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to Mrs。 Dye Ellis; but Mr。 Roosevelt dare not deny it。 The minister for
Mr。 McKinley denied he rented his property for saloon purposes; but
the Chicago New Voice proved he did。 I am so true a Daughter of the
Revolution that such a president as Theodore Roosevelt is an insult to
my sires。 And last March when he came to Topeka; Kansas; he outraged
every loyal citizen of the state by bringing into it a dive and all
who wished an intoxicating drink could get it by tipping the waiter。 Let
his ministers deny this for him also。 He ought to have been arrested
as any other dive…keeper。
This President who enjoys the sport of killing innocent animals;
this man who costs the people more than any other president; who has
so little regard for the people's treasury that he spent a quarter of a
million
to look at the American fleet and took the treasured relics of the people
and sold them to a junk shop; vandalism!
MY VISIT TO YALE UNIVERSITY。
I have been to all the principal universities of the United States。
At Cambridge; where Harvard is situated; there are no saloons allowed;
but in Ann Arbor the places are thick where manhood is drugged and
destroyed。 Also Yale; the latter being the worst I have ever seen。 I will
insert two letters which I got on March 1st; 1904; and have received several
more of the kind from the students:
〃Dear Mrs。 Nation:As an ardent prohibitionist and an enemy of
the liquor traffic; I feel obliged to bring to your notice some of the things
that are served to the young men at Yale Dining Hall by the college
authorities。〃 (In this letter were several bills of fare。) 〃You will see
how many of the dishes are served with intoxicating liquors as sauces。
Yale is supposed to be a christian college; but to give boys these poisons
by consent of the college authorities is nothing more or less than starting
them on the road to hell! Please give this matter your earnest attention
and see if you can not stamp this serpent out。〃
〃Dear Mrs。 Nation:Although it pains me deeply; I feel it my duty
to inform you that even after your soul…stirring address of warning and
reproof; the Devil still grins at Yale Dining Hall。 The enclosed menus
tells the story。 The hateful practice of serving intoxicating liquors has
not ceased。 Capt。 Smoke holds open wide the gates of hell。 Oh; this
is terrible! Satan loves to shoot at brightest marks。
〃Here are eight hundred shining young souls; the cream of the
nation's manhood; on the broad road which leadeth to destruction。 God
help us。 Assist us; Mrs。 Nation; aid us; pray for us。 Let the world
know of this awful condition and rouse the public indignation until it
has ceased。 Publicity will do it。 Let the world know that Yale is being
made a training school for Drunkards; and Capt。 Smoke will never dare
to serve liquors again。 A LONE BUT TRUE FRIEND OF THE TEMPERANCE
CAUSE。〃
I spoke to the students at the entrance of their dining hall。 They
spoke up and told me that 〃Champagne〃 was served on their ham three
times a week。 They gave me the menus; and on them were: 〃Claret
Wine Punch〃; 〃Cherry Wine Sauce〃; 〃Apple Dumpling and Brandy
Sauce;〃 〃Roast Ham and Champagne Sauce;〃 and 〃Wine jelly〃。 While
I was talking to the young men; many were smoking cigarettes in the
entrance of the dining hall; which was contrary to rules; but Capt。 Smoke
only laughed at this practice of vice。 There should be an investigation
and that quick。 Students are crying for it。 Faculties should demand
of students a high standard。 At Yale the students are pleading for a
moral faculty。
I then went to the Y。 M。 C。 A。; and found on the first floor; billiard
tables; cigars and cigarettes; they also have a 〃smoking room。〃 A poor
mother wrote to a friend of mine in New Heaven to please use her
influence to save the boys。 That her boy wrote her that the brandy was
so strong on the food that it made his head dizzy。 One poor boy said
that he did not wish such food but that he had no other to eat。 Students
are crying out against this outrage。 While I was there a 〃Smoker〃 was
advertised to be held by the law students。 A student told me that a
beer wagon was engaged by the Seniors of Sheffield School of Yale for
their wrestling match procession。 These Seniors upon application can
get a tin cup and help themselves to this rotten slop that will destroy
their willpower and make them slaves of the drink habit。 What can be
expected of Freshmen if Seniors set such an example? This will show
what it leads to:
The demoralization of the students is talked of universally。 They have
what is called Freshman 〃Games〃; which are as follows: Upon appointed
evenings they will meet at a select hotel (saloon)。 They take their
places at the table; then; each one at the table; 〃sets them up〃 to all the
rest。 If there are twelve at the table each one gets twelve drinks。 You
can imagine the 〃games〃 after such a debauch。 I saw some young men
there from Kansas and I asked them: 〃Why do you come to Yale?〃 I
would never send a boy of mine to Yale。 If I had a hundred I would
send them to a state; that made such things a crime。 Here is a college
that has received donations of millions lately; that young men may be
prepared and fitted for stations of moral; mental and physical eminence
and it is a school of vice to a great extent。 The distillers and brewers
dominate the republican party and they are the controlling party at
Yale and will desolate and enslave our darling boys。 I went to see the
president of Yale; Professor Hadley; and I asked him about these things。
He said he thought the intoxicants were 〃fruit juices〃。 I spoke of the
smoking。 He said he used to think it was wrong but when he went to
Germany he saw they smoked there。 He was taught it was wrong in
America but when he saw it in Germany he thought better of the vice
and is now teaching it to our boys。 People ought to demand another
faculty or refuse to patronize such a school。
While I was at Harvard I saw Professors smoking cigarettes。 Parents
should demand that the teachers in these colleges and schools should
be free from the practice of the vices of drinking intoxicating liquors
and the use of tobacco。 I hope we will have some generous hearted man
who will donate to build a college in Kansas with the capacity of Yale。
What a shame to have professors in our schools aping the vices of
foreigners。
These same professors are the followers of Huxley and Herbert
Spencer; who did far more to make the world ignorant than wise。 Huxley
saw in man only the elements of a weed。 Herbert Spencer would
have destroyed all family life。 Such men as these degrade thought and
see only the animal。 〃For after that in the wisdom of man; the world
by wisdom knew not。 Yet it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching
to confound the wise〃 (as a fool would determine wisdom)。
The great controversy between Yale and Harvard now; is; which shall
excel in brute force; and foot…ball seems to be the test。 Colleges were
founded for the purpose of educating the young; on moral; intellectual;
and spiritual lines。 The test of these is oratory; debate; intellectual
contests。 It used to be conceded; that the mind made the man; now the
forces of the mule and ox are preferred。
Taft; of the noted 'Taft' Cigar has position of lecturer; and the
inference is; there will be more vile cigars smoked than ever; under such
patronage。
Oh; mothers and fathers! Rise in protest against these outrages;
slaughter; bloody anarchy; and treason。
CHAPTER XVIII。
PROHIBITION OR ABOLITION。WHAT IT MEANS。THE FREE METHODISTS AND
OTHER MINISTERS ENDORSE THE WORK。A CATHOLIC PRIEST'S ENDORSEMENT。
MODERN DEBORAH。JOHN P。 ST。 JOHN。
God is a politician; so is the devil。 God's politics are to protect and
defend mankind; bringing to them the highest good and finally heaven。
The devil's politics are to deceive; degrade and to make miserable; finally
ending in hell。 The Bible fully explains this。 The two kinds of seed
started out from Abel and Cain; then Ishmael and Isaac; Esau and Jacob。
There are but these two kinds of people。 God's crowd and the Devil's
crowd。 The first law given and broken in Eden was a prohibition law。
God said: 〃Thou shalt not。〃 The devil tempted and persuaded the first
pair to disobey。 He did it by deceiving the woman。 The fact of redemption
now is to bring them back to the law of God。 What is law? God
says that sin is a transgression of law。 Blackstone says: 〃Law commands
that which is right and prohibits that which is wrong。〃 Law is
one; as truth is one。 It is not possible to make a bad law。 If it is bad; it
is
not a law。 We have bad statutes。 Law is always right。 Nothing is wrong
that is legal; and wrong may be licensed; but never legalized。 I find lawyers
who do not understand this。 I often hear the term 〃legalized saloon〃。
When I was passing the building of the supreme court in New York City;
on Madison Avenue; I read an inscription on one of the marble statues
representing a judge with a book on either side of the door: 〃Every law
not based on wisdom is a menace to the state。〃 This is a false; misleading
sentence for all law is wisdom。 It might have read: 〃All statutes not based
on wisdom;