The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27

ever replled 10 an anonymous tS'
ter, but this one, which appeared
in your paper under the caption,
"A Few Remarks, made so man,
inaccurate statements that am
not surprised about why the writ
er was ashamed to sign his name
/. He calls himself a distin-
terested resident, but if this be
true why did he write this let
ter?
2. He describes himself as one
who is tired of reading about the
matter. If this be true may / ask
why he does not stop reading
these articles, comments, and let
tiers about the liquor ordnance?
3. He goes on to say, Il have i
few remarks to make and then
proceeds to write almost an en-
tire column.
4. He then refers to Rev. Doh
erty. Therefore / beg to remind
him that reverend is title and
not a name; he must mean Rev.
E. S. Doherty. 81 1@e@}
s., He refers to some arganir
cation as the Ministerial Allianc
but perhaps he means the MjnS-
isterial Association?
6. His feeble defense Of Mr..
Hunter Harden's betrayal of his
campaign promises is a misnomer
as the ordinance in force at that
time was the one which read,
From property line to property
line", which he promised to up.
hold without reservation.
Z. His reference to Judge
Lords statement before the city
commission is without merit as
on the same night the judge tried
to prove that the ordinance then
in force could in certain cases
keep saloon ten miles away from
a church or school. / grant you
the judge was very obscure in
his remarks but if he was speak
ing about Key West, l am wor-
dering how he could get ten miles
away from a church or school I'M
less he drilled an underground
tunnel or scared upward towards
the heavens, However, we have
not heard of any one applying
for a license in either of these di
rections.
8. Your correspondent seems
to be uniformed or badly mixed
up on the difference between a
political and a moral issue. Let
me inform him that this is a
moral issue which affects all
churches, both Catholic and
Protestant. Eli
He may be surprised to know
that scores of Catholics and Epis
copalians have offered their
moral and financial support in
this fight for religious freedom
and the right to worship God UNI
molested.
Has he forgotten that the late
President Roosevelt was an Epis
copa1ian and that he classified
freedom of religion as one of the
Four Freedoms.
8. May / ask your anonymous
correspondent and those who as /.
sisted him to write this letter how
they would like to be among the
mourners at funeral in some
church, with a saloon in the same
block and Wherl you could hear
the jazz music, the boistere IS
laughter, and course iests of thosa
partially drunk Would youspres
fer TO hear your choir and priest
chanting the mass or, if you AfS
Protestant, do you think it would
be more comforting to listen to
your minister reading the foslr-
teenth Of st Johns Gospel OF the
tWenty-t third Psalm than to what
goes on in some saloons?
10. In regard to your CORE
quotations from the
Scriptures, let me remind you
that the devil also quoted scrip
ture when he tempted the Son of
God. But if you want to knoy
what Jesus of Nazareth thought
of fellows like this, read The
twenty-third chapter of st. Mat
thew's Gospel.
Have you forgotten that Jesus
cleansed the temple and drove the
grafters out and from that dag
on they sought to kill Him?
For further information regard
ing the church militant, may
draw attention to the history OF
the crusades. Did you ever hear
of Sylvester II, Peter the Hermit
Walter the Penniless or Bernard
the abbot of Clairvaux2
May ! remind you that the
Episcopal Church of England Il
established BY law and that i
large number of its bishops have
seats in the House of Lords and
have done a very good job in
helping to make the laws of the
empire,
Your anonymous correspondent.
who must be either ashamed or
afraid to sign his name, closes his
letter with the words, May the
right prevail and the wrong re
pent, and the matter be forgot
ten"
History proves that the right
always prevails and will here il
Key West, where . united body