The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-15
/ On The Water Wagon
Delivered by Billy Sunday Friday Afternoon,
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broken up The saloon / go TO the
JAIN and I say. What made you a
prisoner The saloon ! ask the
fellow at the scafrold, with IA rope
around hts neck, What made you a
murderer The saloon
lie said. IF God would put In my
hand wand with which TO dispel
the evil of intemperance, / would
direct it at the door of every brew cry
and saloon until the cursed traffic were
driven from my fair and beautiful
land
Saloon sum OF an vflcBcas.
Oh, the saloon LIZ the sum OF all vile
ness. II 70 worse than war. pestiience,
worse than famine And it is the
paren, of crime. 1t is the mother Of
sin. IL is the appalling source OF mir
cry, 50 ualor. want and pauperisrn. 1t
is the source of three-fourths of all
The crimes committed In this coun-
try. Il 10 the source of three-fourths
OF all the taxation necessary to prose-
cute the criminal and then take care
of him after you land him behind
prison bars.
/ think 10 license zach An tncmxnsts
iend of he'll Is the lowest, dirtiass.
low-down thing that American people
can stoop TO do.
Anti-sal ocni on, why not anti
grocery store7 why not anti bank :?
Why not anti dry goods store? Why
not anti-furniture? Why not anti
/ bakery? Why not anti-meat ahop :?
/ Why not anu-coal? Why not anti
from Why not anti-steel mill?
! WHY single out this one trade. Why
single ont this one onnodityT Why
single out this one institution Why
name that as a reason for assembling
this vast audience Of men and women
here?
Anu-saloon, Who is axains; IT.
The church, and If the church ever
turns and favors the saloon, by the
eternal God, l viii be against the
church. Yes, and I am against any
preacher. priest or creature that will
stand up and favor that dirty business.
! viii put my fist under his nose. I'd
Ike TO see how any Ipan can stand
Tor that dirty business and Keeps his
manhood five minutes / don's care
who he is or whore he comes from or
whether he buttons his collar in from.
Z or behind.
I Now. who is against itf The church,
IS against it The school In against IL
The home is against it. The scientific
world is against il. The military world
~ against II, The iaDoriny world. al
though the saloon Is trying its leve
best to control every federation OF
tabor In every state IN the Union. Thai
is their last stand and they are tryins
the1r best to get the number OF mer
IRON the brew cries and distilleries ane
their aympathizers and thousands O.
:. others so they can vote to control tbs
American Federation of Labor in ever,
state they can and that is their gam,
now. That IL what they are III
against That's the latest thing In tn,
whiskey business.
There arc a few whiskey -soska 1,
the church that are In favor of it. hu
they are not all--don-t forget tina,
That's bum steer. trying TO nut tina
over on you.
Every worldwide interest on eartl
IL against it except the underworld
except the immoral world, except tn
world OF crime. They cry. AVA
with the saloon! Away with thes
licensed distributing centers of saualo
and want and crime and misery an,
murder and pauperism and ali tina
damns and curses this old world"
what Is this traffic In RUM DIS
titled damnaiion." said Robert Hall
and he told the truth.
An artist In human daughter
said Lord Chesterfield. and he toi,
the truth.
Prisoners General, driving r,~r Z,
hell. said John Wesley. and he toll,
the truth.
More destructive than war, pcs
thence and famine said fslsdstone
and he told the truth.
"A cancer In human socisty. snrfn,
out our wttas and threatening "a,
destruction OF the nation said Alb
ra-ham Lincoln. and he told The truth
The most ruinons and degrading
or ali human pursuits, said william
Mckinley. and he told the truth.
The most criminal and artist,
|. method of assassination ever tnventA,
by the brayadoes of any ARE" sal,
John Ruskin. and he tod The frutl
about it
"A business that tends TO mvfe--
pess on the part Of those who conduc
1T and criminaifty, on the part o
those who patronixe IT." xaad Theo
dore Roosevelt, and he told the truth
That damned stuff alcohol" sal,
, Bob ingersoit. and Bob told the trutl
that time, thank God.
The late Lord Chief Justice Airrr
, stone or England said. AFTER fort,
, years at the bar and ten years as ,
!. Judge. l have no hesitancy In declar
ing that ninety per cent of all tn.
crimes committed are caused b,
drink"
Who foots tho brls, ,n. the land
lord that loses the rent and the bake,
and the butcher and grocer and Goa
merchant and dry goods merchants
The charity people. who pity the poo,
children Of the drunkards and the,
20 down in their pockets to keen then
from starving. The taxpayers, VIII,
are taxed TO support the penitentiarie,
: and insane asylums and other instttu
tons that that damnabIe, rotten husi
ness keeps chuck fun of the human
cereiicts that 1t curses and that /
I blights!
Who makes the money! Oh. tn,
brewers and the distillers, ana tn,
saloopkeepers, the privileged few. I,
whom we give the right to fill on,
land, sir, with poverty. and wretched
ness and disease and damnation ant
debt. authorized by the sovereign PEG.
pie.
Oh! somebody says. "A man wfil se
drunk anyway" Not by my vote. b,
won't get drunk
He will murder his child No,
with my consent, he won't murder hi.
chtld, nor his wife--no sir.
For every $500 spents In the pro.
lducfng of useful and necessary corn.
.podities. the working man receives
st4s.S0 In wages. For every $500
spent in the production OF LIQUOR, sir
the working man receives n maxim um
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