Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-15
THE CHURCH SHOULD PURGE
HERSELF OF LICENSE VOTERS


No man or woman can be true
Christian or patriot and vote the re-
publican or democratic or any license
party ticket.
General conference, 1916, (political
action) The time has come when the
line should be definitely and sharply
drawn between the supporters and the
partners of this traffic, and those who
stand for its abolition. A man cannot,
as Christian citizen, sign a petition
for liquor license, rent property to
be used for the purposes Of the traffic,
vote for it or with 1t, or fail to make
his citizenship count as an elector In
protest against the traffics continu-
ance. To do anyone of these things Is
to betray his citizenship, the religion
he processes, and the church of the
living Christ.
WILLIAM N. TAFT.
Rt. 4, Box S-A, Salem, oregon.
Editor Capital Journal;-On CLAN
cling over your paper of March my
eyes caught sight of a picture (lf it
could be called such) an advertise
ment put out by the Blgh that made
me wonder why a city claiming to be
moral and wanting to help make our
boys and girls into better men and
women win allow such low down stuff
carried on OF course we all know that
such pictures will draw large crowds
and consequently make more money
for the man concerned, but why sell
the souls of our children for the dol
lars? Surely the ones who run such
ridiculous places have no children of
their own or have no one else they
care for, therefore someone should
take steps to see If in the place of such
degrading stuff something uplifting
to humanity could not be substituted,
Why will men (good men too) con
tinually harp on the use of tobacco
(Which is an unnecessary filthy habit)
and let the shows run as they are
doing now, Our city has high grade
of officers and | am proud to say it.
OF course it is impossible to make
heaven of this earth but believe they
should do something on this line
Another thing that has been started
In Salem that cannot be of any good
to our youngsters is called the Skating
Rink Also the gym exercises prac.
ticed in our public schools. oh, do l
hear some one say, YOU old fogy."
Well II you could live one hundred
years from today l am afraid you
would cry for the rocks and noun.
tains to fall on you and say to yourself
IL to no one else, why didn't do some
thing to check the downward career Of
our young people sooner?
do certainly hope the time is near
at hand when gambling houses will be
closed forever so many of our men,
not only our young ones but older ones
as well, men old enough to be an ex-
ample for the growing boys, spend
their hard earned cash. money that
their families need to get necessary
food and clothing, In ways that not
only set bad examples and couse their
near kindred and friends to suffer
but send their own souls to an undying
punishment prepared for the devil and
his angels. If II were the wealthy only
whose families do not suffer the loss
OF such folly as spoken of above the
idea of gambling den would not seem
quite so bad to use from an earthly
view, but on the other hand. does Il
not seem a horrid thing? oh you say
men do not have to visit such places.
true, but vet they are an unnecessary
evil and let us hasten and Danish
them from our land forever while we
are trying TO live sober and godly IN
this present age.
ONE WHO WISHES TO SEE THINGS
CHANGED.