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Sez he agin , `` Rich men have their clubs to which they may go , and drink all they choose -- carouse , do as they please , and why not poor men , too ? '' he added . And I sez , `` Grantin ' that rich men do drink and carouse at their clubs , as I do n't know whether they do or not , two wrongs never made one right , and the liquor could n't hurt 'em so much , for they can buy it pure , and the poor man 's drink is pizen by adulteration , makin ' a more dangerous drunk , ruinin ' their health and makin ' 'em spilin ' for fights and bloodshed . The rich man can stay all night at his club , or if he goes home the decorous butler or vally can tend to him and protect his family if need be ; he wo n't stagger in at midnight to a comfortless room , where his wife and little ones are herded in cold and starvation and are alone and at his mercy , and the rich man 's carouse at his club wo n't keep his wife and children hungry for a week . '' Bein ' driv out of that position Elder Wessel tried a new tact : `` The poor man has just as much right to the social enjoyment they git out of their saloon as you have , madam , to your afternoon teas and church socials . '' `` What hinders the poor man from ` tendin ' socials ? '' sez Arvilly , spiritedly .