East Oregon herald., March 16, 1892, Image 5

The Herald.
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 16. 1®>2.
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He was the first to break the op-
pressive silence.
‘‘Gentlemen,” he said “knowing
this to he your regular meeting
night, I decided to come over and
inform you that I and my family
have made up our minds to join
vour church and help along the
good work you are doing.”
Thi« speech was greeted with
dumb astonishment by the mem­
bers of the Board. Dr. Williamson
was the first to speak:
"Have you given up the saloon
business?”
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¿¿I T ub Newman M. E. Church is
/ largest in the city of Blooms-
■re, having over eight hundred
inhere. The Official Board is in
■■•»-«>
A very animated discus-
OBSa BlOn.
T- n is going on over the withdrawal
.wenty-Mven of the members of
"No sir,” replied the saloon
i church.
keeper.
Or. Williaason the eloquent pas-
"Are you going to?”
, is speaking:
"No sir: I am conducting a re­
T admit that, in piont of num
a twenty-seven out of over eight spectable place, and see no reason
idred would make but very In­ whv I should.”
"W-e 11,” slowly replied the doc
difference; but see who the
*nty-seven «re.—the very ones tor "our church rules prohibit us
o carry on our prayer-meetings from taking in dealers in liquors,
1 attend to the spiritual affairs and for that reason we must refuse
•1
_ he church. It is true that they you.
"Oh,” said the aak on-keeper, a
not ti e wealthy part of our
flush
of anger coming into hiB al­
ircb, I ut a church cannot be run
ready florid face, "1 was not aware
h jaon v id me.”
of
that. On what ground does your
Brother Williamson.” spoke up
Hon. Charles Smith, a mem- church refuse to admit saloo-
of the Legislature. "I sav, let keepers?”
"On the ground that they are en­
m go; we will get along much
ter without them. They have gaged in a business that sends
e grown crazy over the prohibi souls to hell,” replied Mr. William­
"The Bible says that no
» party 1 and right here in our son.
yer-meeting some of them have drnnkard shall inherit the kingdom
wn so bold as to declare that 1 of God, and therefore no drunkard­
' man wboi did not vote their maker can. Mnre than that, our
cet was Blipporting the liquor Board of Bishops has declared that
ffic Now I claim to be as good the liquor traffic cannot be legal
rohibitoinist as any man in the ized without sin.”
The saloon-keeper was thorough­
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ibibitioo party, and, indeed, a
“ ” ;ter prohibitionist, for the reason ly aroused by this time, and in sup­
it I had the honor of voting for pressed, angry tone he &>ked: "Do
! enactment of our present high you know that a great many of
ance law, Which has done more your members are regular custom­
,- ■ ... temperance than the Prohibi­ ers of mine?”
"I have heard that some were,”
ts party will accomplish.”
Than Jwdge Grant, one of the said Mr Williamson,
"Do you know that two of this
inty judges, spoke up:
‘Gentlemen this recent discussion Official Board, now in this room,
>ut the church being the bul- are among my regular customers?”
No reply: but two very red faces
** of thoiliquor traffic is nothing
irt of blasphemy in calling the showed who had been hit.
"Do you know that I got my li-
thful followers of the Lord Jesus
list the upholders of the rum­ cens from Judge Grant, who sits
's
tfic, the greatest curse the world right here, for which I paid the reg­
i ever seen. I agree with Broth- ular license fee?”
“Hold on,” said Judge Grant
Smith: let those Prohibiioin
you
are going to fast, my friend.
nks go, and our church will then “
on in peace.” (Applause from I do not make the laws, and I am
other members of the Board.) compelled by the license law to
course,” said Dr. Williamson grant licenses; therefore I am not
will have to give them their responsible.”
"Well, the law was enacted bv
n find no fault with
Mr.
Smith, there and other Re-
character. But we
ke their places in publicans. ”
“You can’t place the responsi­
er service This is
of the
of bringing politics bility on me,” said Mr. Smith.
ey won’t mix. The “I carried out the wishes of those
blican party is a who elected me. Had I been elect­
mperance party for ed on a Prohibition platform I would
it is not up to the have voted for a prohibitory law.
temperance ques- My part stands for high licenses,
Id like to see it, yet and I voted for the law.”
“I understand that fully,” said
m not
to throw away my
the
saloon keeper, “but I voted for
o on a party that hasn’t a ghost
you,
so did Judge Grant, po did Dr.
a chance of electing its candi-
Williamson, the rest of this board
te.” [Applause.]
and
the great majority of the voters
‘I don’t understand what these
latical Prohibitionists wants.” in your church. I took it for grant­
Hon. Mr. Smith
“Our
• • church has declared
uer traffic cannot be
bout sin, and nothing
i that could be uttered.
I sells liquor for a liv-
ban a------ ”
kere was a sharp knock
ed that all who voted for you be-
BURNS ADVERTISEMENTS.
lieved in license. Now. I am polite-
—a
Lv fold that I cannot join this
heaven-bound band, and that I
shall go to hell. Dr. \\ illiamson
Having purchased the entire stock formerly belonging to Cal
here, voted for you, Smith, to pass
Geer, comprising all lines of
a license law which compels Judge
Grant to give me a license—to go to
HARDWARE, CRCKERY, GLASSWARE, TINWARE,
hell! I am the fourth party to the
aggreement, and without the con­ STO\
, HARDWARE, SUNDER1ES, A CARPENTERS TOOLS
sent of you three I could not engage
in the whisky business. You three
I offer the same for sale at greatly reduced prices for CASH.
are bound for heaven, where you
C. H. VOEGTLEY.
will wear crowns and plav on gold­
en harps, while I am to sutler the
torments of the damned! Gentle­
men, if your Bible is true, and I go
to hell for selling whisky, you will
JOHN SAYER
Proprietor.
go with me to hell for voting to give
me the legal right of doing so.
Situated on Silvies river 1 mile East of Burns, near the bridge
Good night.”
With that he vanished, closing
the door behind him with a vigor­ Customers will receive GOOD FLOUR from
ous slam.
good Wheat.
The members of the Official
Board looked steadfastly on the
floor, each one seemingly affraid of
breaking the silence. They were
Christian men,—believed they were
doing ihe»r Christian duty. But
the saloor-keeper, in his fierce
arraignment of those present, had
placed a tremendious responsibility
on their shoulders. Each one was
d< ing some pretty serious thinking
when Dr. Williamson ended the
silince by saying slowly:
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