Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA ' DAILY BEE.
TWENTIETH : YEAR , OMAHA , KQNDAY rOR I2STG ( lULY 7 , NUMBER JO.
THE GREiVT DEBATE ,
Oontlnuatlonof tbo Prohibition-High Licewo
Discussion at Beatrice.
SAM SMALL GREETED WITH CHEERS ,
Ho Responds "With an Address Full of
Generalities and Wit.
HARD WORDS AGAINST HIGH LICENSE.
IU Advocates Characterized as Eed-No3ecl
Emissaries of the Devil.
WEBSTER REPLIES WITH SOLID FACTS.
llo QuolcM ICIcotion Figure * to Slum'
IJow the I'e < > i > lo of the' Older
StntCH Have Repudiated
'
Prohibition.
Ihc pi-oat prohibition-high licence dclnto
ttas continued nt the Beitrico chnatnuiiun
Situid.iy afternoon hy Ittv. Sain Sin ill and
lion. John L Webster of Oiimlii. Ah. Sinill
milved on the fjioutuU while Mr. lioscwitci.
vas spcaklnK nnd uns rceehcd with np-
plnusc. At the iloso of Mr. Kosowutcr'a ad
dress , Chnhinan Oinldson introduced Mr.
Small to tlio vast nudlciice , and ug-aln the np
plauso brolco forth.
lion John L > . Webster follov cd Mr Smill
' \Vhiluhou.iH not Kii-otedwitli the cnthua
limn which marked the Introduction of the
ro\orond piohlbltlonUt , holioldthoattcntlot
of the iiudlcnec until the close of his nddicss
Pull stcnosraplilc icpoits of both speeches
oto uhcn kloxv.
lie Addros-.es tlio Audience from tlio
Standpoint ol * i'lolilbltitiii.
Ladles nnd gcntloinen , my fellow country
men of the state of Nobi.ujhi : I am sorry
that the exigencies of travel kept mo fiom
being present with you this morning , though
I am s itlsflod that you sulfcrcd nothing by
my absence , but I nmgr.itlliod that I was
nblo torc.ieh you oven nslnto In tbo day as
this nnd to bo npu-tlclpant on this most au
spicious occasion : nn occasion which , I am
satisfied , Is of gient Importance to ovcrjoiie
of you , or else it could not have drawn so
magnificent mi audicnc-o of the intelligence
\nnd Christianity of th great stito of No-
Imi'iliii to this plaeo lu this binning licit of
the summer. I know thnt you are intensely
Interested when j'ou at o willing to come and
listen to us as wo stiitd here and attempt , to
dehato the proa and eons of the proposition
l which has been submitted from this pint-
foi in.
I did not have the honor nnd the pleasure
of he irlng the speech In full which has Just
been concluded ; but I got hoio in tlmo to wit
ness some of the gentleman's approaches to
ward the main question. ! * am J i > orrykho..did1
not getinl'tiitr WAJP.W tAppnusoItwould' ! ] '
/ Imvo been gratified if ho could have reiched
tbo point boloio they called''time" on him
[ L.nughtci ] . 1 did get in In time , however ,
to hem- him as ho brought foith the holy Son
of God and sot Him up ns ono of the co part-
noi s with tbo lion. Mtor Her , McGooloj' ,
Mnttlnnls A ; Co fL-nighter nnd applause ] .
And I want right here , In the ii.uno of the
Chlstiinilt ] > of the countiy , and of tbo
apostles , nnd the blood-washed throng who
mo following In the loots tups of the meek
und humble Jesus , to protest against Ills
muno being diaggcd iu ns thodcfcndorof the
liquor tvalllc In anj shape , iiunncr or form.
[ ' 1 lemcndons niipluuso. ]
Ills incicdiblo to think thnt the man who
stands fulrlnhls fame befoio ids follow citi
zens m.d oecuplcs the exalted position of an
nllc-gccl putiliu educator , would in this noon
tldo blaze of the nineteenth ccntuiv liavo to
speak of the Son of God , who came to earth
to nu\o men from thoirslns , being tlio origi-
natoi and the defender and the exemplar of
the breweries mid dlstillci ici , the dodgeries
nnd claiiinnblo hell holes ot America J Ap
plause. ]
U Is true , ns recorded In holy writ , that
Jesus took the occasion of tbo mmrlago feast ,
according to the ceiemonlals which then wcie
in vogue upon earth , mid In the Jcwlshhousc-
hold where Ho WHS thoguost , when the wine
thut had been prepared foi the feast had
failed llo took occasion to turn to the waters
of pin { Mention thnt had been provided , and ,
bidding the servants to draw tlienco and bear
to the governor of the plnco w hat turned out
to bo wlno when U came into the hands of the
govemor. And to sny that the Son of God
tinned Htm&clf into a distiller nnd worked
the Hist miracle of creation in the picscnui
of the people Ho came to sayo , nnd turned
thowntus of pin Iflcntlon , ninety-six gallons ,
into the wateis of damnation , is n blasphemy
upon the Savior of thuwoild. [ Applause. |
And I bay it to the gentleman liuw , nnd to
the people who biek him , that ho cannot
pro\o from holy writer unv other wilt out-
tddo of tlio saloon or tbo distllloiy , that .losus
CluKt ever nude any wlno except
thnt widen was In tno cup when
it c-nuio to the goxornor. [ Applause ]
I rather believe with Milton that It was
fiiinply u ease of "tho conscious water hltfeh-
ingas HixM-ognl/ed its Lonl. " And If He
hud deliberately provided the me.ins of dunv
nation to the guests wltli whom Ho hid as
bcmhlod , and destroyed the waters of pud-
tlc.itiou , It would hnvo boon n violation of the
JewIsh law subjecting Him to punishment
Himself , and Is , 1 lopcat , an Incudlble tiling.
It Is not onlv Inc-tcdllile , but it nu\ei' hap
pened , nnd It Is not to bo sought hero ns a de
fense of the old Willow Spring sewer gas
inmufaetory down hero on the limits of the
Mlssoml rimnt Oiimtui. | Luught < ! r.md up-
planse.J
Why , ho sajs they were gathered nroiuul
the tiiblo nt the tlmo of the lust supper niK :
bcciimo"iiic.unnted In wlno. " | Lnufe'hter. ]
" \Vliy , I have recently been elected president
, of n university ; I think he ought to ewno nml
5"l . [ Laughter. ] ICegot "liic.unatel In the
wlno. " [ r-.nuphter.J Well , Unit is too gooe'
to bo lost. Nevertheless , vvlintovor Ho may
liuo : nude nt Ciinii , when lie sat tlieio ci
that aw fill occasion , pri'saalng the gloom ol
tbo fatal Li'ilduy when lie filing upon the ac
cursed tioo. and when. Kitlicriug His be
loved disci juts about Him , lie Instituted thu
most blessed und hoautiful siuianient that
his como down the ngos , there wns ono ills
olplo who was ntmitor to bis Lord , and the
liioodtins not vlled out jet , [ Laughter and
npplnuso. ]
Tlu-lrllnc.il descend nits nro still scoldnf ,
tot.t-11 ills followers for less thnn thliu
itlecesot silver. Hut , when lie sit there 01 :
lh.it ocuaslnn , whatever Ho may lu\o iloiu
with wine befoi-othat time , nu that bolemt
pei-.i-.Ion , In the presence of the
romliig pralon and death u'wu the
rross , and ( Oiisecmtcil it tc holv
uses , nml said , ' As oft as vo take of It , do it
Iniviiie-mbnincoof me' , " from thnt day to
ibis wlno hat bc'caino n consecrated thhg
from the hnmls ) of the blessed Clulst of the
norld , And now , when wo dopirtako of it ,
those vt ho are faithful to his \\oiils\\lll pir-
KvUo of it only In remembrance ) of Him , and
thereby they do show forth Ills death. Hut ,
llo you mean to tell nio that the crowd that is
iiitronlzlng the high llcciuo saloons of
Omul n drink In remembrance of the Lord !
[ Applause and laughter.J
' ! . 11 mo all those places that the gentleman
has by Implication eulogized ns ooiitilbutory
ta the decency , good order und respectability
of the great clt v of Onmha uro places of sac-
rlnieiit.iry association ! [ Laughter. ] Out
with such bosh. Irepoatlt Is nn Insult to
the majesty of ( ted mid His a bla.spl.csmy on
the holy mission of the Sou of God. [ A. voice :
"Amen. " ]
AVe have a sheriff down lu Hard , In Qcor-
gh , nnd I remeinhcr asking him how they
vcro getting along ltli local optlondovn in
lurdcounty. "Well , " ho sajs , everything
s gutting afonp well excel t mo. mv business
sncirly busted. " [ Lnughtcr.l Audi thlnlc
f n man \\ant.s a treed nrguinont ngilnst pro-
ilbltloii tlio best follow ho can go teen ( tod's
rrcvn earth is nslierllf or a & "i cownii'l calf
ustlco of the po.ico lawyer. [ Laughter. ]
They nro the great s\\eethcirts of the sn <
oori | Koplo nnd nonfl of the police court law-
jcrs want to sco prohibition como In , boc/msc ,
when.\ournlii the saloon keeper's business
jou ruin his. Thu sheriff don't want prolil-
Liltiou to conic in , because whenever you
tnlngln piohUiltlonand bicnlcup the nloon
keoncrs' business , why , the Inwjor loses
business Ioes fees.
The gentlemen sn\s tint there nro llfty-ono
rountlos In this stnto that hn\o \ no prisoner *
IntlioJalU I will gunrantoo to you now , if
ho will reid over his list , thnt \\lllllinloiil
Unit neatly ovcrv ono of thosollftj ono ioun-
ties nro the rural counties , run by the consci
entious , honest , sober farmers of this coun
try , who nro K ° l'iU ' to vote for prohibition
tliisfnll. [ Oroit andlonif apulmsa ] Ithitik
I canKuarintcoit to you futthcr that the
counties of this state tint furnish the most
prisoners aio the ones who hnvo got the most
saloons , nnd mo milking n light to keep them
1'roof 01 the pudding Is In chewing the bag
sometimes ( Laughter |
Tno gentleman sajs that all of this Is the
condition of the people or the stite , nnd ho
does not wniitnow to run the saloons out for
fear ho might disturb Iho beautiful cquilib-
liuin. And yet it stares jou In tlio face , rind
he knows It ; ho dnni not deny it. Tor up-
wnrds of ten jeni-s of patient , faithful trial of
the high license scheme , originating it , scud-
lug it out through the country , ho says , with
fjiv it eclat , that the people owe what they
are to it.
I deny that the Women's Christian Tom-
petal co union ever endorsed any high IIi -
i enso tnlk. Hut , if It has been tiled lor the
length of tlmo Hint It his been in 'N'cbi.isln ,
1ant to say this much for It ; that high li
cense , th principle of high license , the prac
tice nf high license , the promise of high ll <
cense iic\cr got n grentcr defeat , a more fi-
tiilstab any where In Amoilcn , Irorii ft lender
or foe , from prohibitionist , finntlo or crank ,
thnn It got when the peopleof the state of
Ntbiaski , nftcr ten yc.ns of tihl , nfter nn
cxpericmollh it , marclicdup tothodoors
of jondcr capltolnt Lincoln and snidVo ,
are tiled of fruid nnd Intonincmncc , and wo
want n elmnco tooto forpioulbitlon straight
out" fAnolmsol
Anil they cojrcod n legislature thit was
not In fiver of prohibition to submit the
question [ Avoice : "Hint'sso" ' ] 'Ihov ab
solutely forced n crowd thit was dulling
with the stdooii to put the question out into
the open nir whcio the people could t.rct nt it ,
mid It is out here now. By whoio demand I
'Iho gcntlcnuii cort.ilnly will not stand up
hero and contend tlmttho loglshtuioof the
state of Nehiaslca submitted the prohibition
amendment at thodeimnd of the th ltd pait }
cianks. Ccitimly not.V'o arc too inslg-
iillle.mt [ LauBhter.l So be It I icpeat
th it he cannot say that It.is iulmuttcd at
om deinmd and to please nud placate us.
llyhosodc niiinuwisitsubulttcd ? Hy
thodonnnd of the honest pooploof this state
who had trusted to the promises m.ido hy the
lilendsand piojcctorsof it , who hadghcn
it a fair and hono.it nnd faithful til.il , nnd
h.id foune It n fraud consummate fiomlts
hi id to Its tiecls , and they said that they
wanted no more ol It.
Wo wanted the plain question submitted
of prohibition or no pioldhitloii arid the len'is-
Intnru w.is forced to submit it and they did
notdnrogo homo "with their tails behind
them" without submitting it [ Lniglitor and
npiihtuso. ] They thought they hid bttorget
a little tall and put it oil them.
A little old high license nmciHlni"nt.
[ Laughter. ] High license and the { rentlo-
nun conies out in his piper this inoinlng and
says that this debnto is to fuuiitth a most
comprcUmslto understanding of the grc.it
squeatiou whlchciJjinow submitted tohela-
'uillprciiiM'bf 'tliVp OplaorWrtlfttP.U , * sn to"
whether local option or high Hccnso shill"
prevail , or whether piohlbihitlon sliall pre
vail.
vail.And
And It is nn n false footing for tao ques
tion , nosuch question is herotndiu , and no
such question is before tlio pcoplu of this
stato. Why docs ho go and lopublish a
sjnopsls of the Slocumb law this inoriilugr i
Bees hq want to say that It is thoblocmnb
law , \\hon thcro U nothing of that KinJ In
the controveny I Not a hit of It You \ \ mt
jour Slocumb law with a high license nnund-
imiit , and it Is kneeling nt tno block of exe
cution this minute , uith the guillotine r.iUcd
above It , as soon IH that high Ihonso amend
ment caincs , to cut It off , nnd to put liquor
into every county and community of this
state , whether the people watitlt or not ; and
I reoent , there H 110 local ontloii about it ,
thcro It no local option high license about It.
it is a simple device of the dovll foisted
through the legislature anil put ns in alter
native , nnd the devil overstepped himself ,
nnd tlio host thing that pro'dbitioii ' ever done
In this state was the support of such a thing
us thnt , I tell jou right now that is It.
Clot suggestions enough from ovcry hero
and o\ \ < iOhcie , and defeat prohibition in this
state , jou will never ctrrj the high license
amendment , 1 tell jou tint right now. We
will tilumph on top of It. or wo will die to-
getl.ci. [ Appliuse. ] Ulio intelligent , or
derly , nnd decent people of the st.ite of Ne-
buisluaroiiot going to voluntadly put them
selves In nnj suih yolto ns that "YOU cm't
scare them or hulldozothemnvayfjom pwhi-
bltlon , and sell them out , bodies , boots nnd
breeches , to the distilleries , nud the brewer
ies , mid the doggeries
But that is not nil. They liavo seen
through the dream , and they nro repudiating
it. " 1 bring you gooJ tidings of gieit joy"
tills nflornoon , that the three weeks that 1
have spent In thu western portion of this
state among tluno communities whore the
people ate thinking and reading and studying
this subject , the enthusiasm of the ciowds
th it hive gathciiHl , with the consecution of
\\oiucnnndwiththo devotion ofthemuu ,
with the courage and the grit that Is being
displajed upon this subjiwt , hi community
aftui community , I stand hero today niul
sny th.it the c.iuso of prohibition mmks a
higher tide In Ncbr.islui this far fiom elec
tion d iv th iu It has ever miikol in any
othci suite befoio they \\ent to battle. [ Ap
plause , ]
Yes , you can talk about prohibition being
n hobby foi longhmrod men nnd shoiL haired
women to get up oil iiiul go mound llniiRhtor ]
but the old hobov his turned into nv.u
horse , [ Luughtor. ] And ho is iiiwlng up
the cirth. AnU tint's what's tliomittor
That's ' what's lansing the nltation [ ; In the
camp [ Laughter. ] That Is the reason why
those gentlemen art ) w illlng to go back on
the ndUc'o nnd counsel , of their
more NMIIV friends of Pennsylvania
and othei states , .who told them " 0oii't ' you
go out nnd clebito this question ; don't you
get up nnd tnlk about It" [ Appliuso and
lauRhterJ , Yes , they told you not to do it ,
and If you deliberately go and rushlnwhero
nngds feirtotiead , why you must take the
consequent cs. f Laughter ! .
Now , 4 know the thing is n-axlng hot , my
countrymen. The signs are in thu slty , the
voice of the people Is In the air , there Is n
burning of brush all around the hoiizon ; the
people nro getting le.ady to bittlo this ques
tion and settle It right. Whj , j ou are situ
ated la the very heart of the great prohibi
tion territory of the country : with the grand
old state. } of the South and North UakoU to
the northwnul of you ; with the grand old
state of Iowa to the eastward ; with Kms.w
nnd the Indian toriltory to the south ; \\ith an
hninsanblo line of prairlo don'holes between
jou and the west why , ) ou arc the best sit
uated people on the fa oof the cuilli for pro
hibition and I thlnlc you nro equally intelli
gent , equally cultured , equnlly rcijardful of
jour family and jour homes , and for tlio
safety of j our sons nnd the coinfoit of your
daughters , and mindful of their future and
of tlelr fulfilling jour hopes and the destiny
thnt Clo.l tins wilttoii for them , us well us
your neighbors thu Dultotas , and Iowa , nnd
Kansas , and I believe that you can Justtn'to
this whole bcoi > o of coutitrj" , carrying No-
uraskn lu the lap of the prohibitionists of the
gruit west aiid on the fourth day of Is'ovom-
l > erl umiiitU.'iod ho will wheel grandly into
Una nnd hou a solid front from the Canada
border to tlio lines of Tuxns for prohibit ion.
f Applause ] .
And 3011 gentlemen that love birs so well ,
wo w 111 put a bar of prohibition across thli
continent thut jou will have to wade the Gulf
of Mexico to get around. [ Applause ] ,
Hut tnoy will never get around [ t , for they
don't tuko water that easy. [ Laughter und
applause ] No. lr ; jou better get your
crowd iu marchliigoruGr , Things uro coiuln ?
tonpnssln thin state where Iho people nro
sntlstled that simply because Oimha wanUto
get some high license inoticyln order to help
her to run her schooh , the bahmco of the
people do not propose to bo taxed to Iceep
those 38 } criminals | n the pinltcutlnry In
order to contilbuto to" its popu'ntlon. '
[ Laughter. ] Yes , Omnhn gets S-iM,000 n
year for the privilege of allowing the saloon
dealers to stay there , and then you ha vo to
support the criminals In the penitentiary by
taxes on you ? property out lu the countij * .
Say , why don't ' > ou get Dunlin her own p'nl-
tt'iithuyl Jl/nightor.j She ouijht , to hive
one nnhiiwlduil , consolidate I , sjndlcatcd
Omiha penlteiitlaty with Peter llor for
presl lent. [ Ureit laughter. ]
I tell jou. if jouant ono , vlicrc-j-oucati
llnd ono. Hie stito of IO\MI used to have two
penitentiaries \\heii they hnd the whisky
Uciiorsln that stitc , but now they luvo only
one , anil they hu\o \ absolutely got apuiiiten-
tlary for sale [ Laughter J That's a fiet.
Iho governor nt the 1 ut scwloiiof the legis
lature recommended to the committee on
legislature that they enter Into negotiations
\\lth the national govern incut to sell it fora
; o\oriimentpurpose. And If jou folks pto-
losotokeep thu liquor trifliom this stite ,
\\lij' , jou wiUneedanr.thcr jiilsou pretty
boon , nnd I thought 1 would tell you whcro
jou could get onoreadj * made , [ daughter. ]
If you want loud option whj don1' you say
local option ! The llniior dealers lu Omiha
vnnt lliiuorbecause Omnhicannot run with
out liquor. If jou nro built
( llffcrcntly from the bilatno of the people of
Nebraska , : if the cltiretis of Onmhi u.inuot
"live and bivathoand mo\e \ , nnd ha\o tholr
being , " and tun their flnunecs and their mor-
iMntllo business , nnd tlu'lr transposition in
terests , without swill butts lu convenient
place4,1 think they oughtto hn\o locil option
enough to inn their own coiicinis-penlteii-
tlincj. paupers and all and not tax them on
the balance of the people who want to stay
sober and hoop ltd of these things that are
Incubus nftcr incubus piled upon them by
the saloons
I picked up n New YorK "World
nnd 1 looked to see how it was ,
nnd I saw thnt the people of the
state of Iowa the poor , inupeiUed , impover
ished state of Iowa wore paving J3 ! cents on
the i > ltX ) ta\cs. 1 wcnty-il\o cents on trio { 1001
I say 1 want to see how Nebraska is getting
along She has so much money from high ,
license , she bus such nu elcgmt time , hoi
tteasury is so full nnd ovcillo\Ung , and they
nw getting nlong so nicely financially ; I
wntitto hoc1 how muih buideii It his taken
on * the people. And ! looked doA\n toward
Nubrislcnnnd I s.iwthnt shew-as p lying 0.1
cents on the 8100. 'lliat was all. [ Applause
and laughter ]
Poor , impoverished , pauperised Iowa , 25
cents on the SIUOI Gicit , splendid , high-
licensed Nebraska , 05 cents on the tlCW ! In
nthoi woids , 'SJOO worth of propeity in No-
bi.iskii it. pivingmoie taxes for the support
of the state than $3Jtoith ) of propeity is
p lying in the stnto of Iowa How Is tint foi
high license ! [ Laughter [ Don't jou lliiult
I am light about it if I any high llucnso is
nothing hut a giu.it big lie ( LI ) without atij
benzol [ AppLiuso nnd gicat laughter , j
Ias talking to n in incoming clown on the
ti.ilnhowl had gotth.it thing photographed ,
but I have not got .inj * of the photogiaphs
lic-ic , stilll thlnlc lean dosuiibo it to jou
High licensemv touutivmen , from the in
\estlij.itionth.itl ha\o been able togivoit all
over this country , und esiKiciallj in No
braslti , is nothing uudci God's sun but nn
Invcntionof thoele\ll , ootnincd b\ the poll
tlcian , and tun In the slito as , isort of a
minting machine to giiud out old buz ntd
dimes to Iij * on thoej'e.3 of the dead to maito
tbo coip o loolc rcspectalilo. [ A.olco \ ,
"Tint's It"
AVby , they said they ruined Iowa on ac
count of inohlbttlon I passes Cos Tilolues
j cstcidaj and I saw that in.i0'iiillccnt capitol
of theirs , w hich u few yeau ngo % a3 un-
tliiished , and they did not have money in
their treasury to finish it ; that is , under
.tlujirjjquorjrcgimo , Ipaspcl thcro jestct
p *
up Into the sunlight on th it glorious rourtii
of Julj * , n gre it monument to the culture , the
enterprise and the tiuo dignity of the people
of the piohlbltloii state of Iowa. Your little
old cheese box of nn affair heie at Lincoln U
busted hilf in two now in order to admit the
intelligence that you h.uop.uked iito itlrom
time to time. [ Laughter nnd npplnuse ] I
was up there the other day niicl thcj hiuo
nctually got it bolted together to-Keep it from
falling clown. [ Laughter. J
1 wishtliat I had time now to speak of
other things , but 1 would like to tell you how
prohibition don't prohibit. I suppose you
tune heard of It. [ Laughter J I hav.
Everywhere I go , as I told &omo of my fellow
eiti/ens a fe\v wcclts ngo , Z would
come acioss some indhldual of that
kind , and ho would go "Yawhce ,
yn\\hco , jn\\hce , jiiwhee. [ Imitating l > t-av-
Ing. ] I nm not ono of that kind of animals ,
and thnt is as near as I can get to It
[ Laughter. ] And the doctrlno of all Is
'Prohibition won't ' '
prohiblf'-prohlbit-
prohlbit [ Laughter. } I bin o heard It until
I am sick nnd tire 1 of it
i\ery : thnon fellow brings it up at mo now
I tell him it reminds nio of the storj of the
Irishman who vent to a hotel am' ' AVU
brought a dish of hash lie had never seen
It before and ho \ \ is cautions about t rjiug It.
After cxpcimiontlng with it ho called the
waiter nnd said : "Tnko that hack to the
gentlom in that ch iwed it , and toll him ,
bed id , that ho can swallow it , lor I "won't do
it. " [ Laughter. ]
And so I tell him about tills thing that pro
hibition won't prohibit I want to tell 3011
that I luvo been all o\cr this country ami I
have seen piohlbltloii In < ncry shupothntlt
hasc-oinoup ; I have soon It us stitutory
piohlbltloii , as vonstltutionil piohlbltloii , iu
communities through the south and other
sections ot the country ; I luvo seen it where
thc.ro isno lltcubo , ! luvo scon It with Iho
foui mile limitation , with tlio two mlle limi
tation ; I have seen all the forms that it is In.
I want to say no\\ , and say It with confidence
in Its truth , as I expat to stand bofou the
Judgment b.n of God , that prohibition does
prohibit uvujwlicio in this country whcio
theio am honest men and conscientious men
in ehargo of the execution of the law.
[ Applause. ]
Prohibition Is no f.tlluro any\\horo \ except
in thoao places wliero the officer. ) of the liw
nio either a set of pusil ! minions puppies
or n. set of porjuicd scoundrels vho
nw net lit to bo ollleerj for
a pen full of hogs. [ L lURhter ]
If you think that j'ou hmo wisdom , intellt-
gcneo and pitriotisni enough ; If you think
you are able to select ofllecrs v ho have not
only clear consciences nnd honest counte
nances , but aio those \\ho will onfoicothe
law , wo will go on advancing and then wo
will let these fellows iind out whctherwo
will prohibit or not. [ Mrs Cougar i "Glvo
omen fi eo suffrage and they will cufoico
l
w o moil know how to keep the devil
stltied up and the women know how to keep
the men stirred up.Vo nio going to ] < cop
this i\oik up until wo got this thing settled.
You nro like Josh Hillings' Ittllo steer that
uas tied to a stake ; ho Hild ho noticed him
because ho pawed light nndloftbutlia , never
noticed that ho got iinj' futthcr iiw.ay from
the stake. If you want to hnvo some fun hi
this stito you bettor luvo It now \\hllo the
joint debater are goin , ' on horo. Wo will luvo
the fun now. or wo miy bollUotho Irishiaui
\\lio sawn su-or in a Held and ho thought It
\\ould bo great fun to Jump over the fence ,
grab the little steer by thohorm and rub his
nose in the dirt. Ho thought it so funny that
ho bat down nnd laughed and hughoJ nboat
It , Well , then ho jumped over the fence ,
took the steer bj the horns mid W.H thrown
cloir ovcr'tlio fence , and it ncadj- broke him
in two Ho picked himself up and said , "IJe-
d.ulwhat n good thing It was I had my
laugh first. " [ Laughter. ]
1 thank jou , ladles and gentleaiou , for jour
attention.
HOX. aoilMj.VI3IISTIUl. \ .
A Hlg ! MCJOIISO iVp/niifnt Hcplcto
AVItli Sinllstieil liirDimiitlou.
Hon. John L. Webstar of Omihabelnsiii-
troducod by the chairman , ndiliosbCj the as
sembly as follows ;
Mr. Chairman , Ladles and ( iciitlemcn ; I
nm bsfoi-o jou today , not by nny solicitation
of my own , I nm not hero hlroJ by anybody
or by any soclotj' , I am not hew representing
any class or nny Interest except thut which I
bello\o to bo honest , I am not hero under
salary from this society or any other , I have
coiuo to speak to this people be w use the
oftlcors ofthls assembly hnfo luvltctt mo to
como. lam here to toll thU people what I
bolicvo to bo tbo truth nnfl I nra here to de
nounce that which 1 bcllovelo bountruo.
For twenty ono yean I luvo lived In tlio
stntoof Nobrukafor , twenty yoirs have I
soon It grow fion l0,000t ! I.X'o.OiK . ) , Increas
ing mor ) rapidly In ite population unJor Its
present liquorllccnio njitt'tnthaii any other
state inlhlsunloa anl BOJpor cent prenter
thnunnv prohibition stntti in this union tint
hnd prohibition Torn pirle-J of fifteen ye.iw.
[ Apphwe.J fc
ihavoseenltincreaaoln-wealth nnd prosperity -
perity ntsuclift rapid riW nsshoulcl nitonUh
any tnnn living in thoproldbition slaters of
Maine , Vermont 01 N"etv Ilainpslili-o. Wliy ,
think a moment , rfio 07.0OJ stiual-o miles of
tenitory In the state of 2'ebrnnkn , nalco It
sixly-ilvo tinws as largo as tlio state ofilhodo
Island , nnd capnblo of h dliig ten times as
ninny pcopio ns the state of Massachusetts.
nnd jet If itiontlnues to froon lu its present
rate of prosperity until it shall bo-
coino as thickly populated as Iho state of
Massachusetts , j our state of Kebruslm will
have 10MOOJl , , ) of pcopio within licr ior-
AVhcn this Hate of j-ours slmll h-ivo become
populated no Is Italy , jouill ha\o \ 19tXX,000 ,
of pcopio within , jottr state ; when it becomes
populated as U Austri i\ou wllllinvoii.'i.OOO- ,
( Ku of pcopio w ithln your stite ; If it ever becomes -
comes i densely populated ns Jlnglnnd , jou
will lm\o hi the stnto of Kcbraslta , 05.01)0,030
of people one-half the outlio inosenl popu
lation of the United Stites. Uo further. If
you wcro to allot ono-half ncro of ground
thiough this stnto usu block fora , dwelling
house nml ujt in It one family of flvo persons ,
you would have tcrritoiy enough In this stito
to accommodate 4bl > ,000)00 { of pcopio moro
than the en tire Umpiroof China moro than
nil of JUiropo , and how many times tlio
ptcsciitpopulitiou of the "UnitedStates ?
I stand beio after twenty jeirs of rcsl-
dcaco in thU state \\atertilng its growth and
proapciity in a nun vbo loies this stato. It
is food ciioURh for me I expect to ll\o \ hero.
I would nehlso ray friends who como hero
from nbioinl that if Xoouska Is not gooel
cnougnfor tlicina" it Is they should staj at
homo. [ Applause ] -
llieiols smother very nstonisliing proposi
tion when I look over this question " \\lth
your more than a million of people lu this
state -who Imo vltncucil its piospeiltj- , who
huogathorcd vlmt jou ln\o \ In this state ,
who luvo earned > our money hero , who
raised vour cliildren liero , liavo
wedded jour wives here , bulldccl
your homcj hero has It coiuo to this ,
tint this great state of ours docs not love It
self well enough to 1m o a man stand within
its own borders who has bi.ilm enough and
chiracter enough to stand up anil tnlk for this
fnnaticildoc'tiinoof ' prohibitionbutjou , have
to import them frotn from other st-i tea , whcro
they have bicn repudiated by the votes of
their own pcoplcl CApplnuso.J
\V'hy , inj friend here from th ? stnto of
Ilchigan talks to tills erc iid as If ho hnd for
gotten that down in tbcijstato of Michigan
only a , little wliilo ago they proposed a prohi
bition amendment jiibt as .they are proposing
I tin tlio stito of ! Ncbra iki. I suppose my
frlcpdwas the chnlraionof the prohibition
committee of that Slavs nudvontallovor
tint stito talkins piohlbitlou and hying to
induce thnt people to accept theduotrlncs
vhlehho istilkihg toyox people of my state
of Nchr.isla. Did ho Jorgetor , why Is it
tint ho did not toll this audience tint when
the people of thostito ol' Michigan voted on
th it question they sno\vt.-il him anil his pro-
liibltioa doUrincs under foot by more than
Jho thousand inaloritvl fAnnlausel
My other fi lend hero.who hails from the
state of Gogrgi.i , but who has nou gone out
to live among thoMonnons in Utah ( laugh
ter ] , had n little to we dovji in hh > sUtothey
call Atlanta a beautiful cltj a city , marls
jou , old patilots , over yvljwo state capital tlio
Mars and shines have * tiovpr floated to the
present duj own that J wn has rcpudiatod
Irtbo doctriiio olipwfi TrnvnS5 Iartlo towmof.t
Atl.inta nnd thestato of Geou'la siloous are
open , and that within the last three mouths ,
to my per onal lcno\\ledgi
U'iij , wo nro told hero In opwing this d is-
cusbioii that prohibition is n. guictal law of
intuiothat clevolopcs with tlio progress of
clvili/atioa , and the moro wo are ci\illzed
and the gicttet nd\anco wo have tnaJo in
civilisation , thogro.itor bccornes thedoctiino
of prohibition .lad you find wipol out the doc
trine of peisotinlllbcitj * . Well , now , that is an
astonishing statement for buy sensible man
to make to an audlc'iico. An astonishing
statement \Vliy , I would like to ttll inj
worthy fiknd that with the pi ogress of civ-
ill/atlon has corao personal liberty , and with
tlio prog-rcsa of ciMlUntlon luvo wo done
away with laws thnt lostialncd man of Ills
personal llbertj.
Gohickto old Russia , if jou plenso , go
bicltto thotinwof Peter tnaOrcat , go back
to the tltno of Tiodcrlck the Great , go back
tothocnily hUtorj of' Austuu , go whoio
kings and emperors swayed tlulr power
Their history was ono coiitlnuod soiieb ot
edicts against the perjional liberty of the
subject. As civilization iid\ \ anted lilghlj
cultured peopled osse i th ? Athntic ocean and
established a icpubllc , nnd with it. cstoi )
llshcd personal liberty and abandoned the
doctiino that a man vis subject to seine
order or pcunlcodo at tlo dictation of any
man or set of men.
Why , not Ion , ' since it was my privilege to
wander through some of the national ceme
teries of tills union , through the states of
Tennessee nnd of Georgia , where I walked to
see tlio little tombbtonea that ninik the rent
ing places of thousmds upon tbousnnds of
jour fellow soldiers \vlo died that thcli
countiylnlghtllvornd. Hint personal llbcrt ;
should bo achieved for four millions of people
the last grand result of nd\anclng \ civilian-
tloii [ Applsiuso. ]
\Vlij' , when you propose to set your foot
upon the proposition of personal liboityasn
thing of the past , nul to warn out the ad
vance tide of. clvili/aticn , I tell jou jou are
putting foith the Hist Jootnuo that leads to
uniuchv and dcspothiu in the United States
I would Just us willingly sco n nun twinplo
upon the stars and stripes at once as to tell
mo thnt ho lo\es his country an din the same
breath tells rno that Iwvnnts to stamp out
the theoij or the doctrine of personal llbertj.
( Applause. )
\\ordmoio \ with reference toonoor tvo
of the adi.mclng thoughts which uro simply ,
I suppose , the pivcursory i-emarks of tlio debate -
bate which is to follow lierenflor , as adianccd
by 1'rof. Dieliio on the doctilnoof prohibi
tion Iblnipl ) want to answer u suggestion ,
imdllc.no inyniisttor tothoKoncr.il proiiosi-
tionat su.U tlmo us ho sees lit tondvauec It.
Lint so far us it his been euggestedto tliU
pcopio that prohibition Un law of ouruaturo
and a law of our ch llintlon ho proposed to
Illustrate It.
A\hy , ho gave two or thrco illustrations of
what ho said wereicstnintsof our person d
llbcity , but I want to toll this audience If
j'oulookat any illustrutlpn that hogmc you ,
that Is but nn illustration of ndocliitiuof
regulation , nnd diametric-ally opposed to the
doitiino of prohibition , ) Why. my frici.d
sajs that ho could noi build a house in tlio
eitvof Oinalii four stories hih ( : i frame
building I want to toll my friend
thut wo do not prohibit tlio building
of houses In Omaha , UJti wo regulate it. It
Is not beciuso wo bu\a < pot piohlbltloii up
there.'v \ inviteI'rofDicklo toconiothcie ,
wolnvitohiinto put upn building. All HO
say to Prof. Dleklols ye will do with Jinn
Justas wo do with the saloon Interest , that
whlth is best for tlio wiufnto of the entire
connnunltjtind wo will rcjjulato tbo thing.
[ Applause. ]
Sow , my other fi lend hon > from "Utilifor
Georgia , I do not kuo\v whcro to locate mm
todajI I luno notgotoulteusoJ to lilni jet.
llosuggcstodthothouifht tint wo could not
saj an j thing nbout the Savior in this ease bc-
cnu o wowero Hulling him with the snloon
interest I want to any to him that I am not
hoio to ndvocato the saloon Intoicst.
Has ho never found out jet anj" dlf-
ferenco between prohibition und tbo question
of rcgulatliisn s it of evil tint cannot bo
wlpod out of existence ! If lie has not learned
that distinction Iwlllidvo Win tlmo to think
It over until next Monday morning , but until
then I want to call his uttentiou to the fact
that when ho was talking nbojt the vine
mlracloAt C'ma tLat ifKov Sum Small bid
been there , ho would hu\o taken up thu
water and instead i of transforming It Into
wlno ho would bare slid , "Wutor Is good ,
enough for this fcaattakothntand\otofor \
prohibition. "
When Paul put forth that little statement
to Timothy , "Driulc no longer water , hut
take a little wlno for thy itonucli'i sake , "
Kev. Small would huM ) utiauged thu bible , bo
\vouM \ Unto lad Paul n prohibltlonUt , ho
nouldlimokiiill'iul say t ) Timothy "You
nro an old drunkard , don't drink imy more
wlno , hut drink \vntor nnd vote
for prohibition , " In other words
ho would hnro transformed thnt
biblenndiundon new ono for his own pur-
posonndput prohibition In it
Everywhere thnt the bible spolto about thou
u o of wlno , I do not eaio whether created by
mlrjiclo or handed out by the npo.tles , the
fact remains that to would haveprohlliltlon
Instead. YesI , defy any 111111 tocoiitrdlctlt
from the bible , thnt the doctiino of prohibi
tion 1 $ not found with in the lids of thoblblo
[ Hisses , npplauso .mil laughter ami cries of
order ] . 1 wnnt simply to say tomy filcMids
whoseotnto hwo dUsentedfi-oni
my stnte-
mouttlinlvounniyloolt It tip If jou vaut to
You mny furnish jour repixwoiititlvcs hcio
the nuthoilty If jou wIMi. ThoblbloIs not
nn unfamiliar book and 1 pnlty nearh know
u hat I nra talking about when I uialto that
statement [ Applause ]
" \Vhoii a man stands on thlsplntforniunder-
tnhlnff to show mo that my stateraontli fnlso
I wnnt tosfty to lilm right now and hero I am
ready to answer itand meet it from the Ihla
of the blblo whenever you proilaco It , 1 do
not care who you are [ .Applnuso ] . I am
not hero as a coward tobo oiled down bcciiuso
men do not tbhilc m I do. but I am right hew
to represent vhnt 1 bellovo anil to tell this
audleiieowhut I think and \vlicuo\cr jou
want to disagree with mo the platform Is tlio
placOtodolt. [ Applause ] .
I wantto cull tbo attention of this nudlcnco
to ono Kcneial proposition I must admit
thntso far wohuAOuot got very far Into the
realdlscassion of this question because , nslt
weioo ha\o been skirmUhlng around on
the outskli ts. It began It that way nnd I
hnvo been obliged to follow It , but
the time is getting pie tty tieir
at hand when Jwant to begin
to toll this people Something ubout the fuels
touching the real question In loiitroveisj * .
which is simply this , whether tie pcopio of
this stntourojustlllcdln prohibition
Into your conttitutlpn as u political doctrlno ,
not a religious doctrine ,
AUienjou put It into your state constitu
tion youm.ilfoIt pirt of the stito constitu
tion Ills n ciucstion of polltle-s. Thnt is
what I want to talk nbout And when 1 be
gin to branch out on tint subject It is not un
becoming that I should tell this Mist audieneo
of people f toni tlio Ktato of Nebraska what
the pcopio of other states have thought of this
saino subject whoio thej * luvo hid It debated
and considered. ( ! o bielc , If jou please , as
thollov Samuel Small would Invitojou , to
the state of 1'ennsjlvanla where ho has mot
with the people ho aio opposed to prohibi
tion and we roufi aid to get out and clcbntoit
with him.
lot nio tell you that In tlisstnleof I'ennijl-
viuda they otod down prohibition without
thcneecs' itj of any speeches on tbo otlior
side. "With nil the prohibition tidkcrs they
could Iinpoit Into the state of Pennsylvania
through a whole campaign thoj" could not
coin or t the people of thut stnto to votoln
fa\or of that proposition. They did not need
am nnsn or.
I use a little memorandum , because when I
state iigures to nn nudlciito I want to know
that I state them correctly nnd thnt I stito
them fiom authoilty , so that if uiiy toiniilc
that I in ike on this subject Is contradicted by
anybody I ahill bo piopared to fur
nish the proof to suppoit of what X
sny. In the state ot Connecticut , ono
of your old Ifow Uiiglmcl states with
Its most highly advanced civillmtion.ll \ \
itsgro.it Vnlo e'ollege , and Its higbljcivili/ed
people , with its long experience wfth the
liquor business , when In 1 ! ) the people pro
posed , as they did in thut state , tooto pro
hibition into the lOtislitutlon of the suite , it
was beaten bj * a \ oto or a majority o'f o\er
tvcntj seven thousand of the oting popula
tion of the state , or In other woiJs tliero
wcro moro th in tn icons iinnyotcs in that
stito last year c.bt against prohibition than
were ciat in Its fiver "Well , pci linns that i
worth , soinclhiiig , I do not know whclb6r
pmyJTrieads OiiJlip ojt.licr sidg will taka .a kia-
sea frotil that rhot.1 * T6"mo ItnioiuAisouio-i
thing. It is the Judgment of a great i > eoplo
upon this identici ! polltieil question.
Uo down to Massachusetts vlth Its gient
laivycis and Its ireut ; doctors and its minis
ters anil its protosois , its follogos and its
schools , its manufacturing industries audits
gieat population , and jet in Massachusetts in
IbS1) ) ( now , mark , only last fall ) thoiyj wore
cast for prohibition b'i.OOO vets as against
l.Jl.tMVJ , or in other words In the state of Mus-
snuiusctts out ola total \oto on the prohibi
tion ciiiestion of 210OK ) thcro vas a miijoiity
of45sJOagaInstlho doettino of jxohi billon.
I alluded a while ngo to tbo vote in the
state of Michigan , the state from which my
ftlend I'rof Dickies cuno. Wo will now KO
to Now Ilninpslilio , where thoj' have had
statutory prohibition longer than I have
llu'd in the state of Nobmlta , hnd longox
thin any of thoao pcopio have boon lectuilng
from piblicplutforms yet , nevertheless. Intho
prohibition state of Haw Iliunmhirowith it
fcscuator Blair , who wiitos books in favor of
prohibition , who Is the great champion of
piohibltion throughout the United Stiles ,
jot in that state after mcro thnn twenty
jc.irsof osporicnco of stitutorj- prohibition
tlio state ofNcw Ilnmpbblie inlSb'J defeitod
] ) "ohibltlonln its constitution by a inajoiity
of5ltK ) votes. Go over to Oregon , a new
state which has lately staitod out in the west ,
where they wcro considering this tame ijucs-
tlon , and in Oregon In 1&37 prohibition was
defeated hj " , 'J5J votes.
Go down to tlio great state of Pennsyl
vania In 16S9 when they voted on that ones
tlon tliero wore 29(5,000 votes for iiiohibltion
iind161,000 against prohibition , or in other
words 188,000 majority ngdnstproiilbltion in
tlio constitutlonof the great ttutc of 1'euii-
sylvnnhi.
Go down to Tcxns , around Mliichmy filond
Itov. bmnll wns going to build tbnterout pro
lilbitlon bar , so we could not get to it oxeopt
to go through tlio Gulf of Mexico. I suppose
ho lectured down tliero. They voted tlieio
for prohibition In 1&7 anl ttioy enoucd it
under by 01 , : 37 unijoi Ity.
Goto Tennessee , through which ho must
tiavclbeforo ho can get to his old state of
( ioorgli. riroj voted on piohibltion down
therein 1SS7 and they , defeated it by 7,01)1 )
How about "West Virginia ? Why last fall
they defeated it thcro by a niajoritj of JlbS"
\otos
Now , go over to little Rholo Island , that
otlior sttito wliero tboy had constltutloii.il
prohibition The stito of llhodo Ishniil put
prohibit ion In their constitution InlbStl Thoj
oted on it ngalu In I'-s'J ' , after three years of
piohibltion life , and when they voted on the
( liie-stloii lu lib'J they snowed It under by
1.7J majority
I wmt to toll the uood people of this audi
ence of tbo state of Xobrmka that the Judg
ment of all these stiles whcro they h. o de
bated this question , MUCID they hnio con-
sldeud ths ( luistion , they hnio voted Itdo\\n
as a pernicious doctiino , destructive of the
welfare and prosperity of these states. I
made my closing statement inthoclobingscn-
tencoof ray remark Just inn do In rcfeicneoto
the wto of thcso respective Mates that It win
( otoj down bccaiibo In the judgment of tlio
puoplo it wns des tructU oof tlio welfare and
prosperity of the stiles I think I um pre
pared to prove that proposition. Undcistuuil
what I sny ,
I do not mean to tell this audieneo , nnd I
am not hero advocating the doctrine tint the
use of stimulants loan excess Is n benefit to the
people , 'ihutlsnot the proposition. It Is
not that. I nm as much opposed to that M
jou are. Hut the ie.il question Is , when you
cmutasapnrt ofthofiuiiliiiicMit.il law of
jour state the doctriiio of prohibition whatts
Its goncial effect i Of course In deciding that
question you must tnko into consideration
the results whluh necessni ilj grow out of It.
What are they I Just nfewof them -\moan
nounecd by my friend In opcnlngthls discus.
slon They assert tbo proposition tint the
saloons ( I suppose they menu under hUh
license ) flllcdourttatowlth pau | > ers.Vcll ,
befoio 1 get done I will bhow
thoao people , if the time e\er
happens to bo long enough to gut through
with this discussion , tint instat's wlnio jou
hmo got prohibition you luno got moio people
ple In jour uhni houses , proportionate to
your population , than jou have got In tbo
good and glorious state of 'ihruikn.
Tlioy say H lllls. your penitent ! iry. I will
toll Iheso people oftlgnres copied from oltlclil
ropoitt. that tnoy huvo moro people In the
uoJiltontUrleiln piopoitlonto tbo population
in Maine , Vermont nnd Now Hampshire than
wocverhud in thostutoof Nobioskn. I will
show you furtlitMinoro , If jou want to k low
It , that wldlultov Samuel Small talks about
thopeoplo Intho iwnlU'utlary of this btato ,
that one of tlio i uouj rcalnftiou lu that
penitenttnrv wai u -ta.Ationlstby I profcs-
tloa and n minister of S''Vsl1-1l ( by occupa
tion. [ Laughter. ] " \
Why , they sav fun e V ono of lltolr
jiroposlt ions that the lui , \ saloons under
high license pnxlncoJ il\ V , nnd 1 ran
provotoou , nnd I slut \rolnindoiie ,
thnt In the state of Mult \ luvo got as
iniiny people ocr sixteen J Vf ngo Unit
faiuiotvilto tis hi almost n , \or stulo in
the union , and fiiithcrmorolghlUenso
stntoof Kcbrask.i there is iv , . tler percent
age of pcopio umibloto read and wilto thin in
nny otlior state In the eiitlm union. aiullAlo
not ciro wlie'i-ojoti goto llnd It. [ A'/plnute. ]
ketmo tell jou a few things that this doc-
tihiuof piohlbllloii has done for HOIIIO of
these states. Let , nw go buck to the state of
Maine , the father of prohibition stnto-s
I real the other cliy that Genual Nonl
Uow , In the city of Km- York , inalo a
speech to a prohibition n iotnbiy lus hlcb ho
made the statement thnt the ) hnd prohibi
tion In the state of Maine thlity four jeurs ,
and In each of the -four
thirtyfour jonn ot prohi
bition the ) him sacd te the people $ i 1,000- ,
OlX ) .
Well , T went and turned over some of the
recouts to Hnd out nbout the wealth the ) had
down In the state of Maine , ami L thought if
Ncnl Doff h ut told the tiuth about It it
would boone of tho\vcilthicat states In the
union , but lo ami behold , from the tlmo of
the hud ing on Plymouth rock down to the
picscnt time the entho accumulation of the
state of Miiino , according the nsse < scd
\nluatlonof propoily. is but $ JiTKX)00 ) ( ( ) all
told. Neal Don'vould hnvo saved nil th it in
Just ten jours , mid It took that poor little
state of Jlaliio Uvocoiitutiosto neeuinnlnto
what Neil Dow tdd It wiw sued lu ten
jears Let usseo wJiat they h.i'o
Thosuggosthn is thrown out tint If wo
would niako Nebraska n piohiblllon state
oven prohibition Dickie would como over
hero nnd build n house. Whj don't hogo to
Maine and build nhmiio where they have
what you want prohibition I In 1SK ( ) Intho
stiitoof laliiothey had IJSKX ) pcopio. They
had prohibition then , In IbTO they still hnd
prohibition ami they hud hut 018,000 , ami In
it > 90 , thopiesent jrar , undoi the census just
taken , tlicv have simply got tlio snino OliH)0 ! ( )
paolo | , or in otlior words your stnto of Mnino
under your prohibition law engrafted in jour
( onstltutlon , with No.il Dow at the he id nnd
the father of It , the state of Maine bus be-on
as stagnant iu the gro.Uh of Its population
as that inuddj stivim tint runs byyoin ulty
1 do not moan an ) reflection on tno watci
down heie , either , becnuso islalno uses poor
water I apprehend the water they dilnk lit
prohibition Alalno must bo as ditty as thnt
Htreiin 01 else they would ha\o \ some kind of
pro porit ) and pngress clown there. The
question comes to jou people with thnt kind
of niccord of Iholac'rmto in population In
the slate of Alimo If there is a man In this
audieneo thnt wants to stop the giowth and
population of the scute of Nebraska and
brine her to n standstill that man Is willing
to vote for piohlbitlou.
Go over to Vermont , another of tbo pie
hihilloii states , whcro they have stntutoij
prohibition. Uown in thnt little stito of
voiinoiitthc hnd 115,000 pcopioOAVIIY back
lit ISM ) , they hid .110,000 in IbTO , ; J.OJc , ) in
ISSOnnd HJ.OJO in lids ye.u of our Loid
IbO ) Itdoosnot grow a bit
Goovci to Now llampsliiiv. with statutory
prohibition , ion have precisely the siiino
stnto of affuiis , except they have got , UO , ( ) tJO
in ls70 , JIOOiWiii , ISM ) und : HOOOOIn IbDO , or ,
in otlior words , letino tell iou , people ot Ne
braska , there are the only tnieo old piohlbl
tion states in the cntho union , niul thoiu
Unco states line , not gtown in nopulnt ion
from thuttimoihcj adopted piohlbltiou down
to mo prosem voting iiour. INOW ,
thofucoof tint fact , every other state In
N'on ICiiL'l.uidsui-rouuding them , that did not
lime prohibition , iiiereabccl in population at a
\vondctful ruto ofspuul
Is'oIn , thofacoof nil that , look what T'so- '
brnilca did in the same period of time. In 170
wo had UJ.tXM people , in IbbO wo had nj.OOO ,
or. In olhcr words wo grow at the rate of
about ffftjhundruil per cent. Viom ISS'Jo '
litiui aled froinit3JWO'toil1J:5COU ! In 1S90 , or ,
In" other vvb'rdS ' * tliroo'htinui'bHtC ( ) ? ccntt\Maj
added tothopopuhtlon of this stito la thcso
ton joais , when joUr little piohlbltloii states
down in that corner of the continent did not
grow at nil. Now , tint is but one jihusoof
thoquestioii. fAtthiH point there wcro cilcs
from the audience culling for the condition of
alTili-s In Kansas. ]
bdiiebodyviuiu \ to ndtl Kansas. I will
gi\o them a little on ICnnsjs I ctns pa down
to ICUims. Von had pioliibltion In ICiuisis
flt-ftln isSl. cnfone'd piobably In Ibs'J , BO thnt
mark you , for the liist year of tlioicseut |
census decaJo piohibitloii did not intorfeio
with ICunsnsnjid , jot the fact is that Iu the
sUtooflCansis todiy they havogotbtit l.OTJ-
111 pcopio ; in other words they hnvo Just got
450,000 , moro people In the state of Kansas
than you ha\o got In the st tto of Ntbmslc i ,
while in IbTO they had 111010 than four time *
your population.
I onU hn\o left Just four minutes of Ciiae ,
but ! want toshojv In that connection that
the stnto of Kimsjs. us shown bj the vote for
pmidont of the United States in ISSIniul In
lbi > 3 , as compared with Jfobraskn , and as
comp.iicd with Mlniiowta. nndlikowlso the
state of IO\M as roinpircd with Kcbrnskii
and Mlnnesotn. did not increase in popula
tion at one-half the per cent ngo of lucre uo
found inoithcrtho st.ito of Nobiosltior the
state of Minnesota , and j'ctlowanndlCansis
wcro both piohibltion states and Mlnncsoti
nnd KobrasKa wars both high license
states. Tliero is a met I give that to
you fiom two data Icaiigivo that to jou
fiom thorcioid of the \ ote cast nt the picsl-
dcntlalelection. I can give the saiiiofiic-ts to
you from a vuitton letter signed bv Judge
Postal , a man whom I poisoiully know , of
the highest clnir.icter md integrity , the fcd-
oril juiUo of the state of ICaims , who tells
precisely the same story and a gie.it deal
more toil.
The f mt is I want to tell my pnoplo that
\\hcii they tilk about the incrousooC wealth ,
ussoincbodj did , In the stnto of Kansas as
computed with the iiuitnsoof wealth lu Iho
state of Nclnasln that I will show these pco
pie when I ( omolo my next aigiiiucnt that
the iiKienso In wealth In the stntn of No-
biaskals greater thin that of mi ) other
Mute In thonaion , nnd I do not CMrj whcio
voii hunt to Iind It between the Atlantic and
I'leUlc oceans. Or in other words the ptop-
osltlon eoiftw back to this , and lomunbcr it
until Mondiy , nnd Iwill Miow jou that in
Koht-.uka , under your high license low , ) on
Invo hnl gie.iter Inciea'ioln population , ) on
luvo hnd gicater incre.iso in wealth , ) ou
luvo had the least number of poaploin jour
pflidtentinr ) , in join-pool houses , in joui In
sane asylum , and a less iiumberof idiots pio-
portion ito lo your population thin they hnvo
iiul in their pVohlbitloii shies ubout which
they talk that the milluiiinni is just holding
Its shadow ) wings o cr them.
When I hear wmie of tboso prohibitionists
tilk it makes mo think that nil wo will luvo
to do to roach the inilloniuin is to vrito pio-
hlbltion on a cat 1 , pin it to jour coat tidls.
( lap > our wings and ( ly to kciucn. When I
como to look over the hlstoiy of this country
politic illy , look at it fiom Its actual growth
from statistics th it 1110 oilldal , I want to nay
to this people tint the doctrlnoof prohibition
at it exists in this countiy is dostiuetivo of
the \\clfnro and prosperity of every stnto that
adopts It , nnd if j-oundoptit In the stntoof
Nebraska it will blight jour prosperity as
bad us the gr.whoppors which took away
jour ciops within the memory of thopeoplo
who sit fhthis audieneo. [ Applause J
The president Just announced to nio tint I
hnvo but ono minute more In this discussion ,
nnd for thopinposo of using th.it o-io minute
1 can not cuter upon the next topic In the line
of inv argument against prohibition , but 1
will stito it. If tlmo penults mo , hereafter ,
I will refer this audlcncoto the proof of the
huts. I will prove to you that in the Mates
whoio they hn\o adopted prohibition , that in
one-half of them , they have more people pro
portionate to their population soiling liquor
than 1 on linvoln tno state of Nebraska or
over mid. [ Applause ] , .
\viiy , m/ friends here , the Rev. Samuel
Small said ho had got tired of healing people
tallc.abouttlio question that prohibition did
not prohibit. I do not cue ) how tired ho is ,
I want to tell him tbnt before thU debute
slitillnid , If this nudlcncolll glvomotho
tlmo nnd listen to it , I will provo to hln by
tlio Hcordu which can not bo answered that
piohibltion In Mu'iie ' , IsTc\v llinnpshlro. Voi-
inont , ICnnsus , Iowa iind the two. Dakotns ,
the onlv places you have It on this continent ,
Unit It has never prohibited , and I will show
) ou that more jwoulo huvo been licensed by
the govutninoiitof the United States to sell
liquor In Iho ktutoof Iowa than wore over
licensed to sell it lu tUcj state of
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.
W , F. Adtilr's Carolessuoss Results iu the
leatL of ( i Little Boy ,
NO CLUE TO THE VICTIM'S ' IDENTITY.
Some Stirtngo ClroiimstiuiCTS Con *
iieou-d AVItdtluAlVnh 'Hie Slayer
Giles II tumuli' Up--A Drown-
lit riou'iicc.
The pence nnd iwlet of nn olhci who ordci ly
Sabbath was rudely brokqn In upon ycsler-
dny noon by u shocking ti.igvdy that wns on-
ruled ncir the coiner of SjKth nml Hnmrofb
streets , us the result of which the body of u
boy scarcely hi his teens lies nt Iliafoy &
lleifoj's nioiguo , n horribly iimtiliitcil niul
dhllgutcd corpse1 , nuil another boy , but nfow
years Ills senior , la hold nt the police station
to answer to the aw fulch.n go of muidor.
Just Ho\\ the lortlblo nlTiilr happened hns
not yet been deteimlnod , ns rchiiblo detail : *
concerning the oc-euireneo nro vorj inc.iuro.
The only witnesses were boys , nml thcj lit
once Imtcucil homo iind apparently rciunlnod
tlu.ro without. loavlng any clue us to tlieiu
iiUntlty. lvon ! the Identity of tlio murdered
boy is ni yttiv injstuiy , niul nbout nil tint la
thus fiu- known of tliu nlTulr Is the
stoiy told by the prisoncrw ho acknowledged
tint ho did the hilling.
Thoscenoof tlio tingedj * was near the
grove , nboiit t\\o miles south of the center of
the city on a high blulT , nbout half u niilo
back from the river. Aciindliig to the story
of thcpri onor , W. l < \ Atlulr , hu anil his
linlr Giollut hud been out hunting , and hail
Just emerged from the grove when they saw
the dccensed niul luo of hU > oung coin-
pillions boated tindoi a trio oii0)lng ] u feast
of green appleswhich tluy hud Kiithi'iul in
that immediate nclghboi hood. Thu hunters
stopped to Inqulio whore tlity hid Cotton
them , and nftcr u short lomcrsntion wcro
nboiit to p us on .Adulr hnd his gun In fiont
of him holding It down at arm's length , and
Iho that thing ho knew It was dischmgod ,
the lout of No. It shut talcing ( flc-cl in the
lie.nl of one of the tlirco bojs who wore sit
ting umlortbo tree.
Adulr nnd his brother dlil not stop , bnt ,
sceingtho boy fall over nt oiuo. pissed on.
niul the tvo companions of tliu immluod
boy , liorrilled at the terrlblo sight the , ) lind
witnessed , nm as fast us they posslbl } lould
from the scene of tlio ti.igody , and did not
stop until thuy woresufu ut homo.
Adalr vent homo mid told his mother of
what hud occurred , and was sent 1 > \ her to
the police station to notify the authorities.
Ho reached the station Just ns n u < lei > Uoiio
niessiiifo was i-C'Tivcd ' thcio , inking Unit the
( oroiur bo sent ntoneo to thoscuio of the
ti igedy. Aduh was plated tuidor iinost , and
after telling his stoiv of thi ) aliiih in full ,
was conducted to a cell.
1'ho patrol w.igcm was ut once sent out hut
b ) tlio tinio it lonchud the scene the plueo
was ciowded with iiunilous throng , who el
bowed each otlior right and left In n dcslio to
tab : ilook ut the bleeding and inntllatul 10-
miiins of the unloituiiitoictiin Iso ono
could identify them , mid they wore placed in
the undeitnkci's w.igoiinnd lomovul to the
morguo.
Deputy Coroner Martin viewed the body ,
and nnido n rather hnsty c'.Miniiiiitloii ,
H wm nppirent thnt the victim hnd Ix'tn but
nshoit dlsUnt-o from the muzzle of thu gun ,
.is tlio shot hnd sontteu'd but very little be
foio entering the hold of thodccuaicHl , 'i' 10
entiiiSrac.0 anil forohond nbovo the | O\M r Jaw
wuaUbitt ftvyay , tearing open , tlio skull nnd ul
l&lVuv.tha bttlMlraattoi'to.oo.ja out
Death had , of course , been" lustintnneons.
Tlio coroner nus umibloto find hut thrco of
.ho shot , the bilaueo hiving gone entirely
thion0'h the head.
The Inquest will bo held at the morgue at
10 o'clock this morning.
The pollco last evening ni rested N. I { ,
jooch , the lidf biothcr of Adalr , who was
with tlio littei when the shooting oecuiiod.
and will hold him ns a witness llo told
iractically thosamohtoiy ns Adnlr nnd do *
lured th it neither ho nor his brother knew
,110 , dead boy 01-either of bis compinions.
3 Oil AOCllH'.Vr ?
Tlio Head Hod ) of Clmrlcs Slianil
1'ound ina Ii'lorenuu HcHcrvolr.
Was itsuicidu or accidental drowning )
Tint was the education tint agitated tbo
clti/cns of Florence j'ostorday morning mid
a coionei's ' Jury wai llnnlly enipanolled to clo-
eldolt. The body of Clurles Stiand , night
watchman nt the w uorworku.had . bion found
.11 reservoir .No f > . nud Iho Inquest \\iii held'
.0 determine la what inannei he bud come to
ns death
Strand visited Omaha on the Tom-th nnd
In Intoxicants to soina extent , but
not under the inlhienco to any great
.0 when ho entered the engine loom of
; ho pumping station at a late hour.Tiiday
night. About U o'clock that night ho took a
cup and wont into the cellar to got some oil
for his Untcm. Thnt was the last tlmo he )
was seen nlive. Siturdny morning his lint
wns found floating In icscnvoir No fi. and It
wns nt once divined thnt hu had either Hul-
tided or fallen Into the watt r.
IMcneiosetat woikhugging ( the rosor-
voii. but their ofloits wcio unsuccessful un
til about ! ) o'cloc-lnostoidnj inoiiiing. when
they suueoled in grappling the holy ancl
i.iislug it to the survaco.
'Iho coionei's ' jmy , consisting of J TVylor ,
T JI. Herein ; , A'i'uttlo ' , Henry I'lmt , M.
1'ottor nnd C ! Hupp , after healing the ovl-
ilenio ictuinou nordlct of acdilent.il
diowning , and the holy wiw biought to the
citj by Undritiker IJurkc-t.
Ills bellou'd that Strand nttoinptiul to
cross the wall between the lesorvolrsnnd fell
Into the water , which Is twcntv-llvo feet
deep , and owing to the steep inclliio of the
smooth teinent wall was un ihlo to get out oc
obtain ahold , even if he ininiiged to reicn ,
Iho wall Tlio body was in the water about ;
thirty hours , and was badly swollen nnd ills-
coloiod.
Mho deceased was thirty five ) curs of ngo
nndiminiriiej. Ho has two brothcis living
at rioienuo , und another nt borne point lu
ccntial Nobriska Ho had resided nt llor -
enco for thiuo yeirs , nud boarded with the
family of GUI Anderson ,
'Iho funornl will take plnco at2 o'clock to-
dnv from tbo undurtnklng pailors of II 1C.
Unrkot , 11 North Hhtecntb attc-ot Inttr
mcnt ut Torest Lawn.
TlioVonilriK . n-n IJoruso In WoiIC
Unilisr Ilio Scri'ciilnfc Sjhtcin. h
LiniMiu , Wyo , July ( ) -Hpoonl [ Telc-
gr.nn to Tun I3ii ] Uvuiy Union Putlfla
coal mlno nt Koclt Spilngs b Idle on nccount
of the lefusnlof the mlnoH to woik undec
the serceniii ! ; system ; that Is , not toieeclvd
Iiay for the co.il they mlno until utter in haa
beta scix'ontil Tlio company his been pro-
pmed for this emergency for several months ,
nnJ claim tint It will not interfile with the !
Aiuuomla contratt , ns Its twins innvlda fou
sniti oxl cncles. The company dec-hues that
itwlll not resume optfi.itloiis ( xi-c-pt undov
the scrocnlmf system The inluorH tuko tliu
giDimd Hint the sHUinlll ! ndac-o wuges ,
\\lillu the r.illi-oal maintains the contrary ,
TlioVcnl lit-r Tore-cant ,
Tor Omaha and vicinity Fair weather.
Tor Nuljnisku iiiut lown rnlr , followed by
ahowors ; southerly winds ; cooler , < xccpt I
eastern IO\MI ; warmer
Tor Kouth DakotaShomra ; vmlablo
colder Monday nljht.
StcaiiiHli ] | At rivals.
At Philadelphia The Scundinavlnn an
Fiinico , from G.aigow.
At Now VorU-Tho Sorrento , from
frotnlluviu.