The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-01-13
FROM SOUTH, TOO!
esekeye Editor ROasis Small,
hobson AMI Patterson, Tell
f. lag Them 10 Help Lit Up
esorgla, Alabama and Ten
Asssee Which Really Need
he Light

Aksr two previous unsuccessful at.
tsopts the AntiSa'ooa League, with
. paid gan6 OF rctormors, 20 trying to
mako Ohio dry Here IL what Tho
OAlo Valley Times, Of Stoubcnyllle.
ONO, thinks OF The scheme:
The national organization Of the
AntLSaloon League IL scnding into
~ stato Of Ohio tho Iov. Small of
Georgia, tho Hon Richard l.. IIobson,
e Alabama. and Ex-Governor patter.
90, OF Tennessee, TO tell the people
Zero how TO manage the affairs OF this
rsat state. Georgia, Alabama. Ten.
0ossee!
Look nt tho map. Study the tables
G. illiteracy and human deprnyity.
uaho comparisons OF these states with
- state OF Ohio on any question In.
vslvlng any matter OF American civill-
0taon or American welfare and de.
Dvminc for yourself whether these
osatlemon, Rev Sam Small OF Georgia,
len. Richmond j. lIob5on of Alabama.
anA Ex-Governor Patterson OF Tcnne5-
80 might not employ their talents,
aAeh az thcy have, 10 the amo,ioration
Ct conditions In tho states from which
eAey come.
Ohio is an enlightened community.
Ohio places the man above every ether
ssAsdoratlon.
Ohio Represents America.
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee do not
no ell - A nFsfa
aN live IN an age that Is dcGa. They
0s decadont communion Tho things
NhAt Rev. Small Mr. IIobson and Mr..
1H&terson are contending for may be
- very well for Georgia, Alabama,
Osnnessee and Russia, but Ohio is
America at it's best. Autocratlc gov
OAmsnt for Russia, Georgia, Alabama
~ Tennessee ia the only form appli.
OAle TO communities whore the popu.
1.tion has been kept In the darkness
q Cathay, but this is Ohio-Ohio self
tUlisnt, Ohio intelligent Ohio awake TO
- light and the life oi the twentieth
Ontury
Ohio does not vote the Democratic
acbst nor the Republican ticket at Tho
Nshest OF tho bosses. Ohio has more
Adspendcnt voters than any state In
- union. Ohio thinks for herself.
Ohio Is able to take care OF herself.
We say unto you Richmond H. Hob.
oon. go back 10 Alabama, ana take
osse poor halistaryod children out OF
ne factories, where the Gc!Gl is de-
Oofoying tho future citizens OF AWcr-
lca. You sank tho McrrlmGc in the
ofraits OF Santiago, but wo warn you
Ast to sink tho Alabama.
To Sam Small OF Georgia we say
0nto you, put Georgia on tho map as
Q civilized community and thcn come
- Ohio and tell us how You did it.
Antl.saloon League Politics.
To Ex-Governor Patterson OF Ten.
osssee, We want 10 know how you
cane by that 'i'N' IN front OF your
oAme. Did the fact that yon helped to
destroy civil liberty ana local self
government IN Tennessee lave any
Ching to do withiG lol have a court.
aoFo!nted mayor in Memphis, put
eAsro by Il sub-CcyiG0t CJUIt, ana in
defiance OF tho expressed VIII Cl the
isoplc. You hayo In Tennessee what
Vcu are pleased TO call prohibition, but
Vou have not local scltGoycnment;
peither have you judiciary that
0ares TO lift It's head. The Anti.Sa-
ipon mob has iulim.datod your courts
end the state has taken property with
eat due process, Human slavery has
Seen abolished within your borders,
~ not by you nor your fathers, but in
Oite OF you and the race from which
Vou spring.
/, You cannot foist upon Ohio either
human slavery nor any Of those sub
Gktutss which you bring undcr an
0Asr guise Onio demands clean
bands and pure heart, Show your
hands and reveal to MS the true I'm
~Ardness OF your hearts, We DO not
oolieve in your sincerity, neither do
~ trust to your judgments Fool,
0sSt cast the beam out OF thine own
}ys; then can'st thou see clearly the
note that is in thy brothers. eye"
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