The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-05-23
r, SHERMAN
SPEAKS MIND
e.. What He Thinks
About Men and
Affairs.

About Men ana
Affairs.
v,,hsr sherman Of Loomis' VINO mas
...nding the winter in Los An
n. Il. !, s,ouped In San Francisco on his
-, and while there was inter-
- ..d Nv a reporter for the San
.,,.co Chronicle. Father Sherman
....aad his views about several
~. md persons In Characteristic
= m,ceh,l fashion. The report of the
'',.,v,ev appeared in the Chronicle
) ~ ,rd, as follows:
e.,s.r Thomas Ewing Sherman, OF
..rIa Okanogan county. Washing
!. .ldest son Of General William Te-
'.s'sl sherman and the man who
:. a. youngest sergeant in the
80 sorcss during the Civil War. is
- i this city. Yesterday he spoke
Z uuer terms Of the United States
l,lroad Administration.
4,overnment ownership Of the rail-
~. Il the country has been a farce
Nsn ,he outset" said Father Sher-
y, aBut since the Administration
Z, ,tooped to robbery 1t has become
u,dersble; particularly as this is
upp,sd to be q peoples government :"
h MD.
-Tvo weeks ago | bought a ticket
inn Santa Barbara to Portland.
g1purh III health was forced to stop
N n San Francisco. Yesterday when
rent 10 the Administration offices to
ar,nss for berth to Portland. my
tekx was confiscated. and l was told
would have to pay another fare. l
I'VE paid double Pullman fare to
Portland.
The clerk explained that the unu-
II portion of my railroad ticket
would be sent to Washington and later
nlght get rebate. He could give me
y assurance however, that l would
We get the money.
Under private ownership l fire.
eusatly stopped off at various stations
lkveea Santa Barbara and Portland
II never had any trouble about re-
nning my journey.
This administration Is conducting
Migrant hold-up game, pure and
1nple, and until there is change it
VI ct no support from me-"
hthss Sherman also denounced pro-
lDlioa and its advocates. He said that
Kohibltion was blasphemy and its
importers atheists.
H said: ITO place a ban on wine,
, b place . ban on God himself. God
mixes the vine, not man-common
ense tells US that. It is only such ig-
lunnuses as we have In our goven-
mt today that would be so purile as
, attempt to enforce prohibition.
Christ made fifty gallons of wine at a
>nquet. Why!
The commentators, Protestant and
Catholic say He did this to show His
glaih sympathy with all human joys
I'd their innocent source. He is the
mehanging truth. He wants all good
ma TO DO. and do everywhere, what
" did At Cana. Have plenty Of wine
y every banquet. Wine is the soul Of
he banquet.
IN the broad principle of liberty
traitorous to make our country
". Where do these narrow minded
meeclles get the right to set up a
principle TOR nation of 100000. 900
e'aiens to obey! It is inviting revolu-
u0a Ths soldiers will never stand for
4 10 ~ an army to fight without
uquor u almost as ridiculous as to
'saa i into battle without arms. To
maze nation dry is to destroy the ma
ton.
rronioition, II successful, will kill
america Take Italy and Greece, both
WV years old where wine and spirits
sIe y much part Of their life as is
~ breath they draw. Would they and
"ula they, ever enforce prohibition
nose countries? What of France
.au spain-and all old civilized corn-
alss' They think us savages or drunk
ads-ars we!"
n'ner Sherman pointed to Bryan
Usllel' and Burleson as three national
.sules who have done America i'm
.s 4sase narm." He predicted that these
:. s'.e men would be so little thought
y zen or fifteen years that their
their names.
sva nopenly boasts" he said,
! /. !, a's monumental ignorance, which
A.. !" lond Of displaying, even at his
Ssa table and before men Of solid
,.smns. He has made democracy and
'0lly anonymous"
-. ~ incident in Father shsrman's e
4. ' , vas the opening by him yester.
NJ % ancient bottle of wh'skey on
sS. ~ nOel OF which his father, General
n. sa, placed his signature IN 1868
~ :, smsky was bottled in 1919
M. .ne bottle was purchased by Father
A. -. sn from Mrs. Helen Foct Hayes
Nv. sa francisco. daughter of 3 s
- s' \, ol Washington, for $50. It wal
th.s e request Of Mrs. Hayes father
hm,. Young man OF 25. that thu
bo,.,. bs d'snter signed his name on tn,
que sps. ility-one years ago
Nm. , tnat date until today" sale
,..s ae, sherman, "the precious cor
hisr "ao remained supposedly invio
n, M =. wnen a few friends asscmb)et
49, 'ne solemn opening it was discov
.,,a, r' slas' that the precious LIQUID Ia,
and d,ated .d through the broken cork
nrI,.s a''o tnat the signature, 80 mucl
ths .s, aad been removed-vanishe,
me hns p't 50 long cherished, but no
w., "upe w It Inspires. Somewhere in tn
c.swn unknown those atoms exist"
hso,,. sherman 1t Is admitted b,