THE OMAHA DALUY BEEJ , THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25 , 1890.
ITIIAKESDIUJNKAIIDS.
Baneful IflecU of Political Prohibition
Were it Hal Been Tried.
STARTLING INCREASE IN CRIME ,
{ The Batio of Ineln'ates' in Iowa Oitiea
Greater Than in Omaha.
PENITENTIARY RECORDS SHOW IT.
High License , on the- Contrary , Pnta a
Check on the Evil ,
V/EBSTER / PROVES THE ASSERTIONS.
Governor Lnrrnbcc Continues Ills TAnc
J of Arcuinont on the School
1'Jinse oC tlin Issue and
i\-iis. :
The series of debates at Grand Island was
Closed on Friday evening by ex-Governor
karrabee of Iowa and Hon. John L. Webster
CfOmalm , The arguments nro given In full
below from stenographic notes by Ben re
porters : _
Mriait f.iCKX'si : ALZ , ivjaoxa.
that In the Gist of Governor Einra-
bco's Clotting Argument *
I supposed I had flnlsliert my talk for this
ncrenlntf , bat it appears that General Brad
ford and ilr. nankin who were Invited licro
were not satisfied from the first ,011 account
pf the arratiRemeut that was made. The
general claims that Koscwatcr and Mr.
\Vc biter had made the programme to sihfc
themsclvrs , that they should have the openIng -
Ing nci closing of evenr mooting
ntid they ivoro displeased with It
r. us 1 understand. 1 urn surprise : !
< , that they have left mo tcro to speak ujraln
'Jxicnuso I didn't expect to tiavo anything
juoro to say to you again , so for as I am con
cern cJ.
"When I enlist I mean to boasubordlnatoand
It anybody can disprove what I may say I
nm Milling they should. I intend to tell the
truth just as His , nnd if any gentleman ex
pects by jiny hook or crook in following mete
to take any advantage I liavo no objection to
their doing it. I am sure General Webster
Is too much of a Rcntleman to do any
BUCli thing. There is. n young gentleman
from my state who intends to conio over
nnd go in his ofllco at nti assistant and I can
nssuro the gentleman that I think he will find
'n strong prohibitionist in this young man
from my state.
I was speaking of the ladles when I closed
before nnd I want to sny one word more. The
ludies of Iowa don't have the privilege of vet
ing ; cither at school , municipality or other
elections. Some of them desire It and I have
told them that their Influence should bo no
less whether they cast tbevoto themselves or
whether their husbands and sons cast the
vote. I have not been able to convince
them of it , but I expert the
gentlemen to be able. I want to say , Indies ,
yon have the training of the next generation
mid you linvo the advantage of the men , nnd
the men can veto this time as they please if
you let them , but you direct the voteof the
Xicxt generation.
? I can sny for Iowa that n largo proportion
FN of the younfr men are for prohibition ; you
can hardly nnd a boy or filrl of sufficient OKO
to understand this question but what is in
f avorof prohibition. I want to say to the young
men of .Nebraska you cannot bo too cautious
in this matter. The competition for
a livelihood , oven In this country , U going
to bo closer nnd closer each year as time pro-
gresso.Wo double our population ahout
once in twenty-five years oy natural Increase
whether , wo have any immigration or not.
There is coinff to boinoro and more competi
tion for livelihood ; business is more and uioro
complex cacli jcar and a llttlo higher stand-
on ! of workmanship Is required. I care not
what line of workmanship It iswhether on
tlio farm , In the shop , the printer's ofllco , the
' lawyer's ofllco or the doctor's oftiee , n llttlo
higher standard of Intelligence nnd integrity
Us required each vcar , I am a good deal of an
&nd I believe the people nro
Batting- bettor and hotter each year. I say
wo cannot afford to patronize the saloon ; the
young men who do not touch liquor will have
on advantage over tilm who does.
Take two men of equal ability , ono pays an
occasional visit to the saloon and the other
does notyWhich would jou prefer ) whether
us a printer or a reporter ! I presume if you
( addressing 2 Ir. Itosowator ) were going to
employ a reporter to send out to sinoll out
joints you wouM prefer the maa who takes a
\drink occasionally.
f Now , is a man more , or loss , finished for
being u patron of a saloon ) These gcnlo-
mcn hnvo told us that it hurts business. Is
the farmer's boy a bettor workman If ho
patronize the saloon ) Is the merchant's clerk
better or more reliable if ho patronizes the
Bnloon ? Is the lawyer's assistant a better
clerk if ho patronizes thosaloon. or I can say
the same thins of the doctor. Wouldn't you
in every case , if you were going to employ ono
of two lawyers and they were equal in ability
nnd every other respect , but ono takes a class
frequently and the other does not , is there
any question which ono you would employ !
This statement tliat it hurts business is
merest bosh nnd no reasonable man ought to
bollcvo it.
Uo\v , ns to high license , U legalizes the
business and tends to give it respectability ;
and that is a great objection to it If it docs
diminish the places where it is sold. I was
discussing this matter not long since with
air Medill , theeditoroftho Chicago Tribune.
Ho takes the same view as'Mr. Kosowntor
nnd It shows that men are Iniluenced by sur-
roundinct circumstances. Mr. Medill said
that htfjli license hnd reduced the number of
Buloons in Chicago about fifty per cent and
vrhou I asked him how much it had rcdui-cd
( the consumption of liquor hosays , "I don't
tknow , but I think from live to ten per cent. "
fl said in answer to Air. Jiledlll that a measure
" ouM not reduce the consumption of
"liquor moro rlnn ten percent In Iowa would
hardly bo called a temperance measure , and
( ft would not.
Is'ow , Useoim thcso gentlemen nro solici
tous about getting arcvcnuo from the saloons.
They cany the Idea that the question of sus
taining the public schools of XobnHKa de
pends upon the revenue received from the
saloon.Vo have sustained probably the
beat , or as good as this best school system In
thoUnlteil States. 1 don't , want tooverreach
In tnis matter , but I feel proud of our school
system. We have about 14.000 schools in ses-
aton , 1 suppose , Just about this time und
vro have a largo army of children in attend
ance.Vo teach tbo evil influences of the
use of liquor In almost every school in the
atato. These school teachers. I believe four
out of five , and lam inclined to think that
nice out of ten , of the school teachers in town
are In favor of prohibition.Vo started our
schools without any revenue whatever from
the saloons. The peoploof Iowa thlrty.flvo
years ago declared they would take no part
of the profits In the retailing of liquor * , and
Vivo spend more than n million dollars each
fyear for the support of our schools , and wo
Lave the grandest results that can bo shown.
Uhls money that goes to the support of
your government , are you entitled to It for
that purpose 1 Isltn noble thing for you to
receive HI "What Is the theory of our tnxa.
tlon In this country ! 'Jiio theory Is not tha
the Individual should pay the tus , not that
the parson should pay the tax : the theory is
that the property should pay the tax. A man
who has ilO , < XX ) should pay tentlmc as much
tax iw the man who has $1,000 , and the man
/frho has (100,000 , should nay 100 times as
'much u the man who has $1,000.
Now that Is the theory although
I know It Is not enforced strictly
sp aklnj : , nud l ( wo carried out the strict
reasoning of iny friends on the platform , you
should repeal ; the laws in regard to taxation
because they are not enforced strictly in RC-
corJauco with the law and the spirit of the
law in regard to taxation Is perhaps
enforced reasonably as well as other lvs l ;
wo do oj well as wo pan to collect the tax
f rom the property holders , but you propose
nud ivro letting up the saloon keeper as a pub
lic tar gatherer. You nro setting him up as
n publican as it was called in
scriptural times. Is this the proper
to do ) Let ua iuquLro
into this and sec /com / whom this publican
collects his tax. Does this publican or pub
lic tar gatherer collect It from the proi > ertr
holders ! Does a maa who owns as much
property In Omaha as my friend Uosowatcr
docs , docs bo contribute his jbaro to this
source ! Do you pay your share of the money
collected by this publican ! And how 1 * 11
with my friend Webster , who I take tt is a
large taxpayer in the city ot Omaha ! You
have some women who pay taxes. You hnvo
some wealthy wldo\vs there , 1 understand.
Do those wealthy widows pay their
share of the tax * through that tourco
and do your wholesale merchants nud your
large retail merchants pay their share of this
taxf Howls it with your railroad compa-
nanics ! I understand you assess property in
Nebraska at a less proportion than wo do In
Iowa , and I want to know if the railroad
companies pay their shnro of tills tax to the
public tax gatherer. Not one dime. Neither
do the railroad employes because the railroad
employes nro requested and expected not to
patronize tno snloon. It Li becoming moro
nud more the custom of railroad companies , I
notice In tbo Independent in the reports from
the railroad companies for the last thirty
days , and they discourage their em
ployes from patronizing the saloon ,
and I believe thcro Is not n moro torn-
l > crate class of men In the nation than our
railroad employes as n rule , nnd whca my
friend Hoscwatcr says that nine-tenths of
the temperance pcoplo of Kansas arc frauds I
don't bcliovo a word of it. Ho may think so ,
but Idon'thollovoiU Audi can say this ;
The railroad men , as n rule , nro thorough
temperance men , a lnrto ? proportion of them.
If the wealthy merchant , if the wealthy
real estate man , If the wealthy lawyer , If the
wealthy doctor don't ' pay their
share to the public tax gatherer ,
who docs pay itl Will someone
ono tell mo who you think pays the larger pro-
portlonl Who docs , Mr. chairman ! The
laboring man and pcoplo of small means , as a
rule , pav probably nlnc-tcnthaof this tax to
the public , tax-gatherer. Now then , If the
laboring- man pays his money to the saloon
keeper , understand It , the merchant , the
butcher , tbo grocer , the lawyer , the doctor ,
and whoever Is In the employ of this poor
wan , don't ' get the money that eoes to the
saloonkeeper. Now then , who Is doprivcdof
the money taken from the laboring man to
support this institution ! The women
and children ore entitled to the earnings
of the husband and this laboring man should
pay his money over for the support of his
family ; his disposition is good to doit , but
the temptation is before him und the chances
arc ho pays the money to the public tax-
gatherer. Now , you propose to rob the
women und children of Nebraska , and for the
purpose of carrying on your government , do
you i It Is a standard of government which I
think you should not establish. This great
Missouri A'alloy was given us for a different
purpose. And I tell you wo have something
clso to do besides to cat.drink and bo merry in
this country. In Iowa If n man worked only
ono day in the week ho could earn enough to cat
drink and bo merry perhaps , but ho works
six days in the week , nnd ho can't even get
away with all the money ho earns In six
days.Now
Now , that Is all I have to say so far as this
tax Is concerned. I don't believe you want
it. I don't believe the women want it. The
women are just as much Interested In this
question as the men , nnd you men should re
member that you do the voting under our
laws , and these gentlemen on the platform
with mo understand well that all the
standard writers on political ethics lay It
down as a rule that these who do not cast
a vote should bo represented just as well as
these who do cast the vote. I say standard
authors on political ethics lay that down as a
rule.
rule.Gentlemen
Gentlemen , you should consult with your
wives on this question. I know that many
think that women aru foolish and that women
are governed by Instinct , but I tell you that
their instincts nro oftener right than wrong
and you can rely ou that , and the man that
consults his wife freely is apt to get along
% 'ery much better than ho who does not.
As to the character of the men that sup
port prohibition in Iowa. Wo have a vast
number of preachers in Iowa. My friend
from Kansas claims that they have moro
'churches In proportion to the population than
any one else , but I am Incincd to dispute the
ground with him. In Iowa our churches are
supported , I believe , about ns well as any
place you can llnd in the country. AVe have
a host of Methodist preachers there , nnd I
bcllovo 909 out of every 1,000 are piohibi-
tionlsts. They are zealous , intelligent class
of workers , and you can't buy thorn nor you
can't scare \VhatIsayoftho Metho
dist ministers is largely true of other denom
inations.
My friend Uosewator still insists , that pro
hibition don't prohibit nnd it seems has been
taking a llttlo trip down Into Kansas and Iowa
recently nnd ho was giving us an account of
his travels. I think if ho would publish
them they would bo Interesting , and part of
them would bo like Earou Munchauscn
stories I think. Ills experience in the city of
DCS Molnes is very different from mine. I
have visited DCS Molnes many times in the
lost four years nnd I never carried a revolver
ver or even n walking can o and I never hnd
any fears In visiting any part of the city In
the whole four years I was m the execu
tive ofllce , nnd I want to tell him that his
tuo danger , so far ris being slugged is con
cerned , is all moonshine. Don't you ever
have uny fear. ( To Kosewater ) : I would
like to ask you If you was over slugged in DCS
Molnosl 1 think not. Now I would like to
ask you if you was ever slugged in Omaha )
( Great Laugh tor. ]
You know that artlclo I read from Tun
OMAHA BEE. : You know what It said about
these who came In contact with liquor influ
ences , that it was demoralizing aud corruptIng -
Ing , and I certainly think It is , and I would
advise my friend Rosewater to bo a little
moro careful in the future and avoid
temptation. [ Laughter. ) What ho says
'
approves what I said before. They
nro unscrupulous and often some of the drug
gists are not sufficiently law-abiding. As a
rule , I thing our druggists nro pretty good
men nnd they compare favorably- with any
other stato. But It seems his statement cor
roborates what I said , and in relation to that
I want to sny to my friend Rosewater that I
know what the law is so far ns druggists are
concerned , and I bcllovo that honest face of
ills would pot a bottle of whisky If ho looked
sick at most any drag store In the city of
DCS Mollies. I really bcllovo that honest
face of hH would pet it , hut I know n
great u\t\ny men who have tiled that
thing on the drug stores and failed. So far
as the sheriff of toes Moincs is concerned , ho
is a democrat and is not in sympathy with the
law and does not do his duty with regard to
it unless forced to. When 1 was in the exec
utive oRIco I presume this Iniv was moro
strictly enforced than it has been under Gov
ernor Boies.
Ladies and gentlemen , 1 want to urge on
you again , us the opportunities of the evening -
ing have offered , when you go to the polls
vote for prohibition. I dou't care what your
politics aro. I am a republi
can nnd have always been a re
publican. I became a voter and voted the
republican ticket about the time of the
Kiinsas-Nelmiska bill and I have voted the
republican ticket over since. I am not ono of
these wtio condemn everything that the dem
ocratic party docs , and I can sco many good
things in what they do ; and I want to say to
the democrats , When you go to the polls vote
for prohibition. And this to the democratic
farmers nnd laborers : Yoto for prohibition.
I have no more fear of prohibition being
repealed In Iowa than I have of our law
against gambling , and I say to my republican
friends , Don't you have any fears of it de
feating the republican party. If the repub
lican party don't serve the people's Interests ,
nnd the best interests , wo don't have any use
for any party that dou't servo the boot Inter
ests or the iMjoplo of this country , and I say
to you all , Dou't hnvo any doubts whatever ,
nndU you have a doubt , give the beuetitto
prohibition and you will never regret it. I
Webster Quotes Statistics Showing
Prohibition Ineronsos the Kvlln ,
My Fellow Citizens of Grand Island : lb -
llovo.it very becoinwcoruia m tins time to
innko a statement and youjvill pcrhaiis agree
with rue that Governor Larrubco is entitled
to our favorable consideration for the honest
and earnest , and I believe , faithful manner
in which ho has endeavored to present his
side of the question , I must say to you freely
anil frankly that I admire the manner in
which he considers the question , nnd I nm
firmly sails tied that in what bo has snld to
vou ho has stated that which ho earnestly believes
lioves and talked to you of such facts us came
under his observation ; and when ho tries to
persuade the people of Nebraska to adont tbo
prohibition amendment to our.constituuon ho
tells us what ho believes to bo for the wel
fare of our state. All thu time that bo talked ,
however , I was constantly reminded of tbo
fact that bo non-hero took tbo time to tell the
people in what respect or la what particular
or to furnish any degree of evidence to sat
isfy a listening nadlcnco that the crirao of
drunkenness h.vi been diminished la his state
under bis prohibition doctrine.
On two meetings upon this platform have t
challenged my opponents in this debate to
produce evidence that prohibition as a polit
ical doctrine ; statutory or constitutional , had
diminished crime or drunkenness , nnd up to
this , the closing speech ot this two days de
bate , no prohibition orator has stepped for
ward to Ull the people and to furnish the
proof that drunkenness had diminished in
lo\va , In Kansas , in Maine , In Now Hamp
shire ortn tbo state of Vermont by reason of
| prohibition , statutory or constitutional.
When I was invited to como hero to enter
into this debate , it was by a letter written by
tbo manager of this institution to meet as op
ponent * Governor Larrabco nnd Governor St.
John of the state of Kansas. I answered that
invitation by letter stating the terms nnd
conditions by which I should como hero nud
they were simply , as I believed , fairly stated ,
that Mr. Rosewater and myself vould meet
these two gentlemen as the representative
men of the two prohibition states of this
union ; that they should nfllnn that prohibi
tion as n constitutional amendment was to
the welfare of the state , and that Mr. Koso-
vvatcr and myself would deny It ; that they
should hold to thoararmativeofthoproposition
and open the discussion , to bo followed by us ,
nnd tnat that manner of debating should con
tinue from the opening to the close of it.
Shortly afterwards IWM informed by the
managers of this sugar palace that for some
reason or other Governor St. John could not
bo secured , and they asked my consent that
they should substitute some other person to
represent the state of Kansas. Thoy.'prescnt-
ed for our consideration the nnmo of At
torney General Bradford , nnd after some II t-
tlo consideration , wo agreed to accept it. A
little later wo wcro told that by reason of
some other political engagement that Gover
nor Lnrrabeo would not speak yesterday ,
They then asked us to agree that some other
gentleman might bo substituted In his place.
Finally , as you observed in the discussion
of last night , wo agreed to that. After last
night's debate was over ( and I leave it to thn
audience to Judge how it was conducted and
as to Its result , ) Mr. Hosowatcr and myself
were notitlcd this morning that complaints
were being inado by the prohibition
orators that wo were treating
them unfairly. nnd tonight when
his debate was about to bo opened , ondwhon
the presiding ofllcer had announced to this
waiting audience the order of the debate for
tonight to continue , just as it had been
agreed , with no variation and with no unfair
ness. Colonel Rnnkin and Attorney General
Bradford came upon this platform and told
the presiding' ofliccr that tncy would not
speak In this debate unless we changed the
order of the proceeding and gave them the
closing discussion , for fear that I might say
something against them or their cause which
they would not be permitted to answer. And
they were notified by the presiding oftlccr
that the programme should bo carried ont ;
nnd they left the hall nnd forsook this debate ,
and I leave this audience to answer the ques
tion whether it is because they were afraid
ti ) meet us in the discussion or whether it
was because they were unable to answer the
arguments which wo have produced to show
that prohibition did not prevent drunkenness ,
and the von-thing which I have challenged
them on two previous occasions to answer
me. [ Great applause. ]
My friend , Governor Lnrrabee. under thcso
circumstances. Is doubly entitled to our
credit because by his remaining hero
ho has helped the show to go on , and wo have
been somewhat advertised by his presence
[ applause ] and the public in a measure en
tertained. However , I must therefore
necessarily pav my respects to the governor
of the state of Iowa touching the prohibition
In his state ; and it was a remarkable circum
stance that when the governor , standing be
fore this audience telling them about the
benefits of prohibition in the state of Iowa ,
reading hero the opinions of judges of his
state , failed to read to this audience a writ
ten letter over the signature of uny judge in
bis state that undertook to tell the
people that drunkenness had been decreased
under prohibition ; and lot it bo remarked that
the letters which were read were letters
in general terms , without passing into
detail , without furnishing any evidence ,
without pointing to the proofs that they did
not think that prohibition ought to bo re
pealed. But what I purpose to do despite
the letters of these judges Is to call their at
tention to facts , if they never know it be
fore , that in the cities of the state of Iowa ,
under their prohibition law , that drunken
ness has increased. It is not a question
whether the consumption of liquor has in
creased. ; but the question Is , whether pro
hibition does away with what wo all agree
to bo tbo thing that lies at the foundation of
this question. Mr. Rosewater and myself , I
apprehend , stand before an audience agree
ing on the general proposition that temperance -
anco is right. "Wo nro not hero as the advo
cates of drunkenness as the advocates of
the saloon. I want to say to this audience
for Mr , Roscwnter nnd myself that wo nro
hero before the people of Grand Island
without compensation for curtinieor our ser
vices from this or any society or from any
class of people. [ Applause. ]
AVe are not hero representing any organ
ization. Air , Rosewater and myself have
given our own personal time to gather the
data and the statistics that wo might come
out und talk to the people of this state of that
which concerns their welfare Just as it con
cerns ours ; to tell them what we believe
would advance tbo welfare of the state just
as wo want it to build up the state in which
wo live ; that as our lives run along with the
lives of our fellow-citizens in the years
which are yet before us , that wo could wit
ness the growth of our state merging
ou in prosperity from year to year , hopIng -
Ing that in a few years there shoulu como to
It the crowning glory of U.OOO.OOU of people ,
canal to the population of the state of Iowa ,
nnd at the same time preserve our people
from the curse of drunkenness in a measure ,
at least , by maintaining our present license
regulating system , which , in our judgment ,
is of moro benefit to us than the prohibition
laws of the state of Iowa , or the state of Kan
sas. [ Applause. ]
I cannot , however , forego in this discus
sion inviting particular attention for the bene
fit of the judges of the state of .Iowa , as well
as my friend Governor Lnrrabee , to a state of
historical facts. Wo have been told In general
terms by tlieso judges that prohibition had
tended to decrease crime In the state of Iowa.
Let it bo remembered that In the state of
Iowa statutory prohibition has failed since
ISoo. ( Am I correct as to tbo year , Go.veruor
Larrabeo ! )
By Governor Larrabee That is correct ,
Mr. Webster.
By Mr. Webster If that bo true , if the
law is the remedy , since 1S55 you have been
making the march to prosperity , and to vir
tue , and to sobriety , and to fair dealing , aud
to honesty , and to the diminution of crime ,
yet when I examine the reports of the state
of Iowa published In its records of convic
tions of criminals in a bound volume which 1
have in my hand here , and others which I
have at my command , 1 llnd that in 1SS1 there
were 3U persons m the penitentiaries of the
state of Iowa ; in 1SS3 , 873 ( mark the in
crease ) ; in 1SS7 , 073 ; In 1SS9,010 ; in ISM , 019.
Now mark the comparison. From 1SSI to
1SDU the number of inmates in the peniten
tiaries of the stnto of Iowa had
Increased nearly 100 per cent , while
in the state"of. . Nebraska , un
der our regulating system , thib pcoplo
iu our penitentiaries numbered 345. Now
mark the comparison. In our btato , without
prohibition , we had about ono-half the num
ber of criminals In'our penitentiary that wcro
resting in the cells of the penitentiaries of
the state of Iowa when my friend Governor
Larrabeo us governor was seeking to enforce
Its prohibition laws. [ Applauso.l
I llnd a llttlo further , that In 1839 , of his
019 penitentiary convicts that it represented
ono out of every l.SEl people of his state ,
while in the stuto of Nebraska that our num
ber of penitentiary convicts was ono to ; ) , ! ! ' ) .
So , therefore , my dear governor , as accord
ing to population , wo have a less percentage
of our pcoplo in our penitentiary than you
had over iu Iowa ; and pleasa explain to mo
how It is if prohibition , if you had it backed
up by tbo written opinion of 100 judges , di
minishes crime over there. [ Applause. ]
Now I want to say ono word to the gover
nor before I got into details nbout expenses
over there. Tbo governor tells you that the
expenses bavo diminished of running the
government so far us. I bnllovo ho stated , In
the prosecution of criminals ; but look at the
expenses at largo as a sum total. The state
expanses according the report of the state
auditor for Juno 30,1SS7 , was fcJ.Ml.OOO.whllo
in the state of Nebraska for the same jwriod
of time our entire state expenses were pJ.'JTi-
000. Or , in other words , It cost to run the
I state of Iowa during tbo same period ot time
JC4U.OOO moro than It cost to run the govern
ment of the state of Nebraska. That does not
look to mo very much as if prohibition was a
matter of state economy. I re
member during the session of
the legislature of this state at its last sit
ting , Governor Larrabeo honored the stuto of
Nebraska by making it a formal visit in his
capacity of governor , and in that official
capacity ho was InVltodf to address the
legislature of our state. Among the thing )
which ho then stated to the people of Ne
braska and to its law-making oincers was
that criminal business in , ninny counties of
too state of Iowa hnd dccwWd , fully ono-
half. Mark the startling fact. In 1 > 33 , on
the 31st day of July fdf that fiscal year ,
there wcro convicted nil. sentenced to the
penitentiary In the state of Iowa 833 persons.
The governor tells this people that that cov
ers n period of but ten months. Granted. I
will add , therefore , one-sixth moro to cover
the other two. That would make a year ;
that would make 140 mow ; that makes n
total , then , of a3. When I turned over
the records of 1S9 I found , however
that thcro wcro convicted In the state of
Iowa 1,103 persons. Novv mark the fact that
while the governor was proclaiming to the
governor of the state of Nebraska and to our
lawmaklng ofllccrs that the crimes wcro di
minishing nnd criminals were being dimin
ished as to the number of-convlctions. the of
ficial report shows during the same fiscal
year the number of convictions in the state
of Iowa had increased from 07 $ to 1,103.
[ Applause. ] That was a very peculiar pre
sentation of the prohibition , subject by Gov
ernor Larrabee. It vras In tbo attitude
rather of an apology for having a prohibition
law , I admired the geatleman's honesty
when ho confessed you that prohibition
was not enforced very much In Iowa up to the
time when ho became governor ; yet it had
been there as a la w from 185. . Let mo put to
youthoslmplosenslblo questionIslt right for
this pcoplo to be requested to incorpornto into
our state constitution , a law which prohibits
the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors , If the state of Nebraska is to bo whnt
the governor concedes it was to the state of
Iowa , to remain as a part of your constitution
fora long period , and then wiiTrtmt over being
enforced. Why , furthermore , ho confessed
to you during this discussion that prohibition
never was enforced in many of the largo
cities of the state of Iowa. It was n confes
sion therefore , that the law , when incorpor
ated into the constitution of the state Could
not he enforced. When you admit to mo the
proposition that prohibition cannot boenforccd
statutory or constltutional.you hnvo given tno
one of the grandest arguments that could fall
from human lips against its adoption. It
stands In the nature of an apne.u to oven'
citizen of the state of Nebraska that your
law cannot bo enforced , and therefore do not
vote for that , but let us regulate the liquor
by the legislature so that we can have some
reasonable control over the liquor traflle.
Over in the little town of Davenport , In the
state of Iowa , they kept arresting drunkards
right along. In 1SS3 there were W ; In 1SS7 ,
2-1 in 15S8 34 in IbSO 52 but In
; , ; , ; ISM , ac
cording to the report which I hnvo over the
slgnaturo of the chief of police. Frank
Kessler , the number of arrests for drunken
ness was 107. When I went to make a llttlo
comparison. I found that the number of
arrests for drunkenness in the town of Daven
port hud increased from 01 to 107 in ono year ;
and when I came to compare that with , the
population of Davenport , I found there pre
vailed in that town n degree of drunkenness ,
according to percentage of population , greater
than in the town of Grand Island ; greater
than that in the city of Lincoln ; greater
than that in the city of Omaha , and
greater than that anywhere within the
limits of the license system state of Nebras
ka. [ Applnusc.l
I turned over to the city of Dubuquc , with
but 35,000 population , and J found under a
report signed by John O'Connell , cltv clerk ,
that there are ISO saloons in that city' It is
a startling fact that prohibition , antl with an
honest man like Governor Earrabco trying to
enforce that prohibition law , that the city
clerk of that city of his state sends us a cer
tificate that there are ISO open , running pub
lic saloons. Furthermore , that same city
city clerk certifies that In-lSStl thcro were4-W
persons arrested on the streets for drunken
ness , nnd that the whole number of arrests
were 815. Does that look Very much as If
crime was being diminished anywhere over
in the state of Iowa } .1
Over at Burlington another ot their larg
est towns I found that in 18S9 then ) wcro ar
rested 1.030 persons. I foUnd over in the
town of Council Bluffs'tho , third largest city
in the state of Iowa , and where. I supposed
the governor's influence ought to have been
felt , that there were arrested In 1SS9 , u'J3
persons for street intoxication , and accord
ing to the report of the city marshal for IS'.X ) ,
which lies .on my table , the number had In
creased to M53. Look at it ; in that city of
yj.UOO population the number of arrests f or
drunkenness was ono for cvjry thirty-six of
its inhabitants ; while In Omaha , under our
license system , 'were only arrested one to
sixty-nine : in Lincoln ono to sovcntv.-eight ;
In Grand Island you arrested ono as to sixty-
four. So the proof Is that In Council BIufTs ,
in prohibition Iowa , thcro were arrested for
intoxication upon its streets 109 percent
moro people than were arrested in any ono of
the cities In the state of Nebraska. [ Ap
plause. ]
What Is the conclusion ! Why , It simply is
that prohibition as a doctrine , as it is admin
istered , instead of decreasing crime and
drunkenness docs , increase both of these
classes of evils.
Over in the city of Council Bluffs , by their
prohibition law they have lost absolutely all
control over the liquor interests , and under
the present municipal administration they
have undertaken to license saloons" They
do it m this way : They have an arrange
ment that any man who sells liquor In Coun
cil.Ulufls . shall pay a flno to the city each
month of $27.50 , and if .does that , ho can run
right along without having a license svstetn
such as ' wo have iu .Nebraska , and without
havlng'any law which compels him to close
up at midnight , or to close ou Sundays.
They run without any restraint whatsoever.
But a little while ago the mayor of the town
of Council Bluffs concluded that he had
learned something of raoralityf rom the city
of Omaha and issued nu order to close the
saloons on Sunday. The board of lire nnd
Twlico commissioners of the city of Omaha
learning of th's fact , passed a re-solution
which i want to read , because It Is a most
instructive lesson to prohibition Iowa and the
friends of prohibition everywhere. It roads
this way :
llcsolrcd. That the Ijoard of fire and police
commissioners of the city of Umnlia.o li. ,
solids IN eonurutulmloiH : uiil thanks to liU
lionor , Miiyor Macrae , of Council llluir * . ! „
for the enforcement of Ills recent order clos
ing on Sundays thu flfty-fourmuro or Ic s > .i.
loons In his city , thus stopping ( ho rush of
Umalia Sunday triilns..Missouri river patron
age nnd the consequent rcturnlii ? tide of
drimlpimc > s Into our streets and into our
jails. tApplau.se. ] .
UcsolM-d , That the secret iry bo requested
tn solid to hh honor , tliu umyoruf Council
lllnll'saeopyof these resolutions , [ Applatiao
und luubterl
Why , I will tell you. good people of
Nebraska , the people over in Iowa and down
in Kansas can draw from our good conduct
and our well-regulated government n good
many lessons tnut may bo profitable to them
over there , and the great lesson wo want to
teach them Is , that when our election .shall
bo over In November , that they over In the
state of Iowa can .wipe out their prohibition
law so that they can enact something in the
nature of a regulating license system to con
trol the saloon interests and then by force of
la\v close your saloons at 1o'clock at night
aud com IK ) 1 them to bo closed 6n Sundays.
Not very long since there was held in the
the city of DCS Moincs -rnjbllc convention ,
to which had been invited-a'largo-nunibor of
the representativp people of the state to con
sider the question whethaR' the prohibition
law of the state of Iowa pkould not bo re
pealed as being destructives Jo the interests
und welfare ot that people. ' Among the num
ber of persons who addrcssAl'that convention
was one , Captain O'lveefe , from the town of
C'reston in tno state of lowaf I bcllovo that
Is the blue grass region to'"which mv friend ,
tha governor , alluded today hi ono of his ad
dresses as being a city \vncro. it could not bo
charged that the saloons ontQ ! ( rum interests
was going without rcstivuut ; yet Captain
O'ICeefe living in that same tftwn , of Crcston
made a speech to that con vwition in wnlch he
said : '
"Wo have seen the workings of-prohibition
in Iowa for I have traveled great deal over
the state and the uioro I buq of it , the moro I
bccoino disgusted with the present state of
affairs. I say to > ou that Iain the represen
tative of a little city which is the prldo ot
Iowa. Sbols the capital of the blue grass
region , the city of Creston. rilx years ago
that Itttlo city paid the highest license
of any city In the country.
Wo have lost $30,000 of rcvenuo from , that
source , and I stand before you tonight , gen
tlemen , with my hand up , knowing , as I do ,
tbo citizens and pcoplo of that place , I could
tell you that after that great sacrifice of
money and that long trial , it has failed to
convert ono solitary" individual. It was left
for Francis Murphy , with his splendid idea
of reform , to bring about iu our city the
greatest reform that has taken place within
the last ten years. At that time wo had
eight saloons paylnsr $1,000 a year , and I must
ay n large portion of them : were parti vro.
spcctublo , nnd today it has thirty-two. Pco
plo will say , 'Why don't you enforce the
Iawl Wo have tried it , gentlemen. We
have sat up nights watching them , and I say
to tbo logic of these people , wo might as well
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other. These -wo buy In largo or small quantities , for ready cash. . For example : A sail of
clothes costing originally $40 , we can , according to atylo and quality , soil for $18 or $20. Just
think of it , a saving of DO pet- cent , ono-half of the original cost. Many or them are from , the
leading tailoring establishments throughout the country.
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SUITS. FALL AND WINTER OVERCOATS , PANTS.
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Also Full Dress Suits for sale or rent , at the
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try to stop Niagara Falls In Its course , or the
Salvation Army nt a reunion an to stop these
people from selling liquor under this prohi
bition law. " [ Laughter OIU1 applause ] . So
much , for the little city of the blue grass
region , my friend. . Governor Larrabee.
1 am afraid , as I do not know anything
ab3Ut the Judges there , I am afraid that the
judges may bo something like yourself. If
you walked down through the town of Ores-
ton , looking for a saloon , the people , knowing
your prohibition proclivities , knowing your
prohibition teachings , knowing your prohi
bition experience , knowing that It would not
bo very well to tell you It was liquor , it would
bo offensive , you would llnd the doors would
bo closed when you walked by as an honest
man and a temperance advocate , as wo know
you to bo. Die Lewis , walking through the
city of Portland at midnight , said ho did not
llnd n saloon open , but walking Into his hotel ,
picked up the state prison , report and
saw the fact that 17,503 persons In
the state of Maine wcro arrested
in one year for drunkenness , nnd the
appalling truth came upon him ; so , if you
had a friend to go with you like J Ir. Rosewater -
water , ho could llnd the plnco nt night.
[ Great applause. ] The appalling truth
would como home to you that Captain O'Keofo
knows tnoro about Crestoiij la , , than you do.
There Is another very venerable gentleman
in the state of Jowa who has a reputation
that Is not hemmed iu by the Missouri river
on the west , nor by the Mississippi river on
the cast of him. Thcro lives in the state of
Iowa a gentleman whoso reputation has ex
tended over the broad limits of the republic.
There lives over there a citizen who hon
ored the ofllce of governor of that state , who
held ofllco In the cabinet of this great repub
lic , whoso name was a shining light among
eminent politicians everywhere. I refer to
none ether than the Hon. ox-Governor Kirk-
wood ; nnd yet I find in a letter written by
Governor Kirkwood on this subject of pro
hibition in which ho states : "It appears tome
mo that these who framed our present pro
hibitory law and who have thus fur sustained
it have made a grave mistake. " So , as to
you. Governor Lirrabee , I put the opinion of
ex-Governor Kirkwood that , in his judgment ,
prohibition in the state of Iowa has been a
grave mistake. Further down I find that
ex-Governor Kirkwood.said : "Personally I
nm in favor of local option and high license ,
with stringent regulations. " Why , bless
you , that is Just what we have in Is'cbraskr. ,
and that h' what wo want to keep. [ Ap
plause. ] "I f avoc this policy because I be
lieve it will bettor promote the public wel
fare than the present law does. "
I say to the people of the state of Ne
braska that I would give more for the opinion
of that eminent statesman of the stuto of
Iowa , speaking of public welfare nnd pros
perity , that tbo high license system will do
moro for the public ; welfare and public pros
perity of the state than the opinion of all
your Judges who think the prohibition law
ought not to bo repealed. [ Applause. ]
The presiding ofllcer .tells mo that t have
already talked nearly forty minutes , and like
General .Bradford who , when ho was here ,
stated that he could go aloug in the same
strain for three hours and suddenly fled
[ launhtor ] , I think , perhaps that I could go.
on for three hours ; but I would like to have
about half an hour to warm up that little
state of Kansas whoso interests ho seems to
have forsaken. [ Cries of Go on.l
Take the state of Kansas. General Brad
ford told you that crime had diminished in
the state of Kansas and that the number of
convicts in their state penitentiary was being
diminished. Let mo tell you a few facts. On
Juno 30 , 18S3 , they had In the penitentiary In
Kansas W9 people ; in 1S $ " they had 07S ; in
1S8U thev had SiIs'ow ' look at the state
ment , Doss that show any diminution i It
shows an increase from 80 ! ) in 18SO to .U9 in
1SSS. I read in a prohibition document enti
tled "Facts about the stnto of Kansas and
not Opinions , " and which I have here , that
there are in the State of Kansas at the pres
ent time S J state prisoners. I found by look
ing at the table from the state of Nebraska
that wo hnd 345 , and I take both facts from
their prohibition documents. Now look at
the result. Eight hundred and sovcnty.threo
persons iu the penitentiary In the state of
Kansas was one to 1KK > of their entire popu
lation ; iu Nebraska 315 penitentiary convicts
was as ono to 3att ) . The fact Is that in the
state of Kansas thcro are now In the peniten-
tlorr , two persons , compared to their popula
tion to where there is ono up in the state of
Nebraska. I found in another pamphlet
which I have here 'entitled "Truth about
Kansat" which I gathered down
at the last prohibition convention ,
the statement , mark you , nmdu by the presi
dent of n temperance organization iu the
state of Kansas. "Under the present con
struction of the laws there is > hardly a rail
road train moving In or out oC the state that
doe- * not convoy whole barrels and cases full
of tlio seed of this contagion. Every wind
thnt blows over the Kansas prairies is laden
with the same infection. " Why , pcoplo in
Nebraska , bos It como to this that when the
winds blow over the prairies of the state of
Kansas it U infected with whisky nnd with
beer so that it becomes a contagion , and that
under prohibition ; nnd then lota Kansasrcp-
resctitaiivo man como hero aud ask you to
lafect the atmosphere of your stuta so that
when the winds sweep over the great Platte
Valley it shall become infected with the con
tagion of rum uud of ucor I I am ono of these
wlio wcro led to bcllovo that in the atmos-
phnro of the stnto of Nebraska there U borne-
thingof health nnd of purity idstead of tills
dreadful contagion.
In the town of Fort Scott , Kan. , In 1&37 ,
there were arrested for drunkenness 115 per
sons , total arrests ! 29 * . Look at thu compari
son. About ono-third of the people arreston
In the town of Tort Scott were arrested for
Icing drunk ; and so much for that prohibi
tion which General Drad ford seemed to think
did away entirely with the evils of intemper
ance.
Down in Leevenworth In 1SS1 they sent 105
of their population to the penitentiary , and in
1SS7 out of the same city they sent 11(5 ( per
sons to tbo penitentiary ; so that If wolind
by another comparison that during six years
of prohibition that ono town t > eut eight moro
persons to the penitentiary than wcro sent
thcro under seven years of previous license
system. So that the fact was what prohi
bition In six years produced more of criminals
than free whUky did under a license system
for scyen years In the town of Leavcnworth.
In that same town of Leavcnworth for 188U
there were arrested for drunkenness a5J per
sons , Now mark thiastateuient.When they tel'
us that prohibition prohibits In the state o :
Kansas , when In that same city of Leaven
worth there were 31'J persons arrested for
running saloons. Mark the comparison ; In
Omaha with -10 saloons the little town of
Lcavcnworth with pot ono-fourth our popu
latlon , bad 81'- ! ; mark you I do not know how
many saloons you have got in Grand Island
hut Leavcuworth Is not moro than three
times as largo as Grand Island , and compute
your saloons if you please and answer mo to
morrow morning whether prohibition in
Kansas hai not moro open running saloons
according to the population than the bcautl-
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'ul city of Grand Island , whcro I am address-
np these people.
To show utterly tno character of some of
these pcoplo who talk about prohibition I
chiinccd to have the report of the poltco com
missioners of the city of Atchlsou. I read in
ono sentence of that report a paragraph whieli
told mo that thcro was not a single nun shop
in the town of Atchtaon. I thought that \vns
a startling fact. I turned over another pigo
to investigate , when I found the polleo court
record , nnd I found touching the subject of
arrest that for drunkenness und disturbance
of the pcaco thcrowere arrested 273 persons
for drunkenness , notwithstanding the fact
that the police ofllcer made a report that
there was not a grog shop in the town of
Atchlson. Having heard that statement I
Immediately ( red the mayor of Atchlson for
iis statement on the subject , and I heg the
jirivllcgo of reading that letter to this audi
ence , bearing date September 15 , 1SVO.
"Hon John L. Webster , Omaha , Neb.
DBAK Sin : I beg to acknowledge the receipt
of your favor of the 13th , relative to the oper
ation and effect of the prohibitory law of the
state of Kansas. In answer to your inquiry ,
would state that my observation justifies mo
In saying that it is n failure and has buc-u
greatly detrimental to the best interests of
the stuto of Kansas.
During the last two years I have been
mayor of the city of Atchison , a city with a
population of nbout'cighteen thousand people ,
and my opportunities for observing the opera
tion and effect of this law have been very
good.When
When the constitutional amendment was
pending before the people of this state , al
though a. lifelong democrat , I was in favor of
it , and advocated Its adoption to the extent of
my ability. I then believed , and do now be
lieve , thnt ifvo can have prohibition itwould
oo a peed thing for our people : hut under the
present law wo hnvo all the evils of intemper
ance without the power Deregulating them.
In nearly every city of the state of ICunsas
there are many "Joints" nnd places whom In
toxicating liquors are sold la violation of
law , yet the people have become tired of the
ceaseless agitation that prevailed throughout
the state during the lirst flvo years of prohi
bition.
An examination of the recent census re
turns will show that the population of the
cities of Kansus have not increased in pro
portion to the population of other cities not
having n prohibitory law. On many of the
principal streets stores nro vacant , tenement
houses for rent without number , nnd the
only reasonable solution of this state
of affairs Is the fact that wo have upon our
statute book this prohibitory law. The pco
plo of Nebraska will regret the day thnt they
uvcr adopt it ; aud as a practical tcmpcnuicu
man In favor of prohibition when wo can
have prohibition , I would unhesitatingly say
to the temporauco people ot NebrasKa. lot
prohibition alone.
Prior to the adoption of the prohibitory law
the liquor was In u measure under the control
of municipal government , aud It could bo reg
ulated and the evils of intemperance pro.
vented to a very great ox tent , but now wo have
no power of regulation. The business is car
ried on in the cellars and in the attics , princi
pally by ibdisropuublc and lawless set of men
who know they nro violating a law , but who
are willing to take the chances of prosecution
in order to engage la the nefarious tranic.
The peoploof this state are today in revolt
against the law nnd hundreds and thousands
of these who voted for the umciidincnt have
openly declared themselves in favor of IU re
peal.Wthln
Wthln the last ten days a county fair was
held in one of the prosperous counties of the
state of KUUS.-U and S7UO was paid by ono per
son for the privilege of sclliiig beer on the
ground , and I have been Informed that the re
ceipts at the bar for ono day amounted to up
wards of fX)0. ) No attempt wus made to
prosecute the parties engaged m the business
and it was not only known but tolerated by
these who hnd been active prohibitionists.
In the city of Atchison , almost dully , can
bo seen largo beer wagons fjohiR to and Ire
over the streets delivering beer to the varl
ou.4 Joints that Infest the city.
The law throughout the t > tuto has relaxed
Into a state of innocuous desuetude. Yours
truly. B , P. AVjiaaoxnii , Mayor. "
1 want to say to this pcoplo that Hon.
Bailey Waggoner U ono of the brightest
stars of the state of Kansas , familiar with Its
political history and with Its progressive
prosperity , equally well posted as to the * ef
fect of prohibition .in the atato of Kansas ,
nud ho sends that strong appeal to this pee *
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wnnic oj'Hni'T. iri.
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wlio ut Ilio low of nut urn nt Uvilnncu. Hurt. Ilia
modern hcrcuUa. I'lio Krnncllla ClillJren. SOUK nnj
iliincoarll t . Hcort Kd * idi unit llobb ; 1'luldi.
tlio comic Irlsli anil Herman comndlnni. . .Vow H
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ploto let prohibition alone ; nnd I hclloro that
thousands of pcoplu In this titiito ImowliiK
UalloyVaggcnor \ as I Itnovv him , will listen
to thut appual aud will tuko Hiatus Budluicnt
evidence that you ehould cast your bullet
against the prohibition amcniimunt. [ Ap-
pluuso.l
My time has expired and therefore , I must
close this discussion. 1 started Into It with
the earnest belief that to votu for prohibition
would , ho a sin nnd to adopt the prohibition
amendment , a state crime , and the moro I
have studied the proposition , tbo tnoro I nm
confirmed of the proof of the iisscrtlou , anil I
uppcul to the people of the stnto of Ni'bruiku
simply to prescrvo thcmsolves from the ne-
furious results of adopting this prohlbUiou
uiiwntlmcrit.
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