, 1881-03-12

and the galleries, proceeded to "warn" tho
resolution for all he was worth. On behalf !
Of sDanc 10000 wives, mothers, and sisters,
to sny nothing of llinuncrabie cousins and
nunts, l,o was ovcrlustLnely opposed to It. In
the llame Of thousands who did not beliOyc
in suMptuAry legislation, l!o wAs nRntnat 1t.
T11E ntGitT 70 EAT AND ltttSK
whRt otlc chose WIS something tint could
not bc abrihgul or taken nway. ilc regretted
that there WIS aucll Il thing NJ inteinpnrRnce
and drunkenness, but no constitutional
amendment, n0 coerclye measures, could
ever riot It ont. II the amendment Was 10
br voted ttuwi,. there was 1,O reason fur sub
milling It tn tho peupte. II Il was to be
adopted, which lie didn't believe, llo wns OPP
pt,sc,t to the people. There weru tnwa on tic
ssatutc.h0oks HOW TINT wero sul1lctcntty
stringent. Tho gentleman from Shelby himself
rs Chairman Of the Railroad Committee, had
made n report 8tnting TINT there was no llse
preparing nty new laws nEntnst railroads, II
tho shippers could nut unforce those NOW u,
tile hooks. This was precisely the case with
the present liquor laws, a,ltl Thu gentleman
from Shelby Ind stnted the principle cor
rcctly. lfpro1,ibitinn lid not produce crime,
It ut least did not prevent It, as the example
Of Mainu conclusively showed. All this tallk
about tho effects of alcohol upon tho asylutns,
the prisons. md tho 6rotlcls
CAME WITH HAD 01.AcF:
from religious set wli0sc leading pastor
Ind figured III n gigantic scandal q few years
ago, md Ind had his salary raised from
S3O.0 .000 to $4,000 in consequence. Laugh.
teri
Youn9b|ood asked Perrin II ho WAS op-
posed to allowing the people to vote oil tho
question.
Perrin replied TINT he was, because tho
great body Of tllo people lid n0t demand 1t.
More PERSONS In Adams, 1'eorfa, In
Sallp, and st. Clair Counties alone Ind
petItioned ngninst ths resolution thnn
all those tisat llatl asked for II. Tie
prison records, instead Of showing wl,nt tho
gentleman, fronl Shelby claimed, showed
that neil and women wcra ruined by other
causes than alcohol. II the heA1uordnIcnt twere
adopted 1t would not prohibit or Interfere
with Tho importation Of liquor into tho State,
while 1t wotttt nutl at,otlior 10 tho long list
OF crimes, becnllsu there would be n line OF
snlNgglcrs n1l around the State. 1tsntoptiun
would Interfere with vcstctl rights OF men
who hatltn!l!i0ns of cnpftal invested, whflo
IT OFFERED rl1t:M no COMPENSATION WHAT
EVER ....,..
lie charge OF cowartIce on Inc part ot the
antl-pfollln'lloh people he Elnf'eu pacK lhto
the teeth ol lho BcHlleHlHl from oheipy' lHo
renl cowafttco was nii TUG 1laft ot the pro-
hibition a'iVncntes, VINO tlad asked ING L'-
csi'so committee MT TO report tho original
fitnds bill. because they knew they could not
mss It, while they were now attempting ' !! to
~, 1nt ~, nna,.l., ,.,,to t,tt war. not ira,o
u lct .t'c peop'' 'otc' "aI "e'n not pt'so
enough 10 Sote on the Ifollots'oh Q.les-
tios pnro ni!d simple themselves. For
tue comfort OF t''a coercion crowd.
remind then, that tho Prohibition candidate
Ior s'ovet',t ' ~ M !''!s o"'9 ~ 1o ast ol,csion
!eee'seu 1s. - :, ues ,i,, - - .n1s ".'s'one
WIS submitted II Woltll be SnoWcu Nhtler so
| completely that GabrLel's trumpet could not
resurrcct it.
1wi,,tor ~ 1,oo,,ta uco,, ~, 1,,,e m ,,o,r
"'"tc'' w 1'o!uo1'' "'eA w iiA4A "'' "oos
REvAstrISG TIE ARGUMENTS
| whfcl, n,atsc I'D tl1e nyerugo prohibition
| t-n,t
"aet: ;,,,. ,. ,., 49,, .,.
the bron.i iirI,t Of question Of states,nan- n
sllip. Everybody rccogtltzgd the fact TINT In
tc1upornnce was MI evil, and tho slnlpo 1ucs-
ttou was, what wern they going to do
ahnut M Tho coprctvo ,,rnh;h,tlon nconIn
,ronnsa1 ~ a,,,s,, - +, an ,ra, 49,, ne ,ha,.
wGre cnll.tl upon 10 SLOW that 1t was Il good
why. Prohibition WIS no now Thing. In
| Maine there was o,,c saloon to uycrty lis In
hahltants. after thirty years Of prol,iblt,o1i.
Sen! Dow hnnstcH tl'at no llau M driven ,Whissy
to tae snnslli', me p!g'sty. hiasl staoie atltl
E9i's,a.aaitea hsv!, nvf ,yh S;on feSa i
S es %as sps aTse "sn G! to pssy ss S
the stnble III Vermont, wllcre they had Ind
prohibition ior twenty years, theFe was