El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-28
TEUT0NS' CURSE
IS DRINK HABIT
Arizona Lawyer, Speaking
Here, Says Booze Cause
of War Brutality.
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fight. J. c. Adams was building a
hotel there. and said II the city went
dry. he would stop the building. Mr.
Fisher said The city remained wet, -
but later came state prohibition. and
the hotel remained. Last year the
adams hotel had more business than
ever and the owner is now planning a
three story addition, Mr.. Fisher was
Informed. while there has since been
built another large hotel in the city.
All Of them are crowded.
The speaker, as an attorney in Phoe-
uiN. was engaged by wealthy clients.
he said. despite the fact that VETS"
there had threatened him with finan-
cial ruin. IF Sweeney ever finds out
how 7 got along without them, he'll
quit them cold" Mr.. Fisher said, con-
fidentially-
Personal Liberty a Fiction.
The last stock argument of the
vets was the personal liberty ap-
peal OF Mr Fisher-prohibition would
destroy personal liberty. Mr.. Fisher
said he remembered that the worst
Thing you could tell a boy was that he
WAS tied to his mothers apron strings.
This compared, he said, with being
tied TO a barkeeper's apron strings.
this being irouical- There is no such
thing as personal liberty. Mr.. Fisher
showed. A wealthy man driving his
automobile in violation Of traffic laws
must stop when the officers blows the
whistle. while every married man
knows perfectly well that he has no
personal liberty. There could be
limited personal liberty if a man
owned a whole state, walled ii in and
kept every one else out Then only
the law Of gravitatiOn would interfere
with his liberty. You might as well
tell the devil he could roam about
heaven till he got tired. as talk Of
personal liberty" he said
Light Drink Germany's Doom.
Mr. Fisher closed with showing now
light drinking for 40 years had made
Germany do things so vile that even
hell is ashamed Of her, and Germany
has been the most consistent advocate
Of the personal liberty idea that a man
could drink TO a limited extent
At the conclusion Of Mr. Fishers
talk. Mr. Wingo said that members
Of his committee sought no political
rewards from the public for their
work He also said that Mr.. Fisher
lad volunteered his services in this
fight
Expressing qualification that the
enthusiasm Of the decent public Of
Fl Paso has been aroused to action
G. P Putnam closed the meeting. with
meetings 20 be held between now and
Wednesday
Presages Coming of King.
Robert Fisher, Rev P. r Knicker-
booker. and 7. II WingO were the
speakers at the Trinity Methodist
church Sunday evening The house
y as packed almost to capacity with
eager listeners, who demonstrated
their approval thunderously. Mr. /
Fisher said in part:
In my opinion, the present struggle !
between liquor and prohibition is but
the great battle. which is to clear the
way for the coming OF the King. With
the victory-of prohibition. and the ut |
ter abolition Of the element which /
contributes more to social degradation |
and immortality than any other agency. /
civilization will go forward with /
greater bounds than ever before. |
Civilization cannot exist half drunk. /
and half sober.
The next IS hours OF this campaign
are the most critical period. Tonight
II I were asked, would say that ri /