Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1891 — NO DRINKING MAN IS SAFE. [ARTICLE]

NO DRINKING MAN IS SAFE.

[lndianapolis News.] The Pennsylvania legislative committee, commissioned by the State to make inquiry into the causes which led to the Mammoth mine disaster, the most terrible calamity in the history of mining, have concluded their work. They will report that the fire boss, Wm. Snaith, was responsible for the aooident, being derelict in his duties on account of his being addicted to a liberal use of intoxioating liquors. He is beyond investigation or punishment, himself one of the victims of his own oriminal carelessness. Bat the report of this committee suggests anew the inquiry, should a man who is in the habit of drinking be permitted to hold a position where' be is responsible for human life? The railroads have answered the question by making temperate habits a necessary qualification among their employes. This should be an invariable principle with all corporations and private firms and individuals. Life is just as safe in the hands of an insane person sb a drunken person. If strict temperance were made a requisite for a man to obtain a situation where any kind of responsibility was involved, it would not only prevent many fatal aooidents end much financial ruin, but it would very materially rednee the ranks of intemperance and give ns a vast army of sober, clear-headed, reliable business men.