Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-11

not plan saloon there anu nuke i. thrNe
except as widows and children suner be-
cause of 1t. Friends, some day these men
who attempt to terrOrize your city and
corrupt your politics will stand before. the
judgment lar of God and they VIII hear
read the command, Thou shalt not kill,
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.
distiller and brewer not big enough to
defy with impunkE the laws Of his
Maker.
There is something more important
than that for you to consider. and that
Is whether You will he his partner aud
share the moral responsibility. There is
something the saloon needs besides Gus
toners. something II needs besides can.
ital to run, something 1t needs besides the
liquor that II sells: II needs the votes that
furnishes the capital gets dividends or IN.
terest ON his investment. 'he man who
sells the liquor gets profit on his product.
put the men who furnish the votes get no
dividends and get no interest. They Just
get @ 'ne disgrace OF being silent partner
WIN men VINO would not be seen on the
street with chem or allow them TO come
within their walls.
Organizing Dry Democrats.
i"rJ suy u we no HOI nave Ine Saloons
they viii sell anyhow. Well, they won't
make me heir partner by boastlng OF
their lawlcssness 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
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
uflI nfu hn .lt
obey the laws. And, my friends, do you
tell me that the Democratic party can af-
ford to take their side and be known as
their champion In the fight that Is com
mgr 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 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
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
|
| partly responsible for the fact that last
summer over 100000 Texas Democrats :
| went 10 a primary and voted, and a ma
| lority voted to submit the prohibition
amendment to the voters Of Texas. And
| about year ago they had a suit in Penn
sylvania and when they called on the
brewers one by one and asked them ia
disclose their books. every brewer an
swered mat on the advice Of his lawyer
ne could not answer without incrlmlnat
hn m aI.
1 criminals defense. That is what they did
ih rehhsyivania. and the Democratic party
\ uare nor become the partner OF criminal,
10 continue their business In this country
o,.,.,.. =.
1 ..n, s'o" W So"pensaton'
4 -, They say that we must compensate
them. Wei, when we passed laws -agains
4 the carrying OF c0neealed weapons we dit
not compensate the makers Of. revolveri
Ior lne obstruction OF their business, ant
\ Nneh we pass laws on any subject we d,
not compensate the people who have in
vested IN business that took the chances
| Vi Tue Jaw: ana or all the businesses th
hquTr business Is the last business tina
should nave asked for compensation. Why
my irlehas. these men have known tn
Kind OF business they were engaged In
1 man life even for the moderate drintar
They know the number OF drunkards tina
they trained for drunkards' graves, an,
A
money that they may lose by investin,
III a business that they fully understood
i MY answer Is let them give back to tn
mother the boy they took from her an,
Drought to drunkard's grave; let then
give back to the wife the husband OF whom
they deliberately robbed her; let them Civ
nack TO orphan children the fathers whom
lhey hrst converted Into brutes and thei
ur0Ve 10 drnnkards' graves. and then W
onn w,i .aR about compensating them 70
ahy pecnniary loss they may suffer lie
Ineln give Dack the price OF things o
whlch they nave deprived society befOr
tney ASK Tor money recompense for tn
Snangng or their business buildings frOn
disreputable to respectable.
| =. we don't take the brick out of wal
we close the saloon. We simply re
Inlre that the building shall he used 10
ahother purpose, and you might as wei
say u you pass law prohibiting a ma
from using MS gun to kill his fellowma
YOU must Ouy the gun from him as com
mon Justice. FIRST, there Is no Justice 4
u, ana, second, the liquor people canno
ASK us 10 adopt anything that Is not neces
saIs OF Just merely Tor tue privilege q
NrNlhg away more votes than we can &c
IRON IRON the people who ask us to do tina
'hihs'
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MY Ut aus no not De deceived, and
wah' TO 'ldorse what Mr., McChcsney ha
convert 'ho comes, but don't trust any
body to-, soon with the power to muzZl
your authority Why. my friends, II thes
men rei llze the injury they have done
society oy taking the side OF the salooI
they VIII he ashamed for several years
ASK yV 10 trust them with authority PU
no ohq but the faithful on guard until yO
nave l'uhmltted the proposition writer
NOT a the vets want II written, hut Il
me W ys want II written, and then COZ
tlhuel your night until you have adopted
IN year state and then elect Al the sam
tlnela Legislature In sympathy with yOI
amer 1ment that will make the laws
carrl out your amendment and close ol
lhis business In your State.
"fnd now my friensd, let me Just say
Wori aDout party politics. | know pol
ucitns very wei. | know their tendenC
10 luouge Us long as The lodging Is GOO
amt Know, too, that when they have
uOt the mark they do IL. and you will
mlch Interested during the next year
near the splendid speeches on the side
! nhlhition IRON those you had not su
, ! ~ cted OF being with you. The pOllticil
great handwagon primer and the mi
mas already commenced and the ban,
| l'ugoh Is about ready to start and Il
,emocrauc party must take the side
ne people against the saloon and II cal