The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-24

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2 " VII we do not have the saloons
80 :. se' anyhow. Well they won
" me their partner by Roasting oi
lawlessness In advance. We all SPEAK
anarchists without praise, but the rea
anarchists are not these little fellows who
carry red flags in little parades and speak
numbers and very small In influence The
real anarchists OF this country in number
ana In power are the men who stand be.
h,nd the liquor business and boast that
they viii defy the government and dis.
obey the laws. And, my friends. do YOU
tel me that the Democratic party can AZ.
inrd TO take their side and be known as
their champion in the fight thar is com
ingf No. my friends, we cannot close
tne door or ope to the Democratic party
Ih o;uer 10 lie In the gutter with these
people. me Democratic party must not
die OF delirium tremens or be buried in n
drunkards grave.
"They say II we must close the saloons
we should at least compensate them. Well.
my friends. II they had saved the money
they have spent In trying to corrupt gov.
ernment they would have enough to re-.
TIRE their capital and go out of business
without loss. Down in Texas they got
nod nold OF their books few years ago and
they found how much they had contrib
utel to the corruption of Texas politics
nhu they found the letters that they had
wrnten explaining and directing how the
s sios tund ,; should be used for the corrup
summer over 100000 Texas lsc' p ,aas ras
went went, to primary and voted. and a ma
1opi,y voted TO submit the prohibition
ABOUT a year ago they lad suit in Penn.
sylyania. and when they called on the
, 2riswss one by one and asked them to
disclose their books. every brewer an
sswered that on the advice of his lawyer.
ne could not answer without incriminat-
ing himself. and he took advantage of rho
e. en- defense. That is what they did
a. a. ennsyWanla, ana the Democratic party
darc not become the partner of criminals
10 continue their business in this country.
Question Of Compensation.
"They say that we must comnonsoto
them. Well, when we passed laws against
tne carrying of concealed weapons we did
not compensate the makers of reyoIyers
, ,,,h .Hr des. ruction of their business and
WITH we pass laws on any subject we do
nor compensate the people who have in
vested In business that took the chances
81 81 tne law; and of all the businesses the
liquor business Is the last business that
should have asked for COMPENSATION WHY
my friends. these men have known the
kind of business they were engaged in
tney have known that they threatened hn,
man life even for the moderate drinter
Ihey know the number of drunkards that
they trained for drunkards' graves. and
yer they ask you to give them back anv
money ~ mat they may lose by investing
III business that they fully understood
MY answer is let them give back TO the
mother the boy they took from her and
oirougnt to drunkard's grave; let them
inv Thov 1a9k 10 me wife the husband of whom
Dack TO orphan children the fathers whom
lhey hrst converted into brutes and then
wiII ,a 10 drnnkards' graves. and then we
my pecnnary loss they may suffer. Lei
lhem give back the price of things of
winch they have deprived society before
lhey ask for money .recompense for the |
changing Of their business buildings from
lsreputable TO respectable.
J., we don't take. the brick out Of wall
II we close the saloon. We simply re-,
luire that the building shall be used for |
say II you pass law prohibiting man |
rom using his gun to kill his fellowman |
you must buy the gun from him. as com
non justice. First, there is no justice in |
lsk us to adopt anything that is not neces |
,ary. or just merely for the privilege of
irving away more votes than we can gel |
rom the people who ask us to do that |
hing.
Caution Is Urged.
MY friends do not be deceived, and I
vant to indorse what Mr., AIc,hesnev has
laid to YOU and that is, Welcome any
'onvert who comes but don't trust any
Iody too soon with the power to muzzlc
our authority Why. my friends, If these
ociety by taking the side of the saloon,
hey will be ashamed for several years To-
lsk you to trust them with authority. Put
10 one but the faithful on guard until you
AVE submitted the proposition written.
lot as the vets want II written, but ms
he drys want II written, and then con
niue your light until You have adopted il
your state and then elect at the same
ime LEGISLATURE In. sympathy with your
amendment that Will make the laws TO
AIRY out your amendment and close out /
MS business In, your State,
and now, my friensd. let me Just say a
icians very we'll know their tendency
o dodge as long as the lodging is good
nd ! know, too, that when they have 10
oe the mark they do It, and YOU will he
much Interested during the next year To
ear the splendid speeches on the side of
Prohibition from those you had moi sns
ected OF being with you. The politician
: a great bandwagon primer and the mn
&c has already commenced and the band
iagon Is about ready to start and the
Democratic party must take the side of
he people against the saloon and II can
ot afford to listen to their argument
hat you cannot run your government
'ithont the money that they pay in.
The Blind Tiger.
Now, there Is another argument. They
ny that there Will be blind tigers IL Won
o not have saloons. Answer them that
hey have not waited for prohibition I'm
rder to run their Illicit houses for the
cling OF liquor through bootleggers. and
they tell you there win be blind tigers,
dswer them as I have answered them.
hat II a tiger were after my boy, the
Under he was the safer my boy would
e. III you close the saloon and they
I'LL sell some, they sell In the alleys and
a the byways, aud those who do ID are n
riminals. ard those who deal with them,
cal with them with shame upon their
aces. But III you license the saloon and ,
takes a position on the principal street,
calls itself legitimate and then Il sends
ut Its agents TO bring IN new recruits Ia
AXIS the places OF the drunkards II kills on.
And the political parties-well, when
ne party starts the other has got 10 be.
luSe neither Marty can aford IA have i