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Show SAYINGS OF SAGES Copyrighted 1911 by Bviw Freaa, Peoria, IU. THE GREAT LEADERS OF MEN WHO, because of their wide experience and wisdom, have been accorded eminent positions in the history of the nations, are almost unanimous in their demand for the greatest possible personal liberty and freedom for the individual. It is safer for the people ffeneraliy to accept the philosophy of those who have beea tried and found to be trustworthy than to follow those who blindly lead us into pitfalls. The present widespread agitation of the liquor question has brought serious and in some cases disastrous results. The inevitable finale of coercive laws which attempt to fix the habits of all men to conform with the theories 6f dreamers is a FAILURE. PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT: JOHN SHERMAN, AMERICAN STATESMAN. BISHOP PERRY OF IOWA TR. HOWARD CROSBY, NOTED CLEROYMAN FKE-lDfcHl W 11A1U n. ,,., . ...... a . . nf R.n.te "There la Just H much drunkenness under prordWt-Ty laws " Prohibition threw. wide open th noodsstee of Tic. An "NMhing U mom foolish, nothing more utterly t Many Timet United 8tUl Senator, President 01 Beaie, u thm wu tfon. prohibition does not prohibit. I have inoperative law 1 no lw at all. There u the nnlicenMd vice with Hound poliry than to onset a Uw which. h, r"n j RJvr,ta.rr of State lived ' states where It utterly failed. which feeU lta temporary freedom and la prepared to make the eond.tions .unrounding the communities, is J""'" '"ri an Secretary OI .. ..-. mtttti a mo of It. la prohibition In Maine? There never waa In any meut. Such In-rtances are sometimes prevmted by l',"P"7 .-The content for age baa abown that the attempt to regir BISHOP CHARLES D. WILLIAMS OP MICHIGAN. atate that adopted it. The main .fleet of prohibition where tried by which the sale of Intoxicating liquor te P'hl, Trn'odi-t late the appetite of people cannot be enccaesfnl. The eooner any ben.-, that absolute' prohibition la poeslble." re poor Uquor, large price, for 14, an Increaae of Inmates in alty in localities where the public sentiment of th. lmmMia.te tn. btter. Mo party can carry that I do not believe that absolute promotion po th lnBMe lnm- ,or farmers and a svotem of seml- rnnimunity does not and will not sustain the enlorcement oi me Joid on JU ghoulderi succeed very long." CTBTrnp KTFTTV OF MAINE thievery and deliberate falsehoods on the part of the inhabitants THOMAS JEFFERSON SAYS : EX-OOVERNOR MALCOLM W. PATTERSON OF ... cub? 2," jfteJof youn, -en -h. e.u , Tn' -Our legislator, are not sm,l.nt,y apprised of the ri.htfu. " VE TLWZ TtSX "V. DR. RAINSFORD OF NEW YORK CITY, limit of their power. That their true ofhee is to ,'" " ..p,hihitio la fundamentally and profonndly wrong aa a tht onnJ mta wh0 n drank at all previously have done so ..To drink 4, D it. Jesus Christ drank. To keep a aaloon enforce only our natural rights and duties and take " Stllci ThVorJylaw the state could enact which J thi iecrecy of the club, as they call ft; that they would not u , . Md any pouc, whch culms the name of Christ et does from us. No m.n h. a natural riKhtw commit awrowton on the ta Pc; "J u, , that could possibly & seen to drink over a bar, but they do It in their club room." not claim His namrthat deals with the well nigh universal appe- ey.sl rights of another, and thla la a from which tt aw "fh "uld P'"PJ .ldcKirX-w prevent the use of liquor- " " " " " " tlte of men for alcohol on the baaia of the Uw and order alone ?r,Trup',!:,yt"n;r,7, sr ""' "- 0r J u - bishop donohue of . - - doomsd- ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S WISDOM: ' COUNT LEO TOLSTOI, NOTED AUTHOR AND JS- Prot- t-un- prehibiuon wl m bavaoe WML S5? lwb .hould th.r.Pfcy)8pr,M"- of the sal. of aJcohoU. H?1;, IZl' Pfh, tok'iVf.lS ,1. noVoh Kyona th.tbolnd,Pof reason in thai It attempt, to control . , man's ..fSSrtdK I "Je'th. right to drink trtvb. i1!?, 'Tan. lS.Mc?"rin rrS,u aadul " 0ulu n,U cKM ra10, 'of io'rn wh.n STSS? rru.b.pion.", REV 8. pAEK8 c ADMAN OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. SSSH wSlKSS 0UVER WEraESk?RTED AUTH0R A "Honi. hC.v? 22f Andean JSHni fenSTaS Vun. t" against both local option and statewide prohibition. PHILOSOPHER. freedoS! .It h Drought many to a Point where they have no re- for mmtX ,nds P(lopU cu)not b. coerced Into a distaste for UrtDATTrt AFVMnnR " "While advocatlnf temperance among our people and all ip4ct for u, w or t n oath, and there haa been by far more u,uor by law." HORATIO BEYMOUK, .m-II.ti m...url. to nromote it. I believe that the adoption drinkin and much more abuse of liquor than ever before." Ilectad governor of Kew York in 1 .nd thr tirnes rSepondmrtth. ccrotltuUon ohlbttlng the flrtnkln "d m fn. MANNING - - EEV' PAUL KRETZMAN OF DENVER. a member of the State Legislature and candidate for President , of intoxicating llquora would not accompllsn i" Intended CARDINAL EDWARD MANNIHO. .,n u wron. for , wety or the atete to forbid the in- in 188. While Governor of New York he vetoed a prohibition p,,,, But would lead to the surreptitious use of Inferior wines 1 'Drank on neas la not the sin of drink but of the drunkard." diTldnai to make nae of Ood's gifts in the right manner. What oil. . . . . . ... ... and liquors." .. T tti-im a the Bible permit and sanctions we cannot condemn. The Bible "I owe it to the subject and tc i the friends of the measure btATFR RTNATOR VEST BISHOP BROOKS OF OKIHOMA. permlU the moderate uae of llquora; therefore we cannot condemn . to add the expression of my belief that intemperance cannot be UNITED STATES SENA.UK Viol. . ... MM opposed to anyone's using Uquor. It U iuch use. And the unjust ue -of force in this direction breeds extirpated by prohibitory lawa. They are "n"i.rn , "I am opposed to prohibition. I am opposed to It on prm- -tt.r of man p.rsonalpriTili ' ' hypocrite and aneaka. Never by prohibition, but only by sane sound principles of leg.slation. Like docreesto .fnlu ''ou clple. I am opposed to ft notwithstanding the ursthat ""J - i man a p. "l " teaching can true temperance reform be effected." forms or forma of workhlp. they provoke resistance where they i -d-ocate that every man who dares oppose It favor MnNHTTONTCIIB. HARJUNS OF MASSACHUSETTS. are deaigned to enforce obedience. The effort to suppress Intern, f 'taiioerM adia working in the aaloon interest. If yon can- BOHBI-OHIUB nAKAina w. . B th). V n WHTTIM WiRRAw nf TAVa TST AKO per.nce V unuanal and arbitrary measures proves that the Legis- 'StSak their individual judgment and their conscience. "i waa hero when th prohibitory Uwa JW ta effort to thi. REV. DR. WILLJAM WA8S0N OF LONO ISLAMD. r.tr. 1. .ttemptinj to do that which is not within Province rtlon fUr di.ma.lon. a. to their health and what state and know. jvllj which 'existed .i0 "rourflfth. of the clergymen of my denomination are opposed to enact or power to enforce. All experience shows that temper- iriak lD B4m ot common sense how can yon trust license in Holyok there would be les onnxing out more an- onlbltlo lIthou-n they favor a aane temperance. Many ance like other virtue is not reduced b 'lawmaking, out by th yJ, t y,, hallot box with th destiny of th country? enneas. people are following the prohibition movement because they have Influence of education, morality and religion. ' . -..., ARCHBISHOP RICHARD WHATELY OF DUBLIN. been misled by misrepresentation and fraud. Ninety-liv per cent THEODORE ROOSEVELT SAYS: lllt IJb.' Author and Scholar. of tho. who e u,uor ua. it t.mpr.te.y." . j&ttjsvtt as grs&?& "szvt st jk m CAEL ""ToSJ LUTHEEAN 0RPHAN . liberty which he thua clalma aa hla own. Probably the best test mal failure, and there U Probably aa much yioU tlon of th i uw oy n (, uor7th,y muIt either be themaelvea very lgno- HOME. ef tme love of liberty in any country is the manner in which In thoae states where prohibition la wdJ " T " ,v, rMt and aiUy If they really believe it. or must bo footertng a xt nct Lutheran eonferenc of Wisconsin, Rev. Bit, minorities are treated in that country Not only ahould there be thoae rtawhr the MthUeeh pl0M fraud In the hor of deluding the rtmpltate what 1 riht f.ldt was selected to state ths stand of the Lutheran clergy. He complete lihertv in mattere of religion and opinion, but COM- present existing law for the regulation or toe Ufluor r d falM pr,tensea. And pious frsuds almost always do more tM. PLETE LIBERTY FOB EACH MAN TO LB AO HIB LIFE AS htbitlon la an ideal lta ontojonement in thla 0wwr0laltln, Kra than good to the cause for which they are employed." ..w cannot join hands with the prohibitionist because their HE DESIRES. PROVIDED ONLY THAT IN BO DOINO HE deed be a great blearing If it could be nf orced fiSSTS' have prlriclpl iT wroig, in Tso fa7as Tthey mix good uae and misuse of DOES NOT WBONO HIS NEIOHBOR. Wide difference of opln- only ".-? dnuf" Sa4lTS"" BISHOP OAILOR OF TENNESSEE. t-Sgi thai ITSlLlel !."lfu of God W. regard thi. a. . Ion in matter, of re gious political and social belief must exist high license and proper polio regulation. ..prohibition Is Impracticabl and tt violation it productiv wrong principle to prohibit on account of the misuse of the use, if conscience or intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is BTcmnp WALL, OF VERMONT. , v,., ,i .h.-.n .vil" manufacture and sal of anything that in lteelf i not bad." to be room for healthy growth. BITTER INTEBNECTNB HA- BlHHUx UAXO Uf vz.iuuv. of hidden and shameful eviia. - ' TBEDS. BA8ED ON SUCH DirrERENCES. ARB BIQNS NOT "prohibition drive pjdOTground the mischief which Itmn llTHWOP WTRH OF MILWAUKEE REV. J. E. FREEMAN OF NEW YORK. OF EARNESTNESS OF BELIEF, BUT OF THAT FANATICISM to cure, making It more difficult to deal with the evil and lm- BlStlUe WEBB UF BULWAU. v. . .. A,uf- .- awna. WHICH. WHETHER RELIGIOUS OR ANTI RELIGIOUS, DEM- possible to regulate th trade, aa, for instance, in th quality of ,,j )llrlr( that the general tendency of the Episcopal clergy "Th saloon la here to tay, not merely because it te tenaelons OCRATIO OR ANTI DEMOCRATIC. IS ITSELF BUT A MAN- bquor old." is to favor rather than oppose a well regulated aaloon." of what it believes to be ita legitimate righta. but because there IFE8TATI0N or THE O LOO MY BIOOTBY WHICH HAS BEEN t i-itxv riv AVPfANRAR i len-eTennn sviu are majority of our people who demand lta service." THE CHIEF FACTOS IN THE DOWNFALL OF SO MANY ' BISHOP BBOWff vf Alfcn-i-0. , i ARCHBISHOr' KXAXI. NATIONS." OenraUy speaking. I hav also thi objection to th pro- "Eegardlng the ethlca of the question, I am constrained to REV. J. A. HOMAN. unu TWAnnrna RTTVTVR hlbitory movement In the interest of any fpnn of rlghwonsnses, that manj false principles and not a little fanaticism hav . HOW. THADJ-UB 8TEVM8, that it Is an attempt to build upon the aand and a resort to the Saxariied thi i movement: I am in favor of total abstinence "Where all men hav equal righta guaranteed to them under American St-taaman evil of tyranny that good may bo accomplished. I am profoundly S-TnSoBle who desire and need It. I favor high license and th constitution, ft can never be hoped to enforce a lw which, AJBertcan BUteginail. ".Tmcid thai the s!pir.trurture which prohiblUonirta axe seek- -TmS Mnl with t. principles and dus respect for on the plea that It Is for th. public good, dooa not regard th. rlghU Served Five Termg in National CollgTegg. , lng to erect wlU not stand." individual liberty to promote the practice of temperance.1 of many millions of strictly moderate drinkor. "I ahould b glad if legislation could bar intemperance, but ARCHBISHOP J. L. SPAULDLNO OF PEORIA. RABBI HERSCH OF CHICAGO. SENATOR GEORGE SUTHERLAND OF UTAH. , I have aeen it tried and tried in vein. I do not believe that There la a law of human nature that excessive pressure n,. v.t aafaruard against drunkenness is that drinking .ni v. .., b.v.,i.-j Tfc ife-atftw' W-SS-JS SiSSt REV. DR. BLANCHARD WNHJUJ MX "SSrT a 1Z I thereby made ONE DRUNKARD LESS. They would only P.lr. Th. lemV webrtag the public into our private, peraonal "My ye were opened to the great evils of prohibition In a ' I'U teU you the difference Horse stealing ia a erim and drink the more when they had the chance. There ia no other way mlrt?. 3aitnVreer a hppl we Ihiii very few rearm. Th club organised iby young men, th selling drinking is a vie. Th horthif do, not try to defend hlm- thsn bv moral suasion fir th. reformation of the world and the nd domrtl 'ul, lnn nappiex we iau oe. of vilo dococtionj by women and children, th hypocrisy and cor- self by saying he haa a right to steal, while en th other hand subjection of drunkenness" CARDINAL JAMES GIBBONS OF BALTIMORE. ruption, arrested my attention." hav. i"pVfIc, rtg" STd.E-'.-'-"-?. .hth pSE. w'd mm . ' ' SAMUEL GOMPERS "I hav never been able to convince myself that what we jsy LYMAN ABBOTT, AUTHOR AND EDITOR. who are not drinker will contend as strongly that they hav a . .. oaiuull uurartM, eaU total abstinenc is essential to morality. Th moderate and Tt. J?. J J-n He live, in an an of to- right to drink if they aee lit. You cannot legislate virtue or mor- Pregldent American Federation of Labor. occasional use of all alcoholic Uquor U not to be condemned. In .V J" J,J!,I Sid not loin tttm He mohasiaed '' inU mB T mon 1)1,0 Uglslate happiness into "Expienc. ha. shown the foU, of prohibition where,., SJu- thi S& breS HU a5f t5T-fcbTtfi th.m." rr.rr . it haa been tried, and that ssloons can be regulated by law. ti"l nit wohlbitoT and aa wk"owthe papiS tist. that John cam neither eating or drinking; the Bon of Man GOVERNOR WILLIAM SPRY OF UTAH. There is not a city In Maine where a stranger cannot go and buy SLSVuSSSi Tnreacribi 'it for Sia Hollneaa! Th7n, againf I earn ating and drinking. He condemned drunkenness, but never . . . x . . ... all the beer or whisky he wants. There ia no attempt whatever f? mIT,PnTrS.nd Slat iutun? aalds T the notat of in a single instance lifted up 111 vole in condemnation of drink. 'There la no question in my mind.er in th mind of the s - - - - ssraagss jgg-gsgpzg - sfsasSaiS FRANCIS MURPHY. INTERNATIONAL TEMPER- o" ma" conaequently lead to on of th wont thing to add to th joyou fortlvine oi a weaaing. c-, fron the heart out and not from th. outelde in. I hav vrr nD7T illegality or hypocrisy; possibly both. VSRV JEV DR. D J HARTLEY OF LITTLE ROCK, hoard about sacrificing th boy on th altar of th aaloon. Now, ANCE WORKER. WTWWV WARD BMCHER. NOTED DIVINE .J.aa I do not know where thv her man', boy la, but my bev i horn Organized Firt Temperance Reform Club of Maine. HEHBY WABJJ jjeiumek, nuiuuivifl. ARKANSAS. with his mother. whereX Niouid b. And so long aa od give ae-ipor-iii.. aoi.rin tiuo -i iuune. ..If y j ought BOt to drink I may agree with yon but ..Etottom know, that there are many aaloon. that are per- ua wisdom to build around - the proper bom Influence he will 'We are apt to become dictatorial when we aave people. It if you say I snail not drink, I will drink and whatever I pleaae, fKrily ordly Uwablding. where people go to drink their remain there nnlea he ha eoii legitimate nam for being slae- ls not right. It is well to be humble. I know ef nothing that bocaua that ia my right. beer in peace, with congenial companlona, and where a drunkard where." can aave you but mercy. Just remember thst. and remember that RTRVflP T.TTTT.8 OF NEWARK N J la scarcely ever aeen. Have I aa a minister any mora right to TrmflT w M orwnvrnv TAWTPA T a I am not finding fault with any other method of saving men. but 6Ur LUIH VT WAJt., n. Interfere with the business of such a place than a aaloonkeeper JUDGE r. M. 8IMONTON OT TAMPA, FLA. officer cannot reach men' appetite. The Legislature cannot "Prohibition lead, to th formation or club, which cannot weaId t,sv an disturb th peace of my congregation while at "I have had an excellent opportunity to observe th effect - control a man's appetite. While It la well to undertake to do be controlled and which are more demoralising than aaloona. worship?" of th prohibition law. in Tennessee and Georgia. In Chattanooga certain thlnes by act of Legislatnre. there are things that Legla- eronno Tnnvanv ni TIP YAH the saloons for th. aal of whisky, wine and beer are aa wide open Isturee cannot do, and It ia no use to try. Now. remember that Bianur JUanoun Uf ..o. REV. JACOP B. MEEKER OF ST. LOUIS, MO. aa they are ia the city of Tampa, and the only apparent dlOerenc Christ never went after a man with the city marshal, but with "I would be th last to curtail or infringe upon th. right , , ... ,. ,h. ,rtt la that th aaloon. in Chattanooga pay no license." the grsre of Ood of men engsged In the Uquor trsfflc. for I believ that they hav ti7fSXSrt7L hJ TrSned ite minaL thrcSh , .o;h..-brV0h, ZSSTt: tLeXSSSJ!: " mwh rt,ht naiv " uw u MU u,uor M p" & wEF "Luni a. . ruth, president washinoton senate. been Psaed prohibiting the. sale of liquor the entire Mate early BISHOP GRAFTON OF WISCONSIN. man from drinking beer he ha. th. right to stop me from drink- ' " oa cannot dictate to a man what he ahall eat or drink, I haa been legislated into crime, for if It la a crime to sell liquor ..t .snnot aarre with those who think th taking of win in con. for when yon attempt to yon are uadennlnlng th most important it is a crime tu buy it. and the matority have done one or th -inrferationis wrong bocaua th process of fermentation la on vV V P VTTnTrrn DITT AROMA f!TTV ClVT A foundation (too of th conatitnUon of thla country Individual other. Bo unpopular have such Uw. become that th method of Vc -"reate7u and the Dvlne Master of C-A-UanT- RZV' P- "ICHEBKIAHOmA CITY, OKLA. Uberty." enforcing them hse become more Injurious than the original evil, h-im tiie wetertoto win." "On of my greatest surprises war th condition prevailing - . .nT-T a and the offlcera whose business it is to enforce them hav lost Ufl0B la what I had hoped to prove a model prohibition state. Back In W. R. RIDDLE. EX-MEMBER KANSAS LEOLSLA- the sympathy of th. common people." TtTqiTA HOFFMAN OF PHILADELPHIA my town of Milwaukee, a city of 360.000 Inhabitants, there are . TURE. FORT 8C0TT BlSxiUr nuyauyi ur rniWUituruia, J. uIooqj ,nd thirteen breweri ee, but I must confess that in aUMi, ruttl ouuil. JOHN .QUINCY ADAMS. SIXTH PRESIDENT OF "Ton cannot leglalate people into , being good and prohibition nty five months' residence In your new atate I have seen more Aa a member of th Kansas Legislature in 17 I voted for pus- TrwTT.rt BTiTia does not accomplish lta desired end after all aa witnessed in the drunkenness and lawlessness than I ever aaw la Milwaukee in th. prohibition amendment. Two or thro year, of aad expert- THE UNITED STATES ,tate of Maine, which ia anything but a doeed state except in ETe years' time." enoe passed before I realized my miatak." s!f iov"mentis th? "" BISHOP POTTER OF NEW YORK. REV. FATHER T. J. CONALTY. PRES. CATHOLIC TO- CONGRSSMAN 8ABATH OF CHICAGO U-n'c"- t i:nfh,yreeX1.f,0"nla"n, U" ' JTI TJW 1 TAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES AMERICA. ..- 4o B0t .wtioa. tu I am prepare, to Eght ' ROGER Q MILLS. CONGRESSMAN AND AUTHOR -'t-inh' fThc. - , i;1 M'tl':? '.'ndTncTm p.. or' PMb.Son TlT. MILLS TARIFF BILL. S35-d discredited b, widtoprel and eonsUteit failure." g-gj ZSSST&,nmf " w.Tf"th.,rla.0fth,t 0M"" "I oppo the adoption of prohibition becauM it riolate a RTSHCP DOANE OF NEW YORK ' mo, a a total abstainer, to add my protest against placing CONGRESSMAN BARTHOLDT OF MISSOURI fundamental principle of free government" monvr iuiia vj . ",, " in our constitution a lew which appear, to me to bo bad in morals . . "No such law can be framed that will not create popular and impractical in polltica. ' ' "If my Missouri constituent aak me to veto for prohibition ' DANIEL VOOHTTEF.S AMERICAN STATESMAN excitement by Its alleged Interference with Individual liberty and 1 wilt resign my seat in congress. If th local option bill paase . .. ,-H ,), Mrf. .V .i,- 1U unfair discrimination of privllegea between classes, or will be Pjy DR. W. C. HELT. EVAN8VILLE, IND , "EX- in Maryland th America' vaunted boaat of Uberty would cram- "The bolv scripture rd the hltnry of the church sre silks ' u u hM been for manv yeata. aa a means of extorting '"ZJZLjrZZ, o . v v . . bio ia U dust." without warrsnt for prohibition And looking to the history of city offlclala and violators of th. Uw to purchaa Ira- SUPERINTENDENT ANTI SALOON LEAGUE. TSn'Zt.TJn'tXnS'STS ESV' "I .- by .et.ro and odocatloB a tootalw. and hav. been BISH0 -)E0R0E H. KINSOLVINO OF AUSTIN, TEX. couVno,nb.rd,Vu,UteTlyh hWo'r . BISHOP FOX OF GREEN BAY. WISCONSIN. fa- SSSiS themwlres? -X do not think there are five bishop in th country who TodYnerit as to the beet method of dealing with so Important KLJFtJR? ' "Pn 7 "-. but not WILLIAM EUSTIS RUSSELL. EX-GOVERNOR OF favor prohlblUon." , iattor aa the drink question. Mod. ef work must be adapted 00 else by legialauon. MASSACHUSETTS BISHOP CLARK OF RHODE ISLAND. chrlorth. psir. 'rCti ARCHBISHOP GLENNON. "prohibition has been enacted in this state, thoroughly triad, "Prohibition haa been disastrous to the cause of temper- purpose. Law cannot bo successfully enforced without a sustain- "It is only from th taaan. man that drink must b. removed. ' snd repealed by IU sponsors ss a confessed failure." ano.' lng public sentiment." Th sans man muet remove it from himself." ' i . .'-"". i ' THE EVIDENCE OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTY, including President Eliot of Harvard, Bishop Potter of New York, Seth Low, President, of Columbia; Hon. Carroll D. Wright, ex-Commissioner of Labor; HonCharlea J. Bamaparte, Dr. Felix Adler, is against prohibition, aa ia also the evidence of thousands of others of the greatest men in this nation and abroad. Manufacturers and Business Men's Association of Utah |