Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-10
DANIELS ACCEPTANCE.
PROTECTION OFHONIES AGAINST
SALOONS HIS PARTY's AIM.

All Sections of the Country Ureed tn
Unite in the Fight-The stand of Beth
of the Old Parties on the LIQUOR Oues-
tiOn COndemned
BALTIMORE, Oct. 9.-Hon. William
Daniels, recently nominated for Vice
President on the Prohibition ticket. has
made public his letter of acceptance, 1t
is addressed to Hon. Samuel Dickie. Mr..
Daniels says:
The necessity for the prohibition of the
liquor traffic Is based upon we'll established
ana conceded lacts that this traffic is the pro-
ducing cause OF large amount of all CRIMES
poverty, insanity, suicides and the diseases
that exist in the land. That il is a great dis
turber of the public peace as well as a de-
strOyer of domestic happiness. and that il
renders life, liberty and prosperlty insecure.
and imposes upon the country heavy burdens
of taxation without equivalent or consent
The hrst pronioltory agitation, he says,
eliminated IN the enactment of the Maine
liquor law of 1871. New life was infused into
this prob. bitory reform by the crusade in 1874
and the Womens temperance Union. Now
it has incorporated itself in the States of
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont and Iowa.
and in the constitution as well as the statutes
of Kansas. In Marylan prohibitory laws
prevail in Is out OF the 90 counties: IN South
Carolina. in nearly all of the rural districts
outside of the incorporated towns and cities:
in Geor2ia, in W or more counties Of the 1877:
Ia, nnmpFOnS
other districts; in Mississippi, in large dis
trlcts; In Louisiana, in many parishes; in
Arkansas, in large sections: in Texas. in several
counties; in Tennessee, by reason of the laws
Cnat pfohlDlt a grog shop within several miles
OF school house or church, nearly or not
quite half of the school districts in Missouri,
In 30 counties; in Kentucky, in p counties,
with about every other county in the State
permeated with prohibition.
SOME PRACTICAL RESULTS.
This sentiment was strong enOuph in Tou-o
to give majority OF nearly 10000 for the pro-
hbitlonary constitutional amendment some
two years ago. despite the most determined
efforts of the liquor dealers in opposition In
Ohio about year ago, 1t was sufficient to cast
over 1928, 900 votes for q constitutional amend
ment that were counted and some 10000 or
fraudulently counted out, the total of
which would have carried the State and this
result, too, in the face of the opposition of
both Republican and Democratic parties,
hampered as it was by coupling it with the
license amendment to be voted on at the same
time, and the enactment of what is known as
the Scott tax law. In Maine very recently
majority Of A, ,232 has been obtained for SINH
lar amendments, and this after trial of three
years or more of statutory prohibition. The
people in some fifteen other States have with
IN the last year or two beseiged their respec-
tive Legislatures with petitions for the pur-
pose of deciding for themselves the question
of constitutional prohibition, but have been
refused. IL Is believed that upon fair vote
and with the country thoroughly aroused the
liquor crime would be prohibited by decided
majority.
The failure of the Prohibitionists is at
trlbuted to "too much Of preaching, praying
revolving and working organization TIL elect
ing day, and then of falling into party lines
ana voting irrespective Of this great is@ue.',
INCREASED USE OF INTOXICANTs.
During the last few years beer drinking has
increased 6O.2 per cent. and whisky drinking
42.5 per cent. In lS40 the consumption Of
liquor was little more than an average of
TOUR gallons per man. In 1884 tits over twelve.
In Kansas, however, there has been de-
crease of about per cent, in spite of the
rapid increase of population, and the decrease
has been still greater in Maine ana some other
States. Mr.. Daniels says that officials fail to
of the national and State governments to
license and foster the whisky traffic. To
change this policy, and especially the govern
menG one, 1t is necessary to create new party,
Both of the existing political parties
have opposed or ignored this great issue and
their candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident have done likewise. Messrs. Cleveland
and hendricks adopt the shiDbOleth of their
party and their liquor loving allies and cry
out against ''sumptuary laws that veX the
citizens" On the other hand, Mr.. Blaine
would perpetuate the traffic for the purpose
of raising permanent revenue to be appro-
prlated to the payment of the taxes Of the
and rejoices in the probable and constant in
crease of such revenues.
BLAINE'S POLICY.
He states that this entire revenue comes from
the consumer, and therefore hurts no one and
that it is much better that it should come
from this source than from the farms and
shops. (See letter OF November 1884, A mon
strous proposition, truly, that it should be
necessary or proper to wiring this blood money
from the homes of poverty and distress to pay
the taxes of the rich with it, who own the
farms and shops, and more astonishing still
that the revenue thus obtained hurts no one
And Gen. Logan would place a number of
grog- shops about every school house in order
that the former may support the latter
This movement offers the grand opportunity
of burying forever the sad memories and bit
ter hates of the war and uniting the best ele-
ments, Christian and moral, against the worst,
and In an organization that will know no
North or South, or East West, its great
purpose being protection of the homes against
hag gpIn