Nebraska Newspapers

    T HEX OMAHA. BEXEL SUFPLEiMRNT.
bowing tlic amount of liquors nnd beer eon-
uinecl U tin' htates of the union , exi'opt thnt
the nmn vvho got It up forgot to put in
Maine , t ul thov got town In thero.
Mr W klo-H wn < published in Tin : Her.
Mr N' bsterWell , thnt is wor o yel My
frier. ' Oli'kio hero n sert9 thnt it was
nublniied In the Interest of the lujuor deal
er * n us It como to this , thnt the only pro-
hlbltlii > orgnu you have on Clod's green
fitrth t > "s old out to the liquor Interest !
\i \ Dlcklo You don't wnnt lo be ro-
iroi > i iilo for Unit f ,
Mr WelHtor I am rcsponMl'lo for the
tiu it-lit tbat that painr published It , and
[ t i a iirohibillon paper , and I have n
rlhlit to accept it its proof tuut J ou cndotsed
U ns truo.
Mr lUe-klo Yes , It Is
Mr Wobater Phrn don't kick nbout It nnd
try te > pot out of It What did jou publish it
In the liquor Interest forl
Mr -\\odlduotdoso. \ .
Mi U cbstor- Lot mo tell yon what the ro-
lulls are That paper snys that Iu ISMJ there
Tins sold of mult liquors In the Htiito of Iowa
I97.t7i ! bin rels Anil In tlioHtnto of Nebmskn
for the sumo year there vvero sold huts lsw ,
barrels of beer 1'ut it down In pillions :
Tlnrt ) one gallons tothobititel nnd heio Is
the tnblo : There was sold In the state of
Iowa In IM ) , under cnnstltiitliimd prohibition ,
C.llSOOO . uiillons of In i r In the hlih license
itntoof Nebraska , ami jou llttlo "original
pnchiiKu" man listen to this only 'J.O.'iM'iH ' )
gallons , or , In othervvorfis , in that lltllo pack-
Bt * stale of Town , un ler piohibitioii , you
drank 3 , isi,000 mon' gallons of bocr than the
people of onr .stato. | Applnu'o ) .
Let ns tnlte Unit same llttlo bit of n tnblo
and get another thing out of It. I want to
ice vv hut they were doing In New Ilninpshlio
at the sumo time , In lsi ) . They bionu'lil
down thoi e , according to Hint same tnblo ,
KU/.MX ) bin rels of beer ; Unit is nbout n barrel
to the man , because you hnvo only n llttlo
over ! IKUOO ) people down thero. Heduclng It
to gallons , JOH Imvo ID.aili.TtVi gallons of beer
lolel In that llttlo bit or n state of Now Hump-
biro. Wliilo in the state of Nebraska , with
four times the population of tlio stale of New
Hiitnpshliv , lour times us big ns New Hump-
lldii * . vvo eoiisuineit but S.tWU.UTO . gallons of
beer Or in other wotds , in imihibl-
tlon New II impthlro , one-fourth the
l/e of the state or Nebiaakn , they drank
7fW ) TV. ! inoio galh'iis ot beer than did our
high ii'vnsc people out hero. ( Applause I I
TV ant to tell jou , follow cill/ens of the state
of NMiruxk.i. tbat jou are living In n vir
tuous w ell behaved state' , if jou only know
It j Applause * 1 If they tratisferied some
of you good prohibition people of tlio state of
No"vv Hampshire , or over In iho state of
Maine , win re they think so much beer , you
would lose .v 0111 idcntltj In ubout twenty-four
bom's | Applause J
Ivvml to give my friend over hero the
bcnellt of another tnblo I want to say to
iv thesesiimcpe-oplo Unit Senator Ulair , from
1 } the state of Now Hampshire , wrote a book
flviuKthohlstoiy of the louiporanco move
ment eov cling ever MX tmndicd pages , and
put the sumo table In the hook from which I
fiithci this statement und fiom which I can
e'.vo precisely the smrto computution , and Mr.
lull vouches for Its coiiectncss. Ho tells
7011 in thai book that ho had n statement
prepared foi his own use , ho tells who pro-
pitied It , got it at till solicitation , and of Into
years the Voice publishes tlio same thing ,
aud when I use thai against them , they comeback
back anil nmkoiomplmnl against that puper
as if It was published in Iho luiuor inlcro.sl
In lh.it same book of Senator Blair's there is
another tnblo Ilml is vcrv inlcresling reading.
Mark you , I am taking this from Uio prohibi
tion hide , 1 nm not taking nnvthing out of n
pamphlet , 1 am not taking it out of any cir-
ctilnr , 1 urn nolg.iUiciing it fiom uny Kansas
prohibition campaign
Mj fi lend did say that In D.tkotn they had
kii argument that Ispiettv near us good us
the ono 1 made up bore I want to thank
tkcsu people ) for their intelligence In llmllng
out so much truth. ( Laughter 1 The only
thing 1 hint observed ubont it was that If thai
lllllo "original package" had known ubout
that thing so long ho did not tiy to uuswcr n
thing that vvns not truo.
Mr. Small Ihoro was nothing in It. [ Gro.it
laughter and applause. ]
Mr. WelMter That's all right ; the laugh i
isixiound , jou know. So this fun can go >
" t.chd until Small uud 1 leave i
ft > t her tnblo hero. There Is
Ju that sarae-ixiok ,
Ktor Blair , which la
_ JJtablo giving the iwm-
. _ .Tho various suites of 'the
' union in proportion to tno number of inhabi
tants In these suites. Now , look nt goexl , old [
prohibit ion Maine n minute : According to i
this tabla by Blair , for the purpose of showIng -
Ing the great evil of the saloon business , nnd I
I admit the evil , I admit it is a horrible thing
In Maine , If this tnblo Is truo. Senator Ulair
In that table which Is put in that book llgurcs i
It out tuut In the stnto ol Iowa thcio is ono i
saloon for oveiy JJ77 persons Pretty good I
prohibition isn't it ? Yes , thnt is getting it
around prettj near every man's door isn't ' it ! |
Down in Now Hampshire there is ono saloon i
for every 31 ! peoplo. Oveir in Kansas they
have done n litllo bettor. They have i
onlj' ono saloon down there under prohibition i
to b77 Tbej * have not had piohibition Quito i
o long as thejhnvo had In Maine. I think
when they have had it ns long as they had in i
Maine they will hnvo more saloons. In Maine i
thej1 hnvo ono saloon to for ovcry 7JI people ;
In Iowa thoj' have ono saloon to every 377 t
New Hiiinpshiic , they have ouo saloon to i
tvery17u ! people.
Now , good people , let mo talk to you a i
minute about Nobraska. I have tried to hold 1
up the banner of the state from this tlmo I [
begun this discussion , and I nm ro.tdjto hold 1
H up now ; I am ready to prove from prohibi
tion niguiiients that , notwithstanding nil this
howl about the bcnellts of prohibition theio
arc a less number of thinking places In the
state of Nebraska under high lleenso proportionate
tionate to tlio population than jou have got In
jour old piohibition states , and I read it from
that same record which shows that in Ne
braska theio h onlv one saloon to everj'4o
vjcoplo. [ Applause. ] How clo you like that I
1 tell jou with that number of saloons , ouo to
Onlj' ) si7 people , vvo mo not hunting for little
original pnckaijes like lliey are in Kansas und
Iowa I Applause. ]
Another thing ; the government of the
United Stntes keeps n record of nil the licen
ses which aio issued by the government for
retail saloonkeepers , They qualify them
under the head of lotnll liquor dealers , and
that Is the character of the stamp. Any man
vv bo sells liquor w itliout that stamp Is llablo
to bo nrrcbtod If ho bus thai stamp ho is
protected from arrest. Well. 1 have that ro-
poit Itsticd by the commissioner of internal
revenue , nud I want to sny to you
tbnt il is Hie only authentic report accessible
to any mnn , determining the number of
licenses which arc sold by the government to
retail liquor dealers thioughout tbo United
States Well , what dot s it slow 1 It shows
this On pago3. > of thnt record nnd I want
to tell these people where to llnd It , If they
think 1 am not telling the truth about it > - on
pages A > to 117 of thnt iccord will bo touud a
table which shows that In the jcar issQ ,
which is the lust completed year , mark you ,
there were Issued to the state of Town under
the prohibition constitution , under the snmo
diutrmo tbat vou advocate , which j-ou say
does prohibit , fy&Tfl licenses us retail luiuor
oealers Very good , isn't it , for prohibition
Iowa I Yea , It Is no wonder thej have got
down there ono saloon to every 40J or iX )
people , according to that. It proves what
Senator Blair said to be truo.
Mr. Small -You fellows have got them nnd
run nvvny with thorn ,
Mr. Webster Mr Small must say wo run
vvny vv 1th them or something like ' .hat Wo
foug'ht for fuu , I reckon , nud took tlieta down
south
Mr. Small Yes. yes. [ Applause. ]
Mr Webster Thnt reminds mo of there
mark thnt Mr Siu.ill inudo ubout Maino. 1 3e
aid if It was not bceauso vou had scoundieN 3i
In onlce , und they didn't enforce the prohibi iS
tion law , there would not bo any drinking
down In Maine at ull. Substantially that i
those are not the wonts , hut that is the Idea I
The oiWeen. were scoundrels and would not
enforce tha Iiw When you have had prohi I-
bition in Maine for thirty-four j ears , and you
have coutiolled every election , you have put
It in your platform at ovoiy election , jou
have elected all your gov ernors , all your ofil-
cere , from the prohibition party has It come
to this , that prohibition olnccrs.elected by pro
hibition people , hnvo nil turned out to bo such
couudrels ns thnt I [ Applause 1 Do nol
blame thnt on us high license people , because
wo arc not In power dow n thew.
I want to compare Iowa licenses n little bit
with Nebraska. Nebraska and the territory
of the Dakotas In It > b5 , before 1)ikota became
state , wcro linked together in one , repre
senting the not them district , so thnt tuoio
was kept but one record , nnd the whole nuin-
li"rof licenses for thnt same j ear , issued to
what now constitutes the two Dakota * nnd
the state of Nebraska all combined , amounted
to S.GtU , or , In other vvcids , less than ouo
-hundred moie than lu the statoof Iowa alone.
Wd took the pains , knowing Mr. 1'elers , iho
oUector of Internal revenue , who keepi the
- ' , CtaAhi , U3 uk him \f \
once to spernte | the tcnltorles of Hnkotn
from Uio stnto of Nebraska , and wo find that
thnt the licenses Issued to Nebraska for ISsO
vvero less than eighteen hundred , or , in other
words , le s than onivhnll of the liquor H.
femes sold to the prohibition state or luvvo ,
[ Applause |
Now , I want to give you n little nitonlMilng
record , because ooino of you people tell tnu
that high license doe's not regulate or tend to
piohlblt , 'Iho state of Iowa in lts'J ' Imd four
times us ninny licenses for roUill liquor deal
ers as lu the state of Alabama ; twice ns ninny
as In the stnto of Mlchigun ; more than In the
stnloof Colorado , nine times as many ns In
the stnto of riorldn , twice ns man v ns in Iho
state of ( icoigtn , moro than Minnesota ; more
fli.in Montana ; four limes as ninny as South
Carolina ; twice as many us Tennessee ; moro
tlinn the git nt staU' of Tc"tns ; moro than Mr-
gluhi ; llvo times as many ascst Virginia ;
mid ouo ami a half times its m my IM Oregon.
Docs not U appear from the olllclal recoiils of
tlio government of the United States
thnt In jour high llccnso stales
tliero are le\ss saloons , according to
the olllclal repot t , Una In your
prohibit Inn stut-'s of Iowa ami of Iviuisnsl 1
put th.it hofoie this people for the purpose of
telling vou that high license Is n lietti r leg-
ulator than prohibit on , nud If jou are n
temperance man , as I believe jou mo ( speak
ing to Key Small ) , como out of Unit camp ,
cnmeout ou our iilo , and wo will pn-ach teni-
peinnco w hen' it will do some goodand don'
preach prohibition , vhleh ruins some men ,
but [ I.oudupplnuso compelled Iho speaker
to stop. )
I must not forget the llttlo stnto of Kansas
down here vv ltd its retail liquor clo.deis in
issu , nuinbcilng 1,011. I must not forgot
New Hampshire , Maine and Vermont with
-'WO. And computing them tignin to the
stuto of Nebraska vvo llnd onlj1.SOO. . I
want lo tell vou good prohibition people that
vou have been inKled lu this gient doctrine of
yours Yon have listened to men talk like
ibis llttlo original package who talks for
money. [ Laughter ) Who absorbs hi- , ideas
without knowing whether they are true or
not ( Applmsc'J
But my Kansas brother nroimd here wants
n little moro infotmatloii , nnd I wnnt to give
it to him. I want to tell him nbout the effect
on Kansas of your piohibition. I Imvo told
vou it increased iho liquor iraflle , I hive
piovcd to jou it Increased the sales of beer ,
and 1 want to toll vou It ictirds the ptosper-
Itj of the talc- and chives out the population.
In Kansas , 1 hive got Iho statement taken
from the re turns of the election of the presi
dent of the United States of ho electoral
vote cast in l t compared tothoclector.il
vote cast in lbv < , I liiul Unit the state of
Kansas ineic.ised In these four years b.it 21
per cent. While the good sUtto of Nebraska ,
in which you llvo , lucreo-soo under high
license mote than twice the number ; or lu
other words , as 50 per cent to
21 per cent In Kansas. Go to Iowa ,
und vvo have the electoral vote of
Ibbl compared to Iho electoral vote of ISSV
nnd the state ; of Iowa In four years gained
bulb per cent In her olectenal vote , while
Nebraska gained fiO per cent. How is that !
Grew six limes us fast as Iowa ; while Min
nesota , with high llccnso , grow tvvlco as rup-
Idly as the stuto of Kansas uud llvo times us
rapidly as the stuto of Iowa.
1 tell j'oa that whatever j'ou clo for the
state of Nebrasitii , If yon let thcso people
hem jou iu with prohibition ull around jou ,
unit j ou nl.mt piohibition in the slate of No
biaska , tliat the tldo of Immigration , thetido
of prosperity * , the march of pi ogress will go
clear around j'our borders , ami j'ou will bo
diiv en hack ] ust as Uio slates of Kansas and
Iowa , and Minnesota , Wisconsin and Wj'-
oiniug und the Colonulos will bo looming up
with prospeiitj' , waving the banner of Iho
republic in Iho uir so high that j'on prohibi
tion people cannot got u glimpse of the stars
on it. | Applause ] v
Let mo tell j-on what .Tndgo Poster said of
Kansas-that federal jiitlgo to whom I nl-
hided the other claj and it was put in print
und over his own signature ho uuthoii/t'il its
publication , Ilo sujs that in IMJJ thobtnto
of Kansas bad a population of l'Jii3,5VJ ( , and
had a ptison population , mark jou , produced ,
I suppose , as j'ou good people saj' , by the use
of liquor , of 07t ; ; or , In other words , ono pur-
son out of every 1,885 of nil the people of the
state of Kansas was in the penitentiary.
In Nehruska during the same j'ear vvo had
only 259 people in the penitentiary ;
in other words , ono out of every 2fer > 0.
Or , In other words , lu prohibition Kansas ,
vvliero they do noC ilrJnic "vanrr but follow
the good mlllcnium law which you preach ,
you had two men in the penitentiary to one
up hoio in honest high licentM Nebraska.
So it was in Ib83. But mifrk you : hero is n
statement that I wnnt U > lead to this people
of the stnto of Nebraska , w hero that same
Judge said that in Nebraska the estimated I
population is 1,200,000 , by the census Just
completed , und jot vvo have but one person
out of ovcry ! i,100 in the prison , coinp.ueel
with the stale of Kansas wheie they have
ono out of 1,000. The argument that 1 make
is that in Nebraska- under high license j-ou
have less people lu jour peniten-
itentiarles. fewer people in your poor ho i > es ,
fewer in jour insane osjluins , lower Idiots ,
fewer saloons , fcwor liquor licenses than j'ou
have In nnj' prohibition state anyw heio under
the stars aud stripes of this gteat lepublic.
[ Applause ]
Another thing about high license. I tell
you that high license is a. reguhtor , reducing
the number of saloons , and I want to take
this likewise trom tbo olllcial report of the
commissioner of Internal loveimo of the Unl-
ted States ; and mj' friends can mid It on
p-uo 40 , if they wiiut to look for it. The
decrease In liquor saloons ami liquor licenses
for retail dealers. ITtoin the jcar IbsO to the
jctr ISb1. ) , the decrease in Alabama was
1,014 ; in Arkansas , n decrcaso of 15.17 ; in
Florida , a decrease of 220 ; lu Georgia , ( Us ;
in Kansas. f > t ! ; lu Kentiickj' , 071 ; in Mis-
souri , tilt ; In Noilh Carolina , l > 21 , in Ohio ,
2,815 , ; in j-our gieat stale of Pennsylvania ,
which defeated prohibition , it decrease of
7,010. In the state ) of Tennessee , vvliero
tliej' dofcaled piohibitionumlcrhigli license ,
n decrease of IMO. : I could go on , but my
time isshoit. Tbo license duty of the gov-
eminent of the United States , I don't care
what it is , il is not piohibitlou. It is whore
prohibition is defeated ,
Mr Small It is local option
Mr Webster It Is where they defeated
prohibition , aud snowed jou under , aud jou
know It.
Mr. Small-It Is prohibition by local option ,
and you know it. It is local option prohlbl-
tion in every stnto j on liiue mentioned but
Pennsylvania. [ A Voice Shut up ] I
won't do It
Mr. Webster O , let him talk ; ho can't
help it : don't find fault with him. [ daugh
ter. ! I want to remind mj' fiiend when ho
nmdo that statement that in the present state
of Nebraska where wo have worked nrettj'
well , \\olm\o got local option , too. If ills
so good In all these states as to accomplish
goodrcsults.lt ' good enough lor us hero
That is \\lij wo reduced the number of sa
loons up hero Wo are getting to bo n mod
erately \iituous people hero , und if tlio people
ple outside would lot us aloiio woould got
along prettj well.
I will gi\o another Illustration from Mr.
Blair's book to sio about some of the exag
gerated statements which these people iiinko
toptxno that piohibitioii amounts to some
thing ; und when they want to- talk about
piolubltiun thov alw.ijs commence to make a
tompcraiuo speech , as it it were a distinct
Individual proposition Mr Jllair puts into
his hook a lemaikablo table gotten fiom some
insuraniv buok , and loundon pigo 10 * . Ilo
wants to give tin- rate or ratio of deaths out
of every 1.000 ; ho has got the people
who do not drink at ill , the pioliibltionUts ;
ho has the tempemmo ililnKcrs who only
take a plass SIK tally and ho has ehisslllcd the
intemperate fellows. Well , hem is the table ;
- I puc those who die between the agns
of si\ty and ninety , I \\ill sav that j'ou and I
will be lucky if wo ever pet to the Hist land
mark Well , I have n better ih uico than > on
have when I ie.ul tlita table. 1 w ill show it
to j'ou'J his Inble sajs that of the people
between sixty and ninctv jeirs old that die
of uitomponmco and hv hanl clunking tliero
were 50 , IT1- . Tint Is over half of the 100 000
Tlio moderate fellows were . 'f.V.Ul , which only
i left out of the 100,000 about iV.tJOJ prohibitory
fellows If tint table proves imjthiii" ft
proves this : That the men who dunk the
i most llv e the longest. Of course I do not he-
i liovo that table , 1 think it ball uonseiioo ; hut
i 1 think It is n > t a bit more nonsense than I
hear c-oinli g from t > omo prohibition onitors
That stateincn' ' is vouched for by the preat
senator from a prohibition state , Now Ilainp-
ehiro , printed in his book as authentic , and
yet In his foolishness ho forgot the fact that
It proved that intemperate people were the
long lived fellows ; und I tell you that is the
class that I wint to belong to , because I ain
not In a hariy to go. [ Laughter I
To give jou nnollier tnought : I will not
irefer to dutn and flguus because my tlmo is
i tooshoit Time keeps running along , and
' Judging from the look of admonition I got
from the prcwident I do not think I have moro
than tlva minutes , I want that live minutes
to make some general statements in answer
to some of the great hobbles that these people
put forth. Those people tell us that In thesa
> great Uultoa SUUsii \ ccniumftioa at
liquor lim Ineroascd from nhout' '
four gallons per capita to twelve
In IS5 ? . Now , as n general Htatement ,
1 have to admit there U some soit of truth la
tluit proposition , but 1 want to utmhvo It a
lltllo bit , If these people will look Into the
records they will llnd that It is Just two gal- i
Ions per capita. Wo have today loamed not
to pet quite so drunk , and uo quit on whisky
ntul tinvo taken something modeiuto , like I
beer. Wo only drunk Just half the umounl of
vvhlskj that wo did ten or twelve v para ape ; |
but wo have taken moro beer , and ho adds
beer onto It , and computes It as If It woio so
much whisky consumed. Anv tomperaneo
man knows that , any tompotanco preacher
knows that , niul If ho did not explain that to
you anil tell you that when ho talks , ho la
simply decelv ing j on or fooling you And on
that matter. 1 have heird so iniuli said about
this great Uiiltoil States of ours potm ; to hell
at a great rate , simply beomso of this liquor
traffic * . 1 waul to tell this audience , imdlnthat
I want to speak for America , that this giv.it
nation of cms stmds todnj tlio peer If not the
supi-iiorof any other nation on the top of
C od's footstool [ Applause * | I tell this
people that over In Italy they dt Ink over
two gallons per head of lliuion where in tlio
United States they ill ink one Clo over to
Knplaiid , and where jnu get tuolvo gallons
of drink jou liavo pot thlrlj thrco over
there , ( lo to France , niul when j ou have but
twelve' pall. . IMS per head hmo you lime t\\en-
tj thix-e gallons per lieail ovi-r theiv ( lo to
Ciei many , goto Austria , to Fiance , to Italy ,
go nn jwhei-o without the bound.it ics of tfio
tTnlti'cl States , vvliero men can live * aad vvhero
coimin'ico spie.uls Its white sails , all oM > r
the woilil , and you will ilml that every people -
plo consume from twice to tlueo times
the amount of liquor consumed in Ameiica ;
and jot they have brains in tlulr heads , they
have vast tu inies , tliov have stnU-sinen anil
they have not yet gone to lulu.
If tnj friend went to Omaha logo the opera
house to hoar a giand op < ra , be would piob-
ablj hear it tendered uv some compiny fiom
wine di Inking Italy If ho lon'cs lor a piecci
of i line art or smlptuiohoould bo apt to Ilml
semi ' ) Kienelimaii who drank twice as much
wine in order to make it. If ho wanted to get
nn lion ship to sail over the chuk sias , since
they li ivo all lleil from little Maine , the pro
hibition state , lie would ro ami buy it from
Kngl.iml , whcio thej chink thfi-e times as
much beer and "vhisky in we do History has
recorded the fait ami no man can intell-
geutly icfuto it.thnt in Austiia , in Kianco
und in ( icrmany niul lauluid tlirri'ino gnat ,
bialiiy stutesniLMi equal to any \u b ivc > got In
Ann i lea Tliero is ( ! liuKton < ' , In wlilskyand
beer diiiiking JOnghitid thcie is the lion man ,
Illsmaik , in beer clunlunp ( Jcrmiinv ; there
was tlio old historian , Ciiii/ot , in the wines
cliliihing l rance , and the pro.it novelist , Vic
tor Hugo When you go for literature , for
nit , for poetry , for beiutj-and forcivllirutlun ,
when jou stc ) outsldo thellni'sof theboidof ,
of the gioat republic' of the United States and
go bi'joncl tlio hlui'low ' of tlio stars and
stiipes , you have to go to n umntiy vvliero
they drink three times as much as jou do ,
and they do not have any piohibitlou there ,
'IHIJ AV1XO-U1' .
Prof. Dic'kt'B Closing Attack oil
Ijtcetiso.
Ladles and Gentlemen- am in such had
voice that It will bo dlfllcult for mo to make
nnsUf heard. These two pciitlemon who
have discussed this question from tlio stand
point of high license nro uftiictocl with the
disease of Knowing a pi eat ninny things that
aio not true [ uppluusol , and 1 cannot rofimn ,
allbouph it is mj pin pose to abstain alto
gether fiom unple.isaut personalities , fiom
expressing my sin prise Hi it a gentleman of
piofpsolonul standing should have stooit upon
this plat lot in for tlio last forty llvo niinuUs
and consumed neailj his entire time \vitli the
intentional effort to clcccne this intelligent
audience. I want to pivo jou the icasoii for
the opinion that I cntcitain.
Mr Webster has neon unfair in dealing
with the tabulated btatemeiitiublisli < > d under
date of .lulj 11 in the New Yoik \ eke , ami
vvlicm I c.ilkd his attention to the latt that it
was simply a ivprint of the oflltial document
issued bj the beer bi ev , ei-s' ' national orgnnl/n-
tion ho undertook to plaj the trick of the
police court lawjcr and have mo say to this
uudionco through him that tlio Voice was
publibhing it in thointeicst of tlio liqliur
dealers , rurthcnnoro that this tublo before
him , n stiong , elaborate and sutisfactorj-
ilumonstratlon of the triumph of prohibition
hi boti. r r i ami flowa , ignores the stiong
points of the fable ) mid chops into a single
column for the yearUSbO wMoh ' < " -t-iar-
cntly give n b id showing for Iowa as com
pared w ith Nebraska , isow I want simply
to give jou the truth , Hero nre the facts in
| the case. Comparing 1880 with IS'.W , that is
the fiscal jear ending Apiil ! ) ,
IbsO , with the fiscal y wr end
ing April 30 , Ib'JO , ami theio
has been for the state of low a , us leportod bj-
the beer brewers themselves , n ciccrcnso of
lIJ'i , 177 barrels. Iwniittorepe.it that number
bera deeicaso of 135,477 barrels in the state
of Iowa [ Applause ) . Wheiem in the stito
of Nebraska for the same peiioil ol" time upon
the same autliouty there has botu nu lu-
cieaso of bO.OH ! barrels , so that the dhTorenco
in prohibition Ioa mid hU'h license Nebraska
usiepoitccl by till * beer brewers' organi .i-
tion is a dilfeieuco in behalf of niohlhition of
sometl Ing like 311,000 , bai rels. Now , I aslt in
the name ot all fanness why didn't my Incnd
who lias so gracefully retired fiom the scene
give this audience tlio actual truth in the
c'nse and not undcitakc to practice a dishon
orable deception I My good looking , genial
brother from Omaha , \ \ ho is editor of the so-
c.illcd nevvspiper that does not tell vuy much
of the news after all , undertook to mjslead
this nuilicnce. I tiust In I'll chanty uninteii-
tionally , bj * telling j-o i that in Nelnaska the
assessment on property valuation is. fiom 0110-
scventh to one-tenth ot its ical value , wlieic-
ns in Kansas the assessment was very much i
higher , nnd In lh.it way ho accounted for the
much inoto rapid uicicaso of propcity value
in Kansas. I have heio the oftlciul statistics ,
obtained llko the statement of tboold almanac
f i inn the linaneinl ollicrrs of the two states ,
and the result is that Iowa is nsiossod 2-5.17
per cent of her real valuation , Kansas 27.118
per cent and Nobiaska I11.21 pur eent [ ap
plause ] , so that in the state of Nebraska ,
being assessed nt n valuation lower than Kan
sas und Iowa , it is actually assessed at a
higher ratio than cither of tlio ? o two prohibi
tion states , but , novel iholess vvo llnd the
actual valuation accoullng to the assessment
iu Kansas doubling up and moro than doub
ling upon the u.iin in Nebraska
'lilt : question was asked why God does not
kill the devil. 1 suppose it is so that Tun
Ovmiv Bri : won't ' have logo oulof business.
[ Gicatnppliiuse.1
Allow me to call j'onr attention to another
thing which I must denominate , in all chut It y
and kiiiilness from Mr Webster ns a tuck
of the police courtshvstor Standing on this
platform , and with his v igoious voice well at
command , Mr Webster undertook to devolve
you intelligent people by quoting the number
of United St ttcs. revenue stamps sold in thcso
various states , nnd using in o\ picas terii.s the
lungiiugo tint would convoy to jou , if vou
knew no bettor , tlio idea that every lovenuo
stamp sold In a prohibition btate stands for
an open saloon. Now Mr. Webster knows
better Mr Webster either knows nothing
at all , which I cannot conceive to
bo tr je , or ho knows that ovcry
drug stoio Is lequiiod to take
out of thcso United State * licenses its ho calls
it , which is no license at all , but simply u tax
receipt for llio paj ment ot $ i * > exacted fiom
the drug stoio pieciselv the same as from the
ordlmirj saloon. Mr. U'obster knows another
thing that every bootlcygot , evcrj unit that
goes across the line from Nelraska into Kan
sas or low a to sell liquor out ot his sitchc'l ,
and there aio n gieat many of them , is 10-
quhcd to takooutonoof thuso sumo United
States Inte'inal revenue stamps or receipts ,
vv lulo in Nebraska such a receipt stands for n
pliico of thUeluuacter open the year round.
In the state of low.i nnd in the slatoof Kan
sas the bootlegger or the joint dealer , unvv ill-
ing to risk the eh inces of utiprohoiision bj- the
United States authorities , plys hU ? > 5 , but it
m.ij be that the p lyment of the $ , ' . " > repiesents
one day. two dnj's , ouo week or two weeks
in the business , and scoies and hundreds of
men take out these internal revenue icceipta
who do not open saloons and who do not keep
oven Joints , but ; who sell from bootlegs and
from sateheli , nud do a v cry limited business
in n very small and criminal way ,
I was rather astonished nt tno theological
lo.-turo that inj * friend. Mr. Wobster. be
stowed upon Brother Small , explaining to
Brother Small thnt the blblo now heio uro-
hiblts HID manufacture and sulo of ardent
spirits. Why , ladles and gentlemen , 1 defy
Mr. Webster to show mo a single place m the
blblo vvliero critno or arson is prohibited or
wheio the crime of forgery is prohibited.
The bible is not specific , the blblo is ( jenonil ,
nnd when H thunders ila anutbomn , "Woo
unto him that jmttcth the bottle lo his nolgh-
bor'alips. ' " I ask Mr , Webster If that moans
free whisky or high liceuso. [ Applause. ]
Wo uro told by the gentlemen that prohl-
billon Is wrong in principle. What a lament/-
able fact that the legal talent of Mr. Webster
of tha itata of Nebraska , bus not boon
lubiUtulod for UuU ladlflcreat and
common place pcntlJUlm of the sumo nnmo ,
that Daniel Webster who argued tills verj'
subject before the Unltoil States sunroino
com t sustained hv no less a iivm thnu liufus
Choati , and jet that i < iurt wltliout a dissentt
Inp I voice in a Ma sac'Imsolts c-nio dcilucdlt
both 1 right In principle mid in Imrmonj with
both 1 national and state constitution. [ Applause -
plauso j ]
1 simply desire to rtill your attention to ouo
moro trick , bcvausi' l' cannot go ever the
entlro Held A large amount nf statistical
statement has beeuniiule that I froolvcoiife'ss
that I have not tit my cAimn in I the statistics
to refute , but I want to' go on the \ery well
crouiidc'd le-pal piinelple tb > t false In pit false
in all Mr Webster this afteiiii'ou..tiiidiiipoii
this platform with ivtnaiU.ii lo suavity of
inumicr , mulct took to muUo v1' ' " bellevothut ,
the state ot Ne'biaska'iad ' I ? . * ! persons In her
ln < auo asjhim I notiu-d tint hodlelthiow in
a saving c laiise' , almost umler his luvath , saj-- |
Inp that was In isso. H was t-ue , but the Ima
presslon v e-iy liuely ivmainlng In your minds
was probably false' . I have some telegrams
heio Wo have tapldnjs \ of ohtalnlng In-
foimatinn In these da\s and do you know
jes , you do-that in the last six ycai-s two
new liisano nsj Inms Invo been nt'ccssarj In
your state I fh.u cablegram fiom M. W.
Stouo , from the asvlum at Hastings , sn > lug
"tlio tola ! number of patients In this in-
stltiitlon Is 1.V ) ; " iinoilicr scut by the
superinteiideiit of the Insane hos
pital located at Xorlolk "Tho
total number of patients Is 17ii : I
nuotticr report ftom the superintendent of j I
the as ) him located In Lincoln gl\lng the
numboi utiu : > . And so.v ou have in this state
nttlu ) present hour , In vour thrco insiiio
hospital t nud nsjluiiis. a tut.ilof till instead
of 1T5. [ Applause. ) TlKio has been an in-
ci-easo In thu lust ten je us of 1U" > per cent in
the population of youi st ite , and uiiltie'ieii-o
of ti1 ? percent In the nuiubor of your iusmo
uiifoituiiutes
1 want to c-ill j'our attention to tome moro
very pertinent testnnoi'v upon this proposi
tion that hU'h llcensu inot i success I
know that Mr. Webster .fleets . to despise the
testimony * that rntniM fu > i tlu'sn nun , but i
want tofiiferin him that I as tending fiom |
no Kansas punphlct an1 no political docti-j
ment issued heie 'In ii.forimilioii thai 1
uvd was from reputablt n'Hons , ghingtheir
name's mid their pistortli oddivsseas ) , well
ustlieii official positions That Information
wvs seiuroil bj' lorrosn ilcni'odlrectlj' fiuin
New York with tie individuals them
selves , and thev en in In heio and
uiu'eii ike tooflsol the s' vinonts of Govrr-
101 h.nnibce , of Jimii's i. IMaiiuof Jiulgo
: Xinoith : , of Judo ; M nsli ill and of a long
1st of distinguished e I'lemen , by reading
statistics iiuuiif.ictut I very likely on the
seventh floor of I'm : II building iiiOmihu.
[ Applause ] Listen to th s quotation : "No
me ! can denv that the 1 mo sv stem as now
existing in our city his i > en asoiineoC cor
ruption anil iricgubi > t\ It Ins hidndc-
min.dl/lng ifleet upon the tnemboH of the
cltv count II and upon t1 cityclern ; it has
exacted political SUIIH it fiom the low dives
and bummcis ; It has o upellud thf orderly
liciuor ill alcr to support with money and In
fluence the very worst ilcment of the eitj' ,
ami has used the liqi r ricn to do the elhty
work ut piitmuies ad election.-OMIIIA
Bt-r. [ Cii-eat nppuii ! < > ] Satan lubultlng
sin. [ Applause J
I lead again Listen Tilts Is from Chi-
The dives anil lens , the brawl houses
niul thieves'icsoits ' ar > as bail anil as fro-
qiicnt in this city to.ln aft-1 ! ' live vearof
high license as thej \ VVLIO v\Ith our high
license what it is It auiasywajto i.iiso
a revenue finin vice li I 1ft tliero bo'an end
of endi = in , ; thohii h i onsc as u temperance
or lefunn measiinClin'.igi ' ) Oillj Ne'\s ,
the cleanest dailj new p > pu in that rather
unclean citv fAppl.il-.oJ .
Listen to anothei rom l tiilailelphia , Pa
Now , of couist1 , bei , | .o 1 urn loalnig tlio'ii
from a juintcd docuntiit tliejbavono si/ni-
canee , in the laiigii.ile of Mr. Wo jster. lie
wotilil rather manuti'J uiv his ov , n statistics
am ! draw on Iris lmaiutijii | | for Ids tacts thiin
to ta\e them from t jiintabli * sourccj. "Mx
inuideicrs in I'ln'iilelp'iia ' duilng the
past four months | ul all of them di-
icitly the result of drink. It is
evident that high lucjsu will have to bo made ?
vciv much higher bof 10 iiijidcrcrs' low will
foci the effect of It ' I'lui ulelphla r.vemng
Telegraph , a promii-o.il icpieseiitutho ue\\s-
papor.
I have them from S Loiis and n largo
number of souiv > s w In h 11 i.inut t iko tune
to lead , I will ivid oiobOiar.il in Its char
acter , I must bo p irdoii < Hl for pausing u
moment to s iy. Do my ol > ou know Hon.
* 1. O. Krctyyigcr , anil would jou think his
111 - n > > n > ( u W Ojt-JitV tllfi U'l- ) * i for
statistic } nii/"n'iit ? Jr rf tno Lora i i.nv
vvheroJ I think voiiivoulil IIou- him , the
mayor of Be itricc Nib. : "I am certiiuly not
in.en ' when 1 rfa- that lor tlio 10,000
ycaily obtained fiom the siloon licenses the
city annually loses ir. > , OJU. Four jours of
careful iuvcstigati n of the subject
lo.nl mo to < oncluito llrst , that
the peojilo losoj mow tl.an thoj-
make out of the s.'loii licenses ; second , th it
high license docs iiotl Jecreaso tlie amount of
licmor consume u , tb ] d , that any diunUard ,
minor or othir pu soil who wants liiniorcau
get it under the in'h liicnsosj'stum ; foutth ,
that thioe-louiths of the nrroste made are
for driiiiKenncss fifth , that hitth license is a
pi-actual ftuluio is a temperance measure ,
aii'l ' sil h it 1 igh llcei o Is known and
considered n con. „ f.uco by those who
honestly admit its trui ivoiUnyj. "
1 ill not t Uco tlmo ti re 11 numerous other
statistical points \\liiili I Invo. I simplj do-
siw to < all jour nttuium to the fact that the
most competent person , such as thc'cdltoi'of
Tur OMIIII Uin : and tlio imvorof lleatuco ,
are cnthely agreed th it hiirli licenses Inis been
a dismal and a miserable f.uluio in the state
of Nobiaska [ Applause. ]
But I object to hlqh Id onso for another
reason. I object to hl h Id unso boo uiso it is
eminently sail if act > iy to the liquor men
themselves.p [ \ h'li ' e ] I want to b lek up
ttnit iniorinatiou bv rculinnr some of their uli
torancos The Holt 1 Keejcis' .lournil savs
this' "The liquor eUdrrs do not oppose hiu'li
lietnso. " Tlio Nebrislci ilntilllng compiin : | 1
' IIvli license has not h'ir our business , it
do s not dc'cit'ase the 10-1 , u nptlon of cithur
liquor or hei'i1" Tlio Uussei-Wauke iin '
blowing conipmj of Chiivu'o : "Wo cammt |
saj that hi-jb lic-ciiso les is the co'isuiiip- .
tionol llcpior. " Mots Un/'hors of Omaha. I <
"Ill'-'h license lias been of .m . injiujto our
business. Woat hrt uiuilo a bitter lli'ht
aj'.iinstits cnfoicement , but sinto Ills v\ell
enforced wo would not tlo without It" ,
Henry II. Sclnifel It ill Mllory , Chlcigo : I
"We think the tt.idc In th. stutoshould ia\or
hi'li Ikonse' , a Just rcttilctton , and that
is the only solvent if the question"
Hon. Peter llei "In ul my t\\entj JTIIJ'
expei leneo prev lo.ls to hifh He ense and since ,
1 b.liovo . high license Is oio of tlio gi.mdcst
las for Uio liquor traniu and for men inter- i
cstcl , as well as the peipio at huge , that
llieie Is , " Is'ow , what suts I'citer ller und
MelBiothers und Uio UHcago distillers in
Goil s nnmo don't Mill me. [ Applause ]
Jiovv 1 have an ohjei tlouto high license be
cause of the corrupt piocu s used hj- Its advo
cates for the purpn o of urjini , ' tlio clay. |
Whj' , j'ou huvo hi this stain an oiganbation
known us the B. . 'c IJ nstt , i itioii , I suuposo
tint moans tlioBievveTs' ' anl Bummer's usso-
cliit.on. [ LaiiRhior | I done seomv friend Mr.
Hogge n with ins p u ljr lorn around herebut
ho icprcsents tlio U Si II. II. nisoeiatioii , and
I need not tell you wiat jou all know ,
that that association is nn orgunl/utloti
gotten up for the purpose o perpetuating tlio
liquor traffic in thosUio of Nebiaskaiind clo-
featlng prohibition , ami jot It does not dare
use the trno name of Clio Iulne3s it co'nos ' to
defend or oven state pi-omii cully Uio numci
of Its leading mombiii's Tien tlinj1 are scat-
toiing tinougtumtthUHtiitt an nllegej larm
pader called the Itural Age It Is n fraud ,
uud any man who U n pirtj to the dissemina
tion of the Iturul Ago cliro not look u fclljw
citizen In the eye and chini to bo an hem t
man. They me publNhhu , the Farm IIor.il 1. | i
And where doei tbo farm Ili-rald hail from ?
Louisville Kv , under the editorship of G. U. i
Tinner of the Liquor DCM eis' National asso
ciation. No , i.'outlomen , Ia mot undorso the i
measurofor the perpetual ! in of high license i
which must d > ita work lu Um daik and pur
sue the inothoils of the s m i bagger und tlio i
foot-pad and il ire not eomc la the open day
and present its c.iso before tl o people , I
Then I hnvo another ohection to hifih >
license. I boliavomy fiiend Mr. Kosowutcr .
Is doing very well in i-ofralnin fromsmokiiif , ' . |
Inmglail to hnvo him puiado what few
virtuea ho possesses to this iiulienco. f-Ap- ,
plauso. ] I beard a gentlomai fitund of his i i
say that was his best aigutteut O , no , ho i .
prosentocl some strong arguments along the
line of having donosomethlii'to Increase the
population of Nobrask i [ npp auso ] , and Just
swept the Held by tlio deelautloti that ho hid
drunk boor with Abraham Lincoln. If he
prints that , I want him to put an Interroga
tion point after the statement , I would not
If I could say anything nguiust the personal
character of those goitlomen. Thojr have
done exceedingly vvull They have done
vastly bolter than either Hoy. Smaller
or I possibly oould have done -with
their elilo of tha case. TUey coma
down to mnk jou think tloclt U nhlt
tad up Li town , biU Ui caiifaituxo of ta
whole cn o 1 < thnt my very estlnmbto friend
Mr Koscwutcrnml his companion , Mr Web
ster , nre surrounded by a very bad gang.
[ Applause. ] I know It Is hardly'fair for mo
to nppo.il to anything llko public- prejudice ,
bcv.msolt Is evident tint the majority of this
iiudieiieo Is on the side of prohibition. Nut
pray , after nil , why , Mr iWwntcil Ileto
we hnvo people gathered without ivfeivneo to
political party , without rofeivneo to clnmitor
civeil. 'I ho < .o . are the people of taste , of re-
llnement. of culture , that Is ns n rule are what
jou would call the best typeot tlieclll/enshlp
ot the state of Nebraska , and hero vvo lliultho
prohibition sentiment vastlj lu the majoritv.
Now , I want to say to you that It this debito
hud 1 been he-Id In any 10 cent vaiietv thc.ttro
In i Omaha , or comlue'ted from tlio plitforin of
any clanco U ill In ( ho state of Nebraska , Mr.
Hosevvater 1 nnd Mr Webster would hnvo all
tbo t applause [ Apphuiso ] ,
I am not hero to saj Unit nil the men vvho
sustain high llc'cnso art ) bad men Km' bo
that from niv utterance. There are good and
pure I and true' , bill In my Judgement bully
mistaken men , who love purity nnd peieo
mill : righteousness vvho will yet KO to
the billet box und vote for IK nso
noU i November. Hut 1 will nay this
that every thug nnd plug ugly nnd lil ick-
Icy 1 nud outcast and bummer nnd scalawag
niul hone-thief in all the state will go and do
the sumo thing. [ Applause | I nin nol here
lo say that no decent men will oppose piohi
bition , but 1 nm heio to suj that the bartenders -
tenders t , the s.ilooa-kcopers nnd the piostl-
lutes t will oppose prohibition to the last man ,
und womim , too. | Applause | I vv.mttoro-
in.liIt to my gond lookiiiK frleiuU Webster
nnd Umow ater tint when I llnd mjself pur-
sueintr a coin-so of conduct and advocating nine
ino of public polity tint his the hcirtv en
dorsement of the criinlnal and outcast classes
1 will fill u halt and go Into seclusion nud
privately study the foundations of my faith.
[ Applause' . ]
Now I ash If this prohibition amendment
sh.dl bo beaten next November , wlu'ro will
the rojoleim : he } Will it be In the cliureliej I
Will Iho Sunday schools hold a praise seivlco
and ttnmlv Almighty ( ! nd foi tb.c'dofoit of the
prohibitory 1 amendment * No. Hut down in
everj' ' low dive where bad moil are clinking
miilniglit ' gl.Hsi-s with bad women nuiicl the
revels of Uiodanco houses and the houses of
as Igniitlon there will bo rejiliing 1 hnpo
neither Webster nor Hosevviiter will p.uticl-
patc , hut v\ ill cunduet their rejoicing In n
vcrv much morn olcgiut and tionllommlv
fashion , I will tell j-oii there Is something
vviong when these men reputable Insoticij'
ami having won houoralilo placca for tlirm-
seilves come hero to di fuici nlliiej of policy
entirely In nccordaneo vv itb tlio sentlineuts of
the crlnilnal ehn But the
> es supnoso pro
hibition amendment shall pievnll. where will
tbo rojoiciti' ' bo then ! In all tlio homes of
this grc.il slito the lir'ht of love will comeback
back into the ej of many u vvoninn fiom
whoso ejcs It has long simo lied. Ki' oicliiK
will como hack a/aln Into the homo ot inauy
w iniseiablo driinkard who bus been power
less m the presence of temptation to Im-ak
the bonds th it bound him. The chinch bolls
all over Iho sl.ito will ring out and c.ury
p.roiis of pr.iUe , ministers and Sunday
school supiuintondcntb uud Uio people
ple e'vcrj'wheie will KO down upon
then knees in duvnut o\pre-slons of thanks
giving lo Almighty ( iod for Ins woniltifu ]
deliverance from this iceursed trafllc lu the
land | ( iriat Applause j
Now 1 had Hither he on the side tint cause
the goo I women anct the b.tppv children to
pr.ilso Hod th in on th11 ! idf that receives the
Ic'TiiiR sniiliM of the1 painted prostitute , and
1 toll you there is not a di'iepulablo woman
in .ill llio U lie of Nobiashi but if she could
vote w ould go to tlio 1) ) illot box and vote vv ith
Uoit'w.itt'r and Webster on this question -
not one [ Applause * . ] And so t uppoal to
you by jour lov * for jour homes , bv jnur
love for th" Himuciil ptoipority of joir
state , bvj'o'ir h > vo for good order and so-
brit'tj' , by jour love lor Almiifhtj' Hod , logo
to tlie billet box and roster jour convic
tions , whether jou triiimp'i or not , iu belitlf
of prohibition [ Applmsc * ]
High lito'ise , nceouling to the testlmonj'
of iu host defenders , hit lulling my frlenel ,
Mr lioscvv itur , has ptnveda miserable f.tico
and a makc-shllt. 1 challenge , ns my
brother , H"v S mil did , hUh license from
the staiiilpa.nt cf Its , constitution lilt ; , High
license , uttv-'tlv un-Amcncm , iindeinocrnti'i ,
uniepublle.in what is high liceuso at llio
bOill JIUh license is practical prohibition for
tortj'-nine men out of ovcry ll'ty , and so far
I clo i.ot object. What else Is It ! Itlstb.it
most olTenstvo of all things In the noslrils of
the AmeiicMii public , a purchased monopoly
of ainonoj'-inikiui , ' business of the liftloth
man. [ Applause J High lioonso says to
this man , "No , j'ou cannot sell giorg. "
Whyt Had men } No such clilni U made.
Ilo is poor and it is poveity. Ho
niiiiot lay sf 1,000 in the palmof the public tax
gatherer , but high license saj-s to this man ,
"You may debauch your neighbors , > ou imy
break tlio hearts of the women , blisrht anil
blast and damn the lives of the children "
Whv ( Hci-auso he is a better man thin A ?
Notninft of the sort High hccnso bats out A
on account or his novelty and permits B on
account of liis vvuilth. [ Applause ]
Then I have another objection to high
license. It pirtaUes of thonalmo of a ctivv-
ntdly compromise. I want to repeat il it is
a cowardlv compioiiiise. The liquor tiallk is
either ii-ht or wroiu ll.'e-it Mr Koso-
wnler nnd Mr Webster will sij'
that. Tlio liiiuor tr.iP.ic Is cithti
good orb i J. It r quires nu p'ulo.opher to
lay down that piopo.ition If llio hqiiot
t raffle is a gojd tiaftlc , if it erotics we ilt'a
niul uonttlbutci to the health nmi hippmus
of our people , then it is a piece of 01111.1 * 00113
tvraiiiiy lo levy this tax of ? lOJi , ) on
UiOiO men , If this business DO n
good hasincss then I take my
sl.tnd bj'lho side ! of lhoo liquor men , and 1
piopnso to lift up my voice in ontnest protest
n ainst this tvratiiioii'5 couijo of compelling
' then just bccauso vvo cm , to pay ? l,0iil , ) into
our local tivMHirics. Hut if this business bo
a bid birmcss , if it du no good , if it create ,
I i no wetlth , if It sow tlie seed of discord cvciy-
wheie , if il liroaks the he.nls of oui women
iii'd leaves I ho milldinv of its nccjiscd
power whercvr it goes , nnd then 1 want ton
nk iu tlu > unmo of modern civ Dilution how
muih money pii 1 into the lojal tieasury can
ii'iil-.v so bi I n business good )
Then I have uiuithcr objection IliRh 11
eonso is tmulo misibloonlj'bv the pow.iiihy
eiiifisstnn of guilt on the tut t of Iho liquoi
men tlieiiijolvcs Vou uiuloit iko to lev j n
$ I.UJ ( ticx on Iho elry goods dealera of No
br.iska nnd j'ou would have n ptetty bu/ ;
about your ears Vou try to malvo tlie RIO
ters piy a-lOIJ tat for Iho pui [ > o-.o ofiiin
ning their business iiiiddisciiminalc against
the tr.iliio ami j-oti could not collect it frm :
onogioccr in the whole sttto. The vvoiik
i onto it it l'i the com ts , and the liquor inn
dare not clo it Whj * do the liquor men ptj
the tax. livery time they walk up to tlio
en'tain's ] olllio nnd la > clown il.cMO in llio
state of Nebraska , Ihej' wulo a cir
tilieite ot their own cii-niniility am
their own cowardly lade of manhood Against
w h.it oMiiT hiihiuc-is do jou llnd such lawa of
dijcilmiiialioii ! rsonc.
1 h ivo onn moro objection to hli-h license.
It debauches the publlo conscience wherobj *
Ihu people foi a money cousulorntlon con c it
to llio contlnuincoot u bad business Ami
mistakenl No , light in the eitv of Oimilia ,
fiom which iVlr. losevvater and .Mi. Webster
couv , so ilebiuchini ; tm Icon the cftect of
high llccnso of tbo luiuor traffic thit Unit
cltj' , bo it spok n even vv heio to Its sluiine ,
has tonscnted to the liiensesj'stom piacuu-
ally as applied lo prostitution , so tint tno
landladies urn ) thu inmates of thc.to houses
of Iniitiny go on the ilist or second
day of each month to the otllco of the cltj'
cle-iknnd pav n picsetibed sum , which as a
iiiattor of rccurd I presume appeal j as line
ami cot , but which to all Intoiits and pur
[ iocs is n license sj'stem. So fur has hiih
iecnse deb inched publlo sentnncnt in Iho
citj'of Omnhi Now hear me for man j'of
you will doubt the soundiicsa of my state
ment , but I know vv hereof I sneak so far his
high liceuso de-bauchcd public : sentiment In
the city of Omaha that prostitutes ndkirtiso
their sticet nnd numbers in tlio
columns of tbo daily now sirtpoty.
I have that inform ition from n rcll.iblo g > n-
tlcmnn heio vvho gives mo nil that is needed
to substantiate it if It Is called in inaution. I
toll jouj-ou cannot go into this business of II-
censing ono Iniquitybut the devil will spread
that llconbo Idea over another ,
I want jou than to Ihlnk nbout thcso things.
Consider them calmly , intelligently , nud then
In the very sunlight of Almighty Godand bo-
fore the star chamborof vourovvncoiisciences
lottlo this question , and I know you will settle >
tlo U right , and goto the billet box ou November -
vomber 4 , and docl.iro that the llnuor trafllo
of Nebraska must die the death. [ Applause ]
A MGUI1I3 ! ) HUBUKU.
Mr. Dicklu Scored Pop His )
manly Coiulni't.
I regret exceedingly to bo compelled to
Uko exception In u poitcrlpt letter to Prof.
Dleklo's course ta a cpokuaman of tbo
lupportori of the prohibition amendment
II * wu rcfiruautod to aa u *
courteous nnd hcnornhlo gentleman He ha
stiovvn lilmsplf to bo an unpiliiclpled and
cowardly blackguard It was my rndiMVor
hrougliout tin ) discussion to avoid
11 personnlltlos ami to ucvortl to my
PIHiiiotils tin' presumption of sincerity ,
ciaclty and honesty cif purposo.
Ml vvlio wcro ptvi'iit and those who
hnvo tend vvlnit I said will llnd
10 provocat ion for the Insulting liniomlos and
Uuper.itlon iu vvlileh Mr DU-Ulo and his col-
eapio Indulged fiom tlrst to List. Aud the
fact t hut not one sj liable of theli uncalled for
abuse , \lllilleiiiionhasbeeuomltted from
he report undo bv Pur lln ; affords striking
noof Unit tbo ptohlMtlon slile bus been
rt'iitod its fallIj us auj political combatant
expects to bcltc.itfd bj oppournts
Almost at tha very outset Mr. niekloln-
tulRcd In a most duel , unprovnlted and cow-
uMly attack upon Kiam-ls Mutphv , whuso
onlj onen-n was Hint lie was billed to deliver
tcinpt'i.iaco lectuie In Hcatrice InUHuiiilay
-bt and huppeneil lobe In the audience duf-
tf Mr. Dicldo's opening uililiess.
Hwasngivc'd before tlio ilebatn hail begun
that the prohibition sldo was to tike llio
initmatlvc. mill the four dobiters were to
otito for tlihty inlnuteso.uh until thed.'bito
loseil This a mm genie nt cave Mr DieUlo
he opening ami Mr U eb-.tt-r the closing.
IJlit vvlun thu elosliin spiethcn weio about
; o bo made on tno afternoon ot the
ast day Mr. DU Iclo deliberately
let ! Into inv teeth ami nssortcil
Hi.it 1 hid OKtOfd to let them Inivo both the
: ipi'iiln. ( and i losing. After dehiv lug thoiiu-
iHiiieo for thlity minutes liollnallv snccLOiled
in bulUlo/lug us lulo acDiuessiiiii vvhiih gave
mm the closing sp.-eeh Having thus seemed
le.uo to have llio lasl word , Mr
DliUio took nil van t ice of his opponents ,
itnl devoted most of his limn to Insulting ami
lampooning mo nnd Mr. Welnter mnl Im
posed upon a credulous und cmntienal nu-
dleiico bj lllnlous Inucndos for wluc'ii ho bid
no moot and misquotation : ) of what had bicii
sulil bj' us dm lug thctlobato. Ilohnil the mi-
dacity tocall in question the r < liability of the
tatisticsvlilch I bad quoted by In-
iiiiitlnu they vveio minufiu tnicil for tbo
occasion. As a matter of fact cvetj- citation
mailo by mo was either from ofllc in ! lecouls
lu mj' possession and within reach or fiom
letters and telegrams soul lo mn by stuto of-
llccrs , slierllls , police ofllcers , county and
cltj cleiks of llio various coiinti 's in this and
other states. Ho purposely ilistoitcd Mr.
Webster's statement rogaidiui ; the number
of hisatm In this state In the fueo of the fact
thatthcoftltlil llgurcs had bet1 ! ! quotcel both
by Mr. Webster and inv.sell in piovlous
spcechei. Anil ho know that ho was imposing
upon his audience in accusing Mr. Webster
of fal uf > ing Uio iceoid.
\\lth \ a kiiovvleilfjo that ho would ho proved
n hbek-rhi'icservcd his attack on tha llusl-
ness Men's and Hankers1 association
anil called tiicm bumuicra and beats
when nobody could contradict him
thcio. lOverj' intelllgeiil ciliren of
Nebraslui Knows that this association com
prises among its members the most reputa
bio ami responsible business nun in the
state They 1110 not only men in good finan
cial standing , but men standing high socially
and morally in the communities lu which
the ) reside.
j\nd Mr. Kosrgcn , llio secrcla ) of this as
sociation , was lefeiied vO by lids
mcicciiarj * tiKitator aslf ho were a bloated
saloon loufer , when as a matter of fact Mr.
Hoggon hail for twelve jx-.u-s occupied tlio
position of ileputy secretary of state und bad
twice been electee ! by the citi/ena of No-
briskn to tbo rcsponsiblo mid honorable
ollho of scciet.uy of state , a position
ranking next to that of govctnor Mr Hog-
iron Ins also been adjutant Koncral and
has n good record as a union veteran
1'iot LJichii ! quotes fiom Tin : HII : : to prove
that the hiv'h liecnso law is not cniorcod in
Omaha , but ho takes c.uo not to quote tbo
date ot the cilitoiial , which appealed j'cars
nu'o when council contiolled the
, our city po-
lieo and issued the liiensc' ? . Kverjbody in
Nebraska knows that wo Imvo now a boaid
of police coimnissioncis appointed bj the
governor , which has no connection with locil
polities , Is lice from all saloon influence , and
has ilgMljcnfouod the law by thometio-
polltnn police.
Wliat I resent moro than the Insultto my
self and my associate * In the debate aie the
ouliiigcmis libels ultcied by Uickio about
the city of Om.di i and her people.
With the bnso instincts of a profes
sional c iluinnlator ho went clear out of
his way to charge the press of Omaha with
advertising for money the vocation nnd
plnccs of lesiileuco of women of ill rcputo ,
and made hi laudioica bcllovo that ho had
facto to substantiate ) a charge tbat Is
as fulso as hell. Ho asserted
thnt prostitution is licensed In Omaha , nnd
raised his h.uuls in holv horror ever the deg
radation of our people , when the infamous
scoundrel know that the social evil is not li
censed In Omaln , but on the contrary is
treated Just as it is In neaily every cjty of
Iowa ami Just as it is in every hrgo citj * of
Uio cast and west. And it is in accoid
with tbo eternal fitness of things that
this Phnilseo who delights In howling about
the blood moiioj * of the snloonist luined the
$ . " > < ) ihcvk which tlio Chautauqua pcoulo nt
Beatrice paid him for his gieat effort nt black-
gui.rdism ov ci to the barkeeper of the Pad-
ilo-l : hotel niul uairicd Uio "blood money"
with him back to Michigan.
Dli'Mc' riution Ilofulrcl.
TOITKV , Knn , .lulj' 7 , UCWK Uoscvvatcr
Dear Sir : The viiluilton for bSH , last In ,
is S iOs.iri,07. ! W , and is probably J. ! per cent
of ieal value. Yours trulv ,
T. MeCvmin , Auditor of State.
Very HeMlablc'C. ' ) Statistics.
Dvi 11 is , Nib , July To iho Editor of
Tin BIT In retJIn ? the Ueatrlcc debited I
Hud the fi lluvvmg in 1'iof DUMO'Sargument ,
printed in Tin 15'i Tuesday :
'llio next is J A IJeuimn , treasurer of Os-
boino county. "PiohibitionIs a glorious suc
cess , nnd is enfoieotl as well as niij * other
statute. Woluve no s.ilooiu or Joints The
disuppemancoof illunKennels and cliitikmg
Inr hevei.igo put I'tiscs is almost totally abolished
ished 'ilio tar.tto ha been decroascd 2 per
cent , Our piopeitv is .nscsed ut about one.
fifth in v line1 Pauiiciisin has becnilt ueasod
Wei have a better i lass ol people Hundreds
that iisod to spend then m > m > v for liquor mo
now sol > t r , honest nnd industrious. "
1 am told tins m : n Hcoman has been In JM1
for ne irlv a jcar chatgeil with eiiibu/lcineiit
Veiy truly- , Pi.oum.
Internal U. veinie St.tlKtlcs 1HIO. !
M IIIH-K \ .
Ir ! > Hll liquor di'alcis 1.0.5
U h Vs if < > Miami ilniiliiis . . r >
lit1 ! ill unit tic.ill it . . . . . . .4
\ \ liuk'salu malt dealeiib '
Total 1,100
IIIKOI \ .
Iet.ill ! I'liuor dealt rs . ' / *
U iioli-siifii lioiKii tli'alt-is . . . . .
Kci ill m ill tic.ill ts '
Ulitile'a.i'o ' malt dealeis 1
"
Total (
Nnto The liitiinnl revenue oflico n1
Oiiinha vvliieh supcrvUes Dakot'i h , at tbo
pic-sun liiiio ( July 3 , is'K ' ) ) selling per ecnl
more lecn ! o to I laknt.t than ever befoio. Oul
of iwo liuii'io books lasl used , containing 10 (
lieenscs each , mntj-iiltio went lo I ) ikota am
101 to Nebraska , aril the present book , Jus
dosed , shows seventv six to Dakota am
twenty-four to Ncbiask.t.
About Ihiipty .lulls.
rifinmit lillitine.
Roscvvater , In his speech at the Hcatrlco
Chautauiiia | , showed that tliero uro more
empty Jails in Nebraska than Iowa or Kan
sits , these m llftj-tvvo counties ut the picseni
time having not a single Inintie , that vvo
havea smtlior [ ier cent of convicts In our
penitentiary and fewer him it _ of asylums
than Ivans is or Iowa. Tito contrary state
ment has done service along time lor the pie
hlbitionUti. It li intcrctting lo Know tha
Nt bi.i-.lu Is n gicat deal better than it has
bouu pictuicd.
1'icl' . r ricilon to I'nuts.
JoudMn'irnnl
On Saturday and Monday last there wcro
heated discussion > on the prohibition quca
tlon held at the lie itrlco Chautauqua grounds.
Although Mojsrs. Uoscvvatcr und Webster
R.IVO abundant reasons and figures to sup
port their position , these attending the tils-
cusslon decided in favor of the prohibition
bldo of ho questionlUoy becmed to prefer
Ilctioii to facts ,
Clinrlslirt !
Citiine / ? | / Count1Joinnn \ ,
The arguments of Measrs. Hoaewator nnd
Webster ut Beatrice ) this weak ugilnst prohi
bition were ) of the most satisfying kind.
Uven the rankest amendment people must
admit that the editor of Tim Deis is a most
formldabU opponent to the ! * chorlihcd hopei.
Till ! DRINK HABIT IS MAINE ,
Prohibition n Distinct I'ailtiro iu Every Oitf
iu the State ,
VERY STRONG PROHIBITION TESTIMONY.
Ci line IM Alarmingly l'ri'lt iit nmi
Iho Jails A ro Unpleasantly l < 'ull
li'iu'ts fruni thoOlll-
ulnl Kei'oi-tlrt.
Poim INP , Mo , July II - ( Si'prlnl to Tin
Hrr'I'licHO ] ' good people o ( Nohmsldi who
nro seeking to Iiupjso np.ui the Mate u con
stitutional prohibition of the llinior trnilla
nnd who cnforco their nrgtmiouts with ol
qucnl rofcroiuvs to thcMViuiilorfill success o (
prohibition In Maini ) can onlj hooxouu'd fo
cueli nilsstutenientt on tlio Rrounil th.it they
know nolldng nbout the ) nnttor , Ceitalnljr
no siuh claim Is imilo hero , oven by the most
fanatical prohibitionist , nnd Iho most suporu.
clal ohscivatlon bj any ono who iws his cyoi
cannot full to dlscliMo tlio fm-t th it there ) lu k
v ast nnimint of drlnldii ) ? In Mnino.
In presenting the proof of this statement ,
uud of the fuitlier ussc'iiion that prohibition
ts distinctly n fiiilmo In oveiy plu'o of any
considerable K/O ! In this state.'l Hb.ill not rely
so much upon the ov Idcnco o ( my own ej es nt /I
upon the milmpeichiiblo testimony ol tlia
prohibitionists of Mulno His the fashion ol
these who favor prohibition to decrv tli
fitatements of nil corrwponili'nta nud other *
whoventuro tbo opinion thnt this nineteenth
ccnttirv panacea of all social tniuhlcs is
good deal of n delusion , but they cannot ills
regard the ovMeiuo of their own friends i .
e.iullngn matter upon which thej ull claim.
lo boinfnillble.
Tboro li published In this city a rather feu-
hlo shoot cnllt'il the I'oillind ifor.ild , vvblchli
the organ of the prohibitionists of Miiuo.
LooKing over Its piges , which fairly teem
with statements regarding tbo viol itlon of ilia
stale laws foi Iho mppieision of the liquor
traflle , I find many bright gems of tiuth for
the I'lildanco of tlie people of other states
who would trv piohibitioii IIcn , for In
stance , IsnsiKiiitle ml comment cmnlng uftor
pome llgmcs UUeii from tha rocnid < t of tin
United Htntc's intoiiml icvenuo olllco , uhov/-
lug that there were HU ) cities aiul towns in
Maine vvliero license money was pild tx > tlia
govetnincnt for the sale of llipiors The I'orU
land Hoi.iKl sajs :
c'rlino Is ularniinirljprovnlont. . Jlurdrri
have continually Inrte.iMil jrtr by vear Oiif
lulls anil pi Kims HID unple.iMiitl } full. Hob <
herns niul liir l.irlean iicfiiri lux In all ell *
rcctlimi. trliuutif all Minis U IneriMsIn On *
hundred nm ! tlni tj-fourllitior-si | > llcis In I'ort-
lanil ! 1-7 In Humor' ' ! anil llfljtlvn In I.ovvlj *
lon'l ' ! ArtiDiircltl/ons less I ivr-nblilhu than
\ \ I'stcrn peoplelHpulillc'entliiiiliil at iilnwcr
ebb hi IliLTood old ; -t.ite'iir Maine ( linn It l.sla
u vvcstt'in state vvliuio pi'iiplu from all eoun *
trlt > shn\ii'ctiri ! | ; > KnteilV UoaUln't It lo we1 ! !
for Uiei M ilnc > Itvl l ituio lo appoint an lnes *
. . . I'oimnlttto to 'isciililn ni > it li
that pnihlhltory laws c-aiinot bo cnfuicccl In
Malm asvell .is in Kims is "
The Rood Ncnl Dow , vvho has nlvvius led
the light for prohibition In M line , and who 11
a man of i.uvstm cntv and be.uitj of tliarao *
t < r , says of the Inlliieiuo upon thccomts of
the * prohibitinn law , which contains n piovto
Ion investing the judges and prosecuting ofll
ceiwllh a c eiltiu iliscictlon in sentencing
ami lining olTfiiding liquor dc.dcrs :
"The icsiill Is , It Is sild. Hint tliore Is at
Him li ci > niiptlon In M line * . In proportion tt )
ItsvM'illli mil popnlat Ion , In the idinlnlstra *
llun of tlio law , us llu'iols 01 tnorvuiH In Not *
Voiccltv Lot inn glvo v tin nn evamplo to
show that Heio Istho cast' of I'atilok" ' . ' .
tlii > uli ! that Is not his icul mitiio. Uo U th ;
htigtsl rum seller In thcstatouf Mnlno , and
ht'cont rllmlt's nun o money to tliarupublleur )
riiiiipalgii fiinil than any other man In Main *
Ilo iiatl In v.uloiis wajsovaded an Indict *
ment , hut less tliinn jcur igo ho wits ln
dieted , 'llio pioof against him v > as abundant
but the piosecutin * olllcor nollo pressed ti '
easu In open court In spile ot the protest cl J'
Iho Judge. nsslsnltiK no reason whatever r '
Ills notion. Tint Isa falrsamplo of tJ"1" *
Iu vvlilch our olllolals deal with liquor oases.
Tfio most striking proof of the utter InonKCanja , "
cloncy of prohibition In this stfitois afforded
by the annual report , ol William II. Green.
city marshal of Portland. Under date ol
March 1 , 1890 , Marshal Orocn males the tolf
lowing statement as regards the number of
arrests duilng the year 18S9. The number ot
arrests made by tnn ofllcers of the depart *
ment for the j'cnr h.u been 1,947. The offense *
charged against thorn and how they wor
disposed ofvill bo shown by the following
table :
Assault nnd battery It
Ass mil with Intenlto rnpo
Assault with ik'rullv weapon , . . .
Ass uilt on liollcu otllcer. . . . .
Assault , Indecent
Assai.lt suspicion uf
Abandoning child
All lay . . . . .
At tested on a etplns t
Ilic-iiklngiiiid entering 10
HrcnMng and entering , attempt to 1
HrcaUnx and e'liturliig , suspicion uf t
llist.utly . 1
Cruelty to mtmils , II
Coiiiiaon nillsanco I
I'oniinoii brawlur I
Con moil ilriinKartl 131
IIIunki'iin ss . . . . . . . 450
Hi unl.i MIH-S Mini illMiirl nice 1X1
ll.in/cror falling Into \lio
Illstlll I'llllCtl
Hist nrbliiK reunions meetings
l.vadlni : faio
IX Miie'd prisoner
I. \posin e , Indecent
l\u UK .ulim
' '
'iil Ini ; tippling ; shops. . . .
dull in- tin tialn In motion J
his.nn :
Ille-Ml tinnspottatlim uf lliinorB t
lu evmg und milntalnlngn. . Kunibllng iiuls-
IIIM o . S
Ivet-pIiiK a disorderly house S
l.iiiiinj' 117
l.iiueiiy fiom thu pcison 1
l.aifiny , snspltlonsof 17
I.illt tin4 iirniiiid railroad station 1
11 ' \il and lasoiUous boh.ivlor 5
Mnnlir J
Munlor threat onln'4 to 1
MiliilousinUcliler 31
Maintaining a llijuor iiiilsaneo t
Mutiny 4
NUhtttalUii , * 3
Olitulnliu goods by f tlso protunso I
( Mii-niliiii U
I'rnciiilngnn ' nliortlon 1
IVdillinllhout u license I
liniiiiliiK nvviiv fiom homo ' . . . , II
KuiiniiiHHIIV fiom boiKUinoii !
Kceelvlngtliilcn L-oods 3
' e iii h anil sul/uio 23
' i i/iiro I
S-H milling
S ibhntli liii''ikln , ' . I
hillinn lliiiiirv\ltlioiiUJ.S | \ llccnso . 1
' 1 1 1. m , : a team without consent of tuTiicr. . 1
Tiii.tin-y . I
'liamps . t
1'sln.joWeiiu languiKO . 1
Vagrant . U
VI ( ) [ . .TION OFOITV OIIDISA.VCKS.
Ilitbln In city limits . I
l'"ili i tiu- : lieu c oil il w Ubont a license , , . I
II s. liu ins llio nrin In oily llinlls . I
HilIn an imiiiimbireii e.u t . 1
Hilv Ins ntarrl.i o v\lthouta llcoiiso . I
1'i-t driving . I
I.outl inilso in street . . . . . . . . I
vu , trln , ; D.iilxotm his hat vvhllodrlv-
iii'y c urln o I
Obilriic'lTnit Mtli'ttulk . I
liublsling police otllceT . 31
Tut n I . 1947
It is shown by Ihh table tint 1S5 ! pcrsoni
vvero ai rested us common drunknuls ; 450 fo ?
drunken ness and ( ill for diiinkcnncsa anil
thsturbanco. In other words , out of l.'IT ' ar-
u-.ts In thoyoar IbVJln tlio prohibition city
of I'oillanil l.iO vvcio for diunkcnncss , ana
to this should also bo added 101 arrests foi
assault and battery , which wc.o foi the meal
part attrihuLiblo to intcinporanco. If thert
Is any cily In any licensed state in America
that hai a larger rc.'ord of ariests for drunb
I hav u not heard of it.
it.W
The ofllclal repoit of Mnr lmlCirccn alsi
tciulilns a tabulated exhibit of Uio number ot
airosts for drunkenness made In Portland
dining the past ton jears , as follows :
IBS'JlSKa IW7lbty ( ! .IbaritoJ.Tt J.I'Jil Ibbi
Murt-h ot ion 110 , 111 '
April I''O ionw IU7 IM 'i !
I IT w i sl iu
Juno 1.17 121 971a \ \
July ITO im 14VI Mil IU ! IM
AllKUtt IN , Ill ) IMVI
brpt r < u H'7 111
OiluUr ill Hi 111tl
Nnv lo'l ' 140 IM tlUl
IH'C . . . lo'l6d nu ti
Jan 6d nuKS 194
tut ) -ilH 70 194n
-
\'iV \ tails 1501 111. iiio ISi 11171111
Thera are too original paoVtiso houses U