THE OMAHA 'DAILY '
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TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , ' THURSDAY JHOENJtfG , JULY 10 , 1890 , N01EBE11 22 ,
THE CREM' DEBATE.
fiov , Earn Small Scores John L. Websta r
in Ponderous Sentences.
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AND THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS HIM.
Ho Deserts Prohibition Argument for a
Few Blows fit Protection.
MR , ROSENYATER QUOTES STATISTICS.
Haul Facts WLich Controvert the Wild
Statements of His Opponents.
THE PREACHER CLOWN PRODDED.
Apt HIiiMratlims anil
I'roolW ol Lite I'lillui-col" Hiiiiiiiiary ]
ntul the HlHcnoy
Of * IllKh JjICCMHC.
lrlo\v ) \ arc given the arguments presented
At the IJcutilco Clmutaumia Monday nftcr-
110011 by Ucv. Sain Smnll and I'dward Itoso-
vnttiTho ! closing arguments of this great
piohltitloii high lleoiibo debate by Hon. John
\Vcbstornnd Prof Siunuel Uieido will ap
pear in tomorrow's ' issue of THE Bi i : .
ijl/S IiAST KIM2HC1I.
JJo AhtiHcs " \ VrbsteiAttnukH Prntco
tl < ) iiaiid , UambU'H Ooncially.
Ladles and Gentlemen : I desho on this
my last apicarance In this debate to thank
jfiu most cordially for your kind reception of
mysHf , for your Strict attention to the debate
nnd for tliO ( 'imoral courtesy \vhlch you have
fchpwn , I certainly npprceiato It oa my part ,
nnd I trust I ahull so conduct myself In thU
discussion lo the one ! au to merit jour kind
ness mm as to receive your cordial support
for my propositions before I finish. I desire
she to say Unit for tbo gentlemen who have
engaged in the debate on tlio other side
of this question that I entertain the most
profound personal respect. I think that these
gentlemen have como before you with a
sincere desire to put before you those things
which have uppcalod to them as being consid
erations worthy of determining their position
vitit reference to this great question. I yield
to llicm the right to entertain those views
mid to ex press them. It is tbeiv light , and
they have shown the couragoof their convic
tions , and they tuuo stood hero vvlthallrm-
ness and with a boldness and with an evident
consecration to their woik that reflects honor
upon them whether It does upon their can 10
or not. 'Thoy have done what very few In
thcli position have ever hud the temerity or
b\iv\cry to do in their places. Add for that
reason they nro entitled to our tespect , uiul
thc-yaro entitled to a fair hearing. I trust
that wo shall give it to them. As
for myself 1 treat their ' argu
ment with the respect which I think
Is uuo toil atidl desire to do so to the end.
Now , 1 have paid a little more than due or
ordinary attention to my distinguished friend ,
the honorable editor or Tun OMUIV Uii : : , in
my two picvious speoehoi. 1 am afraid my
hi other Webster may think I lime neglected
him altogether [ Applause ] . I do not care to
have him gonvvuy with the Impression that
his nigumciits hnvo no effect upon n'o. Ho
seemed to think yesterday that ho wrfs lit
doubt as to where 1 caino from , whether from
Geoitfla or Utah , but 1 propose to show him
before ho leaves hero today that I am hero
Just the saiuo [ Laiughtcrnnd npplauso ] , Ito
toolt occasion also to slur at myself anil
Ill-other Uic1tlo us being imported orators
from other stateI am an oiiginal pickngo
nnd bino a constitutional right hew TAn-
plausi } ] . L cin pawhere I please under
the recent decision of the supreme comb
without writ or license , nnd ho has not any
right to stand up hero und question my right
to stand , upon tliis platform and defend this
matter of pichlbitlon before' the pcoplo of
Nobinska , vudcss ho pioposcs to change front
entliely , go luck on the supreme court nnd
stand whcrowo stood some months ngo de
claring that the state iilono was soveieign Iti
this matter and hid might to decide It for
heiself. A'ud ho Is too good , a lawyer to
question the dictum of the supiome court.
J to confessed himself that ho was no oiiginal
package , [ Applause. ] Ho has only been
nero tvcnty-ono jears , and tlio only differ
ence between him and mo in Nebraska Is that
his ( , -nrpCt bag is a little older than mlno. I
do not seq tliat helms obtained a ill vine right
to splutter over every fellow that comes into
the state to malco a few remarks upon this
pertinent subject.
My distinguished filcnd , the editor of
the OMVIIV Ilir , is not an original package -
ago cltlicr , that is not original with Nebras
ka , and If it hid not been f or the fact that Ne
braska is not HO much of an oilginal state
„ mi ) how a good many of jouvouy not bo
hero. You have emigrated from other places
und eouio to tills portion of the country to
make your homos und to build uu for yourselves -
selves InbiliUlous and to gather around jour
lire-sides your olilldren and teach them lu
honor mid truth and sobriety and rlghteous-
ncjs which will make for them manhood , wo-
mnnhool and future prosperity , and It lias
been your toll and your coabeoratlon , jour
culture1 , your rollnomnit and your zeal for the
\\hlehurogoodandtiiioand beautiful
tint Iui3 made Nebraska to blossom usshohns
and has Riven her this prosperity and btought
to her all tbjs wonderful progress which
UiObQ gentlemen have lauded from this plat
form. And when you , after doing these
work's , alter accomplishing these winksafter
biingins Nebraska , to this btnte of prosper
ity , when > on turn mound anil domain ! the
riglit that the people have to pass upon a
question of biuh profound hnpoitaneo us
tli.dlnR with the liquor subject , you have get
u ilgbtto cle.ilith it onjour own motion ,
and after your own eonsuoiu'es and after
your own imderstandlng1 of the rights of men
nnd the will of God , nnd this is the reasonas
I said jcstonlay afternoon , why this question
Is bc'foro the people of Nouraska today.Vo
" "Tfid not Import It in from any other state.
Uiothcr Dleklo and I did not como hero and
stand jonder in the city of Lincoln dcmanil-
iiigof the leglshturo of ISS'.l that It should
Kive this < iucbtiou to the people of Kohraska ,
but I vnut to say t 5on that It was the pco-
jilo of Nebraska themselves that did it , and
in the discussion of that question these cou-
bidonitlons of homo nnd of peace and of
inosperlty and of sobriety and
qf Christianity ; of the stamping
out Of pauperism , of the stoppage
of crime , of the lifting of the burdens of un
necessary taxation horn tlio bird bono and
muscle of ttiia country were the considera
tions which nude these people of Nebraska
demand for thnmsch-es the light to settle
this question at the ballot box without the in
tervention of the legUlaturo and tho-llnuor
lobby , nud tuny forced It there.
I read to you from the Iowa Statn KogUtor
that In the great light for prohibition In the
KobjMsku .legislature the s > amo nioral force
and nohlolulluciiceswciM at work that were
scon In Iowa when the contest was going on
tboro. Vou will lemewbor that Iho Iowa
HtatoUogUtouds tlio great leading organ of
( but Btuto published at the capital at Dos
Motncs and edited In pnrt by Mr Uhulison ,
the tnvsont Ili t usblstaut postmaster general
of thoLJnltod States , llosajs :
"ThoroNas. tbo same battle for tlio homo ana
the lla'.sklo , the same ll htforhulplcss vomen
nnd little chlMroii who could not nroteit
thcruselves , called out nil the ulilvnhy , the
true niauhood ; tlio pleadings of wlvc.4 ami
molliirs von many votw that would not have
boon cast against the salooiiH. "
A tetioitof the ilual vote in thohousoglvcs
on Ircldent of affcvllnt ; Interest ttuit iccalls
Very vividly some scenes In Iowa hjt a fciv
} caungo , K < i'rescntatl\o McNieoll of Ougo
county uroso utter the vote had ken taken ,
hutlxjforo the result Imd been announced ,
niidsnid !
"I rLpitisoiit two counties in this house mid
I hnvo promUed thoin botli that I would vote
nfralrmt sulmil.vslon , but this question Is pro >
penteil inu peculiar form. Ihmo given thla
bulij-'ct much thought , and. 1 ha\o eonununed
with a lilgheriiover nnd iisked His ( tuldunco
in this initial liour ; iincl now , friends. If I
vote for submission I sl.all disregard the
instructions of my constituents ; hut I
lauo a l i % nud tli.it bov " aopoals
to mo wltli all n fathoi's" love nnd
tenduriii'ss , und m 1 look Into hit face I ft el I
o-.vo him adutylilKhcr than any other and
that Is topn ohim from thoinvful fate of the
drunkard'a llfo , nnd Oed helping me , I have
rofiolvcdthat i ( myote cm ho the pcoplo
a cliiucoto banish thesnloon fion our stati1 ,
let cotno what may Itshnll bo freely phcn ,
nnil I ihango my Mjto nn 1 ask th.it it ho
recorded lu f.vcr of the mcasuie. " [ Ap-
plauso. )
'Hint , ! bcllevo , was the representative of
this very county In which \\e are. 'Hint was
the representative coming from the midst of
the people , listening llrst to the blandish
ments , to the appeals uud arguments of tlio
politicians nnd si ) ing that ho uouldnot\otc
I or the submission of this question , but \\hcn
it was biought lioinoultli the iir umcn's ' of
the wl\cs and of tlio mothers nnd of the hus
bands and of tli elillJren who \\ero
being given o\er to the Mo-
lodi ilobttuctlon , of dlsristir nud
damnationUnit man standing thcio undertlic
doino of youro.iiiltolhero tlio pleading evrs
of his llttln boy and the possibilities ot his
fate before him , said " 1 have communed
with a higher power , and now If my vote can
give totho people of Xebr.iski the opportu
nity touibtout the mm devil Ij.'ivo it"nnd
honu'olt like n man , and I billvu you will
ratify Ills diclslon on Xovomber I , and with
your little children looming before jour eyes
in'thelr pleadings for pioteetion fiom this
II mil that has mined so ninny homes , spo
liated so n any man , brought ilisnster , p.iu-
ptrism and irinio into so many of the happy
communities of this state , I bdievoyou , too ,
will coinmunu with a higher iiowov , that you
will listen to the calls ot the monitor of uod
pi iced within , mil inarch frnndly up totho
biillot box raid forever lash these devils from
the tcuitoiy oftlio stutoof Nebraska. [ Ap
plause. ]
The gentlemen talk about personal liberty.
And ho stood up hero yesteiday and at
tempted to Haunt the bloody shirt in jour
face over niv head because I ramo from the
stnto of Georgia. I want to say to you that
he , Ihlng for tuontj-onojcarsIn thostatcof
Jfebraska , seems to know more about the
stnto house of Georgia- thin I do , living under
its shadow , and I have niv wife and children
luoro now I repudiate the insinuation that
wo aionotloytil to the gi.md old stars and
stripes. [ Applause. ] Oil the Tomtit of July ,
in the city ot C'lmlttmoogn. on Friday last ,
Governor Gordon , who is the chief executive
of our state , a gallant Christian gentleman ,
stood befoio thousands of the blue and the
gray In the city of Chattanooga and uttered
sentiments of patriotism nnd of loy-
nlty and of demotion to the flag and
tlfo government that weio the equal
of any spoken aiijwhero in this country ,
[ AppUu&o. ] I want to My to you today , my
countrymen , tint while that bloody war was
being fought 1 was hut uno of those little
boys tnjsdf , tin years old when itbcKnu and
fourteen whenIt ceased ; but I saw it from
tbo beginning- the end I uas in the track
of it. I was keeping my safety ahead of the
nunyday after day and month after mouth
I want to s > a.to . jou , my countijmen , that
fiomtho hour that I became able to under
stand thogrcat issues \vhicli woio Involved
nnd the gie.it lesulls vhich weio achieved
by tlieso men who mnichcd out from tbo
bomej and from the fuirows of this eountiy
under the lluy of the union to keep the sanc
tity of that union undivided nnd indivisible
foroer.vbeii I understood what they had
accomplished , howthoylud stilelien 4WO,000 (
chuckles fiom I.OOO.OUO of our biutlucn lu
black , I thinlicil God for the day , and 1 ha\o
thanked Jllm in thopi-esencoof mypeoplo as I
do before you , and I thank Him for t.o ! clay
whenho givoto tlilj country Abraham Lin
coln , that typkal American vlio Avlth his Im
mortal hand , signed the emancipation proela-
mutton and uotoulv made. o\cry black man in
this lountry fice , but made every wblto man
freer from the day that ho did the uct. [ Ap
plause. ]
I liclfevo in personal llboity. I bellevo In
that llbeitvIdchlr.is been banctlficdby tbo
success of the j\mcricm constitution and
which is guaiatiteedbytho inlplity power tint
Is interwoven with the forty three stars and
thirteen stripes of Hint glorious llig. lam in
fuvorof it to the fullest extent compatible
Witn tlio puuitu peace , tno puulicsalety and
the publicprogx-ess. But fora itian who is a
luwjer nnd \ > lie stands with fair fame before
the Judiciary and courts of this state ,
for a man who has stood befoio the
biipvemo comt and plcail with honorable )
fer\or tbo causes of Ills clients , and who has
made for himself a reputation that thh , my
friend , his undo In the state of Nebraska ,
to stand hcio and. try to befuddle the intellect
of Ills fcllow-i'itizuis by a species of pettifog
ging with th.it phuso , 'neisonal ' liberty , " is
unbecoming to liim and I do not bellevo ho
would bo guilty of it la any other place ex-
coptupontho disiusslon. of thh prohibition
hsxie , where pettifogging Is a necessity In
order to defend tlio saloon. [ Applause ] , Ho
knows what personal libertyls , nnd ho knows
ns v.ell as Ho knows his own honorable name
that tlio prohibition of the liquor tralHo does
not strlKoanj where in u thousand , miles of
personal liberty. The prohibition of tbo
liquor trafllo strikes at the trafilo. it strikes
at tbo sjstemof commerce , and there is not
a lawyer with a thimbleful of brains In
America who daics to deny tbo
proposition that It is competent
for the cougicss or legisla
ture of the people in the exercise of their
sovereign power to regulate tlio commerce.
Your veiy Uulfl ! laws to-day are regulations
of commerce ; . Your embargoes mut prohibit
ory tariffs against certain uitlcles and certain
people arc prohibitory taiiffs. They are
excicisos of tlio right to control a traftlo. So
with this flintier. It is simply a question of
whether thiiti-afllc , whothir this sjstctn of
coimueice , without reference to the Indivi
dual who engages in it , without reference to
the Individual who Is in favor of its being
continued with all its passions and depraved
appetites it provides whether this system
of lommorco is a system which adds to the
public wealth and the public health anil Uio
public happiness , nnd upon that question
the concensus of statesmanship nnd of
legislation mid of judiciary nnd of clerify.and
of all men nnd all women who have eyes in
their heads to sco the results of tbo liquor
tr.UHu in mi } community has boon unanimous
almost ttuUit IsntraQlc that ought to bo
controlled , and if it Is found an inimutablo
ovll it ought to bo abolished eternally from
this continent [ .AppUiuso ] . I say today that
the liquor tiafllo Is such uu ovll , No priest
or publicist , no statesman or server of the
sacrament Ins ever boon able to clnngo It
fi-om uiunlttwitcd evil Into
an aquillllcd pub
lic blessing1 , and wo have recoidcd behind it ,
indicted in. every court from the court of
conscience to the cotut of high hcircm for
these ciltnoj , Itsmlsciles , Its inurdeis , and it
stands toduy tlio ouly criminalized form of
commerce in tills country. Your Slociunb
law tohy pits a label of criminality on the
back ot tlio liquor tranU * , and puts balls and
chains regulation to Its heels , and jou have
to do It in order to keep ft within
any possible curb whatever , and
wo say tint the pirate caught
chained , embed und labeled la tbo hold of
the alilp it U easier and safer forthevoyiiKers
to lanu him ovorboinl at ouct ) and lot him
tale care of lilmslf lit the midst of the
nighty deep. [ Applause. ]
1'eraonnlllbcityl Talk about polag down
to the south and wasting'your strength suf
fering In the blvouaonndou the battlefield ,
pining away under disease , under Inhospita
ble skies , in the hospitals of tbo south , .und In
the pilsou puns , and suffering tortwes which
have mauo your names Illustilons for your
enduruicc and foitltudo and faith in the
giauduld govoiument. 1 honor every one of
jou font. I love to scon man stalwait nnd
btiudlng with tbo insignia on the lupol of his
coat or on hit blvaat that ho stood for
this govommcut , for Its lutojjilty nud
for nil it ropivsonts. but , my countrymen -
men , I want to ask jou till * question : When
iou went down to the south ttfllix-rnto these
slaves , what was It you went to do ! You
vent dovMi there because despoi-ato men in
the pursuit of tlieir own ambition had
vutmiheda'paitor the territory from the in
tegrity oE the union ; they had set up an cs-
tabllsmoiitof tluir own , und you wont down
to do what * Priimully your whole object
uas torccwortho lost U-nitoiy , rcuuitoit to
the great body of the union , ro-cstabllsh the
Inteerlty of the union , spread its authority
safely over nil the land and give back t'j tn
the union nf our fathers , tmdlvidet and indi
visible. You BUriecdrd indolug it. What
nro < vo hero for today I i stand licro us taueli
an advocate of llbirtj ns any man 'Uio rn-
listed under the ling and manned to the
south in IbOl , I stand hero today appealing
for the same principles for whUh
you fought , for tlio common natural law of
Aineileaon the liquor subject is prohibition
nnvhow. and \vouldh.ivoheento this day
if it had not been Invaded by thesoHceuso
laus , which are rpedlle In tliir natuie ,
statutory In their chnmctor , llablo to change
with nny chaiiff ing Icuislnturo or temper of
public scntiincMit , mid by IIcouso laws this
territory has been wicnehcd from natural
prohibition nnd given over to the squatter
sovereignty of the saloon In this country.
Wo are not trying to lug in some Now Knif-
lanil Invention that is on a pirallel with
wooden bams and basswood nutmegs ; we ( ire
not trying to put anything of a vagucry
Into the rigid laws of this com
monwealth , but wo are trying to
iccover the lost territory of purity ,
honor nnd sobriety out of the hands of thu
snloonlstntiil fjtvn it back to constitutional
prohibition , where It has belonged from the
bofinuing. [ Apiilau-ie. ]
'Jlie gentleman talks about prohibition
ruining the stale , and ho produces a great ar
ray of ilirurcs hew for you , telling > ou that
Maine , New H.inipshlio nnd Vermont and
hosocnu lobe paiticuUiily stuck on those
states -bow they have not 1'iiitiod in popula
tion , how they have been ruined In their man
ufactures , how they have lost imiuifiicturing
cstabUbbincnts , etc. [ Lnughtcr. ] Suppose
you admit it Is all truo. Do you understand
the dlffcieiKO between a western community
like this of Nebraska that U being Idled up
by the pcoplo taking up the govcinmcnt land
making for themselves homesteads and habi
tations , who are living very hraely upon
that cixdit of their characters and of their
honest industry and the piomiso. ) nnd
piophccics of climate and soil for the future.
You aie Ilving4odnym.mj of you from . " to 10
ycirs in the futuic. and j on nro doing it , too ,
upju the aeiumnmhitions of those iieoplo In
tbo eastern states. I3nt ho is Hiking about
tliodccie.isoln manufactures in ilainp.forin
stance , but the Bcntleiimn docs not stand up
hero and toll you that in the cast , in ' .no stnto
of Maine , since pi ohibltion was enacted , that
tlio great dotiiliinting party of this country
has broken up the slilpimmufnituriiig which
was onto the largest industry In the state of
Maine. You can go nowfrom Uangor to Ken-
nebunk nnd see ship ways empty and cabins
deserted and the men who nro the ship
wrights ha\o gene from tbo coast of Maine
solely because the piotectlxo policy of this
country has been such as to dnvo .American
ship building out of existence and give not
only tbo building of our bliips but the i-nrry-
ing of our commerce Into foreign hands. Just
ns wo are giving it to the biuwirs and distil
lers. [ Applause. ] Let mo toll the gentleman
that if bo will take away his protective policy
that is em lining foreign earners of our pro
ducts and our height these foreign
fellows who are charging you farmers
inure to carry your corn than you get for It in
the open market. If they will give j-ou a
chance , if they will give American men n
light to build ships and will piotcct them in
it , then I will tell you that nil the way down
the coast of Maine tbo fuuiaco llres will bo
lighted anew , the shlpwnvs will bo restored ,
and tbo hulls will brighten nnd glisten in the
.sunlight as it beams upon the polished pule ,
nnd tbo masts will bo set and the mill-wheels
will KO around , and the tails will bo woven
and the breath of God will 1111thorn ns they
\vaft thorn away o\crtho seas to carry the
corn and wheat and the pio.luceof thesetich
ilelds of Nebraska and the gnat northwest.
[ Applause ] "When the gentleman comes to
talk mound facts of that kind bo will find that
there is a reckoning Just ahead of him for
him and this people , tlintthe fanners of this
loimtiy , that the shipbuilders of this coun
try , that the mecliaulo arts and Industries bf
this country that have been giounddowil un
der this infernal system which has been mak
ing the rich richer nnd the poor poorer with
every sim neaily that has "ilscii over * you ,
[ Applause. ]
1 would that I had the time to take the
facts nnd llgui-es and show you why manufac
tures have been rcituced in these eastern
states. I want to ask him furthermore why
it is that Iromotho state of Rhode Island nnd
the stnto of Massachusetts and the stale of
Pennsylvania , and the state of Jy'ow York ,
those magnificent and glorious high license
states manufactory after manufactory axe
pulling themselves up by the roots to-day
und to the extent of hundreds and hundreds
are going to the south nnd establishing them
selves in Georgia , Alabama. Tennessee and
other southern localities. [ Applause. ] Why
is it that men from high license Doston the
other day invested three millions of dollars
In six days in Harrimnn , a piohibitlon town
In the state of Tennessee ; In Cardiff , in Fort
Pay no , in Now England , cities , all of them
within JUtv miles of each other in the sunny
south ! Why doesn't ' ho toll you something
about that ] "Why doesn't ho give you some
facts and figures along the other bide of this
question ] Well , ho is not on that side ,
[ Laughter. ] No , my follow countiymcn , you
cannot charge all the disasters that commerce -
morco , tr.ido and manufactory is suffering in
this country to the question of prohibition.
You talk about trusts and combines. Why ,
wo yawp andJgaHop around and paw the earth
nnd got mad when anybody talks about
trusts. AVe talk about the sugar trust , tlio
'great octopus-sugar trust of the country ,
niid7ou can get a fanner on his high horse in
two minutes , whenever you mention sugar
trust to him ; but , do you know you can figuio
out your sugar trust business ] Last year
the profits of the sugar trust were only
$1,000,000 , putting the legitimate nnd the
illegitimate ) together. Putting your profits of
tlio sugar trade together it was only § 19,000-
mo. When you take the whole profits made
by the sugar trust , divide it among tbo pco
plo of this country , with the consumption of
sugar llfty-four pounds per capita , it Is only
21 cents per man ; that Is , less than one-Ill-
teoiith of a cent per day , I will toll you that
a man drinking- four glasses of beer per
month pays moro to tbo whisky trust and
beer trust in the country than the man docs
to the sugar trust the wlvplo year thiougli ,
[ Applause. ] Yes , you talk about your sugar
trust. A man down hero in Missouri the
other day published an advcitiscment , and I
have got it right there in my paper , in which
ho said , 'Any man In this town who takes
two drams of liquor nor diy at 10 cents
per drain , If ho will shut off on Us
liquor and deposit his money with mo
la my store I will furnish him during tlio
year ISO sacks of Hour , " 70 pounds of granu
lated sugar , TJ pounds of coffee and give him
$ ' 1.50 to go to the chcus with when the trade
Is over. [ Applause. ]
U'alk about trusts , thcro Is not n bigger ,
moio infernal trust in all the world and out
of hell than this liquor trust that Is grabbing
$000,000,000 n j oar out of the pockets of this
pcoplo and giving them nothing back for it
but pauperism and misery nnd cruno and
taxation. You take the taxation on ac
count of this liquor business in the city of
Oiniua nnd what does It moan ] It means
taking 250 saloons , charging them $1,000 a
year apiece in order to put taxation on the
depraved appetites of tbo men who patronl/o
the saloons In order to ledUcotho taxes of Iho
follows who own Iho piopeity and wlio ought
to pay taxes on the propurty. It Is a direct
robbery , It is a tax on appetite and not a tax
on the privilege of selling , I say today If
there is anything lu the shape ot law that
makes angels or men devils by looking ujion
it , It Is a high license liw that taxes u mini's
appetite Instead of ta.xlng Iho propeity that
ho has not got. f Applause , ]
Not only that , uut 1 do not believe It would
hold peed in any court in this country. "Jho "
high license moil themselves do not dare to
talte this high license law lieforo the supreme
court of the United States. They never havo.
They have .submitted. They ha\o gone along
and paid anj thing you would exact of them
up to the point of starvation for their trade
rather than go before a court. lam told by
some of tlio most competent lawyers In this
country If this question was ever caulrd bo-
foie tlicsuprmo court of tlio United .States on
the question of the constitutionality of the
high license net In which It Is segregated , it
would not btaud. Because It Is peculiar in its
character they would tax it $1,000 a year ,
whllo they would let a man doing $ . ' ,000,000"
woi th of business In the dry goods line do
business for ? 100 a year , They say you cau
not make any such distinction , because the
constitution requires ( hut taxation shall bo
unlfoim ami equal upon tbo tame class of
subjects , und when jou como to talk about
couancico beiuf u Ulvbablo thing along
that line ; tlmt it t nt ttand In law ,
It mny do In municipal politic' ' , . \nil so I sny
to you todiy , these man cannot bring before
jou nslnglesclntilli of leasoanblo argument
based upon constitutional law or based upon
human experience thutwlll Justify you In
turning jour back upon this preposition ot
prohibition mid RUO jour stUTnyes to this
liybild anil mongrel that has romoout of tbo
confused and. drunken leglslatmo ct the
country vlth high license.Vlmt does It
protnlso jouf I hava how In this -plaea a
io [ > vof n paper in which onoot jour follow
cltiicns says that the taxation of tlio high
license does uct help the fanner In the state
of iNibrasKu. Iloeayal "In ttio cities ami
towns vvlicio saloons are licensed the money
Is applied to the support of the schools , but
all the expenses of eriinln.il courts , pm\cr-
Ism and insanity have to bo jaid by the
county , nnd full heavily upon tin * farmer. Of
loursotho city papers -vvo.ilil not say a woid
about Unit , if thocountv Ins to pay all the
expenses of the trafllc thene-veiy school In
the county should linvo Us proportion of tlio
saloon money , " This ia from William
Willml of Gibbon , Nolvvbo ; sec-ins
to bo In a quandary hlusclf. Ho
wants the money divided uvso that nil the
schools in the country shall get some ; but
the question , comes homo lo you in No-
bniskn , whtMi the city taxing the saloons gets
the inoncv , puts it into tluir schools and
then send * pniiixsi-sand criminals out on JLOU
to piy the burden of tt liiK mill < llsp < > sltig of
thotn , and how much do you gel out of 111
Isn't it about time you claimed u fair divvy
or else shut up thadrunken factories and the
crtnio making establishments and save your-
elvcs the unnecessary burden of this ta\a-
ionl I icfer It to.\oarown culm Judgment.
You have got common sense nlung this line
mdyou know thu valuoof a dollar as well as
anyone. Isavtojouth.it cvi'iy dollar 3011
get you dig out of the soil , nnd laono of the
lollus that the Lioul God .Almighty b'esses
icciiusc It comes through honest toll ; but
hcso dollars which nro gathered ; nnd iUdicd
ntt of the poi'kuts of depraved men , put Into
ho saloon till and Ecem to be puilllcil there ,
then uroturucil over to the public tieasuiy
of the oily to bo tiansmlttcd iuto education
'or voursona and ilaughtcn , tlwyha\e the
curse of hull ou thim , nnil If time lie com-
ic-tiwtions In this world , inoi.il M well
is physical ; If the ctcimd God haslet
lot gene bade on his \voul , tlieroivlll bo a
lay of reckoning1 , these saloon < i will take iv
noitga e on jour son sand jou vvlll have to
i.iy back for u every dollar vou got nud put
t in sinlllriff books , and pay blood Interest
with thogivvyliaiu that mo mingled with
your so trow as you go down to tlio giave.
. 3Iv fiieud says there is no piohibitlon in
the bible.YliutbluloiUd vou tcaca whim
you ran a Sunday school I iLaughterniicl ap-
ilause.l I do not wonder tint you ubm-
doned tlio business and went to practicing
law. 11 you Had that soil of abiblotho
sooner jou cjult the better for your immoital
soul. [ Laughter. ] I am phd , sir , that you
quit. I thank you for leaving the flcidj out
1 want to any this , that cwt since tbo day
when God called Moses into
tbo top of Sinn ! and Qiow
around them botb. tlio curtains of
majesty anil mystciy and dropped from his
oxviLomlpotent lingers the wuicd wilting of
tbo ten commandments , God's law ngsiinst
avcry form of evil , personal or national , has
tieen absolute , unconditional mid eternal pro
hibition , and you know it. [ Auplausc 1 Vou
say that I would , change th bible in tno lu-
teiest of prohibition , and say because Paul
told Timothy to tale n | little wine for his
stomach's sake instead of vj'iag " > 'ow , you
old drunkard , don't ' you take It , you diink
water. " I do not know whether Paul was a
doctor or not , but your nainu is not I'nulJ nor
aw tlio peopln of the state of Nebraska named
Timothy. ( Applause ) If Paul did ti-11
Timothy to ue alittlewinofor his infirmities
ho did not tell him to gg toIIOL-nberger's and
tnko a cocktail two or threes times before
breakfast , and then take some o ! Peter llcr's
swill before dinner , sorao of Bcldltz1 beer be
foio supper and then go horcc 113 drunk nnd
mean us a hog about UoV 10.o'clock ut night.
[ .Applause. ]
Talk about the hi bio , hnv lug notblnp about
prohibition it. 'Xho Mblo' h s prohibition In
it from llcl to lid against every form of evil
undofthatcry appearance of evil. I siy to
you th.itvo stand , todiy upon 1ho aered
word of God. One of tlia great objections
these fellows have tons is because wo have
got so mucli of the bible on our side ami they
have got so littlo. iLaughtci1. ] Don't YOU
suppose that the clergy of this country under
stand the bible well enough to know then
duty 5 Hoa not cvcr > evangelical cliuich in
this country almost from one end of it to the
other , and year nftw year in convention ,
sjnod , assembly , convention , confoicnce ,
woilcl without end , repudiated not only the
liquor traftlc , but declared even tlmt to license
it is a sin against God and ft crime against
man i Don't ' you bclfcvo the Christian people
of this country know enough about the
bible to know whether 1ho spirit of
Almighty God is leading them hell-bent to
wards saloon or whether ho is lending
them to the prohibition and. peace , sobtiety
and piosperityl You stand up Ticro as a
ieacher of righteousness knowing the bible
? rain lid to ltd and want to flank anybody
that says piohibltlonis in the bible. Get up
and do it. [ Applause. ] You will to a trigger
phenomenon in this \voiiuthiin Paul was in
Ills. Prohibition in the bible I What
puttering t
And then ho Jumped on mo and talked tome
mo about attcinptingto throwslurs nnd slan
ders upon the gieat state of Nebraska and
the city of Omaha. I did not slander-them.
I novcr male them thai , ivay. [ Applause. ] I
just pulled the sheet oft your dmmiablo in
iquities In. Omaha and let the sunlight in on
them , [ Applause ! , Talk about mo blander-
ing them. 1 slnndered them because I took
their photograph. [ Laughter , ]
You might ui well say yoiir photographer
slandered jou becauio bodoesnot mnko yea
as handsome as Apollo BoUidoro wlioa ho
takes your picture. I Laughter and applause ]
I will do my friend the justice to say , how
ever , that howould look a good deal butter
than ho docs if ho wis on the other side ot
this question. [ Applause , ] Ho ys notnn ill-
looking figure , niicl tbo saloons are inigiily
happy in liavinga gentleman of sonic-using a
countenance for their champion. If they had
got ono eC their regular discijlcs toporsonally
appear heio you could have transferred hlin
to Bcdloo Island , kicked Mrs. Gougar's tiioncl
the goddess off , and set him up there ,
and vvo nicd not have i > ut any elcctricil
wires to him either. [ Great anpl.iuso.l
The gentleman savs I slandered the honor
able senators fiom this state. I want to &ay
this , that us for thjso gentlemen I have no
doubt tliov are among your most distinguished
fellow citizens and 1 would not blander them.
It was simply a little by-phy that I put la
there , Wiou. I spoke of them this morning
I did not mean to slander them personally ;
but I want to siy this , that when I speak of
public men unit bf their characters uurt it fr
onts upon pubho question j 1 speak of it ai I
haven right to speak of , It , and I siy with
reference to the senators from this state ,
however honorable gentlornen they may bo
In their personal charncteistlcs | ami habits ,
however much yoxt may honor them , and I
honor them with yon for all that they are en
titled to , I wantjto say that while Mr. Pad
dock lias been n senator of these United
SU tes thcro has been ni ) reflection In the
casttosliow tliat ho has ever sot tlio Potoimo
on flro with his brilllunlstatesiiuinslilp. , Not
only tluvt , but I will tell you what you have
seen you have seen many uman staler out
of the doors of jortder hotel with
his soul set on iiio with the damnable stuff
which Senator Paddoclc jwjrniits to bo seld
thoro. [ ( it-cat npplaiisej. Jwaut to say that
on the eve of the last national election , where
myself and wife were domiciled at the Filth
nveimo hotel in New Voik city , on tlio street
where tlioso Krout processions passed through
I'lf 111 avenue and llroadvvay anticipating the
election onTuesdii ) ' I vvnntto say that while
they weio sweeping through the streets
thousands upon tbousuiidbot them crying out
their wnr-cries of Iho two im-tlt'i , there was
ono of your senntoia sttttm-at tlio tiblo with
Thomas. 0. Phtt , William K Chandler nnd H.
U. 1'aj liter hi my presence drinking
chnmpagno wlillo James O nialno with Ills
stahvurt form find his manly countenance
and sober head was at thu front window
boylng to the honorable plaudits of these
thousands of truu nua who -pissed along
thronirli the hiirliv hyi of Now York. [ Ap-
iilmisoj. That was tlw dllToiiHice In record
that day boUv eon a Nebraska senator and a
semtor from the piW old Impoverished prohi
bition state of Ma'uo. ' [ Applause ] .
Kow , my fellow countryjiion , I JUNO simply
this to say , that If tlmo warnmUMl I Might
bring 1hcsu stutlitk-s before ) iiu in tuch
tangible form that you could take them in
and carry thorn homo with you , mid 1 wmilto
say that vhllo these gentlemen stood up Hen )
today mid almost , blackguarded my hiead
Prof , Dlcklo because he said bo had cnrbbJ
his extract out of somebody's little old piiu-
nlilot , I want to ray to ) ou [ turning to Slv
Webster ] your uliolo speech , whether you
know It or not , has already Veil formulated
l > y the liquor doaloii' association of Louisville
and has been sent nil over this country , Tlipy
havogot jour facts and llgureslustns veil lnv'0
got them nnd sometimes almost in yonr
words , and they had them in the Dakota
campaign lust yctr [ npplnuo-tlio ] sninfl
old stuff , the caminltcn desecrated lush of
the brewers and the distillers put up inotirt-
mil piekuitos : md scut out to orators en cic >
mand. [ Aiiphuso ] . Ml that stuff. You
cannot bo fooled nor bunboo/lcd nor bull
dozcJ by any such trickery as that , You
know that the issue in this eontestts tlio
plain square Issue of whether these salnons ,
with their drunkenness , with their nbsorp
lion of tbo money tlmt ought lo go Into hoiin'i
lo nuke thorn happy and prosperous mid com
fortable ; whether the man tioodol your bom
shall bo sold out ( or a pilco at thopubllo
ihninhlus by the saloons ot this state. [ Ap-
plauscj.
v.\Tiif8 ; GM > SI.\O ,
Ho PurnlHlicH Some Jioro
PI icnrcs. mi 1'ioliHili Ion in Iowa.
The Jlon. Cdivanl Uosc\vtitcr spoke as lol-
lovvs :
JIr. 1'iwldcnt , ladles nnd gentlemen : A.
few years ago there appe ired in this counUr
a great lecturer from Oieut Ilritnln , nnd Ills
theme was "Wry DoirtGodlCilllhe Devil I"
1 linve been hero now for two dins ntul I hive
almost propounded the question , " " \Vliv ! >
Oed Ten nt a Gloiva to ba u I'rowherl *
( Ijuughtcr and niiplauti'.J Whv does tto
Lotd penult any nun V1 iiewcrato the clothi
that ho voarsln the iianio oftho mostsacrol
of cilliiis , | ! , by turning blackguard and slin-
denr , lutlio picscnce of a Chiistlm iiinlicnco
assembled utl'liiivtauijual NVobavo heuJ.
from tlioltcv Small's allusions to some ol us
that arc debating with him that ho would lutl-
mate tint \rouro in the habit of making
boos of ourselves , and swilling b-or , wines
and whisky , and going homo chunk lo 0111-
families. I venture to say no win his pres
ence. and I c-liallcngo your attention , th it Mr.
Snml has drunk more hcerr
Mr. Smnll Say , you stop right there I
i er sild tliat. 1 sail 1'aul did not Lell
Tiniothj to do that [ Cries of "Sit down , "
yells , hoots , and grant demonstration I
Jlr. Hosewaler I will slrapli say that It
an original package should pass within si
voryshoit tllstniieo oftho room in wliicSi
this sciitleman has undo his lieadiiuaitera ,
I should not want to risk the original paclujo
coming back sealed.
I will now direct mj self to the subject In
hand. The people of this state enacted pro
hibition once before , In tbo year l&y > , uud
after three j ears It was repealed bccmseiLo
attempt was made to enfoico It. In 18nsi
constitution was framed for tike
people of Nebraska , and with it was submit
ted nu amendment separately with tlirce
other amendments , prohibiting the silo and
inanufaituio of llciuor. 1 bat question was
brought befoio tlio people of this stute , ttior-
oughly debated , and when the ballote VI.L-O
coiinteil , the proposition to prohibit the imti-
uf.iej.ure ntul sale of Iiiiiorv'a3 | snowed under
by a veiy lingo majority , while the ions4tu- ;
tion itself , by reason of misrepresentation
mid by tlm combinations made bj monopolies
mill b'uiltei's , was du felted by about two or
thico bundled. Now wo sno uskcd aijaiii lo
iiuert into the fundaiiieiit.il liw of
this state a proposition which , us
you hnvo already been informed ,
has teen adopted in imny stiles ,
and , with tlio exception of Mainu nnd Ver
mont , rcpouled nfter fair trial by all , -Unit
have ever pliccdlt within tbeiv fundamental
lav. , 1 he question is not. shal ] wo by ono
fell swoop stop tbo drunkard factories , bvtt
arewoaibla ta ifitjp Uio drunkard factoiLos
closed ) I am not 'hero roprosentlng tlio
dlunknrd nnkcn. Iain not hero rcprtsont-
in ? thosnlooii , or defending thewhiskyli ! , i > ;
but ! inn heio defending the princlph oflil h
liceiibo as the most cftectlvo of tvo 1000-
dies to do away with tbo evils of intemper
ance.
Attention has been called by the spoal ct to
tlb fait that the children of this stuto are
bcln K educated with blood inoaoy , I my
that ho probably doi" } not undcratand Uho
reason why , The constitution of Nebriska
provides tbat all money received f ionl Jlraos
und licenses of whatever desciiptton
shall bo placed to the credit of
the school fund : no mutter whether
the license is fora hack , or a bllliind la'I ' , a
theater , or a saloon , or any other Imslno-ss.
Iv'o matter whether a person is lined In the
Volieocourt for JlgMlng on the itrects. or
whether Ho is there for putting1 nb.urcL of
ushes In a back alley , the money Is houat to
boplaiedto the credit of the school Cund.
.And let mo say to you that this talkol blood
money Is nil nojisciifao ; Itls fol-de-rol. Clio
confress of the United State's , the supreme
court of the United States , the president of
the United States , the army of the United
States and its navy nro all pilcl uitli blood
money , for all money derived from revenues
collected from the inuiiufnctuio nud sio ! of
llquorplaced in the national ticasury U | > aid
out regardless of where it comes liom.
And vvhnt is the difference , I -v\nt \
to know , whether Mr. Iler's taotioy
that went to the Omaha Young Men's
Christian association building was not nc-
ceptuMo just as much as any money , and my
own went In there just as well , [ Applntise.J
I want to know , for instance , whether if a
woma'i of Ill-ieputo should step Into ones of
jour millinery shops to buy a bonnet , und the
hdy that has tlio shop should step Intoilutrch
on next Sunday and drop a half dollar that
she received from this scarlet woman into the
contribution box whether the minister -will
throw it out. and mark It blood moncr. I
have novel known such ucaso. They will ac
cept what money they get , and them ia noth
ing wrong about it , provided that tlio momoy
was properly contributed by people toward
charity or benevolence. There is not a ohurch
building in the city of Omaha , and ttoo is
scarcely oao la nny largo city la. this
state that has not been built with
tnoac ) ' gotten from men who have iSealt
in liquor , money gotten from men who do
not bellevo as many of you do And vhat is
there about this nutterl "Why his not the
Lord prohibited outilpht the toinptatlOTi of
driiikl Why has Ho croited tlio grape ,
and allowed ft to grow : and the corn , and
allowed it to srowl \ Volt mo been created
with passions and appetites. SI nil incti bo
considered sinners and outlaws , justlecauso
they have Indulged la a few glasses or wluo
or beer ?
I will siy light hero , and It may shock my
friend wlio hits paid such a hiijhoulo0'.y to
Abraham Lincoln , that , of the very few
people piobably in the United States that
over did drink a gliss ot beer with AbrUiam
Lincoln , I am 0110 , [ Paint applause J It
was on the day of the luttlo of 1'ro I cricks-
burg. Abiaham rjtneolueamo Into the. onlio
of tlio war department on ri Sundiy morning
In Hit sllppors , 'J'lio bittlo waavoijr Jierco
and raging nil the day nnd Mr. Lincoln to-
maliied In thooftlco all day ns ho was ex
tremely anxlojs as to the result , 'nilrtcen
tlionsandunlon soldiers laid down their lives
In that shufjliter pen. I happened to l o the
onlj innnoii duty receiving the dlipi-tchcs
from the battlellelj , and Lincoln stood side
by slclo with Stanton and Captain Foir ,
assiituntsecictaryof the navy , watcUin-jj the
ne\\s from the battlefield. At noon Mr
Stanton sent out and not an Ice pltclici * full
of beer , and lid handed ns some crackers , and
the beet ? was partaken of , by I'miduit Lin
coln , S tin ton , Fox , and I remember Mr.
Seward also uas there , There was no groit
crime In that , for tbo Lord makes no crime
of drinking liquor , but bo doss of
drunkenness , Just as Ho does of gluttony , lit
oldm times Rluttoiis vvcro btoned tocjeath ,
Just the ; same ns drunkards , The oilier diy
the telegraph announced tint a man bad died
aftw oatiti tvvenly-sliu gs. Noiv , I do
not bellevo that anybod would lo cviuy
enotigi to proj > ese a constitutional amend
ment to stop huiis from laying ( laiiRlilcrJ or
to stop the propupatlon of hens Tlio tame
reasoning would npply to mum thliiir ! * that
ba\o cniM'd death and desolation On tlio
Fouitb of July not less than tltteo thousand
men aid boys , and pusulbly some vroinon ,
were maimed and Rome killed ludltTeivnt
pails of the couutiy In i-ekn > ratlugVould
anjbolv proKiso | to prohibit the tn'inuf.icturo
und Nalo or llrocracUoi's nntl llicai'ius anct
Kunpouder Just beeausu biich accidcnls h.ivo
li.iip | iicd < As a police regulation-mid the
supK-mc court has outlluod thmvci } distinct
ly , alt lU dccislQ&s upon piohlbltlcu. buvu
boon outlined as n police i Von , x o
ifllBhtsay that no gunpowder i V stored
inouriitlc'J , that no crackc-w ! * V llrvcl
In the town on the rourth o.under
84voro poinltliM. Hut the nnut \v ) of
ilronriiM and powder , or Uiopii\ n of
my other lustramoiit of death AV..t 'not lw
prohihltcd so long i mnn Is compelled to uw
these things ; nud I say that liquor must bo
iitlllzctl just the same. It must ho manu-
fuetuivcl for medicinal punioesi It nnist bo
manufactured for tlia purp isoof moeliinliM1
nnd when it Is manufiicttircil , It will
Ijo very ulflleult to siy that the
men who make It slull not tisto ot It ,
] f human iiituw WM sueli that the mew pro
hibition by statute could sweep awav vice ,
vvhy , I ( mould ceitalnly fiivorlawsto donwuy
; v it h every species of vlco and ctiiuo.
Now , 1 nin Koinp to nhow you nud quote
fiom the most leilalilo uuthoilties tint thu
effector llqttot has been very much uhiggcr-
atcd vvlth icguiil to the pcrecntago of crime
nnd insanltj whlcb It produces. IMinllroad
a note In the returns thut I ixvolved from the
poiiitontlmy at IHsiaaivk : "I'lieie nro Uvo
\vomeacoiillnc-illntlio penitentiary , end for
murder and ono feu1 nuvubhiuglitor. " 1 do not
nuplHHO for one moment that cither of them
committed the crime on account of liitoinpir-
mice.
It is a favorlto argument to sny that ct lines
nro caused altogether bynk-ohol , A coiiH'U- '
tatlon has been made that out of 1,000 mur
ders perpetrated , leaving out 150 causes \in-
known , "Ol were cunsuil by love and lust ;
1JJ otthomfor money ; 1W of them formalKo
and lovongo ; ill of them out of politics nnil
rcllKlon : : wby religion and Insanity ; Hit by
various other causes ; t > 9 by intoxication loss
than 10 per cent of tbo total nuinbor by In
toxication
The report of the superintendent of tho.
Insane asjlum at IVlount 1'loisant , la. , shows
that out ot 100 patients , whoto symptoms
have been carofulli diagnosed , the following
Is the result :
Diseases of women , 00 ; sunstroke , -13 :
reliploiiH oxitement , iil ; Rilof and loss of
fiicnds , 2'J ' ; Intemperance. 23 ; domestic
trouble , I'l ' ; business anxiety , II ; dl ap-
pointcd affection , ! mala mnl U fenmlo so
tbat shows that men area little moro tonclcr
about dlsippciliitnunt lu lore than uomen ;
opium Habit , 5 ; over exertion. IS ,
Of Intemperance among that nuinbor of
lusnno thcie Isonlj 5 pel cent. The highest
number that I have notedMn the various
rotuins isla thcAlinnosotu asylumwhcro ills
11 per cent , Among the 105 mcjirable Insane
at llistlngs , Nobrisko , WO are temperate , ID
Intemperate and lllwhoso foimorlinblts weie
unknown
Ileio Is a stucmcnt as to the proportion of
Insnno lulowa , Kansas and Acbraskn. In
tlio state of Kmsai thcro are 1'J"1 ; insnno
persons , or one to li10 ! of tbo population. In
the stuto of Iowa 1.STU , or one to 1,0 II of the
populitioi In Nelmiski ( iSD , or ono to 1,1118
of the population. So that , tor two InOino
pcoplo iu NebraMtn , there aic very neiuly
rourln lown nnd tlirao In Kansas. 1 do not
iscrlbo that dlft'erence to prohibition , but I
Imply assert that Nobiiskt under high li
cense can ec'itninlv make very favorable
ompiriion with ytitcs that have tried pro-
ilbitlon.
Let us take the Insane statistics of the
Juitect States : Out of a total number of
1,030 in tlio United 'States in iSbO , fj. ) , r.35
voio natives nnd ' 'iity4voio ' ! foreigners. The
ratio of iiisiuoto tlio population was l.&llto
each 1OJOJO ) In ICnnsts it was 1,001 , ; in
ovu l/lli5 , and in Mebraska 'J9.j out of
, UUiOcu ) Su Nebraska stands \eryhigliin
hatregaul.
Now , in regard toTpanpeH oin almshonses :
In bsi ) there woi-oiW.JOl paupcra In tbo ulins-
louses ot the United States , of whloh ICans.is
ind355Maine ; , 1VJ5 ; Iowa , l,10i ; Ncbiiis't.i ' ,
llJ. ! And outof iW.liOOpiisonois In the iiiis-
onsof various kinds In the United Statcs ,
Kansas. In 18 0 , hid l.S'J'j ' ; Iowa , bO.l ; AInlnc.
105 ; Nouraskii , U7J , And Miino HuilSOO.OJO .
moro populntlon in I860 thru Nebraska.
Is'ow , as ti mutter of fact , we have scarcely
ncicasod tlio In mates of our penitentiary in
tbo last ten jciiri.HCIO li the table : In
Nebraska , wo have In I1 ? JO , HU ; In IS'10 , IBS ;
being nn ineivasoof 10J per cent ; tlio popula
tion inaensod 171 i > er cent In that tlmo ; and
in proportion to tbo population thcto was n
deiroasoof SJ6 per cent in the number of the
prisoners.
Let us look into penitentiaries and sco the
causes of ciiino. Thonuuibor of convicts in
Lli Nebraska penitentiary is 8S3. The v hud
Lhcni polled at Lincoln the other day ancl this
is the state of facts : Totil tLbstatnaKi.il' > ;
moderate drinkers , 1:15 : ; Inteinpoiate , 110 ;
able to read and write , ! Wi ; able to read but
unable to wilte , 9 ; unable to read and write ,
ill , So that the assertion that ignoraiico is
the cause of crime falls lo tbo Biouiul ; In
fact , some of tbo smallest rascals unhung nro
in prison some wlio can cxecuto n draft or
check , or forgo the iintue of a man , or open n
safe , ordouiiytbing that any man of Ingenuity
could do.
There aw two college graduates In prison
at Lincoln. Both were convicted of criminal
assaults on women. Ono convict , a forger ,
was in college a short time. Four of the
convicts nro graduates of high schools , und
the crimes for which they are convicted
aio forgery , burgUry nnil guild liuvcny.
Of ths 5(5 persons convicted of murder and
minsliiughtcr only U were of intern pcr.ito
hnblts and only 4 wore under the inlluuiieo of
hnuor at the time of the commission of their
cilmcs. The remaining 41 murderers \vcio of
temperate habits. Only 13 of the murderers
aio non-professors of religion. Of the -13
persons sentenced for murderous assaults
only S were ) of Intemperate hnblts. Of the
remaining 31 , with a single exception , all
were of temperate habits und mostly teoto-
tillers. Of the 8T burglars ouly 0 were men
of drinking habits. The remaining bl were
all men of temperate habits. There are I
persons incarcerated for arson and none use
liquor na u beverage There are ' . ; . fellows
serving sentences for cilminal assaults on
women , Only Swore of intomporito habits.
Neither of these hi imo llijuor for their down
fall. Of the 'W forgers , only 0 wcte men who
vere a Idictccl to the use of liquor. Ono only
ascribes his fall to drink , ulawjor , and ho
chlim ho was diunk when ho forged the
check.
Tlio classification of the convicts In regard
to their religious faith is as follows ! No pro-
fused religion , 115 ; Catholic , gtt ; Methodist ,
.Vi ; Biptlst , 1 > J ; Dunlcard. 1 ; Episcopal , f.
Lutheran , ; JowUh , 1 ; Presbyterian , 17 ;
biivution Army , 1 ; Chiistlan , b ; Cougroffd-
tlomil , 1 ; UiilversnIIat , 1 ; Advcntlsr. 1 ;
United Brethren , 1 ; acrman Kcformed , 1 ;
Jloformcd chuixh , 15. Now , you have soiuo
insight Into this branch.
So much has been said from tltnototimo
that iiitemporanco Is the chief cause of sui
cide that I want to call your attention to
that. The New TorlcVoild almanac for tbo
year ISW , taking the bwia of 11 fo insurance
reports , gives the whole number of
sulcidos of ilvo ycirs fiom 1832 to ISS ? , in
cluded , as 8,230 , Of that mimber O'/J coin-
mlttcil sulcldo on uccount of business
troubles ; 555 , Jove trouble ; 571 , dissipation ;
in. rear of punishment ; and one boenuso she
had apliiiplo on hcrno-,0. [ Laughter I \Vo
ought to have an amendment to the consti
tution tint n wonnn shall not bo mulcted
wltli a plmplo on her nose the plrnplo bhall
hereaftorbo banlbhed liom the stato. The
met remains that moro people kill them
selves on account of ills mpolntmcnt la love
than kill themselves on account of intemper
ance.
Letmonotvcomo to the main Issue : Is
prohibition in the state ? In which It 1m
boon tried a failure or a success ) Will It
better t'io ' condition of our people or will It
nmUolt worsol Will It drive out the balooa
or close the dlvo ? Will It make fioo whisky
lu plico of regulating n licensed sdooii ? You
have boon told Jiero , and It lus been picaohcd
from pulpit and platform , that the cities
ulono get the benefit of the money tlmt goes
Into the school fund , Now , J deny that. I
cliilm in tbo ilrst place that the dtios of No-
bnihlm piy moro than one-half of all the
taxes of the stato. The city of Omaha ulono
pavs one-tenth of the entire : t > tate taxes over
? l < k,00t ) , ) nyear. And the building up of your
cities Is : n itriportaiit to yon as the building
up of the stale.Vlmtuvor comlucos to the
protnoiity of ouocouducos totho prospeilty
of all.
Oin.iha has today 4pOO. < XX > , OX ) vortliof prop
erly , alt hauKli It liliot assessed iioihapi 10
percent of tliat niTOUnt ; but th at 100.000,000
constitutes piopetly oftlio slatoof Noliraslca.
1 mjsi'ir pay over fl.pu ) a year in taxu * in the
city of Omaha , and n'ot loss thut t WD uf that
amount Is for state tajes. Whatever malios
us invsper maUcs jou prosper. If thu chil
In your town * nnd cltfes nro educated
lth this Kocfiio money , the money that
would have had to como fi-otn the taxpayer *
tovvanls the education ofjourchllJrcti Is cm
ponded to beautify jour cillea , to\vnrd < pnv
ing , townuls KLultiip , to mnko them tetter ;
and l.ugor ntul moro valuable , Andwtieii you
Increase the value of oily propeity you In-
creuso the amount of stito taxes from tlm
cities iiudjou Increase the vnluo oftho | > roix
city.
lint ludepond ut of all thati T find , for in
stance' , \vHlloOmuinln \ the last year
collected $ iiWO fwiu the HCMISORtfinlod to
liquor saloons , the cltict and UMVIIS of Nc > -
biaslu , oittstdoof Omalia , had over § 'HH,000 )
fromtha fipiQsouivo ; und the comities col-
lee-ted over i * ? , tXK ) fmtn the saloons located
outside of towns nudllhiws. . Out Of the
21H towns tlmtnro lucoipor.itcd , 1 Und that
qultonnimibcrof tla-mhavocolleetcdim ' '
'oo-
ciiimtloii la > c. " Tlwy Inve Kvn iililolo put
that money Into tliolr city tromurlcs uiul
maintain order , for t hew would bo Just ns
much dauber of disorder them whether thcru
wns an oiii'ii saloon or it wUUky Joint.
Now , let us look ut the state of Town. I
\vaut to show to you by stitlstlc.s tbat can
not bo controverted , that in tlm
state of IOXMI there bus been u K MI
cral disregard 1\ totll dlmvgnnt ,
nlmo < t , ol tlio pi ohibltion lav * , and therefore
tbo thlnplius bi'cmv fmve , and the state has
lost enormous AinonnUi of money , n great deal
of popul.itlnn , and no return. [ UiMdlug ]
"Thopolleo authoiltloi of Cedar ItapUlt pay
noutlentlon to the liiiuor snlo.s , thusalu Is
mMctliMlly froo. There are vurj nemly t\vo
nuudivd plncei lu OcdurUiipidshoroniiuor
Is sold In 0110 shape or auothcT Hovoi.il
piehago housot iiroiuunlng vvldoopiMi None
of these places pay any re-guhir line or llcoii'ie.
In lss tliei'ovaa nnoiiilmii Duo of $ , ' 0 wt
nioiitli cjc.ie'ted , but at pioicnt they pay noth
ing. In ISs'.i tweiity-foiir whisky case's were
brought to the county ut $ ? , < ( . ' > : ! c.\penac , leav
ing It with u buriliiisoino shoitage1 ,
"Tho population of Cedar HnpiiN , hi , In
ISSr.was J.,000 ; In Ib'.IO there mo loss tli.m
ISKi ) ) I'ropaty ' lid rents Inivcdopiwlated
50 per cent.
' 'Ibo attempt by the county authoiltiesto
contiol tbo iliiuoi tralllc results enl > In In
creased cxpeliso lo the county. Iu bSl ilia
farm lauds of Lynn county wore assessed at
$ i ) T,0 , ; > 3. In ISs'J ' the-y had gone down to ? OJO- ,
505. " ,
"At SIouv City , JIa. , there Is n vorj large
number of open siloons. The pollen
and city authorities piy no atten
tion to tboni. ( jlnio CoviiiKtou , Neb ,
burned tbo nuuilwr bis giently lupicasod.
Population of Sioux City , about ' 1. " > . ( H > 0.
There aio about two hundred places In Sioux
City that pay a United States license to sell
liquorj. About lltty places pay i" > 0 a montli
as ta\es ; but for all puii'tle'iu purpoaes tlio
saloons nf Sio'ix ' City nro wide ) ope'n "
Sioux Uityls the only town In Towa. by
the was , that > nu nilght nv b.is vevllj in-
eteascd In lupuliticm nnd In wTnlth since
prohibition lint c.iiue . Hut this is ehiclly
hocMuse SieiiK City has -ftiigo ti ido In
northern Nobrasln , nnil bee'.iuse Omaha la
entbolycutolTfromtliat sevtlon. Tlio num
ber of iliug stores In Sioux City In IM was
seven ; iiiicl now ( hero are elRbtceii Allot
thcio bold permits and are In a veii goexl
condition llnanclally Sclllny litiuor , ol
courao.
Hero aie tl.o expenses \Voodbury \ eouuty ,
the county in whlcii Hiout Uity is located.
For the year lt > il court expense's SI.'iSO ;
Ibb" , Stt.'HU ; b&i > , i7 , ; in l b" , W. > , vjy , hi
IbbSSJI.'MO ; and In IbMi , fiTJJS'n And
yetcouitexpenses , Governor l nr.xiico biyn
dccieaacd t > \voiirteifully lu the ttatu of
Io\va.
JlurlliiRtonhnslSt'i siloom posittvclv frco ,
evccpt tno money tboy puy to the temper-
uncQiilllincohiwjcrd to let them alone In
1SS1 tlio license as Sl < X ) . In that jeir , tbo
totil nuinbor of arrests was 017 , for diiukrn-
nesj , iisl In ISSH , total turosti , 1,111.1 ; for
drunkenness , , 'i'lila Is eeiUIlcil to by
John A , Mower , cltr ilorlr ,
Davenport , ITO saloons , vvido oi > eu dny anil
nlsht , under n popular ordlnanco piljlnt ?
> HM per year. Ilepoit of police department !
total nuinborof nn-ests , 18SI , 7'JJ ; onnccmint
of drunkennesH , Ot. In lis'si1 , total 1111111-
bor of nnostfl , 780 ; fiont Intonlcatlon ,
Noilgurcs mo lveu. In Davenport the1 10-
coider says "intoKic.itlon" niwn.s u dead
drunk. Thh Is ccitllluil toby Frank Ivuss-
lor , cltycleilc.
Iowa City , In 1831 , had a population of
8KK ) ; thu number of saloons then was forty-
four ; in 1SUO the population Is loss thin 7.00D ,
and the number of dram shops neatly lllty.
Thera Is no attempt to control them ; occa
sionally ono Is linedwhilo others are per
mitted to run oiifavoiltism.
Iiibiiiio. ) ( ] Hero la a letter from tlio city
olcik ofDubuquc , diiocted onielnlly to mo :
"Dear sir : In icply to youis of the 19th
lust. , ( that mcnm tlio lUtlt of Juno-this la
dated tlio 2d ! , ) would state that there are
IbO saloons In this city at projcnt , nil pajlng
a Hucnso of f IOJ per year , pivnble iu two
equal Installments , seini-niinually in advance.
Tbo oitv licensestlie saloons as places of pub
lic icsort ; the city mirshall looks nfter the
collection of the lice use ; that Is , all saloons
not having tbo required license are prosecuted
by him. Respectfully , Joint OUounoll ,
clerk. "
Now , hero Is the cortilleato from tbo re
corder of the city of Dubuque , saying that
the authorities , In the face of piohibltory en
actment , have gone to work and licensed IbO
saloons for tlio joar Ib'.K ' ) in places of publio
resort. And they have lie eased them on the
piymcnt of flOOaycar. That nccomti for
It Tint is why IbO saloons exist in a town
lIkoDubuq.no ; while down hero in Lincoln ,
in a city that bus ut lo.ist 31,000
more population tiian Dubmiue , there
aio only thirty-seven licensed liquor
dealers , of whom t\vonrowholo3iileis , anil at
least nine arc hotel men. That Is the illf-
ieromo between high llociibo and low llceiiso
In prohibition states.
In the city of Mnrshalltown the city
iiurshill in IbQO made SI53 arrests , of which
181 were for drutil'cncss. Propeity , le-nts
nnd busiiuis inMarslialltownhavodecieasecl
V ) parcciitfiluco ISS ) . Hundreds of pcoplo
have loft ovoiyihiui ; and sought their for
tunes elsevvhcio. It should ho remembered
thnt ilar.-ibilltoivn is well located , has alargo
I'ouutiy tributary to it , has itono and good
uaier power , nud beautiful location , 1'iohl-
bitioti has fallen like a blight on this , ono of
the fairest and best towns In Iowa The
population today Is only 11,000.
Major Ames of Maishalltown predicts
tlmt 'from now on the amount of drunken
ness will bo much loss on account of the
openness nnd fiecdom with which bcorls
sold , thus supplanting the poison ( c-ioosoto
mlxtuio ) the bootlCKKCt * sold , which often
made men so cr.uy that his ofllcerianda phy
sician worked all night to auvo their lives.
Farm piopc-rtv in the county In tss was
worth t.'J.llO.Jtr.'i ' , ilty pmpoity la M.inhall-
towiil-il9,8.U , In l 'J ' the farm pioprrly
was worth 5W.OtiJ ) | , und the city ptoperty
1 want to talk to you abouttho wvarninnnt
licenses Isiued in Iowa Ciptam r/ithrop.
United States collector of liucrtul
lovonuo for the northern dls-
tilct of Iowa , embracing folly-nine
counties , said that nt the beginning of pio-
hlbltlon there weio In his district fc.OOl
licenses in force. That nuinbor WAS icduccd
to JMJ in lbS7 , That the nuiuborliai Rradu-
ally Incioascd until it now oxc c la fi.OUO ,
Th-'io was an Inercaso in thomontli of.Miy.
b' ) ( ) , of Oik ) , all iic'W mon , proiumably otiglnat
package men. TlioIncii-asuhas limited IXX ( )
sliu-oApill , this year , If tlialiu'ivisoHeiiual
lu t.1'0 ' other half of Io\\a there aio fully J.OOO
now Hcenseb la Iowa besides all these that
were Issued liibt ye'ar.
I-vvant'to dovotoa little of my tlmo to an
swering' pno question , and that Is what Iras
been said tioro In ic urd to the state of Ne
braska ns compared with the state of Kansas
in the in liter of property. Tlio facts aio
thoiiO ! In Nebraska the assessment iepro
sents fro'ii ono-sovimtb to one tfnth of the
actual imiiki-t valuation of tbo piopcitj' , and
in Iowa and in the state of ICnnsn It rojiro-
sonts from ono-half to oiio-thlrd Now , you
will all ieali/o tlmtvtiien you make Iho as-
sossinc'iit only icproseiit ouc-hilf of the
projiorty value , the nile of taxation must bo
coriiwpondtugly lower than whc-n you assess
on ono-blxth or ono tenth. Twc-nij'-llvo cents
on tin iJlOJ In IC.iiibas is no lower than tiO or
? ccuU. per flUO iu Nebraska. In Kiuisas
fioo uoi-th ot piopurty Is asbcsscd
4 CJ. which inulws tbo tux h'j ' cents. In
NubiiiBlti5100 woilh of pioporty vould ha
assC8sodnt abaut J.'JO and the tax at OJ
ot > nl iwr liuudiud would bo 8'4 ' icutsor
about the same thing as ICtmJos , As to No
br.isku'i debt this Htato compaics favorably
lib any otlinr , Kansas has a bonded lu-
' ' of 315,000,01Ulcb , , (5 ( , WO laii