The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-10

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Never, under any circumstances, act
mean and niggardly with your en-
ployees, for it shows to every man of
experience and observation, a little
ness of soul that should and will make
you contemptfble in the eyes of all
honorable men. Remember to al !;
ways act honestly with employees and
give them to understand that you will
not be satisfied with anything less
IRON them sstfAss sAsa .es.ssg
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE IN
A Representative Of the .Inter.Ocean'
Interviews the Hon. William Dax-
ter-His Views I'm Reference to the
Coming ElectiOn. 4 d
VALPARAISO, IND, May 31.-The
Hon. VIM. Baxter, the author of the
Baxter temperance law, addressed
Large concourse Of people in the pub
lie square last evening. He spoke for
two hours very effectively, and held
his audience to the close. After the
, meeting your correspondentinterview
ed the speaker at the residence Of Mr.
Fiske, where he was a guest. There
, is no question but Mr. Baxter is the
, head and front of the temperance
, movement in Indiana. He is very
plain Quaker farmer, with en- un(ortu-
nate pedal deformity, but with actiyi-
| ty enough In his tongue to make up
for deficiency in his feet. He thec's
and thou s you continually. and fills
you so full of statistics regarding the
traffic in spirits, that you wonder
where he got them all. and how retains
them Being introduced to him as
representative of the Inter Ocean, Mr..
Baxter shook hands firmly, AMI said:
Thee has a noble paper; an honor to
Chicago and the Northwest. [ am
very glad to meet thee" Your cor
respondent tried to blush in the most
approved style, but compliments have
/ grown too common, and he could only
a thank the gentleman, and proceed to
Correspond't-What do the temper
.ancc people propose to do in the com-
ing election. Will they hold a con.
. yention? aF
! MIR. Baxter-Probably not. We
j. will ask no radical change. We dom t
ask for prohibition, but we would like
to have both parties indorse fair re-
strictive law. -as}a.
4 Correspondent-Supposc they dc
/ not. aa5 f-er st stl.1i.
i Baxter-Then we propose to call a
convention, not to nominate candI
dates, but to suggest to our friends
that they support temperance men fol
the Legislature, NO matter on which
ticket they run.
Correspondence heard you say il
your speech that half loaf was better
than no bread. Don't you think i
would be better to have Legislator.
like the last. for, example, elected
without regard TO tcmperance-fair
moral men, who would go to neithe
extreme. than to be beaten on the is
sue and see all the laws relating t,
prohibition repealed? -9ea
Baxter-Undoubtcdly, and thee will
observe that in my speech tonight
3 took very conservative ground. ad
! yocated no extreme measures. [ hay,
even been roundly taken to task be
cause make so many concessions.
favor law regulating the sale Of spir
its, of which the so-called Baxter Law
is an illustration. am very sure tha
| although a prohibition, party woul,
meet with defeat in the State, part
that simply demands that the sale o
/. spirits shall be properly restricted will
succeed. Men, though they may!no
be- temperance, are not yet prepares
to remove all restrictions from tn
sale of liquor. 49, HE
II Correspondent-Wha hat do you thin
of the proposition to exclude beeranl
wine from the operation Of the law?
Baxter--I do not think it will do.
which, he claimed proved beer drink
ing to be only less injurious than tn
consumption. Of alcoholic beverages
but he admitted that the investigation
of the Congressional Committee
should one be appointed, might cha ng
his conviction upon this point, and b
OF service in determining the cours
Of temperance, people. sfis4.s so e
: MIR. Baxter has many strong point.
and it is not strange that he succede
in passing the law which bears hi
I name. He is very practical, and, un
like lnauy Tdulcui temperance lcaUcrs
sees and admits that there are othe
Il subjects and other questions than thi
i to. be considered. He has stron
element of popularity about him, be
ing . farmer. aud q granger; an
though English born, an enthusiast
! admirer OF American institutions, an
a faithful citizen Of the country of hi
adoption; AS the central figure in I'll
II great temperance movement Of til
West, his views will be of general il
s. terest, and are, therefore, thus brief
= given to the public.-[nter-Occan. q
Il In the annual address of til
Grand Master, IN interesting sketc
! Of the growth of Masonry in Ind
ana was given, from which it seem
! that in 1878 the Grand Lodge COZ
: sisted of five subordinate lodge,
S From 1878 TO 1889, thirty six ne
: lodges were Orpnnized h,,t fwnnf,