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12 TR.U TH, I t f'L CHATTER. nuts III : (Going tho personal opinions of tlio BJ writer and for which no one clsa is in fl any manner responsible.) fl For tho first tlmo in history wo aro fl i confronted with tho spectacle of tho fl W. G. T. U. and tho saloonmon, togoth fl er with tho browors and distillers, fl working in harmony for tho provontlon fl , of legislation. Both sides are working H ' tooth and nail in an effort to influence '' fl congress to refrain from enacting a i fl , law re-establishing tho army canteen, j fl where tho enlisted men serving their l fl i country can buy beor and light wines j Bf on tho government reservation, in fl stead of having to visit tho adjacent D towns or cities, where they drink all fl sorts of Jersey lightning and forty rod fl whisky and get drunker than lords. H Tho W. C. T. U. affects to believe Bm that a great victory was won for tho fl cause of temperance when tho post fl canteen was abolished, because It re I fl moved temptation from tho soldier 1 B and prevented tho government from fl "recognizing crime." Tho members of fl the organization have been slightly I fl Jubilant over slnco, notwithstanding i fl general officers, regimental and com fl pany commanders have declared that i HE slnco tho abolition of tho canteen, B drunkenness and tho crimes which fol fl low it havo increased. The saloon man B B takes no such high moral ground. Ho fl ft wants tho post canteen abolished, he ll I causo when tho soldier cannot get beer , fl S and light wines at the post ho comes fl B down town and spends his money over HjB tho bar. Between the two; the W. C. flyl T. U. and tho liquor dealers, there Is Bjffi oyery roason for believing that the jHI cantocn will not bo ro-ostablishcd; B9 that congress will take no action. HI Hfl Tho manner in which post canteens fljsf woro conducted was such as to limit flfJl drunkenness. When the soldier got Pi too much aboard tho keeper of tho ifll placo refused to sell him any moro, B and as a result ho wont to his quarters BUI and wont to bed. Under tho present BB system ho comes Into town, stands up BBS . in front of a bar and drinks ns long as Hfiff ho has tho monoy to pay for it, and ujfi when too full to stand, is taken into a Pj back room and loft to sleep It off. If jHBf ho misses "check roll call" or "ro- 91K volllo" next morning ho goos in "quad" jHffi and Is punishod, in addition to giving BWj tho saloon man all of his month's pay. UBf Under tho post canteen system tho HflL profits woro usod for tho general good jByii of tho command; under tho, present lEnK Pan 'no saloon man buys an automo- HflK bilo. No wonder the saloon keeper flfflt wants no change made, but what a Bun marvel that tho good women of tho IiHe! W T- U' cannot E0 tho Hslit as it BmHf should bo scon. If tho abolishment of Brat tho post canteen increases drunken Braj j i ness, and Its attendant inconvonionces Ml I and punishments, and tho re-establish-BH i I ment of tho post canteen decreases H ! drunkennesa and increases tho sol IB I ' dior's comforts and lessons his chances IH fif of going to tho devil, why on earth BjBj I , should any association, pledged to tho BB - improvement of mankind, object? Kj u! Thero aro some odd things In this BBJ a world, nnd Mils Is by no means one of BB m tho k odd. Strange, too, that tho I W. C. - i. should object to tho can teen and fllo no protest against tho officers' clubs. Tho man with tho w shoulder strap can go to tho club and get fuller than a tick, but the soldier must hie himself to a dive off tho res ervation whoro ho Is film flammed and held up and then chased out until next pay day. In another colmun will bo found something about babies born in this state last week. Of course that does not lncludo all, for thero aro babies and babies whoso advents aro never chronicled. All of which leads ono to think of this matter of "race suicide," so-called. Roosevelt was the man who gave tho subject its greatest airing. Slnco ho took tho matter up it has boon aired and re-aired. Recently a society of women down east discussed tho matter and decided that parents had a right to restrict tho output of children; decided that It was a crime for tho very poor to bring children into tho world to suffer want and pri vation. Thoro aro two sides to this question, as thero is to nearly every ono submitted to the candid judgment of a people. Tho antl-raco suicide peo ple seem to havo tho better of tho af fair, when tho question of morals is considered, but tho other people have somo arguments that aro weighty. It Is a dolicato question to debate in a public journal, but avoiding tho coarser references, It can bo debated. For in stance; if it is a crime for a couplo to refrain from having children, is it not equally a crimo for a woman who might havo given birth to a dozen or moro to refrain from marrying, and dying an old maid? If It Is a crimo for a married man to dio childless when ho might havo been the father of a family, is it not equally a crime for a fellow to die an old bacho'or? Is it not equally a crimo to refrain from having children when opportunity pre sents itself? Child murder is an abomination and should not bo tolerated, whether the crimo bo pro-natal or post-natal. But aro thero not many Instances where it would bo hotter that children should not bo born than to havo thom brought Into tho world? What is tho uso of a poor man having a hordo of little ones around him brought up in ignorance? Why should tho peasantry of Russia Ignorant, unlearned, unlettered, a llt tlo bit above tho lovel of tho brute, porpotuato Itself, when the misery that was endured by tho parents and their parents is their only Inheritance? Tho same argument applies In many other cases. Why should certain per sons in our own land havo any chil dren at all? Tho writer recalls a cer tain caso which occurred In this city. A man, hunchbacked, cross-eyed and rod-headed, married a woman, also hunchbacked and red-headed, with ono leg shorter than tho other. Think of tho progony resulting from such a union. It was a crime to lot thom marry. Anothor caso that camo under my porsonal observation occurred back east. A fellow who all his life had been foolish, or underwltted, was wedded to a woman whoso brain hold but llttlo moro gray matter than his. Tho affair was managed by relatives, because ho had not sense enough, to ask her to marry him and sho hud not enough to assent. Result: Seven chil dren, each combining tho foolishness of both parents. They aro living yet, and In duo tlmo will doubtless marry other foolish people and porpotuato tho race. Still, thoso aro exceptions. Tako the average couplo and what rulo shall apply? Of lato thero has been an ar gument advanced In favor of permit ting tho female to say when sho shall bear children and when sho shall not. That is right. At this tlmo tho woman is tho slavo to tho over-present and capricious desires of her lord and mas ter (?). It Is not so in tho balanco of tho animal kingdom, from tho highest to tho lowest, and It should not pre vail among human bolngs. BTjflffS PflBSy nL? fljJy gwt H.O.JENSEN n ?S to igS Iff! 62 MAIN ST, fgf Advertise in TRUTH. When Going East Try the Illinois Central R. R. THE SHORT LINE TO Minneapolis and St. Paul Unexcelled service to those points, as well as CHICAGO and all points South. 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