The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 31, 1914, Page 6

Cc STAR—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1914. PAGE 6 JALATIOMA HAS TESTED PRORIBITION ugene Lorton, Editor “Tulsa, Oklahoma, World,” Formerly of Washington, - Tells Why Prohibition Has Failed in That State---It Is Made x earnest endorsl a Moral Issue Instead of an Economic One ie the be he pel Di nili ‘he Statement of The Puyallup Herald Shown to Be Absolutely Wrong in ise". Its Statistical Statements Covering Consumption of Liquor, the Be sw ae th eit Commission of Crime and Bank Deposits in Kansas is Sietenkapedaghir : Grink was their downfall Med, until he got to writing opposite thetr namon just | . . eat ridegroom and ‘i \ t . th when men have Lorton, editor of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Wor Mr. Lorton, wh THE REAL FACTS. forth good , men ha wel t which is worse. a member of the Washington New per rater many has tncree! temperance, ne up fs, and was appointed by Governor Cosgrove on the board of m Be saan afoesesih yen \c tetexce| The Church Has Stood and Shall Ever Stand the Deadly Foe) has kept the good wi f the state, ¢ sr g000 gover of this state, in his letter says n than any other one ca nd nd it dows ‘ of Excessive Drinking. eine of ‘mihactes 0M and for past three year had a A pre s De lee; and mani *T learned on my recent trip to Seattle that the state of Washing: | 44 governor, another crank aa attorney.ot t sen es | THE USE NEEDS REGULATION—IT IS THE nied his ¢ his disciples be Bei was in the throes of a state-wide prohibition campaign. 1 cannot | attorney and marshal for the astern t of the state are equally tea ABUSE, NOT THE USE WHICH Is WRONG | lieved in him.” (Jo Bagine what the state of Washington has ever done that this misfor+ | on the subjeet. It cannot, there » waid that it t¥ the fault of the officials | niaigs Waa’ Wiki MOT eee | should be visited upon Dut presume that the assunty i FROM CATHOLIC NORTHWEST PROGRESS JUICE res © concerned, ar atter t just drop off » p i 1 9 Oklahoma, “soe or some of the other so-called ‘dry c " y, but » for mrsonal use. The prohibitior i y tyre e, as the chief stew oughout the Middle West that have tried protbition, and observe other f get y ar he e ition Ucket re ” The demands an expression are pressing so heavily upon us fr orn soa il 7 ige of the quality of t-handed the operations of prohibition statutes, they : that we have at last consented to give the best views.on the subje : ‘ It fs & statement: of twice before attempting to pull a mne-head’ like com aa TWO VIEWPOINTS. | ‘eevabatiens the tate oft De in 1 thin state thar FAM ' at from two viewpionts ch, unfortunately, are| gern h language is ble Wths have ex ienced Vaien, eon dnd sambe pro’ Prohibition may oked ‘om tw pionts, er ¢ Pets, 0 nguage is capable, n . too often confused he wi ) mented liquors esse | 454 qt is only a mountebank of inter THE ONLY ISSUE . tially wrong? Second ald t n mented liquors ve for-| , fon that can make it any: Would be tmporerten tion that rohibition here is f , . th ts that a large percentage word wah wie, as aotumu plest and most direct “Whenever a state gets strung out on the probibition question, everything the court expenses scidieak whe vy veh eee g wate O01 Wass é.the int sensi, a cee Jost sight of. Everybody just naturally seems to go ‘bughouse’ and ‘bug-) ate. rita eta t ¢ of the Mass and the Gs ccs tom wrenices ood ? ne . pr ie en he eg quit PROHIBITION DOWSN'T PROHIBIT There is no question about the wrongfulneés of excess; reason and revelation! ramet he Eucharist, He used hing Christ and Him crucified and the preachers, on \ | | ; ‘ ¢ down ta the ousas ol th of liquor have aptured ed | are a unit In the matter, and divine and human law work together to prevent it mente n He drank of it to save souls and turn politicians, pure and sim p. They ge own In the } or Uq av r » rt and mire of dirty personal politics, th [and the religious and moral tone of the various con : | abeerd to speak of i back Into a condition where bitter personalities and vituper rem to ton nd ut t ic me > 1 magin . CHILDISH TALK asing nfermen ! Cardinal creeds. Instead of a religion of love and inviting ce of body and | any r 1 mont ) ed to the rt lin it be b 5 tn: wae ths ory 4 . 5 l the vintage t bad tome been past the fire of discord burns up and the smoke that curts h yard biacke t pint t teh Hquor t wd , w road . 4 within the ony ° i we 4 4 fermentation ‘starts ta wientn & sears the horizon and blots out the last hope of eternal salvation, except in a bad tp p, minion t w riding the 5 por tr e | delteht in near i 4:8), ge wees the - for tt inl taw Gaye after the dulee th teked teees ‘dry’ route which the excited exhorter conjures up in the harried minds of the | tert in all the Ia Na c like Kansas City, Dallas, Sy t a rp shonest mutilate r question is of ‘ 8 of moderate use.| the wine press but the permissibiiity of moderate use is evident to unbiased reason; and Chris : » it to his disciples. tlanity cannot deny without denying the gospel. gain it urd to speak of him BE populace. It gets into business as well as into politics, and every com- | tin oii) e ts and warehouses to locate contre » j omplete passages and leave the judgment to the fairness of the| SO DID THE APOSTLES. y bas its partisans, whose chief aim appears to be to excel tn the delightful | homa, the state fully equipped and an vided with a quot r nent aden His aposties had no scruples about of blackening each other's character. officers sufficient ta guard the Mexican be and then ¢ tf any town yho hath ther hath woe?’ Who hath contentions, who falls], “It is usually the case that when you find a fanatical prohibitionist his en | of any consequence tn any fp of th t except a cour t are > pits »t »unds without cause? Who hath redress of the eyes? wn for the strict enforcement of law rarely ever goes beyond the prohibition | Iated by a ch rp id regar tb abo eons 5 ely nat pass their time in wine, and study off thetr cups | ite. It ends right there. In politics {t makes more hypocrites and double deal- | extravaga: order the outrageous, and see he ‘ 1 pon the ¥ her s yellow, when the color thereof shineth| | ite wine for thy stomach's sake and crooks than anything that has yet been discovered. Instead of purifying | of booae, If not s over & board siab in me dir » . cellar n the i 1 but in the end {t will Dite like a snake, and} sent tate (Tim ities, prohibition corrupts the body politic and contributes more to putting | barn. There « ore sta for drunkent , ty, Muskogee a " < road poison like a t k."" (Prov. xxiii:29-82,) a ‘ok ease esa Ms, corrupt and incompetent officials into office than anything elae. When | Tulsa than there are in ttle, Ta | eral rule that water is not to be used ght with the ‘goods’ the crooks yell ‘whiskey ring’ and ‘brewery trust’ to cove pass their time ta wine, of those whe do] as « beverage, for be te gitian ae is Mheir own misdeeds, and many a man has been permitted to bold on after he Phager gph hapeege : . A ak a “ . 4 of them alot ami to every word we subscribe: | aividual counsel; neither does he §been proven unfaithful tu every other respect by his hypocritical pretensions ge ore j vi - gg ome i : . 7 . peaaye t to apply the words to one who uses wine in modera-|iimit the use to medicinal purposes in Supporting and advocating probibitior ad —. a ng ge al vd ay a » }infirmities, for though frequent with THE REAL TROUBLE. sae er as 2 sgh t the author of t ok Was not opposed to the moderate use Of) Timothy, they were not continual; he b epts in a succeeding chapter. exhorts Timothy to use wine in mod to kings, becaus@ the is NO} eration because it was good for his they drink and forget judgments, and | stomach e moderate use of wine. In fact, St | Paul scribes it to Timothy Do not still drink water, but use Not all the palice blotters reveal this fact, but it ist “The real trouble is that most people refuse to treat the Mquor question as | @conomic problem and insist upon viewing it as a moral issue only. They tn. | Now, 4 : ; A upon lining up everybody who opposes hibition om the side of immoraltt jawabiding ple 1 f r ¢ y this t ee b ss . : h ! r poo HE CATHOLI 4 intemperance, when as a matter of fact prohibition has {ts strongest support | mence, After fe ‘ © folk € : THE © CHURCH THE drink to them that ar and wine hem that are grieved in prohibition territory among the bootleggers and riff-raff of creation who | and do the , |, phcronths Baraat sae anand gaz . nek oe eee eee plant the better element and the respectable man of affairs who is displaces | saloon losnse tbe t t wt n the n, but may ord ne 4 dovent shale waa i sical ations Gian tale nd so the Catholic Church has ever the liquor traffic the moment the prohibitioniats get in control have mercy u h r ndert ny & y 2 stood and must ever stand the deadly “People very often point to the ‘disrépr je’ saloon-keeper and the big brew-| homa tn adoy ~ n, a save it is om | ee tl ee tae Ee foe of excess in drink; but she has Who sap the life-blood from the poor and homeless, and add to their number ost wince EUGENE LORTON ‘ ™ ever stood and must stand against the their business, as a reason for supporting prohibition, but they totally over. | THE TEXT OF JOEL narrow-mindedn of those who arbi the sort of chap that takes the place of even the most disreputable naloon. | The text of Joel ts equally « trarily constitute the moderate use of when the liquor business is outlawed completely Awake ye that are drunk, nd mourn all ye that take delight in| fermented spirits a violation of ‘i icinking sweet wine, for it ls < from your mc ‘or a nation is come up| God's law. A STRONG COMPARISON, ‘ SAD TO CON T EMPLATE” t land, strong and without number.” (Joel t She biesses total abstinence, not as {runk, the effeminate and luxurious are the subjects of comment. There] a duty, except in cases ah te iiiy the side of some of the contr A geatry aintag the bip-pocket boot | a Y, except In cases in which total (@kers in prohibition territory the lowest dive-keeper in the Bowery of New York is shining example of good citizenship. The bootlegger in the strofiest o r the prohibition crank has, but of course both deny the all fon. The t r dul 1 ad MNES Gpenty ussctiate together, but they work for a common end. The boot-| 4 crime, makes @ result sad to contemplate —The Puyallu espect due bis parent. D 88 was to be sedulously avoided,| renunciation of that which fs, of tt. Wegser is just as strong a supporter « ohibition as the most earnest probit The above’ ‘fron cal. conter “ $ uinidinn ‘eins | s es purty of meres taew a the punishment of Cham. self, rae on Hers ts the moderate tlonist. é NOT DEFENDING NOAH course of reason and revelation in th! h, we are only pointing out to prohtbition-|as in other things, the champion of The average consun shiiihaad Nquor in prohibition Kar F condemnation of the uae of wine. And even in the case of Noah,| abstinence in the individual Ie veces little over three ga In ¥ ash Sthimneote 4s allon hrough inexperience, while the excess is in no way approved, it 18! sary for the avoltance of oxcess: but | This difference of 29 gallons per capit panetehal Yabo’ tes singled out by Seripture for severe punishment, but the child who| she blesses it as a free and willful q “Haman nature is more or Jeas the same the world over Wherever the 4 ais i d ‘ » . wor nsumption | We are not defend the act of : ie a demand for anything there will always be some on dy to supply the de tected, ‘an wane alice: . 4 thering re ' on t > | iste that even in that case the not start hibition party and forcibly | ind 1 free whereas she is ) mand, no matter what the risks or what the cor ences, law of no law, To | Jeet from bootleggers, the p imption t ‘ ' or otherwise, forbia t ur © modera c ne, nor presc! r align 8 of human liberty E Prove that statement, just come to Bast ahoma, where we have both na if, of the and tated ° eee ESE ONE MUST JUDGE FOR ONE'S Hional and state prohibition in their m advanced This part of the state | js in terms i" ss S & rhe iar Per ys n, if ever, was the time to start the party. The evils o' the dis: SELF. Dim what was old Indian Territory. When Okiahoma was adr i as @ state there | tory law—hab not altered the Kansas eget aay ; ting 1 t ¢ jenness was apparent. Let Noah get out his hatchet to question, “Is Pas & constitutional provision in the enabling act which provided that this part | changed the channel of sup; hen eeeicaned wih sta tealeda Fa. t own t nS, COmINAAD Wie ¢ j 5 prohibition expedient and pru lef the state must remain ‘try’ territory for twenty-one years. After a year or two | wota and Wisconsin-—greatly to Kar sebum’ do same hey came across a grape vine, The Scriptures record | ; She leaves her children to Poff ineffectual enforcement of prohibition under the state a case was taken through thing Ne sor © best safeguard of temperance in Sem and Japhet was the] juage fo Heme branch of the federal courts and all railroads were enjoined from accepting For example, poverty, @ Absence of wealth, can't pressed in | Shock that jove and r sived In the misfortune of their father shipments into this section. positive terms, \ hean, T he Com c the aoks ‘ hey would be on their guard that the like would nd happen to them Jeu i -}-“ hildren ar children’s children to themselves, In matters of expedience and prudence, characters, pees . times, circumstances, means and % shows the ban > ' tal t t ° ‘ RICH IN MANY TRUTHS, | methods of enforcement must al OKLAHOMA HAS THOROUGHLY TESTED PROHIBITION, 1918, (See pages 49 and h Rut this Scriptural lesson of Noah, while teaching the evils of intemperance, | duly weighed, to roen pags. ‘ollowing this the ‘pussyfoot’ enforcement officers working under the depart js rich in many truths which it behooves rabid prohibitionists to meditate. Cb ant Ment of the interior patrolled ali lines of public ways as well as railroads pes ae sit ‘ the child of malediction—was sober, There is no indication that he had ev Does prohibition prohibit? Does it ‘They would euter every train and search t perso! aggage of all passengers Minnesota P +4 touched ne, He possessed the one great cardinal virtue on which they pride] not enter unduly Into the lives of If « man or woman, for there are women who will t a chance of emuggling 11 | Wisconsin 1A 7B 1 ; then and with which they gild the wings of their sanctity, He never used| millions of law-abiding citizens who ® bottle of liquor as well as men, had a quart of liquor in their luggage, they would | According to this “transiation” local option seema to be better f tobacco in any form. We think that this will be conceded to us, He summed up| have no need of prohibition to keep be hauled before some United States commissioner on a charge of ‘Introducit abla te tik aitiae Cie ne | and bound over to the Grand Jury. Indictment after indictment has been returne! | + There have been several of the most flagrant violators of the law sentenced t ‘elf, therefore, the formula o' fection: “I never touch intoxicating lic 8 pattie than geclieltion. te cae ih olf, therefore, the formula of fon: "I never touch intoxicating liquors; | them within the bounds of modera- fa dake ae deat alcak ts tals do a pilaen liad 8 Teepe eid nor do I use tobacco in any form.” Yet all this vaunted justice was nothing in the|tion? Is It not a fact that prohibl. lag tad With xind We are simply answer-| sight of God, He was not chaste and modest as his brothers were; he was not] tion the federal prison from one to five years. If ever there was a complete and thor charitable in word and deed; filial duty and respect were strangers to his heart; | and ugh test of prohibition it has been here in Oklahoma. tut what ta the result Morably, by the same method of reasoning, K detrimental to civic peace and the pub. ‘There is hardly a town or city of any size where liquor cannot be had. ‘The on lero are the facts, taken from pages 72 and respectively, of the Abstract of | Which the Lord forgot to number the two: “Never taste liquor” and “Never use| tie welfare? Does It not foster un. difference ts that it costs eight or ten times more than it should and is usually of ¢ Census for 1912 | tobacco duly espionage? Is It the prolific | ¥ery poor quality. There has also been an alarming increase in the use of drug Penitentiary inmates Juyentie Delinquents CHRIST WAS NOT A PROHIBITIONIST, mother of hypocrisy? Bnd opiates. A visit to the police court of any city in Oklahoma when the prisor per 100,000. per 100,000. st was no prohibitionist. The very first of his miracles was the changing] Cardinal Gibbons Gives It as his per. fs are lined up before the presiding magistrate almost any day in the week, but ye ° ‘ 25.0 of water into wine, And it was no poor w nor was {t in niggardly measure] sonal opinion that it is, and he Is a Meually on Monday mornings, will bear this out. Crime has been deckiedly o ears seve 186 18.6 that He supplied it, And He supplied {tat a time when the guests had exhausted| man in no way allied to the saloon Wisconsin § ’ the increase since probibition has been in operation in this section. One count« ° 244 what the bridegroom had provided, no mean quantity, we can confidently assert, an ' ; forces and of wide experience, Per. » and | Hinoe the family was not poor, since it had servants and a chief steward, and the| sonally we agree with him; but again stirs up rancor in communities results In a continual see-saw ¢ was violating many of the ten commandments, later to be given on Sinai, amo! Ansas makes no better showing, | N¢ Was Violating many of ten commandments, later to be given on Sinai, amor slong the Kansas botder had forty-two murders within the past year. Again the “translation” proves, if it proves anything, that High License Local Option are better than the fIliclt liquor which flow . pocasion was arrlage feas hin ahaa, r A nan 1 ‘quor which flows under prohibitory laws, | 0ccasion was a marriage feast it is a matter of personal opinion. We And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother] must take humanity as It Is, not » It might be; we must do the moat Prac. tical good with the least curbing of personal liberty, for undue and un. necessary restraint stire up In our na. ture a spirit of resentment and re F sistance the evils of which should be e these elements are | “Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, according to the manner] obvious to all. of the purifying the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece, (REV,) J. W, RIORDA’ PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISING What is there 90 “sad to contemplate” tn this “result except the pitiful fatuity of such attempts to bolster up prohibition? We of Jesus was there. would counsel tiose “And Je Who haven't sufficient wit to gath. And th er thelr information from original and authentic “One of the ‘pat’ arguments of the prohibitionist 1 that the use of Mquor | Fesponsible for crime. In a recent issue of The Saturday Post Will Irwin, in bis PBtaphic biography of Al Jennings, the noted Oklahoma outlaw, under the caption "Beating Back,’ shows the falsity of the statistics upon this question. Jennings. @uring the five years he was in the Ohio penitentiary as confidential clerk to the B Warden, had the’duty of compiling the statistics upon the causes given for their downfall by the prisoners, and says that nine out of ten prisoners who stated that rT Iso was invited with His disciple: a mar ze. whether prohibitioniets or anti-prohibitioniate pA ie hie a ore ean wine falling, the mother of Jesus saith to Him: ‘They have no wine. sources, to abstain from making And an indecent exposure of their ignorance, fanaticism and stupidity this by maintaining a resounding silence. To “contemplate tal process and implies the possession of Intelligence. Whe Absent It were seemly to sing low Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour They ean do | {9 not yet come. presupposes a men: | His mother saith to the waiters: Whatever He shall say to ye, do ye 8. J.