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VOL. VI. GEEENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST .24, 1888. NO. 32. Piedmont Air-Line lE&oute. Richmond and Danville System. .' CONDENSED SCHEDULE IN EFFECT ; SEPT - 4 1887 ' r Trains Run by 75 Mekidian Tims DAILY No. 50. No. 52. - 12 15nig't 430 pn 7 20am 657 " 9 45 " - 9 42 " 11 24" 11 '0 V 340 pm 3 00 a n 5 50" -510" 8 3 ) " " 7 4 Southbound Lv. New York y Philadelphia Baltimore " Washington Cliarlottesvlle " Lynchburg , Ar. Danville, Lv. Richmond Burkeville -" Keysville ' Drake's Br'ch " Danville - Ar. Greensboro Lv.Goldsboro " Raleigh " Durham " Chapel Hill Hillsboro Ar Greensboro " 3 10 " 5 17 " V 5 57 " 6 13 " 8 50" .10 35 " 2 40 p m 500pm 6 04 " fl 15 " 6 37 " 8 35 " 2 30 " 4 24 " 5 05 " 5 20 ' 8 05 9 42-J'' . t3 10 pn 1 45 a in 3 12 " t7 25 " . 4 06 7 40 " s 6 30 " 9 5 10 16"! 11 18 " 12 12 p m 4 31" 9 1" . 11 23-a m 12 01 p rri - 12 40 " 3 37 " 4 48 " 9 40 " No. 5?. Lv. Salem Y t6 15 " " Greensboro, 145 ,." . High Point . 11 16 " Ar Salisbury 12 01 am 4 'Statesville, 1 53 " " Asheville, : 7 28 " Hot Springs 9 15 " Lv. Salisbury, 12 2'Y ." Ar. Concord, 1 10 " " Charlotte " 155 am " Spartanburg 440 " " Greenville 5 50 " Ar. Atlanta 11 00 " NOTHBOUKD. ilO. 51. Lv .Atlanta - 6 00 p m 7 10 a m Ar. Greenville 106am . 1 51 p m " Spartanburg 2 13 " 2 53 ". ." Charlotte 4 50 " 5 30 ' " Concord 5 43 " 6 30 ' " Salisbury 6 22" 7 05 " Lv. Hot Springs 8 05 p m 11 40 a m -" Asheville, . 9 55 " . 125 pm " Statesville, 3 30 am 5 56 i m Ar Salisbury, 437 0 38 " Lv. Sal s ury, 6 27 " 7 15 ' Ar. High Point 7 32 " 8.1& " S " Greensboro 8 00 " - 8 40 " "Salem 1140" tl 31 a iu Lv Greensboro 9 50 " 10 5 p m Ar Hillsboro 11 55 " 3 10 " " Durham 12 35pm .4 30 am " Chapel Hill fH 05 am to 20 p m " Raleigh 155 pm 6 55 am . " Goldsboro - L 4 10 " til 45 " Lv Greensboro 8 05 a. m. 8 50 p m Ar Danville 9 47 " 10 20 p m Drake's Br'ch 12 25 pm 123am " Keysville 12 40 " 1 45 " " Burkeville 1 525 " 2 36 " " Richmond 3 30 " 5 00 " Lynchburg 1240 p m 12 55 " " Charlottesv'le 2 55 " 3 05 " " Washington 7 35 " . 7 00 " " Baltimore1 8 50 " 8 20 " " Philadelphia " 3 00am 10 47 " New York 6 20 " " 1 20 pus Daily. Daily, except Sunday SLEEPING CAR SERVICE On trains 50 and 51, Pullman Buffet Sleepers between Atlanta and New York. On trains 52 au i 53, Pullman Buffet sleepers between Montgomery and Wash ington and WaSiingtn and Augusta Pullman Sleepers between Richmond and Greensboro, and Greensboro and Raleigh. Pullman Parlor Car between Salisbury and Khoxville. Through tickets on :;ale at principa. stations to all poi'ts. ' For rates and information apply to any agent of the Company, or to Sol. HAas, T. M. or Jas. L. TAYLOR. J. S- POTTS, D. P. A., Richmond, Va., or W. A. TURK, D. P, A. Raleigh, N. C. CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY RAIL ROAD COMPANY Condensed- Time Table. To 'ake tffec at 5 15 a. m , Mon lay, Aug 13 1888. MAIN LINE. Train North, Pass and Freight - 7 . Mail ' ind Pass. Leave Benuettsville,- 6.00 ami 15p m Arrfve Maxton, 7 05 - 3 10 " Leave MaxUn, 7 15 " 3 35 -t Arrive Fayette ville, 9 00 " 7 15" Leave Fay ilieille. 915" 9.25 am Arrive Sanford, . 1 1 15 " 1 40p m Leave Sanford, -1127." 2 30 " Arrive Greensbro 2 30 p m 7 25 . " Leave Greensboro 3 i)0 " 10.15 .a ra ArriveMt. Airy- , 7.15 " 5.15 p m Pasj. aud Mail Nol dinner'.Greensboro. TbainSouth. " " " Pass, nnd - Freight ' Mail a.d Pass - Leave Mt. Airy - 5 15 a m 10. 15 am Arrive Greensboro, 9 25 " 5.40 p m Leave Greensboro, ' 10 05 a m 7 45 a m Arrive Sanford, 1 35 p m 2 00 p m Leave S .nford, 1.55 -" " 2 30 " Arrive FayctteviUe, : 400 " 5 50 " Lave Fayetteville, , 4 15 -- . 6 25 a m Arrive Maxton, - 6 15 " 9 50 I ave iliixton, - 6 25- " 10 15 " - Arrive Bennettsville, 7 3o " 12 15 p m No 2 Breakfast at G ermanton , No 2 Dinner-at Sanford. . ,- . Factory Branch. Freight , and Pass - Train North. Leave Milboro, ' 7 30 a m Arrive Greensboro, 9 00 . " Train South. Leav Greensboro, 3 30p ttl Lea i Factory Jnnction, 4 30 Arrive Milboro, 5 15 !' Passenger and Mail Train runs daily ex cept Sundays. - Freight and Passenger Trin runs between Bennettsville and Fayetteville on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and between Fayetteville and Greensboro 00 - Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturd ays. c Freght and Passenger train runs be . tween Greesborp and Fayetteville on Mondays,- Wednesdays and FridayM, .Trains on Factory Branch run daily except Sunday. . W. E. KYLE, Gen'l Pass, ag't J.W.FRt,Gen'l Sup't THE PLATFORMS. He you scanned the" remarkable pl&oka : Arranged by political cranks : In the old party meetings-of late? How, afflicted with brainal congestion, . They stamped on the temperance question. Disclosing their habits and hate ? - How, warmed with their whisky -and wine, - They staggered and fell into line " With the bosses of stills and of Tats? : . How stout they debated protection Except in a moral direction, - Revealing the bricks in their hats? Ignoring the weal of our land if only the parties may stand - ' And win a full quota of votes; . Unheeding our virtue's complexion . Intent to secure the election . And liquor to tickle their throats. Pray, "what do they care for our homes. Any more than for Feejeean tombs; v So narrow and shriveled their souls. Regardless of questions of morals As "f mid-ocean islands of corals, " ... Or ice fields embracing the poles. Conventions by liquor are yoked, i The masses by platforms are joked And treated as conscienceless game. Yetihis is pronounced a free nation. , Alas, for the fair appellation -; Unless we shake off the rum shame I ' i j. i - - -.. .v . ; , The people, at last, will arise And bandages cast from their eyes, . To see how like slaves they are sold , To tippling, beer bought politicians Who ajiu for official positions, - And clutch at the government gold. I ; i - Rev. F. Dennison. BILDAO r AND BETSEY. Hrme Protection Bildad Besolutcs TThlle I 5 Betsey St- Lkes. Bildad and Betsey were sitting in their cabin' on a quiet summer evening, when suddenly! an enormous bear walked into the open door. Taking In the situation at a glance, Bildad, with , one bound, caught a pole stretched across- overhead, and drawing himself tip out of danger, proceeded to hold a convention, adopting the following resolutions; . First I pause on the threshold of this proceeding to honor the memory of our first great L example and immortal chant -pion of freedom from attacks of bears; King David, the son of Jesse. Second- I reaffirm my unswerving de votion to; the matrimonial state and to the indissoluble Tinion of Bildad and Betsey..': .1 'Y" ' ;." " ' Y-'T' y'-j-vy--Y;-;:' Third I am tmcompromisingly in favor of the Betsonian system of home protec tion J .;! Y-Y: Fourtii-f-I condemn the custom of the frontier to place bears onotir visiting list. and insist that the cabin loft3 shall be adjusted and maintained so as to furnish full and adequate protection to all future Bildads. . - -. .-v- ' Fifth I declare my hostility to the in troduction into this cabin of f orei gn and unknown bears, alien to our civilization and our domestic constitution; and I de mand the frigid enforcement of - existing opposition to it, and favor such immediate efforts as will exclude- this bear from our cabin. i " : While Bildad was "resolutin" from his perch above, Betsey, with poker, skillet, tongs and ! hot water was vigorously be laboring the bear. After watching the symptoms of the" terrific struggle going on below for some minutes, Bildad added one more, resolution to his platform, to wit: "The first concern of all well regu-. lated households is the safety of its mem bers from the attacks of bears, and Bil dad cordially sympathizes with all wise and well directed efforts to promote the destruction of bears that find their way into defenseless cabins." Just at this point Betsey, by a well di rected ilowjlkilled the bear, Bildad ad journed his convention, slid down from his perch, and reported the cabin as en thusiastic in support of his platform; and that the only issue before the people was the"protection-of frontier homes. Who shall. dare to deny that Bildad was the "only man that ever did any-, thini?" toward the destruction of that bear! Henry B. Hudson. ' - . Joseph. Cook for Prohibition. . Our Dayi of Boston, of which the Eev. Joseph Cook is the editor, in its current number declares for the Prohibition party as against i the Republicans. Mr. Cook says: "The hopes of .non-partisan Prohi bitionists and of temperance people gen erally have been disappointed. The Re publican 1 party dares not utter a syllable to ofiend the whisky Vote. As it can now be seen in the light ofbistory that it was once the duty of all honorable citizens, however inexpedient such action may have looked at the time, not to vote for any party that was on its knees to the slavo power, so now it Is, as we believe, the duty of all honorable men not to vote for any party that is on its knees to the liquor traffic. ,: The saloon in the saddle is today a greater evil than the south in the saddle. '' He adds, as to the "promo tion of temperance and morality" resolu tion: "This plank is too small for serious temperance men to swim on." Undoubt edly .this expresses the feeling of a large number of sober minded men, not only in Massachusetts, but throughout the coun try, and it will have its effect upon the coming election. . ' - Is He a Temperance Man? J The Indianapolis-Journal strenuously denies that Gen. Harrison is in favor of prohibition, but extols him as a temper ance man. ; The question arises in our mind, what is a temperance man? When -we I are told by one of the ladies who circulated the petition for a scientific temperance instruction law in Indiana in 18S5, that she called on Gen- Harrison at his home and presented the petition for his signature and he declined to sign it, although he thought it a good thing, we ar puzzled to know what kind of a tem perance -man he is, when, for : policy's sake, -the t : influence of . his name was withheld in that "wise and well directed effort for the promotion of tem perance' "in i his own state. ; Now, we want to give honor to whom honor is due, and since "a temperance man" has come to mean one who favors and helps on ef forts made for the promotion of temper ance in other ways than by personal ex ample, would it not be well to distinguish between "temperance" and "temperate" in applying these terms to Gen. Harrison and say he is a "temperate" man, for such, so far as we know, he is. Indiana Or ganizer, i . Keep Quiet Till After Election. "An investigation has resulted in the discovery of 250 saloons in Kansas City, Kan. , in open violation of prohibitory laws. They are marked as barber shops, pool rooms, harness shops, laundries and groceries. The saloon sign is in the mod est words "For-rent.' The people will call a mass meeting to suppress them, as the officials seem blind or powerless to do anything, i Politicians have been try ing to keep the thing quiet until after the election, fearing the consequence of an expose. - j 1 . our Candidates. r Y ( , '; Dl. OHH p. BROOKS. Dr. John A. Brooks was born in Mason County, Kentucky, June 3, 1838. His ancestors were Virginians. His father was a distinguished preacher in the church to which the Doctor belongs. : Dr. Brooks was brought up on a farm, and to this fact is attributable his ragged and vigorout constitution, which enables him to perform so much mental and physical labor. He graduated . with honors from Bethany College In 1856, and has since received at the hands of his Alma Mater the degree of A. M-, and is now one of the board of curators. Ho was afterwards chosen Presi- ; dent of Flemingeburg College, in Kentucky, and presided over that Institution with great ability - " for two years, when he resigned to devote his .life to the ministry. . As a minister he has been one of the most distinguished of his church both as evangelist and pastor. The various churches both in Kentucky and Missouri, over which he has presided, hold him in the highest estimation; especially is this true of the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City. He has frequently been chosen to preside over the state association of his church in Missouri. : ' While Dr. Brooks has been eminently successful in the ministry. It is In the temperance work that he has been most endeared and best known to the general public From the commencement of the prohibition movement in Missouri, Dr. Brooks has been at ' its head. - Calm, cool and deliberate, he has stood at the helm. Without the least spirit of dictation he has, unconsciously to himself and the public, made that publlo to accept his judgment on every phase of the question. ; - . In 1883 the brewers employed Mr. Vest to canvass the state in their Interests. The friends of - Dr. Brooks invited Senator Vest's friends to a Joint discussion, but the senator " had already made a list of appointments and could not change them. In spite of Senator Vest's eloqnenoav another legislature was elected pledged to submission. Again the question failed before that body by the downright betrayal of the most solemn pledges of individual members. Disgusted . with his party. Dr. Brooks now began to waver in his allegiance to party, and when the canvass of 1884 opened declared himself a member of the new party. - - , ; : In 1884 the Prohibition Alliance, of which Mr. Brooks was the president, and the Prohibition party each met in convention in Bed alia and both conventions unanimously nominated him as their candidate for governor. It was hoped by theee conventions that the Republican party would make no nominations that year and leave the field to Dr. Brooks and General Marmaduke, the nominee of the Democratic party. Had such been the case it was generally admitted upon all sides that Mr. Brooks would have been elected. That party, however, true to its general history In the South, preferred defeat under the leadership of a godless whisky dealer, to victory led by a Prohibitionist. That canvass of 84 was the most -exciting and brilliant ever had in the state except when Thomas H. Benton and President Shannon measured arms in the great free soil contest. The result of the contest may be seen when it is stated that while Mr. Cleveland's majority was over 30,000, that of Mr. Marmaduke was 420. Since the canVSss of 1884 Dr. Brooks has been actively in the lecture field. His voice has been heard from Maine to Texas and from Wisconsin to A labama. : PK0HIBITI0N PLaTFORM. -JJThe Prohibition party, in Nat'onal Con vention assembled, acknowledging Al mighty God as the source of all -power in government, do hereby declare: : 1. That the manufacture, importation exportation, transportation and sale of alcoholio beverages should be made public" crtmes, and prohibited as such. ! - 2. That such prohibition must be se cured through amendments to our Nation al and State Consitutions, enforced by adequate laws adequately supported by administrative authority; and to this end the organization of the Prohibition party is imperatively demanded in State and Nation. - ; : i - '' - t ;:' 8. That any form of license, or regulation of the liquor traffic is contrary to good government; that any party which sup ports regulation, lieense or taxation enters into alliance with such traffic and be comes the actual foe of the Statols welfare, and that we arraign the Republican and Democratic , parties 5 for their persistent attitude in lavor of the license iniquity, whereby they oopose the demand ; of the people for ? prohibition, " ad, through open complicity with the liquor, crime, defeat the enforcement of law. ; ; 4. For the immediate abolition' the of iaternal revenue system, whereby our national government is deriving support from our greatest national vice. 6. That an adequate public revenue being necessary, it may properly be raised by import duties; but import duties should be so reduced that no surplus shall be accumulated in the Treasury, and that the burdens of ; taxation shsll be - removed from foods, clothing; and other comforts and necessaries of life, and imposed on such articles of import as will give pro tection both to the manufacturing employ er, and producing A laborer against the competition of the world.! 6. That the right of suffrage rests on no mere circumstance of race, color," - sex. or nationality, and that where, from any cause, it has been withheld, from citizens who are of suitable age, and mentally and morally qualified for the exercise of an intelligent ballot, it should be restored by the people through the legislatures of the several States, on such educational basis as they may deem wise. : ; , s 7. That civil service appointments for all civil offices, chiefly clerical in their duties, should be based upOn moral, intellectual, and physical qualifications, and not upon party service or party necessity. 8. : For the abolition of polygamy, and the establishment of uniform laws govern ing marriage and divorce. 9. For prohibiting all combinations of capital to control and to increase the cost of products for popular "consumption. : 10." For the preservation and defense of the Sabbath as a civil: insitution. witheut oppressing any r who religieusly observe the same on any other than- the first day of the week. ; ' . iYYY-:::::YY'Y'Y 11." That arbitration" is the Christian, wise and economical method of settling national differences, and the same method should, by judicious legislation, be" applied to the settlement, of disputes between large bodies of "employes and their em ployers; that the abolition of the saloon would remove the burdens moral, physical pecuniary and social, ; which now oppress labor and rob it of its earnings, and would prove to be a wise and successful way of promoting labor reform, and wednvite labor and capital to unite with us for the accomplishment thereof; that monopoly in land is a wrong to the people and the public lands should be reserved to actual settlers; aud that men and women should receive equal wages fer equal work. : IS. That our imtD igration laws should be so enforced as to prevent-the introduc tion into our country of all convicts, in mates ef other dependent institutions; and others physically incapacitated for self sup port, and that no person should have the ballot in any State who is not a citizen of the United States. . . , ' . 13. Recognizing - and declaring that prohibition of the liquor traffic has become I, the dominant issue" inTnational politics, we invite tof ull party fellowship all those who, on this one dominant issue, are with us agreed, ii2Ef-beJief that this party can and yrfSSgrz iov-e sectional differences, promote national "uSTty and insure the best welfare of our entire land. State Platform. The Prohibition party of the State of North Carolina humbly and grate fully acknowledge Almighty liod as theSupreme Sovereign and Law-Giver from whose authority all just powers of human government are derived and with whoso righteous law all human enactments should be in per fect agreement in order to obtain and maintain for the people the blessings of peace, prosperity, and happiness. In harmony with these purposes we endorse the National Prohibition Party, and will send delegates; to its convention. We also express our deep interest in the multiform work of the Women's Christian ; Temper ance Union and so much as in us lies will lend them a hand. - We are committed to and will solid ly contend for: r - T - - 1. A statutory Prohibition Y law, with effective methods of enforcement for the State of Noath Carolina, . 2. An Amendment to the Cons' itu tion of the State prohibitory of the liquor traffic.,. - 3. An Amendment to the Consti tution of the United States prohibi ting the manufacture, - supply, sale, importation or exportation of all al coholic beverages. "; t Y Y 4. A National Commission to in quire into and report upon the statis tics and effects of the alcoholic liqu or traffic. f. "YY . "-Y'y-YYr. v. ;.,! 5. The total abolition of the Inter naPRevt nue system of tl e United States. . ':-YY Iy 'Jy- yY . i 1 6. Immediate Prohibition of the hquur traffic thoughout all territory under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States "government, in cluding Military posts, reservations, Soldiers Homes, Etc.. 7. The teaching in the Public Schools of the scientific truths con cerning the nature and effects of al coholic beverages. " 8. Substantial National Aid", to Public Education and Public Impro vements. 9 Practical and Fair Protection to Home Industries against 'Foreign Cheap Production and Pauper Labor 10. Protection to the Honest Free Labor" of the State and Nation against Convict Competition and the Product of Prison Labor. - Convention Calendar. DATE. Aug 18 Aug 18 Aug 20 Aug 21 . Aug 22 Aug 24 Aug 25 Aug 30 Sept 3 ' Sept 6 Sept -8 COU1TTY. Richmond Jones" Burke McDowell Stanley Chatham place. . : Hamlet Trenton Morganton Marion Albemarle Pittsboro Boone Yadkin ville Statesville. Charleston, Ashboro Watauga Yadkin Iredell, Swain, Randolph A SPIRITED APPEAL. DR. BROOKS ACCEPTS "THE NOM INATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT. The Party of Prohibition a Party of Pro gress Triumph - Means the End of Sec tional Strife No Color Idne No Solid . South A Sober Union of States. To Hon. John P. St. John, Chairman: Dear Sib To be nominated by such a body as the Indianapolis convention is the greatest honor that could be conferred upon an American citizen. - The supreme importance of the issues? formulated by that convention, the consciousness that God is on the side of right and that the salvation of the home and the state de pends upon the triumph of right princi ples, impel : me to accept the nomination now formally tendered. " : With this acceptance I propose to do all I can to carry your banner to " victory in this campaign if possible, and if not. to help lay the foundation upon which that victory shall be achieved in. the near fut ure. Y' v.:: '---- .-.,1.. - r -.-YY It is with confidence and pride that I stand upon the platform which you have presented. No such honest and manly formulation of principles has emanated from any political convention in this re public since the late civil war.-" With a firm and vigorous purpose it grasps the living issues of the day. 7 , -. Recognizing the necessity of progress, it leaves the dead past to bury its dead and boldly leads in its attack upon existing evils. It does not sadly bemoan the fact that its great leaders are in the grave and seek to live upon the deeds of the im mortal dead, but with dts banners to the breeze, inspired by present truth and fol lowing living captains, dares to do right, Accepting as final the settlement of past political issues, it inscribes upon its ban ners the motto of "no sectionalism in poli tics and scorns to bemean the. party by an ignoble and unpatriotic appeal to sectional animosities that ought to have been abandoned twenty years aero. This platform makes its appeal - not to one section, but to the whole country now forever united.; I cannot overestimate the patriotism of this wonderful docu ment. The triumph of Its principles means the end -of. sectional strife, the blotting out of the color line in politics, the breaking of the solid south, a free ballot and honest count, not in - Alabama and Mississippi alone, but in Ohio and Anchigan as well, in short, it means a division of all the r citizens of the entire country upon the great living issues of our When it is remembered that all othei political organizations are incapable of ac complishing such results, the importance of this new departure in political action cannot be overestimated. The pending conflict between organized capital and labor is one of the most im minent dangers to which the republic is exposed. .That an abnormal condition of society exists, and one, too, that is dan gerous to public welfare, will not be de nied. ; Each party platform proclaims the fact. Thej farmer and wageworker con tinue with dljEocity 4he unequal conflict for just remuneration, wiis-GQmbined capital with ease accumulates its "mil lions. With each succeeding year the former becomes poorer, while the latter increases in wealth. - nj Mononolv and so called "trusts" con- Ltrol not only the business of the country in their own interests, but political parties and conventions as well. Dominating these conventions, they un ite in denounc ing the very combinations of capital in whose interest they are members of these bodies, and then see that .none but their friends are nominated to stand upon the platform adopted. ; Your platform of principles boldly pro poses to regulate all necessary combina tions of capital in the interest of the state and to strike down all these, "trusts" at a single blow. :';-:::'T.;:'';"i-v: - i I have faith in a political party which without reference to present success pro poses to build its fortunes upon principle, whether the end shall be consummated in one year or twenty. v ' A party of truth and principle must in evitably triumph. Time nas demonstrated that neither of the old parties is compe tent to effect these results. Repeated promises have beon broken. . . The legislation that makes possible this combination of capital' to the detriment of the public good, and in the interest of a limited class of our citizens, is radically defective. 1 r We need not be "surprised that the tariff should elicit some consideration in this campaign. When the import tax upon any given article approximates the point of prohibition, and foreign competi tion is shut off , the "trust" can certainly the more readily control the market value of the product. It is matter of serious consideration that the "trusts" are against a wholesome revision of the tariff, Each year increases the danger, and hence the growing demand for an honest revision of the tariff . What is the rem edy? Shall internal revenue taxes be abolished and duties upon all articles, such as are produced by. our people, be in creased to the point of prohibition, and other articles "except luxuries" be re leased from import duties? Or secondly, shall tha internal revenue remain, while duties upon necessaries of life shall be reduced, and the revenues be raised from other articles of importation? Or finally, shall the internal tax be abol ished, and .the burden, of taxation be re moved from food and clothing, and other necessaries and be imposed on other arti cles of import, in such manner as will give protection alike to the manufacturer and laborer? - - Party issues are now before the people as formulated by the final authorities in such cases the three great national conr ventions. Senators and . representatives may conclude that their party conven tions have made great blunders in their official utterances, and may seek to mod ify the same by congressional action,, but the country will hold each party? to its platform. - . ..-Y. -.Y-- That the solution proposed by the Pro hibition party is the wisest of the three, I do not hesitate to declare. . , First, we must avoid an ever increasing surplus In the treasury and all unneces sary taxation must be lifted fronv the shoulders 01 the people. The surplus is a perpetual menace, not only to the busi ness of the country, but to the public morals as well. . The Question as to the oroorietv of re moving the tax from whisky must depend altogether upon the purpose intended to be accomplished by such removal. ' Upon the principle that it is a public enemy, legislatures have placed it under bonds and penalties and courts have de dared it a public nuisance. The traffic itself, conscious of its own infamy, pleads its right to existence upon the ground of its recognition oy tne government ana the revenues it pays into tne puDiic ireas cry. Conscious that this Is its last de fense, it entrenches itself behind federal and state taxation. Strike down thi3 de fense -and an outraged public would not long suffer its continuance. Two political parties demand ' in"' their filatforms the abrogation of the federal ax. But upon what ground do they base their action? The Prohibition party would strike off the tax that it may the sooner destroy the traffic. It would not have the government to be a copartner in prof its wrung from the vices of its citizens. The purpose of the Republican party in the repeal of the tax is to reduce the rev enues T;h at they may not have "to surren der any part of, our protective system." Indeed the proposed remedy is not to be applied until this theory of protection is tested to the point of prohibition upon all foreign products such as are. produced by our own people. Then if there shall re main a surplus, rather than touch the protective system they will take this traffic ; out of prison and bonds and turn lt loose upon a helpless public to corrupt, degrade and destroy society. -The Pro hibitionist would take this arch criminal out of prison to hang him, the Republican to set him at liberty, Tne one would re peal the tax- the sooner - to destroy the trafHet: The other would overflow -the country with free -whisky rather than in- Iure tne tdready subsidized interests of he country. - -. ---j.--. --' ' In the face of these indisputable facts every Christian and patriot will approve the motive prompting the one and de nounce the other as the consummation of human selfishness and infamy. A proper protection of American labor and the infant industries of our country may and does commend itself to' the ma jority of our people, but of infinitely more, importance" is the protection of our homes. -To this end your platform justly subordi nates all other questions. - Society, the state, and the church are built upon the home. Prom the homes of this country must come the future states men by whom the policy of the future state will be framed. The financial ruin wrought by the great liquor trusts is incomparably greater than any evils to result from a surplus In the treasury, inequalities in the tariff, .and the robberies of all: other trusts com bined. : ;: '.' . Y..jr'Y:. Y I pause not to speak of the traffic in liquors as an instrument of moral and po uticai corruption. Tne saloon is tne school in which jtiie ignorant population of all sections of the Union, receive their political trainlnsr. v - " ; 1 f To this class of citizens the saloon takes the place of the church and the school house. . It is to them the home, the school and the political club house. In view of the vast ignorance still existing among the freedmen of the south, and the im mense hosts of ignorant people now being poured upon our shores from Europe, the tnougnttui patriot trembles when he re members that the Amerioan saloon stands ready to educate Jhese people in the in terest or all vice.-r . - - - I cannot , too greatly emphasize the wisdom of your convention in making pronioition 01 tne liquor tramo the one great test of fellowship in the Prohibi tion party. I would not detract from the relative importance of other questions formulated in the platform, such as civil service reform, polygamy, trusts, and es pecially the great question of suffrage, but am -firmly of the opinion that with prohibition attainedwe shall the more readily correct all Totherexlstuag -wrongs. I cannot close this communication with out an expression of gratitude to the brave women who have so nobly espoused our cause and who so earnestly contend for its triumph. The solution of the suffrage question announced in the" platform is in my judg ment most wise. If our institutions ate preserved we must commit them to the moral and educated citizens of the repub lie The .extension of the franchise to the educated citizens of all classes and the withholding of the ballot from the immoral and ignorant is the only"proper and practicable solution 01 the great problem. -..-.--,.-- -. Deeply conscious of the '' high honor conferred upon me, 1 am, sir, most re spectfully yours, j John A. Bboqes. Methodist or Republican, Which? -The Republican -party is overwhelm ingly in favor of high license. Prom New York Tribune, March 14, 1888. . High license is high crimeV-He who votes for a license party votes to sustain the liquor traffic. ." Christians should not permit themselves to be controlled, by party organizations that are managed In the interest of the liquor traffic. It can never be legalized without sin. Methodist Episcopal Gen eral Conference, 1888. Good Ad vice. : "Young men, don't pitch your tent in the graveyard of dead Issues. ' James A. Garfield. . "All other issues before the American peeple dwindle into insignificance com pared to the issues involved in the great temperance question." . - , ' . IIenby Wilson. A million votes for the Prohibition ticket in 1888 means only two parties in 1892, divided on the issue: "The home vs. the saloon." " .- A Sad Snub.'.' ' On the whole the worst snub yet ad ministered to Boutella . for his absurd "temperance and morality" (alias "catnip tea") tag to the Republican platform is given by the Rev." Drr Storrs, when he calls it "a general commonplace sentence approving temperance and morality to which everybody , outside of a jail or an asylum must say amen. . Teaching Future Citizens. " One of the strongest scientific . tem perance instruction bills ever enacted has lately received the signature of the eov ernor of Louisiana. ; Thirty -six states and territories, embracing over three-fourths of the entire school population of the United Estates, now have temperance edu cation laws. - r Slore Whit Bibbona, ' Mrs. Jennie P. Wfflincr. the first presi dent of the W. O. T. U., has declared for the Prohibition party. Mrs. Maggie Van Cott, the well known revivalist, will also support our ticket, and will take the plat form during the campaign. God bless the women. ' The Republican Ticket. For "head of the administration,' James G. Blaine, "the greatest living " For care-taker of the White House, B. Harrison. ., ' ' - , True Krerr Time. When a laboring man ' undertakes " to support a family aud a saloon at the same .time, the saloon will grow rich and th family grow poor. Star. A PROTECTED INDUSTRY. TWENTY YEARS IN SALOONS, OR REPUBLICANS AND TEMPERANCE. The Voice Shows TTp the Black Record. A Paralyzing Parallel The Result of ; Wise and Well Directed Effort to Pro mote Temperance and Morality. "A Republican Brewer," writing to The New York Tribune oJ Oct. 11, 1884, the same issue which contained the New York Temperance assembly's request for St. John s withdrawal, made the following statement ' 'Our national (brewers') or- Eanization is twenty-four years old. Dur lg All these years the Republicans have been in power in national affairs, and I submit to every candid brewer, be he Democrat or be ; he Republican, if the brewing Interests of our country have not grown to immense proportions if our rights and our interests have not been protected, fostered and encouraged by Our government." " . It was afterward stated that this ap-'"r peal was written by Secretary Oothout, Of the Brewers' congress. The -Voice of Aug. 16 publishes the following deadly parallel, showing how much truth there was in- the "Republican Brewer's" state ment: '". - - --" -. Damaging facts and figures which show the com. plicity of the national government, from I80S TS 1MSt TirffVi Ola Inf.Mcfn r. 1 - . .1 .vu wuw uiHA CO HO Vi. UiO UrewClO. Productiop of fermented li Quors in the Extracts from official reports of the national Brewers' congress. United States, r. (Gallons. 62,905,375 Feb. 4. 1868. Fred Tjim m. ported: " Assurance hv wimmWw f ways and meanv s well as memoers 01 congress, that a sup plementary bill would be passed granting the relief asked." Ke- 1 or tax on beer brewed prior Bentember. and mfnnrHncr nt so collected.) Oct. 28. 64. Fred Lane re 1864 97,882,811 ported: "Satisfactory interviews with the committee of ways and means, and the reduction of the tax on beer from $1 to sixty cents per barrel." - Oct. 18, '65. Internal Revenue Commissioner David A. Wella. . 1863! .18,872,611 present at the Brewers' congress and representing the United States government, saidt "It is the desire Of the government to be thorough ly informed of the requirements of " the trade,' and 1 will give infor mation on all questions, in order to bring .about a cordial under standing between the government and the Jrade' in general I will auach the report of your European committee to my report to the congress of the United States, to be nrinted for tha hmo. - fit of the trade'' at the expense of 18661 166,669,840! sue government. " - - uct. is, 'oo. Tfcf secretary saidi No new imoositiln or lncreasa el . tax will be placed upon malt 192,489,462 190,646,658 uquur djt me government with out first communicating with thlf association and gettinir their views 1 1! .8701203,782,127 June 8, '70. President Henry vow upon it. uuaou, jr.. Eneamnsr witn rerar. enee to a proposed bul to increase tne uuues on nariey ana male, said: "We have demonstrated to these gentlemen congress that we cannot accent such a. law. a.ni have requested them to bestow particular attention to our pea tion." Tha bill wan InM beMa 1871 239,048,060 June 7, '71. Eouis gchade, rep resenting tne internal revenue de partment, present ana was in structed to retort the brewers convention in writing to the gov enunent, eaia: "x nave tne more readily accepted to comply with the request of the commissioner of Internal revenue, inasmuch as I hope that by means of this mis sion I may,"-D9-of'-adiantageo-von " 268,442,237 June 6, 73. OVA. Bates, lntro 298.633.013 duced -as official retireaeniatlvft 8751293,088,607 ment, said; "Congress has given 4jztf.tzn.m-iirom t.or mmrnfti rftrpnnfl ncra?r . you an internal revenua law ml leer in its provisions, less bur densome than any law affecting any equally great Interest. TAtliafotann hanlmro. ciAm T vw uu VWU.W awwATTMU OVOW . say 'us,' for I am with you. The commissioner 01 internal revenue is with you, the president is with von." - 306,972,012 June 4, 78. President Henry 804,111,860 Clausen, Jr., said: "Congress, acting unaer a petition .of the brewers and with the coneurrennA of the commissioner of internal revenue, has classified malt liquors separately from spirituous liquors, and thereby made a discrimina tion In favor of . malt liauors. The last presidential elec tion fl872) has Shown us what unity among us can do." . 817.485.601 June 5, '78. internal Revenue Commissioner Green B. Raum was 344,105,604 g resent at this congress. Louis chade reported that with Com missioner Kama's assistance he had "Inserted in the internal rev enue bill" eight amendments in the interest of brewers. 418,729.441 June 2. '80. Henry Clausen. Jr.. !443,641,868, speaKing 01 a proposea diu to in crease the duty on malt, reported: 520,614,685 "We have been called upon by the . asking whether the bill is accept- committee on wavs ana means. aoie to tne Drewers, ana tne repiy is in the affirmative." 1883! 560,494,652 May 16.- '83. Louis Schade re- gorted the fifth failure, through is efforts with congressmen, of the liquor traffic commission bul m. congress. Queer, Isn't It? : The queerness of it! Just think! Last winter, J. S. Clarkson, of The Iowa State Register, worked "like a beaver" to keep the municinal woman suffrage bill In the background, and used, to the utmost, the influence of his paper to beat back the rising tide of legislative sentiment in its lavor, as being. the worst possible policy for the Republican party. Now head vises the women of that state to organize themselves into clubs, to aid in the elec tion of Harrison and Morton. Are women always to be treated thus? Ixol Out, Postmasters. - It has been reported to us that certain postmasters have so far violated their of ficial duties as to open copies of Prohibi tion papers to the office, and after inclos ing Democratic campaign circulars, re fold them for distribution to subscribers. We know not what penalty attaches to such a violation of the postoffice laws, but it should be so severe as to serve air a protection for newspaper publishers from a repetition of such outrages, and demands also the prompt removal of the guilty parties. ' .. ' , Hlgb. license a Failure. The following shows the result in Chi cago of what The Chicago. Tribune calls "wise and well directed effort for the pro motion of temperance:" License fee In 1882 ZZ License foe In 1887.. f) fear. Saloons. Arrests. Bbls. Beer. 1882 8,759 82,800 - 87223 1887. .....8,044 46,605 1,674,143 Look at the results in Omaha, Kansas City, Minneapolis and other cities, whera the experiment has been fully tried. A Tennessee Straw. - Nashville reports that the county elec tion revealed unexpected Prohibition party etrength. The county candidates of the party received 1,018 votes. St. John had only fifty-three votes four years ago. A complete Prohibition legislative ticket will pe put in the field.
The North Carolina Prohibitionist (Bush Hill, N.C.)
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