The Detroit times., 1917-11-17
TELLS OF
LONG FIGHT
WITH BOOZE
Publisher of Times Re
views Thirty
Years War


n. u. at tho CLOSING session ol
sortieth annual convention Thur asl
ripbt lame Scheuuerhurn. pnoI
81 III The Detroit Times. rcterreo
,ba sapport which fhe Hudson go.
zctfc. founded by hi- father in t'aN,
gavp 40 lhc fir prohibition cam
paign "a 1854
Afer payinE lbuie lo Con
Pershing, vaou he hhtN t
United states Miliiar5 acad 'lH1 w
~ ehermerhon said ir par
~Pershmg left West Point n 1850
"a lead a campaign sgainst req Ai.i..
.nd came back here from ihe Nii
i,s,ry Academy 10 Join your ofsoht
votinn In a drive against red hquoI
u don't know which was the more
hazardous ami exciting kH""
booze tribe tried 80 sc.ip nae awe
sod he subscription ijst oi me quo
son Gazette suffered heavy eaa4f'
hes mostly missing. Bui reili"f-o
uenis came in from lboNn. " ht"'
Hand and other sobec rection ana
NJ gent up lively artillery hre aA
,hrn ,he 6rst statewide prohibition
campaign Of 1857.
"That was tbe beginning Of me
Thirty Years War friends Nu'
eves have seen tht coming OF 'hf
glory OF a saloonless state. and me
hanishment of the LIQUOR trahc fonf
q majority of thp si-terh"oQ "l
states and national prohibi'ioh ''
The manufacture oi ardent ~lI
for the period OF the war. bur me
w &. r. L. and a hancfpl of pionl
b;tionists withstoud sncers and i'ef7
in fhas distant dar 20 keep me nc"
triumphant cause alive
you Christian women were thF.it-
rion Of life 90 youthful pur ~ ana
the home and the legion OF death To
tbo desecraiors Of both, and ] am
happy 10 come back 70 these wrii-
remembered scenes and tell YOU now
proud I am 20 have battled with you
in the early If tnsives against the
great American curse.
"Twenty-seyen wears ago Y was
given TO mo 10 welcome the uple-
rates 20 the second congressional
djstric- convention OF ine " 4. r..
D.. OF which Mrs Julia u. Siaunard
was president. The beloved Mary
n. Iathrop was state president
'rhere IS only one name or the FRO
gram in 1890 that reappoars m me
proceedings Of this convention that
OF Mrs. Matte French. hope i1is
A. another proof Of the tenacity with
which the French fight
81 recall that Democratic editor
welcoming dry delegates was 700 Sc
we're a shock for some of the good
women OF that day. They regarded
IL as political camouhage one wor-
fhy leader resigned / hope ms
speech will be less disastrous that
] will be as fortunate, AZ least as
the lecturer who was asked II hc
had his audience with him. They
were with me for two blocks. he
said. but I distanced them in the
third
sometimes suspicion arises in
my mind that certain forms Of Pru~
sian tttthirSSnrsS rI1av hTvr been s. o.
spired by the way lhe booze gang
dominated politicians and newspap
ers and inundated BUSINESS mer
Certain IL Is that many Belgium
have been invaded and many Luei
tanias sunk in the prosecution of q
Tule or ruin policy that had for its
watchwords. Sink without trace y
Strike him dead and Take no
prisoners
Poisoning the foe. as practiced by
fhe Teutons, bears resemblance
To the process which the liquordes-
or has maintained in this country
from the beginning His operations
have been deyilishly two-tOnic-beer
and whisky
Now. look you, a strange and In
spring thing has come 10 pass. The
cross does not consider itself sup
planted by the sword u acclaims
the cause as one sanctioned by the
Nazarene when He declared iha.
those who take the sword shall
perish by the sword The cross
IS cOmrade of the sword t CLEANS
above Old Glory az the battlefront
II Is sending ITS young men upon
this holy crusade with Us prayers
they 20 as the soldiers Of The Gaze
sars went, from the holy sacrament
10 where death awaits their names
pre- inscribed with the saints ol OLD
nn sanctuary walls The cross is
going into canionment and trench
with the safeguarding ministration
OF chapains and priest. and a. ST.
e. \. seeretaries. battling against
foes Of camp and tuflough more t9
be feared than Tho on"mic< bull,
f"Again | congratulate your organ.
lzaiion which has linked fhc eros
with IN unwearyinr crusade f0t
temperance and social purity upon
fEe vindication of your cause in tro
maintenance Of wholesome onVI
toumcni for an army Ol ugh cor.
ness War. rs we'll as peace. ha
brought iis splendid iriumphs to
fOut banners
~ know our blasphemons ~,
,loinls tie cross as ihs chosen conn
aHnI0U OT kgTTUT-- T1TT ITO 0UV RI TT
lrived by this proclamation W,
know that thcy have erected thcn
fross m Golgotha. which b. f0 sa1
The place of skull. and fha
.hty seek fu cruelty IewCcloeF anm
hat cross Onward with God'
.riUs the kaiser 90 his commander
Fiili assuming Bn alliance wifh th,
Almighty. Zsrhc kaiser has mObg
Eed Cod. but cannot march Him
wrote the Belgians iu De path o
ne dcepoilers. Onward with God
indeed Rather % was with Satan tha
ne Prugsians made their covenant
md with Gahonna are they in aere,
ucnf'"
an expert from thc United State
n -. ~. -l.n.u.l Lr IL. ..-...