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作者:谁与争疯      更新:2021-02-19 00:36      字数:9322
  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;