their partner by bOasting of
their lawlessness in advance. We all speak
of anarchists without praise. but the real
anarchists are not these little fellows who
| Carry red flags in little parades and speak
on street corners. They are just few in
numbers and very small in influence. The
| real anarchists of this country in number
and In power are the men who stand be-
hind the liquor business and boast that
they will defy the government and dis
obey the laws; And. my friends. do you
1 ford to take their side and no known
their champion in the fight that is com
ing? No. my friends we cannot close
| the door of hope to the Democratic party
| in order TO lie in the gutter with these
people. The Democratic party must not
die of delirium tremens or be buried in a
drunkard's grave.
They say if we must close the saloons
| we should at least compensate them. Well.
/ my friends If they had saved the money
they nave spent in trying to corrupt gov
| eminent they would have enough to re-
| without loss. Down in Texas they got
| hold of their books a few years ago and
they found how much they had contrib
| uted to the corruption of Texas politics.
| and they found the letters that they had
| written explaining and directing how the
| slush fund should be used for the corrup-
ton of politics: and that disclosure was
partly responsible for the fact that last
| summer over 100000 Texas Democrats
went to primary and voted, and ma
| Jority voted to submit the prohibition
| 10 the voters OF 1eXaS. And
! about year ago they had a suit in Penn
Sylvania, and when they called on the
brewers one by one and asked them to
| disclose their books, every brewer an
swered that on the advice of his lawyer
! he could not answer without incriminat
| ing himself and he took advantage of the
criminals defense. That is what they did
! In Pennsylvania. and the Democratic party
| dare not become the partner of criminal
to continue their business in this country
Question of Compensation.
"They say that we must compensate
| them. Well, when we passed laws against
| the carrying of concealed weapons we die
! not compensate the makers of revolver,
Tor the destruction Of their business. ant
when we pass laws on any subject we dc
| not compensate the people who have in
| vested in business that took the chance,
of the law: and of all the businesses The
| liquor business is the last business tina
| should have asked for compensation Why
my friends. these men have known tn,
| Kind of business they We're engaged in
they have known that they threatened hu
man life even for the moderate drinker
They know the number of drunkards tha
they trained for drunkards' graves. anC
yet they ask you to give them back an!
money that they may lose by investing
in business that they fully understood
My answer is let them give back to TN,
mother the boy they took from her anC
crought TO drunkard's grave: let then
give back to the wife the husband of whom
they deliberately robbed her: let them Civ
back TO orphan children the fathers whom
they first converted into brutes and thei
! drove to drunkardS' graves and then w
VIII talk about compensatng them 70
any pecuniary boss they may suffer LIE
! them >Rlve back the price of things o
which they have deprived society befor
| theV ask Tor money recompenSe for tn
| changing of their business buildings from
| diSreputable TO respectable.
I'VE don't take the brick out of a wal
if we close the saloon. we simply re-
quire that the building shall be used TO
another purpose. and you might as wei
say II you pass law prohibiting a maj
from using his gun to kill his fellowmal
| you must buy the gun from him as com
mon Justice. First, there is no justice il
it,, and, second. the liquor people canno
ask us 20 adopt anything that is not neces
SaFy OF Just merely for the privilege o
urlvlng away more votes than we can ge
from the people who ask us to do tina
thing.
Caution Is Urged.
MY friends. do not be deceived. and
want to indOrSe what Mr.. McChpsney ha
said to you and that is. Welcome an
T GndW to VINO mo- comes but don't trust any
your authority Why. my friends if tines
men realizeethe injury they have done /
society by taking the side of the saloon
they will be ashamed for several years I
| ask you TO trust them with authority Pu
mo one but the faithful on guard until yo
have submitted the proposition writer
upL dS vets WANT II written. but :.
the drys want it written. and then con
tinue your fight until you have adopted
in your State and then elect at the sam
time a Legislature in sympathy with you
amendment that will make the laws [
| carry out your amendment and close on
this business in your State.
And now, my friensd. let me just say
word about party politics. | know poll
jticians very well. l know their tendenc
Ito dodge as long as the lodging is goot
and | know, too, that when they have t
toe the mark they do it. and you will b
much interested during the next year
hear the splendid speeches on the side G
prohibition from those you had not sus
pected of being with you. The political
IS great bandwagon primer and the mu
sic has already commenced and the band
wagon is about ready TO start and tn
Democratic party must take the side {
the people against the saloon and it can
not afford to listen to their argumer
; that you cannot run your government
without the money that they pay in.
The Blind Tiger
? Now, there is another argument The
say that there will be blind tigers if yO
10 not have saloons. Answer them tia
: they have not waited for prohibition
order to run their Illicit houses for til
selling of liquor through bOOtleggers. an
if they tell you there will be blind tiger
answer them as | have answered then
, that if tiger were after my boy. til
binder he was the safer my boy wOul
be. If you close the saloon aud the
7 still sell some. they sell in the alleys an
4 in the byways, and those who do it al
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