| Show THREE TUREE RADICAL OBJECTIONS TO PRESENT PROHIBITION MOVEMENT El fOUND BY BROWN i The Effective o Method of or Dealing Dealin With the thc Vice of or Intemperance was the subject of a 3 forceful sermon preached b by 13 Rc Hc William illiam Thurston Brown at the thc Unitarian church Sunday mornin morning He Mr r. r Browns Brown's views on I Ithe the prohibition question were listened to o by a Jar large c congregation He lIe said in in part There are to my mind three radical objections to bo be made to the tho present prohibition prohibition pro pro- movement mo Ono One is that It tends to tu create creato an art Immense amount of rl nay Another Is II that the thc success It alms aim nt lit will exaggerate other vices Ices An And a third Is that It Is the tho attempt to do for oth other r people Instead of puttIng it In tho the power of ot tho the people concerned to do the thing for themselves Tho The vice Ico of Intemperance as all tho the ablest students of tho the subject ct agree agre Is Isa Isa a n social disease or rather tho the symptom of ot social disease It Is 18 hilco an on ott tho the human bod body The Tho vice of in intemperance intemperance In- In temperance and the tho saloon as tho the m means ans ansot of ot feeding that vice ico are simply a n social Both of or them are are- merely symptoms toms of or a 0 human demand and both of or them tearh ft a Inn nn h wa n to loam learn b before we can Ii if deal l I Intelligently t mg with the moral problem which the they rep rep- resent Unless society Is prepared to put something better bottor In tho the place pIneo of or tho the saloon It has s no right to destroy tho the saloon Unless It Is prepared to furnish a substitute for the drink ovll 11 tho the only thing It will succeed In doing when It takes away the tho means of Intemperance will wilt ho to turn the some same stream of or human human human hu hu- hu- hu man desire Into other othor channels of or vice ice Tho The most mOISt subtle danger that attends the present attempt to do away with tho the drink evil by drastic legislation lallon 1 la tho the cultivation of or widespread hypocrisy y in the thc community When a city or state or nation nallon passes prohibitory legislation what boa baa It accomplished It ins has covered cov coy cued ered up an evil II put it out of sight eight Spasms Not a Cure Core What Is tho the method of or d dealing with social vice which has the tho merit or of being based on science and tho the Ion long experience of or mankind It is 16 tho the method of ot constructive con con- action In our whole political life Ife and oven In our Industrial life Ifo That I Is Pt tho the method not only of or effective action but also aso of or moral sin sin- And there exists not only In every c tate of ot the Union but In every C civilized country courtry In tho the world a positive constructive movement of or exactly this kind html Ind It is the tho only genuine temperance movement mo there thore Is It Is not a lL spasmodic movement hike tho the mass convention in Salt Lake tb theater It doesn't call big mass mN meetings to gIve he politicians an another and oth other r fakirs a n chance chanco to fool the people It isn't a 1 feverish fitful blind revolt ro again a a. corrupt political party by hy a lot loto lotof o of people who a few months before belore wore were rc loudly shouting for that party part and giving It t their votes and otes and will do tho the camo ramo thing over ll again aln at tho first opportunity No Ko this his genuine temperance movement Is being advocated cr c every day In the year ear It t never stops and never nc tires and It breeds no hypocrisy It doesn't blindly cast Its ballots as al did tho those o who ho mado made up the m mass s meeting for or officials which It t cannot control and for policies of at which It Is Ignorant Is When hen the people of this thin world wide temperance movement mo ote vote for a lL set et of or officers the they retain the thc power tower of oC recall and the they know that with that hat power and with the initiative o and referendum the they possess at all times tho the means o of effecting their will If It you vou ivan wanto wan ant antto I to see sec thc the difference between this temperance temperance temperance tem tem- perance movement and that represented represent d db b by tho the mass meeting you ou have hn only to tu reflect that Olat If It those Republican advocates of or prohibition had had sense enough to tomake tomako tomako mako make th the tho Initiative and referendum and power of r recall I a part O of t the tho state c constitution constitution con con- si sc and available at t all times s for u use e. e thc they would not ha have b ben en en In th the predicament th they y now are They Thoy would not have o to petition their own elected representatives f s In vain aln for what th they desire They Ther could do it themselves hes Who Are Trustworthy I submit that the people who ho prove pro them themselves es el entitled to confidence n as ns leader lead- lead er era In a a. temperance temperanc movement are the people whoso whose intelligence Is broad enough h hand and whoso whose moral earnestness Is IA deep enough to make them then adopt measures which ensure the tho success of their effort These people who ho are arc now advocating a n wide state prohibitory law are aro equal to tho the effort of or a a. ma mass iS mooting meeting but they are aro not equal to the tho effort of or a campaign campaign cam eam- which never stops till tho the ends of or justice are gained Besides they aro are not demanding ans an's constructive for tor- th the tho state Tho They are harking b back ck t to tho the Ineffective prohibitions of or the law The They show no evidence of knowing or orb b being Inspired by the spirit of ot tho the gospel This Is no time for tho the negations of or the tho 1 law a This Is ts the time for tor tho the positive c constructive o spirit of ot tho the gospel Surely it Is no cause for shame to beIn bein be bo boIn In the company of or the tho one woman who whoso whose o effigy in marble marb adorns tho national capItol capital at V Washington ton This noblest of ot American women whom it was an In Inspiration inspiration In- In to know mow or hear hoar found at last the solution of tho the problem of or ance anco She saw that by doing away with tho the cause of or poverty po and by ensuring to ery e young oun man and woman Oman economic and tho the opportunity for useful and congenial employment we should solve tho the problem |
