FHE OMAHA DAILY
TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , MONDAY MOHNING , NOVEMBER 3 , 185)0. ) NIBLBJ3K MS. - = <
APOSTLE JOHN P , ST , JOHN ,
TLo Kansas Saint 'Whoso Prohibition Princi
ples llavo a Price.
HE WOULD APOSTACIZE FOR GOLD.
DlMcraofifnl Story of llln Attempted
Hell-Out to tlio Jtc | > iilHcuii
Pnrty , lut no Ono Would
Ittiy Him ,
Dis Moisi : , la. , Nov. 2. [ Special to
THIS llii : : . | Under date of Jnminry I' ! , 1S&5 ,
Hon. J. S. Clnrkson had an Interview in the
St. Louis Globe Democrat , In which he ex
posed the perfidy of John 1' . St. John , prohi
bition candidate for president In IMS I , in
which ho gives the details ol the overtures of
that geiitlenmn to the republican national
commiUco to sell out for tt,000. The over-
Vjrcs wcro cmdo through J. P. Legate , St.
John's nearest friend , and It was that pcn-
cmnn's exposure of the mnttcr which led lo
Mr. Clarkson divulging mailers which ho
had icpcntcdly refused to do until all pledges
of secrecy had been withdrawn by SI. John
or his friends. The interview as published
In the ( Jlobo-Dcinocrnt , Is In part as fol
lows !
Heportcr How did the overtures happen
to bo made to you. Instead of other members
of the republican national committee )
Mr. Clarkson I presume It was because
nboutthe 1st October I was sent from tin
headquarters In New York to Ohio llio Iwc
weeks preceding llio Oclober election in thnt
stato. St. John , who eunstauUy
made his campaign whcro ho could
most hurt tlio republican * , wns In
Ohio ut that critical tlmo trying to divert
republican votes nnd give to the democrats
the bcncllt of tbo October victory. Doubt
lesn thinking the republicans would bo ex.
troiuely anxious in that crisis of the cam.
palgn , he felt it would bo the best tlmo foi
him to approach them successfully for money ,
So ho had the overtures made to me whllo 1
was In Ohio and ho was near at , hand to dl
rcct his agent. "
"Did it surprise you when the overtures
wcro made ! "
" 'ot in the least. Myself n , long-time pro.
hlbltloni.st , and n steady advocate of thu
moibod , bolh personally nnd In the paper ol
which I nm editor , In Its every stage until it
reached enactment into law in Iowa , 1 Hail
como to know from prohibition sources thai
St. John was in Ihu cause for sclllsh persona !
reasons and not from conviction. By per. .
sonnl presence on the ground nt the tlmo ol
thol'lttsburg convention , I saw the Insin.
eerily of the Influences that nominated hiir
for president , and the insincerity of Iho con
venlion Itself In not/ allowing scats or repre
seiitatioii to states like Iowa where the pro
hibition cause is made successful byjboiiif
made and kept non-partisan. Thus know.
Ing the man and the Insincerity ol
the convention making him n ciindl
date , I wns not at oil sur
prized that ho was ready to sell the whole
tchcmo for his own game. "
"Who did St. John send to you I"
"Mr. James F. Legato of Kansas , whom 1
have already mentioned , und who was knowr
to mo us n leading politician and prohibition
1st of Kansas , and the next friend of St. Join
in nil his political and prohibitionist cam.
pulgns In the state. It Inn saying in Kansas
I hud been told , that whenever Legato Is
around St. John Is not faraway. "
' "Did ho bring any letler lo you I'1
"Ho brought n loiter to mo from a Cnitci
States senator , to whom ho , nnd I think St
John also , had tnlked of the scheme , nnd who
In the letter , endorsed Legato as being able
to treal for St. John. The letter wns dalei
October 4. '
" \Vasthatlhoday Legato eamo to you
nnd wliero were yon I"
"I was at Cincinnati at llio Burnett house
nnd Legato presented the loiter cither thai
night , or next morning , Sunday , October " > . '
"What did ho say , and did ho pretend t <
Bpeak by St. John's ' authority ! "
"Ho said SU John was anxious to inalti
terms , that ho was authorized to roprcscn
him , nnd that he wns In or near tbo city the :
or could bo brought there Hint night ! "
"Wns It developed whether St. John hai
naked Legnto to do this , or whether Legal
. hud suggested llio St. John ! "
"Legato showed mo a letter ordlspateh-
I think It was a dispatch sent to him by St
John from Olathc , which ho bald was St
John's homo asking him lo come there am
ECO him on very Important business. Legal
paid ho went there , and that St. John openc
up the question at once , saying it was th
chance of his life to make sdmo money , mi
thnt if Legato would lake hold of It and b
his medium ho could got him enough mono
to make him rich , and ho annealed to him t
do It. Ho said that the prohibitionists woul
not win any way. and ho felt that It would b
no betrayal of a hopeless cnuso for nlm , wh
had sacrlllccd so much for It , to make mop
money out of It than bo was then doing. "
"Wli.it did ho mean by tbo money lie wa
then making ! "
" 1 nsked Legato the snmo question , and h
said SU John told him that democrats ha
thus far been paying his expenses nnd n llltl
over , but not very much. "
"Did Legato agree to try It for St , John ! '
"Ho did , saying ho felt ho could In doing s
eorve SU John and help to keep the countr ;
f rein going Into the hands of the south , llu
1 Judge ho did so roluctnnlly. from what h
said. Legato nil the tlmo impressed mo a
a man who wished some other fellow. hai
taken the Job. I believed all the while h
wns sincere In It , nnd was fully satisfied thei
und nm now Hint ho wns fully authorized I
represent SU John. "
"What amount did St. John flrbt strlki
for. "
"Ho aimed high. Legato said ho llrst pu
the figureat SttO.OOO. Legato told him h
must think the national republican commit
tee had u gold mine. St. John said that botl
it and the democrat lo national committc
hud millions to spend , und that the ilgurcsh
hud named for himself were really modest.1
"What was the next step taken by SI
John and Legato ! "
"Legato sntd they took the cars nnd went t
'J'opoka. He told him ho mini pul his llgure
down lower. Ho said St. John took him an
bowed him n certain house In Topeka nui
told him if thut wcro bought nnd furnlshoi
for him which Legato suld would cost some
thing over f 10.000 and lie were given b <
pldea $100,000 In government bonds , so thn
his living might , bo assured , ho would nccc [ :
of thnt. For , ho snld , If ho siiould wlthdnu
or feather his speeches thereafter to th
bcncllt of the republicans , there would bo s
many prohibitionists who would bollovo b
had sold out that ho could no longer malto
living In the temperance work , nnd woul
liavo to depend on general lecturing , the n
celpts Iroin which would bo very unccrtaii
Legato told nt length many of the details c
the talk ntOlatho , the trip to Topcka an
the protracted conversation ut the Inltt !
p'.aco , all of which U extremely Interoatlnj
but which if told would make the intcrviov
too loutf. "
"Well , did Frlcud Legato open up for
deal ut oncel"
"Hob u direct man and went straight t
business. "
* * > *
"What wns Legate's tlrst offer ! "
"I do not remember exactly , but ha final )
ngrccd with mo that thcro was no use to tal
of ftuicy Jlcuv * * , and thai hu aiight as we
come down to Ixxlrock. nnd he then reduced
thn offer to f..I.OOO iitiltea hcnllby drop from
n quarter of n million. The llrst Interview
cloicd here , in pducral terms , with mv agree
ing to pet n special wins and nave a talk with
our national headquarters and see what , could
be done. Meanwhile I told htm Kt. John
must stop innklng speochcs In Ohio , other
wise I would drop the whole mutter. "
"Well , what was the next step ! "
"I secured a special wire and lepoited for
the consideration of the. national committee )
that overtures hud been nmilo nnd nskcd
what should bo done. The talk over the \\iro
lusted an hoar or two unit the matter was
fully discussed. The coinmtttcndld not feel
nblo to decide and wanted to Iravo
tlio matter to me. I snld I would
not t.iko the responsibility. They said
they would fend Mr. Kerens and would
liinvo iho matter to him , Colonel Dudley and
myself to decide. This conversation with
headquarters was laken down in writing and
I showed it thnt evening lo Mr. Lcgnlc. I
also Informed Colonel Dudley , nnd from llrst
lo last lie was opposed to making any deal
with him. "
"Did the committee send Mr. Kerens to
Cincinnati ! "
"Yen ; honrilved thcro on Tuesday night ,
October ? . Colonel Dudley caina with him ,
nnd wo thveo had a full conference about Iho
natter. "
' When was Iho next Interview wltb
Lcgatol"
"As I remember , It was the next night , or
the night of October 8 , nt the Uurnctt house ,
when Mr. Kerens was present nnd the whole
matter was more fully discussed Ihan ntany
; lmu licfore. In the Meantime , Legato had
iice.ii nt Oberlln and conferred with bt. John
iml he told us In detail about it ; ho\v \ angry
St. John was that the nutter had not been
consummated on Monday , nnd that for this
rtason ho had made his Oberlln speech very
bitter. Wo hud tbo evidence of lettorsuml dis
patches from Kt John lo Legatewhich Legate
rend nnd exhibited lo us. He reported lhat
ho had arranged with St. John on his own
ns.iiir.ince thnt something would bo done
Hint hn ( St. John ) would get n so TO throat ,
retire from the Ohio canvass and go over to
Adrian , Mich. , anil await results. It was de
cided nt. this meeting lhat neon fercnco should
bo hold ut Columbus on Iho night of October
0 , where the matter could bo probably bet-
settled. I wns not nblo to attend this meet
ing , hut Mr. Kescns went with Mr. Legato ,
and an Interview win held there between
them and Senator Plumb and Colonel Dud
ley. The dotnlls of that interview I am un-
nble to state ; only 1 was informed bv Mr.
Kescns that the matter had not been settled ,
only that Legato had agreed to got St. John
out of Ohio. On the lUth the following dis
patch ctuno lo Mr. ICesens :
UI.KVCMNU , 0. . Out. 10. 11. O. Ifoscns : Can
nur comity Bet ten tomorrow nlRht nt I'lilla-
dnllilila and llflecn moro tlio l.'ith at- Now
York ? Answer ut oncu. W. A. JOHNSON.
"Wo were not able to understand this dis
patch that day. Tito next day eamo the fol
lowing dispatch saying that the name John
son and the word county were ciphers , and
inudo the dispatch plain that Johnson meant
Legato and county meant St. John. On the
snmo day iho following letter came for Mr.
Kerens :
CI.KVRMND , O. , Oct. 10 , BSI.-Dcar Sir : I
made themlsliiUo In coining liere. I should
hiivoKono toPutrult. Have boon t'ommiinl-
rating wltb him by tele-graph. I have said to
him In conference It was twn-llftlis down In
Philadelphia loin or row night anil
by tlio Ifitb , and lie Insisted on the intli , pio-
vlded ho loft for Philadelphia today , anil
"our I1. " told It should bo dono. Just not tills :
"All right : leave In short tlmo for Philadel
phia , will cancel nil wustnf these. Meet me
In IMtlsliurg tonlnbt. " * * * 1 have got St.
John out of tlio stnto nnd tmulo plt'dnes to lilni
that In some way 1 want redeemed. Von may
notcnrna d-in , but I hnvo to llvo with him
und you don't : so does I'luinli. Simpson , ct
onilno genes. Hell , how scholarly. Truly
youii , JAMIS : K. I.IXUTK.
Other letters and dispatches follow which
fully fasten the guilt upon SU John , but art
too long for use nt this lime. Mr. Clarkson
stntci in the Interview that ho at no time
promised to pay St. John nny money , and
never did do so. Mr. Clarksor.'s statements
nro fully corroborated by Interviews witli
Kerens , f.cgnto und others published at the
same time.
THK CUIISK OP .ITCIISOX ,
1'ruhlbltlou Has A travatcil AH tlic
ICvllHiiml Itnlncil the City.
ATCIIISOJJ , Kan. , Nov. 2. [ Special Tele
gram to liu : HUK.J Thcro nro seventy-live
open saloons in this city. Under the license
law there wns never a time when tliero wen
morolhan forty places wliero liquor was sold
I lived In Atchlson before llio prohibitory
law went Into effect and I never on nny Sat
urduy night during the two ye.irs that I llvci
hero saw ns much dissipation in every fem
as 1 witnessed hero last night. Coinraercia
street was fairly nllvo with drunken men ,
With the exception of perhaps three place ;
the bar-rooms are located either In the bacli
rooms or on the upper floors. Gambling h
overylform Is tolerated without restraint
Crap shooting , rouletlo , haphazard , poker
keno and other games do u thriving business
Ono can sit nt n gambling game und have hi :
liquor carried to him by tlio drinl
on demand. Tbo police do not Inter
fere at nil. Things are In fact nn
recklessly , and they wore novcr worse undei
any regime. The saloons even sot up a frei
lunch to atlract custom. There uro so manj
moro of them now'than there wore whei
saloons were licensed that they are compelled
polled to do something to attract custom , am
even today ( Sunday ) the bar rooms are run
nlngwlilo open the same as on a , week day
nnd posted1 politicians sny that the ropub
hcau nominee for governor will ba dcfeatei
purely on the prohibition light. Govorno ;
Humphrey has declared himself in favor o
prohibition ami , ns a result , the Atchisoi
Champion and Leavenworth Times , tlio twi
leading republican papers in the state , havi
taken his name from the ticket.
The men who run the saloons here hnvi
been threatened and promised by politicians
Iloth parties huvo promised protection in cnsi
the liquor men vote right , nnd the wise one :
say that Wlllets will win. I talked with tin
editors of the Champion and Patriot. Tin
Jntter was ronlluont that Koblnson would hi
elected , whllo the former doubted very mud
the election of Humphrey. The resubmls
slonlsts nro contldetit of u majority of tin
house , If not n two-thirds majority. Govcrno :
Kobinson told ino that ho was as contldcn
of his election us ha was lhat the sun wouli
rlgu and sot on November 4 , whllo stauuci
republicans fear the defeat of Governo
Humphrey slncoho has declared himself h
favor of prohibition. The people hero nn
thoroughly disgusted with the joint llconsi
system and the majority of thorn will quictl ;
express themselves next Tuesday at the poll !
by voting for resubmission candidates ,
The seventy-live saloojis hero nro asscssoi
f.V ) a month , besides other blood money. Xi
ono knows how much cash is paii
In or out by the iwllco commissioners
niul the better class of citizens an
disgusted with the manner In which matter :
nro conducted. As It now stands thcro ari
moro saloons , dives und Gambling house ;
thnn there over was before in Atchlson
Kven minors nro nllowed to drink nnd phv
cards , pool and billiards for money some
thing that was never tolerated under i
llccnso system. The Sunday law Is not en
forced , and the lo\\ti has decreased ncarl'
one-halt hi poputallon und business.
The Panama Cnnnl.
PAW ? , Nov. -Spodal [ Cablegram t
TiiBllEn. ] The ofllclnl liquidator of th
cunal company denies that the negotiation
of Lieutenant Wyez with the Columbia ]
government for nn extension of the cano
concessions have been ruptured. Ho admits
however , that the process of effecting a set
tlcmcnt with Columbia , Is slow nnd full n
dlluVulty. Kellablo advices from tholsthmu
of Panama describe the cniial works n
wrecked nnd say that oven traces of the ei
cnvutlons initdo uro vanishing , Tlio construi
tion machinery I * staled lo bo worthless.
ICsllnmtcd Itopubllcnn flalns.
WASHINGTONNov. , . 2. { Special Telegrur
to Tin : JlKK.J Senator O'Hrlen of the repul
llcan congressional comnilteo estimates tha
Ihoro will bo a republican majority of froi
seven to ten in the ucxl congress. Ho bay
there will bo great gains which liavo no
been counted by thu democrats in the figui
lag they have dime.
IRISH LEADERS IS AMERICA ,
I'Brien , Sullivan , Dillon nml Harrington
Arrive in New York.
GOVEHtlOn HILL WELCOMES THE VISITORS.
O'lJrlen ' ( irnntN n I.oiip Interview to
tlio Newspaper Men mid Ucntls
nn Address on Irlsli
Nr.w YOUR , > 'ov. 2. William O'nrlon nnd
vlfc , T. D. Siilllvun nnd wife , John Dillon
niul Timothy Hiirrlngton nrrivcit tills morn-
ng on the steamer La Champagne. A recep-
-iou comnilttco representing tU'ovarious Irish
societies mot them nt quarantine , and when
the steamer arrived at hot- dock a reception
vas held , after which the visitors went to the
loft'inan house.
Governor IHll was ono of the llrst
o call upon them. Ho warmly welcomed
hem to the city and state , expressed sym-
> athy with their cause and signed his name
o the address of welcome , prepared by the
rish societies , Mayor Graut Old the same ,
Ciigeno Kelly and Joseph J , O1 Donahue were
also among the callers.
In a tulle with newspaper men O'Hrlen
snld that out of forty elections held In Great
Britain smco the assembling of parlln-
nent fourteen had hecn won by
.ho homo rnlo party. This wns a fair
ndlention of the feeling of the Irish people
on the question. Ho believed the lories
would bo forced to dissolve parliament sooner
than they anticipated. The government , he
said , wns not taking proper measures for the
relief of famine-stricken districts in Ireland.
1'hey first denied that famine existed ami
now aatnltcd that there was deep distress in
the country by proposing measures for relief.
O'Urieu also read nn address on
the situation of Irish affairs and
the purport of tlio visit of himself
and fellow-travelers to America.Vo arc
coming to America , " the address snld , "by
the desire and with the approval of Pnrnell
and the Irish parliamentary party. " O'llricn
stated that thcro was absolute unity in the
ranks of the parliamentary party nnd among
the people. The old taunt of Instability of
purpose could no longer bo thrown at Ireland.
Speaking of the experience of Dillon and
himself , O'Uricn said that they were \vcll
watched by the nollco and spies. When they
tooic the special train at Limerick the police
took another special train in order tp keep
them continually in sight , yet they were
caught napping. Neither bribes nor threats
induced any ono to tell the police of their departure
parturo , and the Ualfour system of esplonngo
was wasted. "Tho government cannot trust
its own servants , " continued O'llrien.
"Why , on the day before wo were arrested
Dillon wrote mo informing mo what was
going to take place. It was supposed to bo a
castle secret. Wo waited In Tipporary so
long as there seemed the least chance of forc
ing a prompt disposal of the charge. As soon
ns the tactics of the government were finite
clear wo took leave to tumble their house
of cards about their ears and eamo
away to appeal to America against
Halfour's ignoble dodge for starving
out the Irish , whom no has failed to
Intimidate.Vo will of course return thJ |
moment our business hero Is llnistcd. If wo
shall have in the meantime secured the means
of preserving the Irish ranks unbroken until
the general election wo will not begrudge
HalfoUr whut comfort Ho can get from keep-
lug us In Jail for our success. The
essence of tory policy in. Ireland
Is .land purchased on the landlord's
own terms. To effect this the
tenants' combination had to bo stamped out.
The tenants once smashed and disorganized
under the terror of coercion , the cabinet of
landlords nnd landlord tribunals could ar
range the rest at will. It was with a view to
crushing the tenants' combinations that all
prosecutions , batoning * and police outrages
took place. It was to prevent this that the
Irish representatives onmo hero.
"Tho London Tlmos has exultantly calcu
lated , " continues the address , "tbatlialfour's
policy has cost tlio tenants n dofenco fund of
JWO.UOO a your and tnnt U cost us JMO.OJO
more tT > build a new Tipporary. They calcu
lated that the Irish people at homo who last
year subscribed JEOO,0X ( ) for the evicted ton-
ants'fund would not bo ublo to coino to the
rescue this year and that wo
must appeal to America , hcnco the
Tippernry nrrcsts on the eve of our
departure. If the tenants could bo broken
by terrorism or starvation tno government
could carry whatever land purchase scheme
It pleased and goto the county with triumph
over the success of coercion. On the other
hand , if Uulfour has to face a general eviction
with a confession that the landlords with all
tholr power fail to break the spirit of u couple
of dozen bodies of Irish tenantry after all
thcbo years of merciless oppression , tlio
cocrcinn policy , already disliked , will bo
overwhelmed at the polls. For the present
the question of national lighting fund and
chartablo fund are wholly soperato. The
danger of a famine along the western part of
the sea brad is unquestionably real and hor-
rlblo- The Irish party is watching the situa
tion with the utmost solicitude. The bill
which tboy liavo called for suspend
ing evictions for non-payment of rent
on small holdings , combined with n more lib
eral administration of the poor laws , would
go far to avert any danger of a general
famine. The opinion of the Irish party is
that any general American fund poured into
Irelano at this time would have the effect ol
conllrm'ng Ilalfour in his policy of leaving
the relief of the distress to private initiative
and afterwards boasting that the distress
wns imaginary , while the large aums ills ,
bursed with mi Imperfect knowledge of the
circumstances of the country would find Its
way into the pockets of the landlords , whom
prospects of American alms would encourage
to extort rent from their famished tenantry. "
IT ME.tX8 FItMiK 1\'U1SKY. \
Uurllngtoii'H 13.\perlcnco with the
Iowa i'roliihitory Jjixw.
BUHUNQTON- . , Oct. 2. [ Special Teleg
ram to TUB Bnc.J As the people of No.
braskn , are about to vote on prohibition It
may interest them to know Iowa's experl-
cnco in that direction. When the Iowa pro.
hlbltory law went into effect Burlington hat
about sixty saloons , paying nn annual license
of f 100. That law of course put nn end tc
saloon license , but it did not put an end U
saloons , It was soon apparent that then
was to bo no effectual enforcement of the
law , and cheap saloons started up every
wliero. To control this the council
passed nn ordinance requiring then
to pay $50 a month foi
a bovcrago liccnso. This license was paid
for about thrco months , when a firm of lav ? ,
ycrs saw big money in prosecutions , and
going to the city auditor , asked to seehi :
liccnso book. Making a transcript of th (
record , they began to make complaints ,
It was apuareut that no jury couli
bo found in the city to convict , and then thi
cases wore- taken to a justice in an ndjolnlui
town. A regular pool was arranged betwccr
the lawyers , the Justice and constable
Several Informations would bo lllei
against a saloonkeeper. Ho would bi
lined In ono case and then wouU
bo allowed to compromise- others fof ui
innch money as ho was able to pay. Then hi
would bo lot alone for n while , and others
would bo taken np. When the saloon keep
cm found that the beverage liccnso gave then
no protection they ceased to pay It. Then th <
saloons rapidly Increased in every part of tin
city , A cheap counter , a keg of beer , a dcml
John of whisky anil a few glasses were nil the
stock In tr.iuo. The most disreputable urn
irresponsible men in the city engaged it
the business. Thcro Is scarcely a block In tin
business portion of Burlington now that ha :
not from three to eight saloons oa it.
In this Internal revenue district , ccoiprlsci
of fifty of the southern counties of the MMe ,
.hero nro 'J.tOO licenses In force
this year. In this city thcro are 110 ,
of which at least 1'JO are for silicons and the
rest for drug stores. Some of those saloons
nro kept by women of Ill-fame. A piano or
some kind of blind is kept In front ,
nnd the bar is found in the rear.
Other * have n choup restaurant in
fiont , but the bar In the roar Is the chief
somvoof revenue. The number of Internal
revenue licenses now in force in this district
was nt no time equalled before the prohibi
tory law took effect. Two of the
city nldcrincn ute running open
saloons , and ono of them witnin ,
the last two month1) hui lilted up M line H
saloon as thcro Is in Onmha , nnd the llrst day
ho opened ( about September 1) ) his receipts
wcro $ I'V . Within the last" two or three
months live or six saloons uhvo been fitted
up In this expensive manner. Our people , nl-
tr.o t without exception , are In favor of n
high license law , such as is in force In Ne
braska. The best of our saloonkeepers say
that they would gladly pay a liccnso ot ? I,0H ( )
a , year , and If such u law should bo passed
ut the imxt session of tlio legislature ,
ni is confidently believed will bo done , it
would reduce tlio number of saloons In this
city to not moro than lift } orsixty. Thus wo
should bo rid of unequal nutnberof low dives.
The damage that prohibition has done to
Tiurllnglon is almost Incalculable. When
I ho law went into effect llvo brow-
cries were In operation , employing
not less than forty to fifty men each , a
majority of whom had families , Thcso
establishments arc now closed and their em
ployes huvo inostlv gene elsewhere for work
These breweries bought hundreds of thous
ands of bushels each year from the farmers of
the state. They buy none now , but they sell
no less beer , for all of them are agents for
Milwaukee and St. Louis breweries , and all
tlio help they need Is n bookkeeper and n few
ill Ivors each. The city sends out to those
foreign brewers not less than
fWO.uOO a year for beer , the business
of the Anhcnsor 13usch company nlono being
not less than ? l'-5,000 nycur. When the pro
hibitory law went Into effect wo had eight or
nlno wholesale liquor houses , employing not
less than ten traveling men each , most of
whom had families. Those have all moved
to adjacent Illinois towns , nnd wo have not
only lost population but luislness nnd taxable
capital , and yet these housej hold their trade
In the state and do as much business as
over. Our rents have frono down
and property values have deoreaed. Needed
city Impiovcments cannot bo made for
lack of funds. A notable effect of prohibi
tion here to prevent improvements Is found
In the case of one of the principal hotels.
Last winter , when it sceme probable that
the legislature would repeal the law , the
proprietor ol this hotel had plans made
to entirely remodel his house and
ndd to it another , tory and man
sard roof. The Improvements would
hnvo cost many thousands of dollars , and the
city would have been bcnefltted In many
ways. Tlio house remain's us it was , and will
do so until prohibition In repealed. This is
only ono of many instances.
ix IOIIM.
So Fur ns Davenport In Concerned tlic
Kn\v In Absolutely Null.
DAVENTOUT , In. , Nov. 2. [ Special Tele ,
gram to Tun Bnc.j Wo have no prohioitlon
and never have had any. So far as this city
Is concerned , the prohibition law is nn abso.
lute nullity. Our saloons run as openly ns
they over did. Prohibition has never yel
closed a single saloon Jn this city. The citj
issues a "beverage liccnso , " by which I *
meant soda pop , ginger ulc , etc. , for which li
charges $100 a year , payable quarterly. Ev.erj
saloon Is presumed to kef p these harmless
beverages and no accountHls taken of then
who keep liquors. Thcrels ono saloon hen
which pays the internal revenue license nni
will not keep the pop beverages , and there
fora refuses to pay the city beveragi
license , yet the keeper Is not prosecntci
because such prosecutions are unpopular nnd
no Jury could bo found to convict. There an
seucn wholesale liquor houses doing busines :
hero and llvo breweries in operation. Then
are ono hundred and soventy-nvo saloons rut
ns openly as any other business places. Tho.\
are not required to close at 12 o'clock at nigh
or any other hour. They nro not required ti
close on Sunday. In fact , they can , if the ;
clioose , run twenty-four hours a day um
seven days a week and all this for the paltr ;
sum of $100 a year. The public sentiment o
this city is decidedly in favor of n
repeal of our prohibition law and tin
enactment of u high license law Tike your
of Nebraska. Our former liccnso was no
very largo , but it was larger than the prosen
and wo nro now In favor ot n license whicl
will give a proper revenue to the city and i
thorough regulation of our saloons ; ono thn
will exclude the cheap dives and confine th
liquor business to men of respectability am
responsibility. It is the almost universal be
lief hero In Davenport that the next Icglsla
turo will repeal our humbug prohibition lav
and give us a proper high license law Instead
I.K.t rKXWOlt'TIl MtKMOR.lItlZKU
Rum Itumpnnt , Vice Victorious , niu
Stagnation Supreme.
LKAVF.XWOHTH , Kan. , Nov. ' ' . jSpecIn
Telegram to Tin : UniThoro : ] are nbou
fifty places In this city whcro liquor Is sol
by the drink , pint , qunrfy gallon or keg. Th
proprietors of the best hotels , the Katlonc
and Dclmonlco , informed the authentic
that In case they stopped them from sellin
liquor they would close their ho\iscs. Th
Planters hotel , the oldest nnd ono ofth
largo.it in the state , bos been closfcd o
account of dull times. The population of th
city has decreased 41 per cent.to 23,000 slue
the prohibitory law wont Into effect , Stor
buildings that formerly rented for S75
month can now bo secured for f 10. Dow
the principal street of the town thcro ar
eight empty buildings in ono block whor
thcro are only ten stores. A village acres
the river called Stilllngsvillo has notl :
ing but saloons nnd the place i
crowded with Leavcnworthlans from morn
Ing till night. An enterprising citizen of tha
nnmo built a pontoon bridge across the rive
and is making n lortuno by his scheme. Bu
it is easy to get liquor hero in any quantity
No attempt whatever Is made to enforce prc
hibition. In some places the snloonkccpc
carries the whisky hot tlo In his pocket , bu
this is only done in placed wliero they are i
fear of the polico. Thofo - are twenty-sovc
empty buildings on the principal street an
the largest and really only first-class res
taurant in town has quit business. Th
gauio of policy IB run wldo open wlthou
police Interference. This is a robbers' game
but no comments are made by the police o
anybody else. A number of the moneyc
men of Leavenworth will desert their ol
homo nnd migrate for Omtiha and Nobrask
ns soon ns the amendment , proposition I
knocked out.
MuidoViuul Siiloltln.
CoLUsinus , O , , Nov. 2 , Tunis A mack thl
morning shot mid killed Elizabeth Andcrso
and afterwards suicided. Amuck was a d
vorced man with three children , the cldes
being a twenty-year-old boy. Mrs. Ando :
son had been separated from her husband fc
some tlmo and bad a grown-up famlli
Ainack had known Mrs. Anderson for ton :
tlmo pnd had been greatly mnittcn with he :
Sha told him a few days ago that sh > } was gi
ing back to tier husband and Ainack thrca
ened her life if she did , .This morning li
went to her house nnd after a quarrel struc
her down with a hiitchot , and then lire
thrco bu'lots ' Into her body. Hushing bac
to his boarding bouse , ho told Ills won what h
had done unu then killedhimself with u bu
lot. '
The Orcck Cliuruli TronblcH.
CoNSTANTixon.K , Nov. 2. [ Special Cabl
gram to TIIBUEK. ] A crowd , of Ccphalonlai
forced their way Into the Clr'eek church i
Galctta today and performed their dcvotloi
by themselves In the absence of the priest , i
a protest against the recent general closln
of the Greek churches. The police ut Ilri
offered resistance , but soou yielded to tl
people.
KNOWS THAT OMIIA IS LOYAL
Hon , L. D , Hichanls Gives That Assurance
to His Friends.
ANSWERS A ROORBACK IN STRONG TERMS ,
A "Matter Tlmt Iittcre.MH All Nrlirnikn
UcpiibllUHiiR MniMtml Hliuijhtir
linn Sonif'tliing ( | > Say on
tlio Same Tuple.
Several telegrams huvo been received by
Tin : UKB during the p.iit two dayn.'statlng
.hat In various parts of the state anti-prohl-
jltionlsts would hold buck their1 vote * on
Tuesday until telegrann were received from
: hls city In regard to the way Onuhn repub-
leans are supporting Richards. The tenor
of the telegrams Is to the effect that while
thousands of republican votcra nro opposed
: o the amendment , their ilrst concern is
for the success of the party
.ickctaiul that they would resent any treach
ery in Omaha by voting for prohibition.
lion. L. D. Richards was Interviewed by
Tin : Dm : at the Mllliml hotel In relation to
this matter and spoke very strongly. Bald
the gubernatorial candidate :
" 1 want to assure my friends every
where that ' thcro Is no ground for
such n feeling. I have ovcry rca-
( on to bo satisfied with the attitude
of the republicans of Omaha. I hnvo said
wherever I have been that I feared no
treachery In Douglas county nnd that the
circulation of such reports was done by demo
crats In the Interest of their candidates. The
republicans of the state may rest assured
that Omnha Is loyal to the ticket. I know
nothing of such telegrams us you refer to.
but will say that I bcliovo they are founded
on n misapprehension of the situutlon In
Omaha. "
The name of Marshal Brad Slauchlor hav
ing been mentioned in some of the telegrams
ns the person who hud undertaken to com-
immlcato with outside republicans during
election day , that gentleman was Interviewed
byTnr. llr.i : . lie said :
"I have entered Into no such arrangements.
On the contrary , 1 hnvo every reason to bo-
llovo that Omaha republicans will bo loyal to
Hlclmrds and the whole ticket. 1 know-
nothing of such telegrams as you speak of ,
but I do know thnt the situation In Omaha
docs not Justify them. No. Say for me that
the thousands of Richards men over the state
may rest assured that the ticket will bo
fairly dealt with In Omaha. "
THK 7.OXK SYSTK.ll OF F.lltKS.
The Views of l . S. KustH oftlic Uur-
Huston on the Subject.
CHICAGO , Nov. 2. [ Special Telegram to
iinBiiK. ] * The Hone or Hungarian system
of regulating passenger fares is the subject
of much discussion among prominent rail
roads In the west , Ono of tlio mot promin
ent general passenger agents of tbo country ,
P. S. Eustis of the Burlington system , today
suld :
"Tho Zone or Hungarian system Is at
tractive to the 'casual observer , but In reason
ing that It can and should bo adopted In
America , the average writer seems to assume
a great deal as true. For instance , the new
plan has oiily been in usu In Hungary about
a year. It ii not yet known whether It has
proven profitable from our point of view , nnd
so radlcnla change In plans can hardly in so
short a time hnvo brought known results
which nro permanent. Yet if the plan Is not
u profitable one of doing passenger business ,
it certainly is not dcslrablo in America ,
whcro railroads nro run for profit.
Moreover , as the Hunirarlan government
foots the bills and her ofllccrs are promoters
of the nc\v plan , Americans can only expert
at this early date to hear of its good results.
All that has been written on the subject fails
to show that Hungarian railways nro doing a
profitable business now , or that they if Id
under their old plan. The now rates in Hun
gary are not , In fact , lower than American
rates for similar service. True , some of the
third class fares nro lower than faros offered
In America , but they are for n class of ncrv-
Ice not wanted in the United States. If wo
should tit up with benches n common freight
box car It would correspond to the Hungarian
third class passenger service. Moro than
that , this kind of service in Hungary is on
ordinary freight trains averaging from eight
to liftccn miles nn hour. The Hun
garian rates , prior to the adoption
ot the now plan , averaged 50 per cent
higher than those In America. In a general
way , therefore , they have only reduced their
rates on the avorueo to what American rates
are. Professor James of Philadelphia ,
writing on this subject , says thnt while
Americans nro the most restless nation In the
world , wo carry less passengers on a mlle of
railroad in proportion to our population than
nro carried in England and other European
countries. Now as the rates in European
countries average very much higher than
American rates , It follows logically that
lower rates do not ot themselves promote u
largo business.
"As the American railway service aver
ages easier to use than the European service
it follows also that It takes something more
than low rates and good service to make o
good passenger business. From an Ameri
can standpoint the Hungarian tariff is iinfali
in several respects. That tariff says that If n
man is going ten miles ho pays ! ) 'i cents , but
If ho is going twonty-ilvo miles wo will onlv
charge him lii cents. The same tariff alsc
says that no baggage is carried unless you
pay for It , on the theory that a man ought to
pay moro for traveling with n trunk than
without ono. If this Is sound reasoning
why carry a mnn twenty-live miles for tin
same charge , thnt Is made for ten miles !
"Whatever may bo the merits of the Hun
gurion system , It is not practicable In Atnorl
ca. Its adoption Involves the necessity ol
operating all the roads la a given territory as
one , offsetting the loss on ono piccoof trucl
with the profits on another , liut as Ameri
can railroads are owned by individuals , sucl
a plan of operation is Impossible. Perhaps i :
the American government owned all our rail
ways and was willing to foot the bill If then
were losses , as the Hungarian govcrnmon
docs , the JCono system of faros wouU
bo practicable ; hero , but not until then
Even then it may not be desirable. "
Colorado Senatorial Fight.
CHICAGO , Nov. 2. [ Special Telegram toTiti
BEi'"SUitoscnutors Cochran and Bailey o
Colorado are in the city and think that Scnn
tor Teller will bo returned to the Unite i
States senate by the next legislature ,
"The political situation in Denver ii
mixed , " they say. "N. P. Hill , who rum
the Denver Republican , has been nn cnom ;
of Senator Teller for the last six years eve
since Teller beat him for tbq nomination
Hill used to bo United States senator and In
has been back of a movement against tin
regular nomination , and the anti-gang ticket
ns ho calls It , Is going to mnko a good light o
it. All attempts nt reconciliation have bcoi
In vain. The result will bo that the demo
cratlc ticket will win In Arapahoe county
but in the country districts the gang tlcko
will win. Thnt will mean ten moro deme
cruts in the legislature , but thut won't glv <
them a majority in the legislature , Tcllo
will bo ro-clectcd bo's elected now , In fact
and ho may thank Kdward O. Walcott ; hi
colleague , for It. It will bo because of th
great popularity of Wolcott that Teller wll
bo ro-eloctcd. "
0
IIII1 City Conjcratulntott Itself.
HILL Cirr , S. 1) ) . , Nov. 3. ( Special Tele
gram to TUB BEB.I The People of Hill Ult ;
enthused last evening over the completion o
the D , & M. railroad to this point. Uurlni
the 11 ring of a national naluto and a blaze o
fireworks a torchlight procession , headed bi
the bind , .marched through the prlnclpn
streets , where a tin splko , presented b '
the llamty Peak Consolidated Tin Mlnln'
company , was driven by K , U. Holuiau , u
old settlor. After short speeches by I'rof.
'lkound Judge Mitchell the pnvosiion wai
loaded un town , whi'iv Kov. K. Hamilton do-
Ivercd a eongrntulntorv speech nnd pro-
> entcd thosplUo toV. . if. UateJ , the roprc-
icntatlvu of the railroad company. About
Iftfccn hundred people took p.irt In the pro
cession.
\nnrolilst T'Nnlicr % Brother Stilulilrs ,
PiTTsnriio , Pn. , Nov. a. [ Special Telo-
; ratn to TUB llir. : f CMuirlcM FUi-her , n
n-other of HIP notorious Adolph L-'Uchur , the
jlilcago miurchlst who wm hanged for the
flay market crlino commit ted suli'ldo this after-
won. Fischer win a. compositor on the Frel-
iclt Frcund , a Plttsburg German newspaper ,
nnd for some tlmo had bemi suffering from
ll-hcalth. YciterJnv afternoon ho asked n
fellow-boarder at No. fiirj Smlthilcld street
per his revolver , but was refused. He nt
once entered his own mom and closed the
loor. Ten minutes afterward ho was
found lying dead on the floor ,
itramrlcd like ins anarchist brother , but by
ils own hand , llo had knotted n silk scarf
ibout his neck , tied It about the low bed post ,
nnd thrown his entire weight upon It ,
strangling to death In ton minutes. He Icftn
loiter saying that In case anything hap-
iioncd to him today , his hcrond brother at
Kdgewoodvllle , 1'a. , should uo notified.
Among his personal goods were found sev
eral books upon sochtlUtlc topics.
Illooily Deed of an AnnrchlNt.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Nov. 1 ! . A terrible
rageily occurred In South St. I'aul this morn-
ng. A young herder named Mlcitlo was
Iriving cattle belonging to Hogors Brothers ,
veil known llvo stock men , across land be-
onglng to George Uoberts to reach the pas-
uro ground. Hobargo came out and as
saulted Mlcklo. Dcnjnmiii Rogers , whose
louse Is but a short distance away , heard of
the trouble later and going over to Robnrgo's
ilaco asked him to mark the line
if bis property and prevent future trouble.
Rob.irgo assaulted Rogers with an nx , but
was driven back. William Hogors eamo to
ils brother's mslstnwo and Koburge got n
shotgun and 11 red ono imrrol into William's
shoulder , seriously wounding him , and the
other Into Benjamin Rogers' head , kllllnc
dm Instantly. The murderer then reloaded
the mm , and going to his barn blew the top
of his head olT. Robnrgo was an anarchist.
During Uohhcry nt Moiulvlllc.
Mr.Ai > vii.T.G , P.i. , Nov. ' . ' . A bold robbery
was perpetrated at 10'M : ) last night at the
Wells Fargo express express office , which is
situated across the street from the New
York , Pennsylvania & Ohio passenger depot ,
whcro scores of people continually pass.
Agent C. P. Moore was nlono in the ofllcc
counting the contents of the cash drawer
when two men entered , levelled revolvers
at him and cautioned him against inuk-
Imr nn outcry. After binding and gag
ging iMooro the robbers rilled . the safe
securing money packages valued from $5ptiC
to ' $1IK ! | > 0. Monro succeeded in releasing
himself after half an hour of hard work ami
notilled the authorities , but notruco of the
robbers could bo found.
Tlio Mnrm > MH ArnliNnil.
Su/r L\KK , Utah , Nov. S. [ SpJuial Tele
gram to Tins Bni : . ] The mormon bishops
urged the saints this evening in the various
ward religious meetings to turn out Tuesdaj
and vote tbo people's ticket , nnd to beware ol
the unscrupulous liberals , who would cheat
the Mormons out of their vote If thoj
could. Tlio llrst president has Jusl
Issued a circular , calling upoi
the saints to establish parochial Reboots Ii :
the different city wards , whcro Morinoi :
children may bo gathered Saturday after
noons and taught the principles of Monron
Ism. The circular inveighs against the gen
tlio majority in the board of education foi
not allowing Mormon religious exercises Ii
the schools.
A. Notorious llurg'nr Confcssen.
StcitAMnxio , Cat. , Nov. -Georgo Sblnn
who with Charles Thorn escaped from tin
California state prison three years ago nci
wns recently captured In Chicago , has con
fesscd to the authorities thnt ho and Then
roturncd to California early in 1SS9 and wen
tlio perpetrators of many stage robberies tha' '
occurred that year. Besides these ho con
fessed to numerous burglaries and sandbag
sings. Ho and Thorn returned to Chicago Ii
May of this year and between then nnd tin
time of tlio capture they committed twenty
live robbqrlos and burglaries in Illinois.
tinor I of .Mrs. Hogg.
Nov. 3. [ Special Cablegram U
Tun Bir.JTlio : ; funeral of Mrs. Hogg nnc
her baby , who were murdered by Mrs
PIcrcoy in Soutliampstcad on October 2-1
took place today and was attended by ai
enormous crowd. The inturment wns Ii
Finchley cemetery , Tlio husband of tin
murdered woman , whoso relations with Mrs
PIcrcoy were the prime cause of the tragedy
was among the mourners. Ho was thaobjcc
of many threatening utterances and demon
stratlons.
.111 vlocs from Japan.
SN FUAXCISOO , Cnl. , Nov. 2. Advice
from Yqkahomn by the steamer Occanlo sa ;
that two" Chinese men-of-war foundered ii
the heavy gale of October 0 , The loss of lif
is unknown.
Since the outbreak of cholera In Jnpai
there have been : ! 3,000 cases , with 2(5,00 (
deaths.
Advices from Hong Kong state that n plo
to murder the king and royal family nf Core
was discovered , the king's brother bolng Im
plicated.
Horse Tlili'vos nt .Sterling.
STHIIM.VO , Nob. , Nov. 2. [ Special to Tit
Bii : . ] Friday evening at about 0 o'cloc
three well dressed men entered tlio oftlco o
A. B. Noble's livery barn and said tho.
wished to hlro a team to go to Adams an
would bo back by 10 o'clock. After their dc
parturo the constable eamo along with photc
graphs of thrco escaped convicts , and ono o
them corresponded exactly with ono of them
Mr. Noble has been tcle/rnphlng In nil dlroc
tlons but has heard nothing from his custom
ers.
A IlovltMV CoitrMU nt
SVIUCUSE , Neb , , Nov. 2. [ Special to TH
BEI ; . ] A meeting ot the citizens of this vl
liigo was held nt the Uniod opera house O (
tobor 31 for the purpose of considering th
feasibility of constructing a rovlowor figur
"S" mlle track In connection with the Oto
county fair grounds , It win decided to ad
forty 'acres of land to the present fai
grounds and construct such a track at once.
AiTivalH.
At Now YorkLa Champagne , froi
Havre.
Passed the LUnrd La Bourgoync. froi
New York for Havro. ,
At Southampton The Spree , from No'
York for Bremen.
finuiil Duke NlnbnlaH Paralyzed.
ST. Pr.Tniianuno , Nov. 2. [ Special Cabli
gram to Tin : Biu. : ] Grand Duke Nlchola
who bccamo Insane during the recent arm
maneuver * in Yolhynla , Is now complete ]
paralyzed and In a comatose condition , Thci
is no danger of u violent crisis.
The AVcntlr r Koroomt.
For Omaha and Vicinity -Fair ; statloi
nry temperature.
For Nebraska , Iowa and Dakota--Fall
wanner till Tuesday night ; variable wind
becoming southerly.
Well Known Ilarllwarn Man Dcnd.
CuiOAdO , Nov. S. F. F. Spencer , vli
ptosldont of the Hubbnrd-Sp'ineor-Bartlc
company , and one of tha host known bar
ware men In the country , died last nlb
aged soviiiity-thrco.
A MONSTER MEETING.
Jlx Thousand People Assembled at the
sainn to Hear Prohibition Discussed.
ST , JOHN FAILS TO MATERIALIZE ,
3ut Mr. Kosownter's Masterly Adtlrosi
KoltU the Vast Audience.
A GRAND OVATION TO THE SPEAKER ,
'rolilhllloii'H For
UllxlitliiR KOVcts *
olbly 1'ortrayocl Shall \Vo llnvo
I-'ruo WhUUy ami Annruhy lur
tlio Xt Twelve Months ?
Fully sK thousand people , among thoin scr
irnl hundred ladles , hi-ard Mr. K. Hosewato ?
lellvcr his closing speech of the campaign
gainst the prohibition amendment at tha
Coliseum yesterday nftcrnoau. *
The meeting was but brlolly announced ami
vns called lute Saturday evening in ruiponsa
o an announcement hi the prohibition shooti
hat John P. St. John of Kansas was going to
ittnck Mr. Koscvvnter nt the amendment
ic-adiiuarters. Mr. Koiewator at once chal-
cugotl St. John to meet him ar.d announced
hat In the event of St. John's fuiluro to put
n un nppcarnnco ho would present the tssuo
nloue.
Long before the hour llxcd for the mooting
ho crowds began to pour into the vmtnrenn ,
uul when Mr. ItaowiUoc appeared at " (30 (
D'clock fully 0,000 people were present to
greet him.
Tlio prohibition fnntitlr-s hud boys 'it the
loom , distributing handbills announcing tha %
ho meeting had been called under a nils *
oprosontnlion and that St. John woulil
spoau at the amoirlment lieadtiunrtors. Ttils
iniiounceinent did not deter nny of the nudi-
inco from remaining to hear Mr. Kosowatcr's
llscusslon of the issue.
At'J : ' - ' , > o'clock Mr.V. . I. Klorstcad cnllcit
ho Immense meeting to urdur nnd Introduced
, ho spcnucr.
Mr. Ka-iowator was very warmly greeted ,
lo began by explaining the calling of tlio
ncotlng. When ho arrived homo Saturday
Tom the west he saw an announcement in
the prohibition paper that St. John would
roast Koiowater nt the iimcmlmcnthiMilqimr *
tors nt - o'clock in tlio afternoon and would
eat him nt half past seven In the evening. "I
iiinicdiatcly published u challenge , " said Mr ,
Uosewator. "for St. John to meet mo in a lar
ger areila than the amendment headquarters ,
which only can accommodate 700 people , llu
is tlio chief npostlo of prohibition In the
United States and has beun going up and
lown through the Htato nlial-
IciiKlng advocates of high llccnso
to meet nlm and I supposed lit )
would bo glad to accept my challenge , i
linvo been invited In meet him during tha
campaign and would huvo been glad to incut
linn here. I am f > urprhcd that ho did nofe
come. I have never refused to meet nny
champion of prohibition , and In the nbsonca
of Mr. St. John 1 will cheerfully divide tim
with any advocate of prohibition , or will an-
Hwer any question any ono may ask touching
the facts I may present or the statements L
may make.
"H is not my purpose to berate or attacls
any ono who honestly believes that the con *
dition of the stnto ami the welfare of the IH.-O-
plo would bo bettered by the adoption of pro
hibition. There are thousands of good neo
plo hi Nebraska who honestly bjllovo this ,
and for these sincere believers I have the
greatest respect. But Umro nro oth
ers who buvo Invaded the stata
from niorccnnry motives , who liavu
como from states where prohibition
has been tried and proved a failure ; nnit
who have como from states wliero tlio pcoplo
have rejected by overwhelming majorities.
Thcso men and women have invaded thta
state to tell you how to take care of your-
own houses and how to bring up and protect
your boys. They have advertised Omulu ua
being tlio most wicked city in the world and
have alleged that tbo Nebraska saloun is 1111-
Ing thostnto with paupers , drunkard3 and all
classes of criminals. For UIOSQ imported
mcrclnarics I have no respect , and 1 nsst-ri
that It will bo n blessing to Nebraska when ,
their occupation is gene nnd they are ojni-
pelled to leave the state. [ Prolonged Ap-
plauso. ]
Mr. Hosowatcr then enumerated the colonels
from nhroad who have been preaching prohi
bition In Nebraska the colonels from Indi
ana , Ohio , Kentucky , Iowa , Michigan nnd
Pennsylvania , hvclo.ilng Colonel Helen Cou
gar and Colonel John I' . St. John. "Tho en.
tire holy family of St. John , " ho said , "la
hero. Thcro are Colonel St. John , Mrs.
Colonel St. John , Uov. St. John , mid Gov
ernor St. John. They liavo all loft their
children , if they have any , ut homo to como
here to tell you how to manage your boys. "
[ Laughter. !
The speaker then gave the position of Noiil
Dow , tbo father of prohibition , on the issue.
Dow declared that the prohibitionists were
in Ueadly and eternal war against the Kuloon ,
which was an enemy of education , patriotism
nml nil the virtues. , "All prohibitionists , "
said Mr. Uosowiilcr , "standon thut platform.
They clamor against the saloon but tlioy
don't propose to abolish ttio contents of th
saloon , They Hluiply demand the abolition
of the salocn sign and allow , as n xubstltu-
tlon , the whisky joint , the hole in the wall
nnd the boot-legger. " [ Applause. ]
Mr. Hosowutcr then dissected DOW'B dec
laration that the saloon tratllo creates no
wealth. Ho showed that In tie | establish
ment and operation of a brewery or dlnllllery
ttio purchase of ground , building material ! ,
the employment of labor , the purchase of
grain nnd the materials used for the manu
facture of beer or whisky , proUuccs.monuy
for these Interested the Mime as woulil tha
same expenditure for the construction
of n factory of nny other kind. "Wa
como then , " ho said , "to the brewer
and distiller ready for business , llofora no
sells ono bottle or kip or liquor ho must pay
u liccnso to the United States government.
The rovcmio from this source amounts to
? IOOK.l,000 ( a year and creates wealth Just
tlio 3111110 us money derived from Imports at
our ports or from any other source. Then
thu retail dealer must pay from S.VJO to $1,000
a year to the city treasury which goes into
tbo school fund. Finally comes 'thu retailing
of the liquor. The consumer pays for It and
gets nothing to show for it unless It Is tha
stomach ucho or possibly a case of dolerluia
tromcns , ( laughter ! , and this Is probably
what Ncul liow refers to. Hut this Is noth
ing unusual. A vast amount of money is ex
pended each year in the raising of tobacco
nnd the manufacture of cigars. The consumer -
sumer buys them and his money goes up ID
smoke. [ Laughter. ] Why don't you provenl
the growing of tobacco by u constitutional
amendment ? [ Applause. ] Kvcry Fourth of
Jjly and nt other celebrations a
l.irgo amount of money Is sxmt | for
liroworks nml moro bnya uro killed or hurt
than are injured by the saloon nml the pur
chasers have nothing to show for it. why
don't they prohibit the manufacture of lire
works by u constitutional amendment i When
you pay 50 cents or fl to go to a show and
hear the music and see the elephant nnd the
dromedary nnd hour the clown crack Ids
chestnuts and [ iuy 10 cents for n glass of cir
cus lemonndn and then go homo , you Imvo
nothing to show for It. Why don't you pro
hibit shows and theaters by a constitutional
amendment.
" 'I lid prohibitionists are peculiar peoplo.
They insist that morals must bu Improved by
statutory enactments nml tliuy nro unwilling
to glvo [ H'opUi a chance to battle with tempta
tion. 'J hey slander ami denounce everybody
who dllTern from them. Hero Is u sample.
It Is the cover of u prohlnltlon tract I
received reccntlj from Hcv. Hlmms way out
In Portland , Oro. There are two umj > )
