Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-19
THE psoH1sIr1oN corvEnrIor.


The following is copy of an address
just issued by the California Prohibition
Reform party to the people of the State.
| It reads
An Address to the People by the Califor
MIA Prohibition Reform Party:
| The defiant resistance to law by the
| liquor dealers of this State, their attempted
aggressions for the destruction OF our most
sacred laws and highest interests, together
with the snbserviency of the Democratic
and Republican parties TO thoss law break
ing and law-defying liquorites, have forced
upon us sn Issue of the greatest Importance
| to the State, which should, yea, which
must be met with determined courage and
intense devotion to the best and highest
interests of the people.
This great issue now forced upon us
| trarscends in importance every other before
the people.
1t is really the temperance question in
which the Sunday law accidentally and
incidentally appears
The people as whole are earnestly and
emphaticslly in favor of the Sabbath rest
day.
1t is the liquor dealers who want, and
for themselves alone, the repeal OF the
Sunday law, that they may have unlimited
opportunity and uncontrolled power to sell
liquor and destroy the people
Even the liquor dealers desire the Sun,
| day law enforced for all but themselves,
that all others may have this special day
to worship at their shrine and fill their
Golfers.
Hence the great question forced upon US
by the saloonists 10 not principally the Sun.
day law but the temperance question, and
this we are now determined fully and en-.
ergetically to meet.
The Democratic party, at the dictation
OF an organized league of conspirators, has
declared in favor of the repeal of the sump-
tuary laws, which refers, as their discussion
shows, to the Sunday law.
The Republican party has a so.called
Sunday law plank couched in the exact
words, "rest and recreation" used by
John w. Schaeffer, of the so-cailed League
of Freedom.
Temperance and Christian people can
never suppose that plank couched in
words from such a source can by any DOS.
sibility suit the respectable, order loving
and Sabbath observing people of our State
The Republican plank proposes recrea.
ton. That means and implies low thea.
tiers, picnics, PROFESSIONS, brass bands, beer
gardens, ETC., with the Accomplishments of
unlimited lager and whisky.
II is absolutely impossible for any Chris.
tian or temperance man to consistently vote
a ticket which dedicates our Sabbath rest.
day to recreation and the saloon.
Before the Republican Committee Judge
Tyler introduced and urged resolution
which, amongst other things, prohibited
noisy and barbarous amusements on the
Sabbath" but it was rejected.
MIR. Williams, of Los Angeles offered a
resolution to the Convention, "that the
Republican party is opposed TO the repeal
of the Sunday law, and in favor of the en-
actment of such laws as will secure it's en-
forcement"
The Convention Immediately rejected
this, thus showing beyond all question that
they did not desire the enforcement of q
Sunday law, or law which would prohibit
NOISY and barbarous amusements"
The 3D. called Republican Sunday-law
plank is, and evidently was intended to be,
snare and delusion.
Whilst the Democrats only ask for the
repeal of sumptuary laws, the Republican
party votes Sunday day of recreation.
They did not vote for the enforcement. of
Sunday law, nor even to "prehibit noisy
and barbarous amusements on the Sab
BATH" They thus propose to desecrate
the Sabbath in any manner that the whisky
lovers and whisky sellers desire.
To vote such degradation and prostitu-
ton OF our sacred rest day would be
crime against ourselves, our principles and
the general good morals of the community.
1t is in these circumstances that we are
compelled to take the course we now do,
to give the voters of this State an oppor.
tunity to preserve this rest-day, and ex-
press themselves by vote in regard to the
discontinuance of the licensed liquor
traffic
1t is in these circumstances also that we
propose giving the voters of our State an
opportunity to vote for upright, honest,
moral, clean men, who are unpolluted by
an appetite for intoxicating drinks; men
who are pledged to work for the best and
highest interests of this State and people.
We should also say that the Prohibition
Convention, to assemble in San Francisco
on September 2Sth, will doubtless meet all
necessary requirements for any other issues
that need attention in the interests of the
people. NJ. C. WINCHESTER,
Chairman California Prohibition Reform
Party.
A. d. WooD,
L. T. HEAD,
GEORGE MORRIS,
Executive Committee of California Prob.
bition Reform Party.
GEO. MORRIS, Sec'y.