The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-21
BEARDED BY BROOKS.
The Lion of Authorization
Boldly Met Rev. John
A. Brooks.
A Powerful and Logical Reply to
Senator Vest, Last Night.

for the democratic party, last Tuesday. the
leaders IN that movement i'm this stale felt
that they were called upon to make every
effort, both upon tine platform and by the
printed page, In order 10 cOuDieract the
utieranc of this golden-longued orator,
who had thrown down the gauntlet OF
battle. and those words were hailed with
delight and applause by the liquor element
of the state.
AT once DIR. John \ Brooks, president
of the Missouri Prohibition Alliance, and
Lol. Swiizler of Columbia, began making
replies 10 the senator, by speeches and pub
LEGATIONS, and I'm answer to request irum
the temperance people of this city, the
former gentleman appeared, last night, at
the Congregational church in the role of a
defender of the principle OF prohibition
ana as All aDswerer TO Senator Vest.
The church was crowded with 4 most
refined and attentive audience, composed
about equally, of both sexes, and line ire
quency Oh the applause given the speaker,
as he proceeded TO take up Mr.. Vests
points, seristim, and answer them in a
most able and courteous manner, evinced
the fact that they were in very close SYM
pathywith him.
In notice Of this kind, even Synopti-
cal review Of DIR. Brooks really splendid
speech would he about as uns satisfactory a.
would be impracticabie.
DIR. Brooks began by asking his hearers
10 take with him hssty bird's-eye view
Of the recent democratic victory, a repub-
biican cyclone which swept everything
that party possessed To utter and seeihirgly
eternal ruin He said that If free whisky
and democracy were Que and the same.
then he was no longer democrat. This
declaration met with a hearty applause.
But are they the ssmcy he asked. He
thought even the question an insult 10 the
party.
ST. John was defeated i'm Kansas, not be-
cause OF his prohibition sentiments, but be.
cause he had too much To carry. He wanted
TO be governor for the third term. and that,
alone, was asking too much; then he tried
TO carry woman suffrage, which was too
much. And while | am a souiherner and
have the prejudices of that people agains,
woman suffrage. vet believe the time is
npi far distant when women will have the
right Ia vote, and | am not afraid To- en-
trust the right to tine women Of America
Applause Then there was the railroad
grind npon the people of Kansas, and St.
John was the railroad candidate.
These are the causes which led TO his
defeat A prohibition legislature is elected
NAV attempt, by veto, to
ihawart prohibition snartments. vet he
will be powerless To do ali he may set OIL,
tn 40.
La Ohio, the republicans were dallying
with the question Of prohibition, though
they made vigorous fight for the Sunday
; laws. The democrats, seeing that the
whisky league of that state wanted these
laws abrogaied, Joined hands with that
league. and the republicans were defeated,
as the 20, 900 temperance people voted their
sentiments.
Ii was war on Sunday, in California,
| the speaker reading the resolutions of the
league of that state. which Were passed
just after the supreme court hal decided
| that the law was constitutional, which re.
solved that these laws were oppressive, OPP
posed to the spirit OF American liberty,
, and that the members of the IeagIc would
not vote for any man for the legislature
who was not in favor of their repeal
Coming more directly to the purpose OF
his speech, the reply 10 Senator Ves., DR.
Brooks said that the senator, liz the face
of the democratic platform and before the
question was at issue i'm Missouri flor We
| were only asking the submission If the
question:, has prscipitated the discussion
of this question upon the people Of the
state. Conscious of the fatal blunder ol
writing the Allen letter and of the inaccu.
races which il contained. he proceeds e
defend himself against the day of iudg.
ment by obiruding into the canvass ques
ton which the party had ignored. After
admitting that man NAV I've a prohihi-
proceeds to show that prohibition is tbs
mcst pernicious and dsmnable doctrine
now in politics and is subversive of all
our sacred and blood-bought liberties.
This haste on the the part of Senator
Vest was because the speaker and Col
Switzler had issued reply TO his famou.
letter la Mr. Allen, of Kansas City. Mr.
Vest said that in that pamphlet he had
been asssiled i'm 6iscourteous manner
This DIR. Brooks denied and offered TO give
one of the pamphlets 10 any personal
friend IF the senator
! One of the lessons of the late election j.
that bossism must stand aside. Senator
Vest and the C. ntral committee had intro
| duced this Issue into the campaign in the
face Of the fact that il tad been declared
no issue by the democratic convention
Perhaps these gentlemen may no know
that bossism in The west was the same a.
| in the eas..
Nh. Vest admits that he was mistaken
when he said i'm the Allen letter that n.
democratic legislature ever passed pro
hibitory Law. Yes, and he will sDd in tn,
end that he is mistaken i'm great many
other things.
His definition of q sumptuary law wa
very happy. aud when he said that Mr.
Vest had tried Webster and Worcester il
order to find me ming of the term to sui
himself, and had failed, and then set NJ
himself Is authority, the audience CAV,
very conclusive evidence that they though
the speaker had made point.
No such laws as disgraced the reign o
the Tudors in England or Bourbons o
France, could be possible in this age ant
cnupfrv and M such vera drsauod of n,