Nebraska Newspapers

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THK OMAHA BEiE SUPPLKME.NT.
IB BATTLE BEGUN.
full Report of the Prohibition -Iligl Li-
couau Debate at Beatrice ,
fllE CHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS THRONGED ,
3ix Ttotisitid 1'coplt Liitcti Attentively to
tlio Oprosing Chainplons.
fllEY CHEER THE ANTI-LICENSE MEN ,
GisscsantlOronia for the Aelvocatc3of liquor
Saloon Kcguhtioa ,
A QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY ,
Prof , Dick. I e nntl SninS null Armin Llio
Cnso fo - I'rolilbllliinVMIu Mr.
Jlohcwntrr nnd Jolui Ij.Vcb -
Htcr Uphold Hlul > lili.Miso. .
n\cry vat In the Ilcatrioo Chantauqua
dboinaolo was occupied durlnt ? the to ilayi
( .Hily5 and 7) ) of the grx'it clclutoon prohibi
tion lerans hl h Ikeiisc niul fully siithou
Hind ptHjple IMoncHl to It with rapt attention
The spoiluMi upholding prohibition wore
1'rof Sati'iic-1 Ulclcoy of Michigan , chairman
of tin ) naliopiil OM'cutlio i-otumitteo of tlio
prohibition pitty , nnd liw yam Small ,
ivhllo Ivhvanl I { > o\vJtor , nditor of Tin
llrn , ntiil.lohn L AVobstcr niKiiodln f.uor of
hlKhlleoiise. llio great majnritj woio rank
prohibitionists ntul several Imndiiiit of them
hod boon Impelled froiiilCansis anil tlw sur-
rouiiillnir eountry to cmphnl/o a3 much as
possible ? tliit prohibition iviiH In thi'ftsccndanl
livery liuh of the platform \vu occupied
Each speal.cr vas given foity minutes
tlmo nnd the ehilrnnin , \ , W D.v ld on ,
found it nei-c-vury sovrnil tliiu-sto reprove
the aiidieneo for ininife tiiiK dlsiourtivty to
the anti-prohlbitloiiUta.iiio ixbuitcd them to
treat nil the debaters , no matter \\hat \ tholr
i , v\lth tiirno i.
rs OIMCVIMO.
die Outlines tlio CUM mill Illustrate' ! ,
IIli Points.
Samuel Dlelilo , being iutiod.ii.od by tlio
chairman , spolto as follows :
IVIr Chdrnnu , luho'sand gontlomon' Tb
timont my command It limited and I can
vi at > to 110110 of It. Wo nro tut hero for ordl
nnrj bponh nuking but for tii3 ellscusslon of
n ii'iit question of iiibhe policy I shall
limply outline the case , loservin , ? for n later
tour stall .thai information and testimony
from competent p.utlua 1 stand hoio to ilo-
fend Ihe position of legal piolubltiou of the
drink ti-.illlo.
1 k'lioin tbo saloon ought to be prohibited
bee-ni'-o the saloon , standing as the ropu1-
Biiililtvoof the iiholo trafile , presses no
po\vir toudd to tlio people's iv o.ilth , but rep-
loscnta n vast absorbing poviu1 todostioj-
v.-oalth of the nation , f staiil how todoelaro
- and will pioduee , before wo are thioiigh
with this discussion , & , itis factory o\l-
di'iico tl.it the drink trafilo in the
stnto of Kobiaskn , from the eoiimiemcinent
of thu process of manufuetmo down to the
point of hnal consumption. Ins never added
ono dollar and never contributed ono dlmo to
the aggregate values of this great common
wealth. [ Applause. ]
I am awaio thit the pentlctneu upon the
other sldu of this discussion nny point to
wealthy blow era. to men \vlio have grown
enormously rich in the m.imifioturo of strong
drink , and they may under take todeduco tlio
nrpument that becaubo A , H nnd 0 have
crown > \enltlivln tlio dunki. fvy tralllo
Is verdth producing , out the iiKitrwiio KOOS
tonight mid breaks Into a bank of the city of
Beatricennd carries avay 100,000 , if ho es
capes thooQIccrs of tno law , maj boiiealthy
for the Iwlaiico of bin daj % but the burglar Is
not engaged inn , -wealth producing business.
The gmnl'ler inny accumviluto money , but
thognmblcr pioduccs to vealth. ' 1'ho suc
cessful pickpocket may acquire vast posses
sions , but iic'ithor the burglar , the gambler
nor the pickpocket l-scii ngcd in a wealth
producing industry. In ovcrjouo of these
cases that I Invo refeiteel to by way of Il
lustration the party takes the money from
his victim and yiics no valuable ) thing as
consldciation
Now I ask , and I submit It to the Intelli
gent judgment of this great nudlcnco , may 1
not Introduce u fourth term Into the proposi
tion nnd declare that the burglar , the
gambler , tlioph'kpoeket amltho siloonkcoper
all take the money from their victims
imdgivono valuublo thine m return [ .Ap-
pl.msoj.
I > t mo tr\ the simplest sort of mental ei-
peiliuetit I go to this man bc toro me , Lo
poi hups spends foO a v ear for his clothing ,
and I sai to this man , "ICt'cp light on , glio
your tailor ? 1 ovoij' Saturdiy night , but ro-
iusoto incept hlsgoodiandvouiiill bowisor
and hotter toi thcihaiige. "
Jk.iy tothlsludj , who possibly spends $200
n jcar upon hei wanhobo , "Co ! right on ,
madam , bestow your nionoj upon the
drj goods denier nnd the dressmaker , but
accept iioproods and take no semeos In return -
turn the'ivfor" And you toll mo it would
notbo vise : that ho who Riles his money to
thobutehor mul tlio baker anil receives iioth-
iiigln return Is Riling evidencoof a lack of
tii-iictic.il vvibdom ; but I go to this other m m ,
w lie b pond * what fora thinking nun inn
voij bimll sum -Jl.OdO pel year aud I siy
to tins mm , "Vein must eontilbuto to the
pupiiort of the s.iloonUepcr and his
family If jou nould nuke It possible
for the Miloonkeep r to diiell In
n house more superb than jou can afford to
own If jou must contribute to the saloon-
Keepor'.sabilitj todress hisivifeandehiUlien
In silks and Mtiusvhllo , j oin-s mo clothed in
calico ami ( ? oIn raffs , if jouiuu-.tnuiko it pis-
BIbio foru faji'ooiiVcepe'i ' to Imvosirloin rout
upon his dinner table cen dai , u hilo jou
Biicilv lip Iho D.iclstain on a Sulurdai night
with a bit of liver under jour nrm-lf jou
must do the o things , " I saj to the drinking
jnnu , ' 'in God's ' uiimo scad your
nionoy to the saloonkeeper as
u doniitl m and stiy avny f win his plice of
buMiii'ss' [ App'ui ' o ]
Ji'ow If th"io pivposllloiisnro tuio thpy but
emphnsi/e tliodeilai-ation that the values In-
\olu > d in the chink tr.irile aio v tint the
economhts call llitltioOT values and not ival
values If jeu weio to destroy cveryih-ojiof
intoxk'iitlnij itrlnk cqiitiiinedithiti the lim
its of Nebraska on this Satunlai afternoon ,
banish it all , burn It off , consume It m the
Jlainos nnd when the flame& luul licked up the
last drop o f U the btato of NVbusknould
not have lojt ouo iot.iofhor.wtua ! value.
[ Applause ] .
aiiosoenpago.l In the business misht suffer
financial loss hut the total leal laluesof tlm
comniouiiealth would sufferno decreisej by
the Instantaneous dcilnetlon of the c tithe
product ot bieweiy nnd distillery JJut this
irnftlc , Mlnlo possessing no poxvar to create
woalttiJ.jH8 OaSiiI of a \ * > i jOiver to ab-
fc6fb wealth.
Ills n fruitful sourcoof povorty. It t ivcs
cmplovineat , it Is true , to a considerable
number of men , but ho who is not piolltably
employe I , mid whoso labor uroduces nouse
ful product , Is expending his energy
in a prolllless task , audwere 1
to cpend-hnd I that amount
of mono-ono million dollars In rearing some
vast mound upon your wutern pralrlos , I
mlcht bo pajlntj out the money In vages to
daj laborers , to teamsters , lo mechanics to
reiirnn aitlfldal mouutalu soveial thousand
feet In height ,
I miRlit itceiva rcrcnuo therefrom , pro
vided tlio people vioula pay 5 or 10 or SO cents
for the privllogo of asicndlupr my nrtlllclal
niound , but If I did not contribute to the
\vellare of my fellow men , if I did not fur-
pish Innocent recreation to the people but ,
on the contrnrj' , cvory onoliundrcth man vho
nsccdod my artlllclal Mountain fell down and
hroliO a le ? , evcrv Ilvo hundicdth man In Ids
lioadlongtuiiiblo broke his iicvk-thcn I nsk ,
lias inv 11,00(1,000 ( , , nlthoupli fji'vlup employ-
jnent to a laito ii\Biber of luboriiig men , has
that nionoy ocen profitably expcndisl ami
really co.tt ributed to thilluauclul welfare of
the people ! And you tell mono
" " bo 1 aftlrm that , while the brevers nnd
fllstlllersmnj glvocniployiiioi t to labor , jet
la they proeluco a product destitute- real
roluo , pewsessod of no \ mvcto \ moot the la-
loceut-vuatsof tha jioople , tlut labor aa
roll u thfl raw material ls
ItUrly sel forever waited from the stand-
point o ( th6 economist. N'ny , moro " 3hU
triftle > robs hborliothof Its justtewards and
of Its fair np | irtuiilUi *
i IIIIMJ roiintly Rotnewlnt carefully gene
into th" > st'itUliiiloHiMiOPiof llto I'iso and
I tlml tluit tin1 H une ani'iutit ' of IK'vl rnpll d
tlnl stimds boliliul nno u worker , and
Kiies piollt ibl > e up1 m mont toimonmtiin
tlio drink tritllo , tliatMiiiH'i'iipltil , if Invested
iiitho in.iniifae tuii ) ofluniliiiorumitiuotl'ia '
of ftiriiituro or biilMini ! of fi-nmo
houses tuij In vooeloik p'tuTiillv ,
the sumo mpltnl would tt\io \ pmlUnMo
otnplojmonttn six and uuiMinlf men iftit-
vistoilln the maim failure of boot1 * nnd.shoiM.
tollviitiion if in tin1 tnlii.iK'of cn.il niul lion
ami in the iron imliistrj In p-m-ril would
ulu1 piulltiiulp e'liiplojliiontto fimr anil thive-
roiirthsnion , and i-c < ! iplui ( nil the Indn tiU s
known Ic , our pcoplo Into ono mass wo llnd
Int tin1 sawn iMipitm tliit | ! l\ < s employment
.nnuoinaii In tliiMlfinlc tunic * wonM oil the
iienipo in v employment lo about dmr nftil
iiic-tliliil Him inthf hone.it liiJusliloj ur-
rii'il onltv oir p'ipio
So I my , from the lulnstrl.il end from tin
( vnnoiiili standpoint , wo Ijolifvoin tlio j'l 11'-
tlml niul thi'e-enuplote'kxal prohibition oftlio
cliiuk liiillK- JApiilmsi'j 1 cannot tilto
tiino to speak from ttwsoelil and tlw moral
shtiiliiilnt. Tin ae pioposltlimitnny no ills-
custi-il Inter Is'ntt' , vihatnro IK * of the ! ob
jections 'Jhoy aioqiillo niimonms
1 hud thought Hi it tlio oil rrv of personal
llliei-ty , us ui-.iMu > riilint tlm prohibition Ide.i
MIH a'uy of the pi-stil > ut I discover now anil
tlii'H wmio nnllip-ailan siMiiitimcl a Kip
Vnn WinkleIn tlio liMirinlistlo Hold
\vlio has licen so uniilse an to
irul liU OVMI nouspnpe'r until lie believes the
tiling it rim Mlns. [ Applause | Ho v.ill
como foriv iril iiltlia proposition , as they
soiiu'titnos ilo InN'ebiiHlc.i , in tin1 muspap'r
tliit pudilliltlnn h an miiviirraitli * llnv.uniu
ofthoporsuwil lights of tlio individual iIU-
7111.
I answer , prohibition Invades imrsonal
Iluertv only o-s nil flvtll/ilioti invaleil por-
soniil llborti , piiililbltlun Intorfi'iysUlth the
ptivato l iKl't1 ' * ut Hie InilU 1 lual i it i/o i onli' as
all progress from \vuerj to dilli/iiion lops
off tholiull\ldunl \ rights oftho Isolated limn.
\Vliy , personal llbc.'rt ) . in u Brent
iiiiiny of our Teutonic ! ft lends tulle ,
about It , exists nowheio outsldo of complete
aavainry , niul I trust that no mini viill atiiid
nplinst ami pro'inimco nidoitrino an un-
.Ainoiiiaii ormmfo iloetiine.
Hitllstniiil hue todiy to confess tlrit , In a
i rffitly propir sense , prohibition docsin-
v ido tinii'ilm of the complete poison nl llb-
citv ottholndiiidunleltinn Hut , H CJnlmt
tills us in his .idtnii.ible noi-lcon tl.o history
of oi\IIUallon.jivili ( atlnii ischaiictLMbiHl
bv 110 one thin , ; iiwro diMih thin bj the
volnnhry CDiicesslon of thu libci'tns oftlio
ImUvlilimldtl/cn tliat ho ui-iv onoy ] sonii'-
tMiiKilfhiranil bolter tluui < lvil lllicrtj of
oi aiil/od socii-lv "
1 lime very liltlo pitlomo an I but sniall res-
sport for tlu ! iiiunimt n'iilnst prohibition ,
bisoiliipon the irv of p.wmalllbcilv AVhy ,
joti niul I miy iiilleiouruilrniiit of our pri-
Mto rUhUiimllnivo oiir nonou il llL > oitlos
Invailtd fuistniitly. It Is nit bin tholfArnony
of lhopt itniiallll > vily of tlio Inrllvlilual 1111-
restrihifd by social coimldn.itions to pro
ulioutllu * stivctiof Hnatllco n l.i A'lain bo-
forc the f.ill , but let my mm uiidertiko to dn
tliut sort of thinj niU ho llmU out atonoo
tli.it the proprieties and tlu deu'iuMos of
modciii uhlli/itioii ha\o pro'cribi'd us to
hut n man shill \veir , imil oipeeiilly as to
wlrit bo shill not v/c'ir. | Apphuso |
Win , \\onrotol"l by thi fi'iitli-inon. tlioy
lift vip thtir hinds hi Inly horror mul tliov
a-.lt in if MO propose to Ic'jislito .n to what
mi'ii shall i.it niul what tbinslull ilrlnlc.aud
wn.it they shall \vc.ir AYi'll , tot diroi-tlv
Seine Inniif'r ilvo miles out of HcattiLO
ionics Into jour city ou Noiul n inommmiiul
coiihults aiuittorney UK sins , "I ha < l an
animal th.it ilioil 011 Sund ly monilnn' Now , "
slid ho , "is Iht't'o anrthlni ; that
stands in my viay of drosslnj ? that illsraspil
annml ami usliig it for food in HIV own fam
ily , " and tlio mm , Miso In thoaftali-s oftho
liw , tolls him , " 7\'o ' , sir , but as a friend I
Monlilnotiilviseyotito doit , but asu imttor
of law you iavo a perfect iyht toilofo. "
"Hut , " s.iid lie 4'tlioro ' is inoro than Iran
consume ; may I not dress It ami put it on
uiirkcti " "iQ'o , " snjs tliolavvor. "wo hnvo
.1 prohibitory stotuto In the state of No-
bnisL" rfv'aiist Ilio scllingof diseased meat. "
l'J3ut , ' < 'says the proposal seller , "Iwlllud-
ertise it nssuch ; the puichascr sinll buy it
Mith full knowledgeof ) the facts " "N'o , " tlio
lawyer tells him , "tlio Icnowledgo and consent
of the purchaser in 110 wny relieves you of
the obllttntlon lou have assumed , and you
cannot put diseased moat upon the market
and sell H oven with the kuo\vlcdgi ) and con
sent of thopurditisci. "
Hero oui personal liberties arc hedged agiln.
I bee that brmtiful horse passing along
the Breonjomlcr , and I have no doubt wore
the Ki'utlcinim in thocarilicro behind him to
put him tothoiei-y top of Ills sixcd , there
would be none to say him nay , but let him
tilto that saino horse downtoiho city of
Ornaln , hlchundir the hiKhliceiibO regime ,
arrests onooutof ten of all its population the
joar around [ Applmso 1
I cannot Imagine tthatjou nrocheorlnRfor
Ithought you \\oulrtt.iko \ out > ourhaiulk ( > r-
cldefanndwcepovor that thoiipht. Hut let
him goto Mr. KosowUc-v's city and go out on
tlio broad streets of that growing city and
speed the animal at the virv top ot his
-peed and ho vould not co ; t\\o blocks hiforo
some poliooman , if ho was diaK his duty ,
would haio the horse by tbg bits and an
other pollcnnan vould have theilrix'cr by
the coit collar arid ho i\ould \ IUJT him up to
the iwheooniee. his personal llbi'rtj invUod.
U'byl At the behest of the public good
Sunllpor bri'.ilca out In jour funilyand ,
your personal libeity is at ouco lestralnod ,
You i-innot go out of yo-ir door ami up and
ilonntho streets as formerly A\hyi \ Bo-
causoyoiir personal rifW must j iioay bo-
foie the demand of a higher yood , the preser-
latio-iof the lultliohi-alth.
I will go sumo of tnoso days down to
Omalia after ptohibltlon pre\nils and itgct-i
lit Itu u Kintleman to livoln [ AppliUbc ] and
I u ill bo oa siuh excellenttornis my
fuond , Mr Koicwatcr , that I can get his
endorsomi nt at thob ink for $100,00) ) : I will
spend half of it In bujiiigim elojr.int building
lot I'k'Ut in tLohoait of Om.iln and thoa I
\MUiuc-unmlatoafjieitquantity \ of buildmg
imitfil.il and some ku.tlful nioriilng a con-
llonim u 1th a blue coat and brass buttons
ivill wait upon mo and he will say :
' Sir , aio these year promises' ' ' I tell him
they.110. "la this jour building raiteihli "
I asbiiro Win it is. "N'ow , " lie MJS , "will
lou show me jour p'ansaud ' spoeilicMtioiis ! "
lrefiiao. | liopuriUtbiiiitl Ijk'ld Hebokstlioni
o\or "Uovv , sir , " he > sai , "Isoejou iutoiid
to build afouvstorj fr.iino houao. "
I .issuro him ho is coiroct "Ifow , sir , '
ho adds , 'It is my oftlcial dull to servo upon
\ouaiiotiio \ tint jou uimotlmilil a frame
house on tliU lot And I \\n\a \ \ boon rculing
TUB OMiiiv lUr.aud abaorbed Mr. Uoso
u.itci's ' i 'r > niial liberty iduis , and
I siy , "tins Is a , straniro pro-
wodlng , " and I talk nbout the fourth ol f
Julyundo pluribusumun , and tlw blood of f
our forefathers , and the stais anil stripes ,
and the personal liberty of the Indhldua !
ilti/en , ami I bay , "things hue come to a
niiHU pasi if on mi o\vnioal estate I omuot
build any sort of nhousol pleise. "
But 1 rave as long as 1 will , talk
as loudly as I inro to , 1 run
rifjht up lurd against n prohibition tluit Mitbin
the llro linuth of a gieatelty no fraino build-
luc hh ill bo civutcd ] .Applause ] .
Nohen \ my fiicndst.dk. as they very
Illtelj will ibout prohibition Intorfcrmsuitn
the private rih'hN of the indliunnl citucn ,
thiill \ not lie distussins tin ) question wo
are here to examine 1'rohibltion does nol
contunidato the individual drinklntr man ,
prohibit ion docs not propo- to Interfere with
the private rights of unj citi/m. It takes a
broad , comprebpuslie , t > tatesuiatililiO view ol
the situation.
Prohibition says the saloon Is a bad thing ;
prohibition snjs the saloon creates no values ]
prohibition sajs thosaloon absorbs vast val
ues ; prohibition snjs thosaloon coirupts the
poopliJ , terrorizes the politicians , suborns wit-
nobacs , buys legislatures ; the saloon tears
dovn what the best forces of modirn ciilllza-
lion would build up ; prohibition says , ami
proposes to saj it hero in Nebraska , that tbo
saloon miiit go [ appiuso ] and if in the process
or the banishment of thosaloon thoiudlvldual
driulicr slnll suiTersomo cuitalluient of his
former rlght-s.homust cspectthisand receive
it as the necessity of the case anil clrcum-
stiuuo an ituldeiit and not the objective
point ,
Tlw object Is the suppression of the saloon
system because the saloon system li the
enemy of the commonwealth' ' ] bo t welfare ,
[ Applmso ] WellI heard nman the other
day on the caw object to prohibition because
ho said yea cannot raakopooplo peed bj * law ,
and I was sorely tempted to remind that self
same man that to my personal knowledge ho
ivns made peed and sober for the lint time in
live ) ears uy beliiff placed In the clutches of
the hw and locked up In the 13 an go r JaiL
[ Applause )
HoU frolnp to lecture somewherotomorrow
night , [ Applause. ] Xot that it would not
bo aery greatmlsiortuno if 110 wcro tomako
people good by law , hudaulo though such an
t bo , but it U to inako tbo coadl-
lions favoniWo to goodness. Ai
KnKll h M-itesninn , tJlidstono fald ! "Itli
I'm duty of tlio sUite to nni'io ' llns liird iw
pr > 3 iiiU ) > to do ivroiiu an I as easy us posalblo
to dorijrM , _ . . , ,
Niiw in the Uvo or tliii o mlntitri nllll loft
mo 1 de lm toiu-osiiit one item ot statlHtidl
1 ' Information 1 hal oev isloii this tnornliifito
mo can-fully pippnml statistic
liu roisn of % alno under prohibl-
the stale of ICmisas as eomp.iivdvllli
lioir im'ii'asiMmilir hlRh Itienseln tlio state
of IS'i'ttrmlm. ' niul I found this to be true :
Talcing th ) sivorn st.iteine-it of tlio
state auditors In both ea ei , tliit
ho stito of Kansas , durltiR iilno
eiiM of piohlbltlon , bin imivascd h'H' '
issi sod valiiitim HKHJ. ( ( ) ) mow thin
.hototnlinlintlonof the state of Ncbraski.
[ Applnine1 ]
I llnd that the state of Kaunas lus In-
rinsed her nsso-wd vduatloii during tlio
.lino Jill's of pmhlliiliritt nt I'm rate of
OiVmn.tWi n jiiir \Mtitjou 1 to heir it
iCniwis hu'u'nsiiii ; her v line * -joiHO.kK ) ( )
evotv yi'iir , si'id I llnd aeeordlnir lo the sumo
: oxrt Unit the ktatc of N'obr.Hk.lhns In-
n-oi'i'd her total v.ihliitioti Viet > OHJO per
ie'iir , sot'lut ' Idl'isis , under prohibition , his
ncii'iisid hoi inluoH $ | | , iiixooi ) > per nnniiiii
iioiii r.iiillly lli.mlho Inerejso of vnlucs In
I'ouvown state u.idor higli llcoaso [ Ap-
) ti Inve oonsliliu-alilei injro lo
say along this line , but I simply puisolinroto
niv'iio how 1,111 a bwliu'si produdiiK " "
vnluiblo pimluet aid to the vului's
nf llio statulloiieanii trnllli * loiitrlbutluir
to llio jurpotiiitloiiof piup. ilsm , of cilinoof ,
ilisuse , llm tluvaunin ? of lininui llfo nnd
tholioircii'y of .v v ist multitude of j-o r popu
lation -how Mich binlnoss tint '
- i in u , 'un-
itseiitlie trifllc on theoronumiepi-iiii'i-
ploof pitting Hoiiu'thiiig for imtliin ; luw
i-antliat business ilel to the totil v lines nf
Uiepo > | ic nf tlio statol And yoiiimsiior me ,
It is impi > siie. ) |
Veil , v > niilim M the-iii gentlotiiun on the
oUiir .ililo 110 dlspniul to tell us thut pro'u- '
bilhn elm's not prohibit , tint it Is novvhu'o
put intopraitu-alelToet 1 hive no tlmo at
proicutto I'li'ivjisstliatqut'stinnnt Ir.igtb 1
do lie toealljourattintionto tlio cluiactcr-
istlis surrounding tint proportion \Yho
nnikes tlie stnteiiiiiit \VhoillMims J \ that pio-
liibitioniloesnot piolilhiti 1'eter Her sii
pnililbill m docs not prohibit , Imt 1'oler Her
spends Inn rnonoy freeh to H. O that pro'il- '
hitiim clws not huvo a clianco to prove a loil-
ut-i'ln .Ni'br.iska. [ Applause ]
'Iho iiiitinnnl liquor dealers , through
the ! pllil n itioin of tholr hou.o
at Ininsulle , K > , are telling the ponplo lint
prohibition does'not prohibit , but thty n ls d
SI fUMMKHo sio toll th-it prohibition In O'llo '
did not luvo a ehmco to proves dismal fuil-
uro
'llicy are spuding out rtoi'iitnonts f 10111 fi it
publication hentso telling you on one
10saiiiopigo two rttuirluhlo thing1 * :
K"lrit , tint loiva hcuiscd viilh v leant build
ings , wlicro the ailoonsit \ bocn driven oil ,
andsocondlj , Unit then ) is IIIDIV Iniuor in the
si nlo of Iowa thin tlmo over wua before.
Isiiy.iitiiloubteitly the nnn who -wrote tint
e-t i i'ii l.ir hail bHMipra < tlein , ; his own ilotrtiliin
before Iw satdoxvii totho duk and was pretty
th HDiiulily rmddlod in the uppu1 stoiy. Lot
im iiflltm 1 knoiv nillimillion K noiiroof
but in my hnitu , In my List inlimtolot me *
iininn tliit pnihl'iltlun ' In prohibitioi stitis
( and I mil piovo it bi'foio 1 am done1) ) is
boiler wiforiL'd fun hlh lleenso in the stito
ofNebiisk.i [ Ap'il.niso. ] [ AvoieoVo : \
knniv it ] IJiorjbody knows it
'Jhuroii mt a smslo rostiictiio feituro of
your hiv'li licoiiho law in this state that is
not \iolited continuilly ilgbtln the city of
Otiiiha , tint pir.ieliso , th.it model titj %
[ apmause1- ] tint most repuUbloaboelo wlaio
bei mrKO a perci itayo of her people nro
annuallj ariestod
Liquori& sold thereon Sunday , liquor is
sold there onlo iilholilays , lio.nor is sold to
minors , liquor is sold to mem in the hibit of
beioining intOKieiteel j\dulteuitcd drinks
arobold-marlc you , not a sln lei dofuidoi of
hiyli licuibo 11 bo mil appeir on thli plat-
fonn has e-vcr unilortikun the task of en-
foidn lilghlleemo in the city of OniaUa or
.u tUo .state of Xobraski. fA.ppUu.so ]
IDAYAltl ) JlOSJJiVATEK.
Ho Qnotos Fuct3 nntl ritj ros In Hup-
p rt of Iligli Iilcjense.
The Iloa. IMward IJoscMaterthonspokoas
follows :
Jlr. President nnd ladles and gentlemen :
In this era of our civilization , on the np-
proiehof tbo twentieth century , it will scorn
stntiROto these viho nro iioll read and ncll
Informed that any man should nppeir before
as Intelligent an audience as this and nnlco
thoassertion that the liberties of individuals
ha.o been continuously inoro aud more"cur
tailed as civilization has adiiinccd.
It does SCLIU to mo a paradox in the fico
of the fact that the people
of New UnKtand , who hwo repealed
so many of the laws thit their ancestors en-
noted iiithoeirlier part of the satenteuitli
cciitiiry ; of these , In f.iet , viho liavo tiled pro
hibition in the'ir own grand state of Massa
chusetts , and after triin Itfuiily repudhtccl
it , and have adopted- system of reuulatlvej
locil option and high licoiiso.
Many of jou are notaxvnio , porhins , that
the l-'uiitans , who came over fiom llnfjland ,
cmcteda series of laws tlut Mould , in the
light oftho piosmt ccntuiy , soein obnoxious.
1 Invohero nconciso eompendlum of these
laiis and \vill real you two or thioo of tltc'n :
" o food or lodging shall bo offered , a
Qinker , Adimitoor other heretic. "
'If ' any poison shall turn Quaker , ha shill
bo baiiUhod and not suffered lo return , on
pain of death " [ Luughtcil
"No ono shall mn on the Sabbath day , or
walk lit his g.n-elen or clseivheto except lov-
craitij to and fiom meeting. "
' N't * one &hill tniv cl , cook vktuals , raiko
beds , siiecphouse , cut hilr orshmoontho
Sabbath daj "
"Xoiioimn slnll kl lier children on the
Sabbath daj or fai.t ehj * . "
How would j-ou like such 1 iws liitjraftod
upm our constitution )
' Whooverwe-at s clothes trimmed vilth pold ,
slliev w bono line tibove two bhilllns | per
yaid , shall bo piesunted hy tlio grand jiuors
mil the select men shall tax the offender on
his estate. "
"Xo ono shall rend tlio common prayer
boolc , lieopChrutiufis or set diys orplnyoii
anv iiutruinout except the duini or lows
haip. "
' The mngistrito o.tly shall join them In-
mirria'o , aUhfi do it iiltli leas scandal to
Chris t s church "
' Mnriledpersons must live together or bo
imprisined In Jill. " [ A voluo : "That's
Kood , that'agooil , lin > t rato. " Laughter and
applanso ]
If all tbo nmnied persons hid to Ilvo to-
fjethoror bo impiUoned in jail iiynat niiny
pel sons whonovi tr.ucl througli this state
and pleach prohibition would now bo in jail ,
1.1 lUKli'er ' mul applnuso. ]
Now I submit whether or not Individual
liberty has not been broadened siniothoora
oftho blue hws of the Puritans But right
In 10 kt mo remark that I nm amazed at
t1n > statement of my predecossn- tint piohi-
bltinn does not reach to t'io ' individual
or the saving oftho individual-tliatitsimply
svioopiaoro > 3 the horizon , so tospeik , oftlio
ciitlro stnto anil imposes ppttalties utxn ) tlioso
\\liodaro to dealer trafili ! in inlusicmts.
Lorel M.icauley oaco wioto that the Puri
tans vuro not so inn eh opposed to bear biit-
nif , oum-e-ouiit of thototturo nud pain that
tncy B.IVO to the boar , but on account of the
pleisuro It pave to the lookers on.
And nith onuil imliBiutjso to speak ,
these people vt ho nro now carryIng -
Ing on this crusade all over
this state , or a ( jreat rainy of
them at least , are very much put out -when
they llnd anv body enjoying u social glass of
\\ino. They nro veiy much put out iihon
thejllnd people bavin R rcci cation. They
vnnt to be like these old Purl tins Aiho cilcd
"all llcih Is grass , nnd all grass is hay"who
tortured women and burnt them at the stiUo ,
dtovo men out because they differed
vlth them In their religious views
and pilloried men for doing tilings
thit today would bo comldend honorable ;
and I am equollj pained to sco that ray prede
cessor has the nmlncitv , so to speak , to ro-
flcut upon n man who has saved inoro Indi
viduals from the degradation of drunkenness
nnd the misery caused hy Intcintioranco ,
from the gicit craving which car
ries men Into dens of infamy
nud into jallj than all the prohibitionists that
hive cier trod on the soil of Nebraska.
[ Applause. ]
That man perhaps did go through the
nsonlcsof the same craving , perhaps ho did
sutler nnd was arrested donu in Bailer ,
Mo , Hut why has not Mr , Dick
ie referred to another wan who has
published n book known as 'Tiftccn Years
fn Hell , " and who Is DOW upheld by the pro
hibitionists of Nebraska)1' ) ' [ Mr. Murphy ,
rlsinpin tbenlslo ] : "My naino is Francis
Murphy , and the statement thut Ulr. Dickie
made iibout ma U absolutely false. " [ Ap
plause ] ,
1 refer to Luther Benson , who has by his
own confession la his own book declared that
he U * tlU urcachln | ( prohibition bs
tivecn ilrunW tliit tlrno nnd tlmo
luruln. after ' wrestling with nil his
liiiijril nnd ranln to keep sober In
liidlirm , inMnlhv , la NOIT Hnmpshlro and In
P\I I-JT Ht.ito iilruost. prohibitory and
Hi'iMi'so tluit oicrv llttlo \ \ hlle , when he had
that grout craving , n oruvliiBlhnlH nothini !
mi-vn'or less thin an inherited disease , ho
fell fiom gi-aciN npoutcd uud ivsiiincd hli
I lionorhlnvfor tint Vxv.imo I honor every
mixtinhosooliito bcu mm mill uplift other
inpiito tlii'h-vclof manluwl. Prohibitionists
do iinttiMo sa\o UK' Itulii idinl. 'Ibey tay in
dividuals mo uotlilntr. AVIint any
urn , ministers 'of Nebraska , on thatl
Vou are eii apdiinox'ervehuivh In this Ian 1
Irvinit tosivotho Individual , tryinc toruiso
him nnd Vrlnghlmto thu path of ilrttie , the
p.it h of right von mi1" and the path of Chris-
lluiiltv You aw liliorinjf directly with the
In ill \fdtinl \ ami right hero is the line of denial-
l > at ion.
'Pino tiMi'iperince does not mean pvohlbl-
tli > ntriK'tempi'nimo mdiis the diillngwltli
I'.ifh indiildu.il man or oni in \ll \ the pro-
fessloiialiii\hlbltI < inivKlt > t'ii who milto a
IU ing out of it cannot 11:11110 : mo
n single ; man or iionnii that
they have smed or sought to
save Tiu'iitytboiisiiiul women ate nm-eli-
IIIK Hi" streets of Clile.i ; o ovirv ihv Iinvant
of biwid.sullinj thi-ir bollus , nnd noboly in
thu prohililtioncrond nilsos hU llttlo Ilinror
or melcs tu .saAO thoin from an untimely grino
nnd from n ilislmnnmblo shanu ful life. [ Ai > -
plame and c-rks of i'hat's su"J
Noiv no mo IIPIO to Itij to discuss this
prolileni' Has piohibitliin , .iftoi duo trill
nnd a fairtri il In llio iliffi rent st itos nheio
It li.w b vi ! onu'ted , in ttully brouuht abuit a
liettir state of innriK , bf It doue.isod tl.o
ainount of drunkenness or the qmin-
tity of lliUfir | t-iinuiMil ; lias it
las it c mp.ied the Jails ,
innie , h.isit Ui'pt inoro p'opb'iuit of prison or
aise 1 up theliiwlv.iml thow who fro
the dltej and dens whoio thiMvont
hiiior is 'old.
iJcfiHijvo pot through I vill s'lhmlt
ID the candid and Mr judgment
of tnery man , uul iinmini lion tint ( shall
PIM\U bojond i ) > IM i lv'"iitnreof a dnnbt what
prolilbiti'm hauitl ily fdlol to do , us coin-
p.ircil on the tails of thostnto of Ncbiiska
Ami I am he 10 ted 11. not onlv uplinliUni ; the
luw whlfli iiis ii'i-n la fnive since issi ,
not only upholding the light of our people In
loiitlniioinvell dointr , but I i'ii ' her < in tlm
nanio of Nebiiska to uphold her ag.iinst tlio
slunderen aiuldofniiiers Who hau- all ovir
this land 1'lroulutcd libehoods coi
cornlntr oar depravity , ( onccrniii' ' ;
o'ir lininoniliti , coiiiorniiiK our
poverty nnd iMiicfi dnjj our general cusaid-
ness fl-ond IniiKliter.l
I im hero tiliy , ilso , to defen < l the fame
of Omahl [ IjliiKliter.J 1 \l \ uit U ) siy to
tinandli'iice , nnd In thopr , > ii-r of the pci
sons who liavo ehn-r ct thcsithln -i , thai
tbr-y hue shndoi d oir ity ; that th 7
IIIINO mlsquptnl tin pollro rounds , that thej
li-ivomisuiotul the facU relitliij-to the sale
nf llpior , thsittbi'i liavomiMUoted | thecrun
in il statistics , ami th.it Ihei have puiposelv
ialsi | > d tie p o | > bi.otonly , in thwf , ite , but
in other st.it us , thu insinuate that Omaha Is
tlimorynty of h 11 aliiiost. nnd thomcst ter
riblepl.uu lor viu ) and ininior.i'ity ' on the
fat 'i ! of tue lobe.
lc'cT instaiiii' , c'ory ' eltbni ofXehrasln
nuyht to take s mo pride h the citj
in whUi ho Ives I hive live'd
in this stito tu'cnty-heieii p.ns I
linM'holppd Imdd tills stite. I hue done inv
flhnie in twentiseven jrarato inereiso our
population [ hud'lUKiitorJ nnd that is a
frrcit deil rniiw - tH-in iialf of these pi oh IW-
tionlsta lu % o ilonu lor it
I do not btxl'ivo that half of thoin
hn\o IneniseJ the population of
unv state. [ Lnti ntor. ] T-tt mo read from
tlio.Mohne linio\vii ciispiteliof Jlij lJ ! , ls H ) ,
whit one of the prohlbltioi lettnrcis has
said' "Jiitbolocg tandiuKhltfh lleenso city
of Omalii" ( llilH I' n report of n lecture
which hid bet n delivered in Moline by a ladj
whom In-ill not name * , nho had lectured in
Omaha three ivecks before and had ample
opportunity to inf o-ni herself fully m lefj.nd
to vhatsho MAS ijllving illicit , luivini * as
sisted inthe Kobr ikii araoi diiieiiti.unpilsn ]
" \vero 270 of the 11 est appointed and most al-
lurmp saloons shfMud e\or seen licensed ut
81,000 each. In tlo rear of each wus a homo
of assignation ta a further attraction
'L'hcso and oihor deus of vice
were openly licensed , tlio women
keeping the plaee being allowed to run open
house. The dtv fois by this means mis d
$50,000 , whiili < iil J.2ltj > the $ . ' 70OOJ , fiom the
saloons , goes to tlie suppiit ol - he free
sohoola. Omaba ivith its multi-
nlicity of -v ice and cilmo , and
unobserianeo of Sunday , came nearer ro-
inindinRtlio lictunrof aminhturo Paris than
ntiycitysho hid eier seea in the country '
[ A.ioico : 'MYliatishorniimoi" ] What did
she know about lj.ns morally , and what did
she know about Oimiha imnioralh'l
Ifivhatshochnrfrod tuie , if there wore
270 bad houses in Omaha , lic/nibcd ntid pay-
inf. , as she sajs $34 $10 per month for
the keepers and $ s per month for the in
mates , tlio sigcreijate would amount tofi7,000
if there weio only ono keeper nnd ono
innate iacacli house.
2ut ! she sajs the receipts wcro $30,000 $ ,
whn.li dlsproics the ehargo lighten i la fa to.
It isutteily untrue that any sincrlo liquor
dealing establishment In Omaha is permitted
by the police uu the cities to havcnnj * connec
tion or iclation with disorderly houses. On
thocontiary , llio thlof of police ha for years
rigidly c\cl dcd all that cl.iss of business
into n part of the city where saloons are not
in proximity.
.And nhat is more , evcirxr complaint to tlia
board of police commissioners and tbo board
is appointed b > thoKOvernorlJf Nebraska and
has nothing to do wth Oinat.i politicd
every ono of these complaints is kllowed by
the revocation of the license. Thfl facts
about Oiuahii r.ro these During the yeir
ISS'I ' tlw Oiniha police m.ido 8,11'J , ' nuosta ;
of these 710 iiero nirson fuinlahcd with tern-
poiary lodKings intho Jtatioii house , \vbeio
they had sought shelter , which leaves 7,739
arusts for violition of btato la-\s
Instead of 'J70 houses of assignation and ill
repute , as charged livthulef inters of Omaha ,
thouuniber of such known to our polieo Is
thiity-tiix , and 110.11 v * ulof them are isolated
in nsppnatodistilit.
Kovv there ureut a matter of fact In the
cityof OinahvJ-lShiuor dealers at thlstimo
Of thatnumbtr 18" are saloons. The olhirb
nro hotels , wholesale dealers and it'bt.iurants.
So far as lic-ensinfj a hotel to
sell liquor is com < rued , Omaln lias done
nothing moro than has been done by the eity
\VasbhiKton \ , for n hotel Is now o\\nod by
the vlio picsideiit of the United States.
[ Cilos o"t ( > hamo. " |
IS'ovv jou siy "Shamoon him. " [ A voice :
"Yes , it is n shame on hlio. " ] In
what cliilizcd nation or great citj can a first
class hotel exist -wlthi ut some liquor being
furnished foriU , picsul rilisses.J
Wo llrat clisa hotel without wines nnd
liquors exists la nuy city on the faoo of the
tflobo outside , possib y , of Constantinople ,
and I doubt very much if Constantinople
ovir had a first-class lotol. Unt jon liKa and
malto yourselves appi ironly ridiculous when
I tdl you thofiiotth.i'j ' Iwjisdo\in In Mount
Vcrnoii seven or ci > 'lit years ago , tbo pbno
\vlilch lias the homo md resldcnte of ( JeoiTO
Washington , and 'thi-ro I saw decanters in
which rum vas held , the bi ? jugs In whidi
wino was hndnml in ivhlUi wino and ruin
wcro served by ( joorgo Washington to his
friends and Rucstanndto slrimgors Mho vis
ited Mount vornoa. [ A voice : "Times are
changed ' ]
Ho was president of the United
States and probinly Just as good as
any man in this hnuso.Vo hive here , It
semis , anowclvillz.iiion. Wo hwo arrived
at a stap > of morals that nreso exalted and so
BOOil that even George Washington ap-
pcirs to bo a Tory common sinner nnd
very great crhnliial. I presume Abraham
Lincoln would have appeared la the sumo
light.
And that Ood-iaan Jesus Christ , came Into
this world anil bo' ' c ima eating bread and
drinking wine , fermi'nted wino , nnd not
uuft-rmentod wlni. ' Ho came into this
world nnd attended tlio inurriago fe.ist at
Gaua and thcio partUlpited with his apos-
tics ' 1'hoy took vine the wine of joy the
same wino of Joy that Is drunk at every Jciv-
Ishmarringoand has been for Unco thousand
years , and the other diy when the grand
lodge of Alisons came to Omaha to lay the
corner stonoof the city hall they nouicd upon
that stone corn , oil and vine the corn of
plenty , the oil of pcnco and the Mine of Joy.
.And no Mo&onio corner etons lias
ever been laid or ever i\lll
bo through the generations that are to como
without the wiuo bolng pUcodsldoby aldo
with the oil.
Jiow tbo question simply nrlses , have wo
reached that stao ( ; In the history of the
world where men are letter than
the law giver ivho g.ivo tlia ton
commandments from Mount Sinai and did
not Include the elcicuth commandment :
"Thou shaltnot drink tormented wino. "
.Are M'o any bettor turn Christ , who came
and. ut the last supper partook of wino , tlio
paschal wino , which was used In these days by
Iho Jews nnd had been used for thousands of
ycirs lioforo bn came , and Is mod ntthls day
ntovcry orthodox Jonish tablol livery man
nnd o\ory iioman at the table Is proilded
Mlth four cups of wins at the puisovor
feist. Vou srem to think that this
is 11 great sin , and what rich I lint oiou ID do
line slul What ri ht luvo jou to forbid
vlmt Christ himself luw tuhM Hod andivhnt
lioliuaiiot piolill > lt4iU It his bivn Mutoil
IIITO that prohibition propises lo rem-h
out and euit ill llio prnllegis ol tlm
inillvldnnl for the bcnelltof the nasscs and
it has been cited tluit the diseased meat
fnuiiillit the buti her shop is taken nw.iy bjf
the polieo mul uuillM-nti'd
1viint 1 t4)knoiv ) whether they nrciroliu ; to
jifiihiblt Iho Bile of iniMt oetMiiso llleio
n ionie meit tint Is diseitoitl [ l.niKlitor |
ArothovRoiivto hivuiiH bn-k intheilvil-
intionof the Ashtii'i'ountriosln , vhlolimeat
isentliely disused and wlu-ro tlio pun v , mis-
oiiblop'-XMiliitlunot ' 100,11111,000 liio on rico
niul viK'etublesI Assuivill ) nut
U'ohavo boon told tl.at UT.V poisonous
Illinois nro beini ; solil by silo'on men mid
theivln tbnho illh of the liulliiduil islieliii ;
viiilormlnivl ( it.int It. Hut whtru lus tbo
piolilliillonlst ever mi'.i'd Idaoiio
or introduced a alnt'lo Mil , or sougbl
tn liitiodmo one , to prohibit the adiiltcuitinn
of liquorsJustin liewnnts to piuhlolt and
should prohibit the introJuctiou ot diseased
iii' ' at.
And , again , lie iw told by our filond
if lu < iM'ro to build ahoiiso li < Oniihn iind
tlioro Is no doubt nbout mi niliatiilng lilin n
SliNi.m ) clu-elt , not la the lust | luiiKlitr |
Hlietlitr ho gits pud or not is another
in it 101 [ Loud langhtor.j Ilo si\s
tint If hoinnts to build that four-
stnry building In Onialiii ho will
liwu to tilcii out a pnnit. Well , that
is true , but w - me not gulinj toensut n lav
probililtinv him Ironi iiiiniii pivpeilv in
Omalii Ihe pumitis simply a ron'tdatlon.
It isa liii'iisoine.iMiro for the enlist ruction
of buildings , mil wosny lie cnild not build
his foil stuivfi itncMiousn In Oinaln If lie did
ln\t Slo.XHl. ( ) ( for tliorca-iui tint a fnuvston
Moodin hoiso Mould not , ln > allowedumliroui
lo ulatioiis l 'iiiir story fr.iinu houses can
im longer lo built in Omnli.i boeanio MO tlo
mt ii.mt to burn up unj body ali\ < i
But the fact Is potent that the building
permit is nllconv1 and liu'iiso isiulitioii
Now let me fiiiiit" tothi'iiiainiiiKMioii la tbo
( imdillnn ot N'lln.isLiliit it has been do-
pii'toilby ray luend fiom IVlieliipin. As n
Viofessor of iislcoiioiny he Is in the h.ibit
uflooiiiiig it things it some dlstaiue and bo
sees tilings on the pl.nii'ts M.us and .lupltei
afocnUlealileau'r and plilnui than ho does
( in Uibeaith.
Ilo seea a pi eat deal pi ilnor away off
than ho dois when ho gtta ueaivr
to tlio things ot this iiorld
i nines In cunhu't with them Whath.ivo
in Nebiaskal Ihvo no a leryl.irnopoji
ulition of p.mpei-s * HaioM' a lery linu'o
'
populitienof iliimlmdsl ll.ue Mo'nlurgo
iiipuliitioiuif ciimiiuls < Haio they In tbo
state of 21 line or in tlio stito of I OHM 01
in Ihitstato of Kansis h.iotlioj in those
stitesfeucr I'liininils , havu they inthero
Matesu 111010 intelligent potiulatiuii or better
dtic.ition.il fnulitusj
llm > they in tliesa states a better flmncinl
inditioii of the musseni If any one
i in proio this to lo true
then I MIioidnndl ) will yield pnn-cfull > ,
but I | iiop se lopivnc > before ive pit tlirough
Aillh this debate that on overj ono of thcho
iitiNoliia'.lii is supedor'to eu'ry prohl-
lutioiist.itoiii Ameilea.
Thcro are fewer criminals in
the statfl of Nebraska , proportionate
to h i population , thin there nre in the st.s.tc
of K.nis.i.sthest.itoof Idnoor the stito of
Iowa 'I'huo nre foner driinliiidslii tlio rltj
of O.nihain , piupoition to her popimtien ,
than there are In the city of I'oitl.ind , Me.
Time an1 fewer insanopeopln in the state
of Ni'bl.islvi , jio ) > r > i lion ate totho pOulition | ,
than theieiiio In the state uf Iowa The fact
is this : The state of lon.i has 1.K70
plnnoM in her ins mo asylum , Kansas has
Ij , ; insane , M Idle the Btato of Ncbr.i&ln
only Ins ( Ml , nnd these &titistls ( are of.lcial
1 li.ue the original doiuincnt-s In my pos
session , and lotltrs fiom the siipoimtendeiib
of the asylum , and Ihavothom Ironi all parts
of the union There uro in the state
of Kansas today 905 convicts in the
Dcnitcutility , there are in thopotiiteatiiry ot
Iowa today 034 convicts and in the state of
Nebraska there are 3SS. [ Applauso.J That
is n fact.
Let mo clvo jou another little bit of Infer
mation. This giiitlcinim tilkcdso much nbout
cniptjint ? the jails and pcnitcntiarios in
prohibition btatcs. They have emptied the
Jails of Iowa and ICansasand ol Malno , and if
jou believe them the millcnlum has tome
As a matter of fact , I sent a letter to every
sheriff in the state of Nebraska ivitbln the
last ton days and I have the
answers from eightv-ci > 'ht counties , nil but
tivo , aud there .ue llfty-ono counties la No-
brasl < a that haio not a prisoner in Jill. [ Ap-
pluuse.1
Can anybody In Iowa say as muctil I will
namotho counties and 1 will mine the num
ber of prisoners in Iowa presently. 1 ha\c
already gel returns fronifttty ono counties in
Iowa and 1 vt ill have the others bufoi e tomoi-
row nornltiK. In loiva in the lift ) ono coun
ties already returned they hnio more prison
ers in jail than wo have In the lYiiolo stale
and there nro still foitv-ei'lit counties in
Iowa to heir from. KOM thi'j toll you they
ate going to doKIeat thins1 * for Nebraska
Ithinlc they have cone with their wares to
Iho wonfiinarliet ; the Mares that they are
peddling hero are not ucidcd ,
Wo have already an orderly ,
moral , iiell behived and prosperous
( onunonvualth and wo hive pro
hibition in sixty odd cities anil toiuis in this
state todaj , and I is.Ill boablo to namothem
for you next Jlonday if nut sooner. ( Ap
plause ] Wo have a state of fac t-s iith hiKli
IlcPiibo that can not bo piralUed anjwhcro
under prohibition.
M Irlcml hwo has said thcio isnotasluglo
man of thu high liecnso advocales th.it has
cvorRono and niado complaint to en force
hlfjh Iiceiiso I say that I am ono of these
men th.it did do this. When high lleenso
IVMS first introduced in Nebraska it
lias tesisted by the saloonliPepU's , by tlio
bre\urs and bj the rum power , as my friend
li picisedto call it , and tlio inmiter - > of No-
br.isla all endorsed It. 'Ihe ' Wotum's Chris
tian Tomper.iiico union cndoiied it.
1 Joined the in uud attended tbo mlnUtcia'
meotlng iiiOiiuh.i. IohinU > ored to muko
the com pi lint against , the sa'oonlv'epcis ' and
I niddo it pL'rfliiallj ai.d lit the risk of ni )
life , as they said at that time f-Applaibe |
I in iilo i complaint against thu Utnahi
Turner hall ; 1 nuido eotnpliiint against a man
by the iiamu ofllornbe.-r'er } , liw.iuso holiepta
( . ' .imliling plnce , and I in complaint i.e'.iinst
a man by the n.imo of Kie-hicel Uurty , and
two of tliosei three licenses iiero u-fused by
the boaid. The other Mas eventually
granted.
But the high license of 1831 and
ISS'-i is not the high license
of today. In ] yd , when high lleenso came
into Nobiaskn , Omaha lad a fraction o\cr
luo huudiod siluuns , with , a population of
ro.tHJ , Today bho his IMS all
told , including' brciveiws , wholesale
ami ict.iil dealers , hotels and
le.staiii.uiU. audo have now a population
of 1.11,71 , '
1 defy any nnn to name a city In a prohibi
tion state that has a bettei round for law
and cider , anil a bettor recoiel for enforcing
bund ly laws , than Om.ilin has hid for the
pjsttno ju.u3Yohino lad a greatstrng-
glo in enforcing high ller-iisu buMusonlmv
lleenso was nnturallj the fi orlta thing with
the bdoonkoepir. nnd as an example I will
cite jou the ulllcronce bftwe.cn Omahi
and some of the cities of the
country tint piss for model citiea Th city
of Cleveland , la the heart oftho iiostcrn 10-
serve , from whleh probably a verj largo per-
coiitat'o of my audience hails , a city tint
has been the Lomo of Oarfleld
nnd some of the ablest nnd host
mi-n this country has o'ver pioduccU the city
of Cleveland today , according to thoiopoit
thutls right licro iumypossubion , has over
1C.W ( saloons Mith a population of'5OiOO. ' (
Now Mhat u marked dillerctuo between -
tween Omaha and Cleveland : Iletc
Is n city that has liss than double the
population of Omaha aud nearly seven timed
the number of saloons. And then Hartford ,
Conn , right In the heart of Now Knt'-
lund , in the tenter of im Intelligent niul
enlightened peoplo. and the capital of
the stnte-tho capltil of tlio st.ito of Con
necticut has 2 , " > 3 saloons today , ll\o inoro
saloons than the city of Omaha The popu
lation of Hartford , Conn. , Is f > y,000 , , against
11T ! ,000 for Omaha. What is the uao in be
deluded }
The distressing picture * that wore shown
to you of the suffering and nils-
fry uj reason of liquor wo all admit
\vo know that men have made bcist-s of
themselves , wo know that men have
cone down to their giavosj nnd wo
know that hundreds of thousands of people
are Impoverished.
Tlio quostlon is , how will you relieve them
what lu the host remedy for promoting t-ctu
pcranco and lobrittyt Suppose you
hJil Uocii 111 with some dlsoaso nml
jou had tried some particular runedi ; and
hid tried it for n numborof jc.u-s and Toniiil
ituntlroly Hotlhlo-u. would jun Insistiipmi
trihifjlt tip iln , and Itei-p on'ttj iiii ; It lien
jou knew llmt It wns woillilost )
Wb ) , thoenett of prolillut Inn In Iho states
vhero It bis bn-n tntiodiiccil , NO
fur as the suppression of the liquor ti-aftli' is
toiie-i'ined , Is noniealer lliau If M > IIM'H > to
tnko nho of the piiimis plustirs "that me ad-
Mitlsid in tin' ' nouspniiri-x so ettenslvoly
and paste It IUMMSS tin1 solos of } our booUs.
1IP.V. SAM SAIAMj.
Ilo Aihlrcs'SOH Mm A itillfiien ( nun tlio
Sliinilpiilnt ill * IVoJilliHIoti.
Lndlcs aiiiUJintlomen , My IVllem Count ry
men oftho SUilo of Nobr.iskt : I tun sorry
tint the e.xUoiules of trainl Kept mo from
liilngpivsuit jou this imu-nlnu , tlmligh
I am sit Is lied Hint you snih-nvl noihing by
inv nbsemo , but I iinu'i-alllled Unit I was
iiWo toivailt j mt oven aslito In the dav as
this and t iilio n I'.trtkip'iut mi this most aus-
pii ions oeiasion in otuisionhlch , 1 am
iinllsllcd , isof jiivat linpcit.mio to everyone
of yon , or else it could > thuvo drill n so
tniLriillli'i'titiin niullcnc'u of the Inteimonco
nnd christiuiity of the jjiv.it state of No-
biaskato this jilice In thU burning ho it of
the summer I know that you aw Intensely
interested u lion. vein are lulling tocoitwnnd
listen In lisas MO stand hero and attempt to
clcbntn the pros and cons of llio proposition
Mldch has been subndtti'd fiiini this plat-
lY'i ' m.
I did not have the honor nnd the phMsuro
ofliouiltiKllip < tpccchiti full iibiih has Just
been eimc ludoil , hull cot herein tlmo towil-
luss some1 ol tbo i ; < > ntkiii m's nppto U'lii's to
Miird the in mi question. I mil sonyliedid
iiotmtidl thi u.iy \ppl.mso f \ ] . I iioulil
luvo iH-en ( 'ratified if lie toitld hnio roiclied
tlm point lii'lorotbej callnl "time'1 on him
[ I auubloil I did fit in In I i me' , Imevor ,
to lio.ir him us Im biiiiiKht forth tbo 1ml ) Se > n
o ( ( < oil imdsot Htm up nsone nf tlio oup irt-
nits nith the lion IMor Her , iMe ( Sooloy ,
.VCr > 1 -lunbtc't- 1 - and
Andl wint right Inro , In the a.iiiiu of the
Christian ill of llio country , and of the
iipiistli < s , aid tlio blnml-Masliid t IIIDIIH ho
me following in llio louUtops of tile ) mee-k
and liuinlilo .lisim , to prntist agnnstllis
iiiino IK m c d r.u'h'od In as the ill-fonder of the
llimoi tia tile in i.ny shape , manner or fnrm
( lieiti'iuldus iipphniso j
It Isinoniliblu to think that the man who
stands Inn In bis fame before his filluw citi-
yens JIM ! occii pus thu evrtlteil position of an
alleged im iilic e In.ator , Mould in this noon
tide nli/o ol thoninHconth oenturv halo to
.peak of the Nm of C5oel , \ \ ho eainn tej earth
tusa\o inc'ti fi-din their sins , bi'iiift tlio oiitri
iiiitor and tlieileffiidoriind lite u\pniilar uf
thu brcneniis niul dlstilluie's , the ilo gu'ii-s
nml iliiinnablo hell bolei ot Ameilca. [ Ap-
pi in so )
It is , true , us rreoiiled In holy writ , that
.lisas look llio ou.ision of Iheiiuiriiaijefeiist ,
niiDi-dlnt ; to tliei oretnonliU Inch then wore
invoRiio upon e irth , and in tlw. le-.iish house.
hold Mliort Ilo HUH the trm'st , iilicn tbouiiia
that hid bei n piopned fur the fe.ist had
i itled 1 1 otoolc occasion to tutti tolheulors
of piulliciitlon tli.it had \voii \ ptoMiled , mul ,
Li Mini ; the sonants to diaw tin mo and heat
to tln'gov iuu > ] tit tlio place v. hit tnriie'd out
lobe niiioiihi'ii it tame into llio h mils oftho
Kovoinor Aii < l to & , iy that the hna nfCiod
tiiim d Ilnniejll in tea distiller and \orkcd
tlie titstmir ii'l < of nvntioii in the priseno1
of the people liu came to sa\e , and turned
\vateraof puiiiicition , ninety-sK trallons ,
into tlioateisof dininitlon , U a blnspliemj
upon the bivieii of the woild. [ Applueiic J
And I saj it to the gentleman now , and to
the people who luck him , that ho cannot
prove trom holy vuit oranothei writ outside -
side ofthes.doon orlhe ihstlllci v , that.lesm
Cluist cier niado any wino except
that which was In the cup iihen
it eamo to the governor. [ Applmso )
Il.itlier bliexo with Milton tint it was
slmplj a ciso of "tlio conscious water blush-
IIIR as it mogul/oil its Lord" And if lie
hid dcliburitcl ) iiroiiilcdtbomo.iiis of damnation -
nation to the pnest3\\itlu\hom Ilo had as-
scmblod , and dihtrojcd the M itei-s ot puri-
ik'iitiun , it would haio boon \iolatlnn of tLo
.lc wish law sulijecliiii , ' llitn to puiiisbineiit
Ilimstlf , and is , I repeat , an incredible thing.
It is not only incredible , but it never hap
pened , audit is not to besought hue asu de
fense of the old Willow Springs sewer pas
iniinufiictory down hero on the banks of the
jMissouri river at Oiuatia. [ Laughter aud ap
plause ]
Wbj. hosays they were pnthnrcd around
the table at the time of the lust supper and
beeamo "incarnited In Mine" I Lnuf'hlor |
AVhy , I haio recently been elorted president
ota univcislty ; ! think bo ought to cornoand
join. [ Laufjhtor ] Ilo not "incarnated in the
Mine. " [ IjiUKliter ] Well , thit is too good
to bo lost. Nevertheless , whatever Ho may
Invo mndoat Cana , when Ilo sat there on
that awful occasion , presiding the jIooin ; of
llio fatal 1'itdaj when Helnuij upon the ac-
, ursod treo. and when , gut horlnj ; His bcv
ovedilise-ip'iPs nbout Him , He Instituted that
most blusbiil and bciutiful sierntnent that
ns c-oino down the ages , tlu-ro was ono dis
ciple who mis a traitor to his Lord , nud tbo
jioodhos not died out jot. [ Laughter uud
applause. ]
Their lineal descendants me still seeking
osoll Ilia followois for loss thin thirty
iloces of silver. But , when Hosattlicio on
li.it occasion , iihateier Ho miy hive done
Mith uiuohofoio that time , on tbat solemn
occasion , In the xlUa | ° | | CO ° f * - 8
otniiiff passion and death upon the
iioss , and consecrated it to holy
uses , nnd siid , 'As ' oft aayo tike of it , do It
nrcincmbr.inioof mo , " Irotn tint div to
.his viino has become a consecrated thing
from the liuiidsof the ble > sed Cbilbt of Iho
.lorld . Anil now , vihen wo do puitakeof it ,
ihosowhouio filthful tohisioiclswill pai-
: iko of it only in romenibiann ) of linn and
thereby they doshon foith IlUdeith. Hut ,
lo you mi in to toll tno th it the crowd tli.it is
[ iitroiii/niK tlio hlli ) liceiijo M'OOIIS of
jinahi dunk in ronii inl > i nice of t'jo ' Lord !
[ Appliusunnd laiif-hler |
' 1 1 11 mo nil the placets that the centloninn
us bj iinlication | uiltji/ed ; as coiitribiitury
to thtdet-eiioy , good oidirainl respectability
of tnocreat citi of Oint'lia are pl.ucs of sac-
ilmc-iilarj nssoi intlon i [ L > nughti'r.j Out
v Ith such bush I lepcilt , it Is an insult to
llio nujesti of God and His n l > la pltoinv en
the hulv iiilssieinof the Sou of ( Jed [ A loico
'
"A mm' , " ]
Wohuvoa slicriffilownln Ilnnl , In Geor
gia , nnd I temi'inbci asking him how they
ueroifettlner .ilon r with lei al option down in
llunl county. "Will , " bo sins , 'We-nthm ?
Is jTCttiiiKiilonp wolli'Mipt me , IM business
U nearly busted. " [ Lau l NT I And ! think
if n inin luntsa pooil aiciriunt arraiiist pri-
lilliition the best U'llow h e.in ( , ' 0 tu on dud's '
KH'onoarth is aslu-riir in a . > cow and calf
lustuo of the ] iiii-ola\\ cr. [ Lui'-htoi ' ]
'riipyaiothoejiv.it sMcethiarts of tlie sv
loon pi'oploandiionoof the polioo court lav-
JPI-S nantlo sco prohibition como In , bi cause ,
n lie-in on nun the silooii U < cL-rS | ) biiiinoss
\ou lum bis. 'Iho sluu-ilT don't ' \\int prohi
bit ion to lomo in , IKV.UISO whi'iiox'er j oa
In in K ii : j ) ohibitioniind bioak up the sile > un
ki ows1 business , why , the lawjor loses
business lo Od foe-s
I'lio pontlonnn snjs tint there are flfty-ono
rountles in this state that haio no prlsniir-M
In the Jails 1 mil fc'uuiMiiti'Oto jou now , If
lie \\ill roul our bis list , tluit hi > iilllllnd out
that near'v every ono of those llftj-ono conn-
tK s me tlio rui il countlis , run b the con si U
piitioiis , lionudt , sober lai mow of tbisujuu-
liy , 11 ho aio piling to loto for prohibition
tins fall. | ( iroit anl loiu apnl.iuiiO. ] I thin1 :
I caiiKiiarantoolt lo you further tint the
counties uf this stuto tint furnish thu inuit
piisoncrsaro the otuslin hi\o pot tlio most
saloon1. , nnd aio making u Hwht to keen thorn.
1'iootot the piiddinj ; is In uliowni0' tlio ba , ;
bomcttmes luuf.'htor | |
1 duiy that the Women's Christian Tom-
per.irco union evrr ondorsi'd any lilifh li-
icnsotiilk. liut , if It lus been tiled lor the
luiiKlhof tlinulhiitlt has been in Nebiaski ,
1 want tosay this inudi for It ; that hlRh II-
conse.itho principle of hi0'h license , thopr-.c-
tlceothlRh license , the promise of hlph 11-
ccnsonoNcr ot a jri eater defeat , a nwro fi-
lid stab nnyvliernln Ainoiica , fiom frioml
or foe , f 1 0111 prohibitionist , fmntlcor crank ,
IhnnltKot when the people of the state of
Kobiaska , aft * r ton yc-ira of trill , after an
oxpcrU'iiio with it , mart hod up tothodoms
of Bender capltol at IJneoln anil said , "Wo
nro tired of fraud and Intemperance , nnd no
want a clnnootooto foi'i > rouibilluu
out. " [ Api.luuso |
And they coerced a IriRlslaturo that was
not In favor of prohibition to submit the
question. lAvole.o. " 'I hat's sV ] Tliov .ib-
solulolv forced a croud tluit was dnlliiii , '
with tlio saloon toputtho iiiestlon | out into
the opennlr Mhorotho | > eopo | could i-et at It ,
and It is out hero now. By whoso di'inmidl
The Rontloinan certainly mil tot stunil up
hero and contend thut the Icjjlslituionf the
state of Nebraska submitted the prolnbltma
amendment at Iho demand of the third paity
cranks. CorUmly uot. Wo uro too
nlflonrl. ( I.nujrhtor | SJ bo It. I repeal
that hccaiuipt iy that it was MUlimit UH ! a )
our demand mul lo nlowso and pl.ionlo us ,
Hyihosi'ilenuiiil ' wnslt submitted ! Hy
tin ) doiiiiinili'f ' the honi'st pi ople of ( Ills slnUl
\\lio had trintodto the PIMIIIISO.S madii by tbfl
filen Is niul projeet < irs of It ; 11)10 ) hud L'll'on
it a fair and biiicvst and fatlhfnl trial , nnd
hid fimtid It a fraud oonsuinniato from it i
hind to U.s not Is , and they naid Hint they
\\mtod no iiiniviif it
Wo wanted tlio pliln niiestlon , niibmlttod
of prohibit Inn or im piohlbltloii nndtho h is.
bit u ro 11 us fori'od to submit It nnd they did
not daio ire liomc "uitb tholr tails behind
tln'in1' without .siilnnliliUK'lt ll.iiii htot'iind
npiiliui o ] Tlu-i thoiiijtit tho\ had b > ltoreot
nllttletnU nnd put It on them 11 auetbtnr. ]
A lilllo old liij'h HUM se niniiidini'ilt.
| laiiuhler | lll h lli-ensi' and tliu j'i ntlo ,
nun i-iiino.s out itihin puixr this nioiiibitanil
s.ivs tli.it this debate1 is to furnish a most
oompril.i'nsho 11111101x11111111111 * of the ( 'leal
ijuest mil u lilt h ts noiv wiliinllted lo the in-
tilllcoiico of the jiotiplo of rvi'hrnslia , as to
\\bethir ! ) ( il option or ldili UIMIHO shalj
pun ail , or iibotltor pixhlbibition shall pro-
vail.
Audit is on n falsa footing fortlio ques.
tlon , nosmlt ( ] iiostUui ia lii-ro todav , and no
siuh iiuemiiin is before the people of Una
utito. U'hv docs ho KO nnd repiiblish u
Hinopsls of the Hlociiinb law lids inoi-niitjl
Dues ho want to say that It Is UioSloe'imiti
law , \\IICMI llicu-e Is nothing of that kind In
the fontiiiMisyl Nol u bit of It. You mint
.Miur Moeniiih Inw with a hl | > h llcensi' nnioiid-
iM'iit , end Ills lineollne ; at tin1 lihuk of i'\o-
cutleii lias minute , \\iin the guillotine1 r.iisod
aliovolt , iissnonas that lil h lleenso nnii'iul-
nti'iit cirrte's , tonit it otr , mul to put liquor
into eiei-y county nud loinmiinily of this
stito , ii.hothur the people mint It or not , ami I
licDcit , tluro is 110 loi'il option nbout It ,
there is no Meal opt urn hi li HePiisoahoilt it.
it Is a simple iUvno of llm devil folitod
tlniniKli the leLrishitiuo anil init asan tilter-
nitlvo , nnd t'uo ile\ll o\crstoppod lilinsclf ,
ami tla host thing tint prohibition eiur done
I n t lus slut on as the supnrt | of Midi n tiling
as that , 1 toll you rU-lit noitluit la It.
( Set sti f-i'stlons otiou > * ii from evrrywhoro
and c'lsi'ihere , and defeat piolilbltioii in this
utnte. inn Mill ncu'r carry tbo hljjh lli'cnsu
aiMeiulinent I till you that riuht now.Vo
\ill trmmphon tnpoflt 01 wo will dlo to-
Kdlior ( Applause. | Tlm intelllifunt , cir-
dci-U , iiiid ilueiil people oftho slulo of N'o-
brasUnaie lint KIIIIK | tti voluntailly put thotn-
sihos In am siuli yolio as that You cin't
seii-o them or bullile/o thuin iw i.vfroin piohi-
bltlnn. and tell them out , bndlas. bioUs mid
biieebcs , tothe ilistilleiles , mid Iho bioiior-
ies. mil thoilonjeries ;
Dnt that is not all. They have scc > n
tluuuKli thoihcam , and they aio ropudlallnt ;
it "I britiRyou jrood tidliis-s of Riv.it jo } "
tills aflenuiiin , th it , tlio tlueo weolu Unit I
hill u spent , lu the \eatern portion of this
stito imioiii , ' these ioniiiiiiiiltii'3ihorotbo
pmploiie thinking and ronliii iindstudjiiit ;
this subject , tbo enthusiasm of the crouds
tint li.uo t'lthoti'ilillli the cimsoriatlon of
the u onion and uith the limit Ion oftlio men ,
\\ithtliccOiir.iKUiitultlio Riit that is bcitif
cliii'l ' l Cll upon this siibjo't , in comimmlty
after iimimuinty. 1 stand heie today nnd
sav thut tlio c.iuso of piiihlbiilott tniirlts a
hi'her lido in Nebraska this far fiom olcc-
I mn dm thin it b is ever m u-Kod In any
ntliei- Mate befoio thoj went to bittle. [ Ap-
plinsc.
\'cs , you can talk about prohibition bcitiK
a hobbi for lone ; haired mm mil Tboit halted
\\oinoiito pit upon and K"around ( laughter ]
but tbo old hobbv has tuini'd Into a war
hore. [ Lmefhtcr ] And he Is piwlni ? up
tlioe.irth Anil tint's iihat's the inattor.
That's what's ' causing the iif ltitlen in the
cimp. ir.iiiiK'bUr ] Th ills the reuon why
tliiso p n'leiiiun ' nro Millini , ' to tfo baolt on
tlie ndiei ) nnd counsel of tholr
nmro waiv ftionds of I'onnsyU.inia
and otltur stitesuho told them "Don't jou
ROout md ilubato this question : ilon'tjou
Kit up ind tnlk about It. " [ Aiipliusu iind
laurhtci'j. Ves , the tuliljou not to do it ,
anil if you deliberately tfonnd uisblnhero
anijolsfearto trend , uliy jou must tuko tbo
consequ1 noes. | ljaufliteij. ;
KOM , 1 Know the tliliiR is taxing hot , niv
counti.uiiPii The signs are in t ho sky , thu
voice of the people is in the iiir , there Is u
burning of brush all around the lion/on ; the )
piiiploare p'ttlnt ; reuly to sr ttlo this ques
tion and setllo it ilejht. AMiy , you are situ
ated in the very houit of the great prohibi
tion Uuitoiv oftlio country ; iiith the ' „
old states of the South and Noith DaV
the nortliMarel of } JUlt'n ; the gi -
state of Iowa totho c"i3t\\ard ; w th i
and tlio Incllia territory to the sojtu' , rt " 'Ji an
impassable Uno of prairie dog hjies botVi < v- ,
I ou and the west why , you atevrwi besj
intcd people on the face of the earth forpffr * * '
liibltioa and I think jou nro equally intelli
gent , equally cultured , oquilly regardful of
your family and your homis , nnd for the
safety of your sons and the comfort of your
daughters , and mindful of their future and
of their fulfilling your hopes and the destiny
tbnt ( ! od has written for thorn , as well as
your neighbors the Dakotas , and Iowa , nnd
Kansas , mul 1 believe that \ on can Jnstta'co
this vhole soopa of country , carrying No-
ura-.k i in the lap of the piol.lbitionlsts oftho
Kieat 11 est , nnd on the fouith diy of Novem
ber 1 am satislleJ she will wheel grandly Into
line and sin iv a solid fiont from the Canada
bouioi to the hues of Tcxis for prohibition. .
[ Applause ]
And jou gentlemen that lo\e bars so well ,
voyill puta bar of prohibition across this
continent tint you will haio tow.ulo thoGulf
of Mexico to fjet n round..Applause ] ,
But tne\ will imur get mound It , lor they
don't take \iatet thutcasj. [ Laughter nnd
applause. ] No. sir ; you bettor got jo-ir
ciowdIn. inirchtncoider. Thinss aiocomluy
ton pass in tills btato when tlio people are
satlslicd th.it simply because Omaha wants to
KCt some hi.'h lieenso inonej in order to help
her to inn her schools , tlm balance of the
people do not pronoso to bo ti\ed tokeop
those UiS critnlnids In the penltcntlarr in
older to contiibuta to its population.
[ 1/iunhter. ] Yes , Omahi gits ? 'i > JWO ( a
jeir lor tbo prhllegoof .illo\\hiLr the siloon
dealers to stiy there , nnd then you have to
suppoit the criminals in llio peiiltentluiy by
ti\cs on your propeitv out in the country.
Sav , vthy dun't ion LM Om ilia her own pni-
tcntnm ( JUaniihtei ] fciho oucht to have
one an individiiil , cunsolklated , sjndicatod
Utnahi penitentiary with 1'otcr llor for
piiaMiiit. | lircat laughter ]
I toll you , If jon M nit ouo , whcrn you can
iind one. 'Hie state of loiia used toliuvo two
inu'ontinrle's iilieti they had the whLsky
di don In that state , hut now the-y liavo only
on" , ai d they have ubiolutuly irot a peniton-
tnry for s.ilo. | l.auihter ; ] 'Iliat'3 a fact ,
'Ihe o\eriior ; at the Iwt ses 'onof ' tlm leglr , .
litiirn reconnuinded to tlio committed on
h.'isl.ituroth.it the > .i enter into negotiation *
vlthtlioiiiitinn.il jfo\ eminent to sell it for a
f'o\criimMitpnipse. And if jou folks pio-
IHIe to ket p tlu > liquor liiilMcIn this state ,
iihy , > ou wiMnceiliinnilior prison piottj
soun , utd 1 thought I would till ion vhero
jou i ould get oiiu rciJy m.ido [ f , mslitor.j
If you want loial option why don't ' you say
local option ! The linuor dealers In Omaha
M.u.t luiuoi boe-iube Uiuali.i cannot i un iiith-
out liquor. If jou are built
illiloiontlj from the bdaiico of the people of
Ki la-aska : if tlpcitwcns of Omaha c.inuol
'li\ennd brentbu and move , and hive tholr
be'intr , ' n nl run their Ihiimees and tholr met-
i mtilo business , and the-ii tranin'oitutlon in-
tciests , ulthout s\\lll bills in convenient
places , 1 think they oiiRlitto luvo local option
tiiouuh to inn then- own concernspcnlton -
tlarifs , pa ip. rsniul all and not tax them on
the biliimoof the people ho want to st.iy
Foherand Km pinl of th s things that aid r
ineub'is ' after incubus piled upon them by
tlm saloeilis.
1 pickedip a New Yortc Worll
nud 1 looked to see how it was ,
and I saw that the jwjpln of tlia
Matoof lovn the poor , piupeii/ed , impovoi-
Ishudntatoof Iinva weiopa\lnej M con's ' oa
tlio SHXI taxes. Twonty-Jlio cents on the J1O01
1 sav I want to see how Nobriskals Rcttiiiij
iilons , Sim has so much money from hi h
liccnip , she has such an dopant time , he'r
lieasniv is so full and ovorlleivlai ; , nml they
am fittini ; alotiff so nicely lin.inclally ; ' [
w.mtto see bow iiiiuli bunion It lins taken
elf the peoplo. And I looked doiin toward
Xobratknimd I suu that she was paying la
cents on the SIOO. Thntwasull. lApnluusii
and Imghicr. ]
Poor , lmpo\erlslieil , piupcrl/od Iowa , 23
rents on Iho flOO1 C ! ivat , splomhd , hlsh-
'
licensed Tt'ubraska , ift cents cm thu fUWI In
otborwoiils , , 'IKJ ' worth of pioporty In No-
liniHka is p ivini * mow taxes for the support
of tlio state than $ "iii ) \\itth of pripeity I-
ni.Miifr. . tntho htitoof IDIMI. IIoIs tlmtff
lilcjhlieoiisol | lauit.'htor [ Don't you thuu
I aniuerbtnbout it If I siy hlli ( 'license U
nothing but a meat bin Ho ( I < \\lthout l > any
sun el | ApiiliUbo and gicut laughter |
Hln'h license' , my countiyinon , from the In-
\estlationtliat ( 1 Invo bivn able to tjivo it all
o\or this country , nnd especially In No-
br.wli.i , iiiiotluiiK undir Clod's siin but ill
Invoiitloiiof thodoiil , obtained bj the p > -
tiel.m , and run m the state M a s. rt > > f i >
iiiiutinii maebiiio to jjiliul out oM In' > rd
dimes lo 1 ly oa thd oyu * of lUu dud