Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-10
AND STILL THEY COME.
Candidate Daniels Tells Why he is Running on the Prohibition Ticket.

Running on the FrOh1D1t1On 11cKeBs
 BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 9.-The following is the substance of Hon. William Daniels letter accepting the nomination the Prohi- bition ticket for the vice presidency:
 BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 9. > To Hon. Samuel Deekie Chairman of the
 Committee, &c.:
 My Dear Sir-Duly approaching the honor of being nominated by the Prohibition party as their candidate for Vice President, and having felt it my duty to accept, I propose to assign some reasons for the necessity of Prohibition party and its claims for support. The necessity for the prohibition of the liquor traffic is based upon the well estab lished facts that this traffic is the cause of Q large part of all the crime, poverty, insanity, suicides and diseases that exist in the land that it is the great disturber of the public and domestic peace; that it renders life, lib erty and property insecure and imposes heavy taxation without equivalent Upon the ground of it's tendency being to produce idleness, vice and debauchery, the Supreme court cided that laws entirely prohibiting it are con- stitutional. In such decisions these courts have held that these laws for the protection of society and in no sense ''sumptuary laws" as they are often falsely styled. The prohibi- toryosentiment which culminated in the MA1n6 1QuOT law III lCO1 was alIQCSG CfuSnod out by the absorption of the public mind with the slavery agitation. Faint signs of reaction began to manifest them selves after the war, but little vitality was exhibited until that wonderful organization, the Women's Christian Tenn perance union, sprang into being in 1873, which infused energy into prohibitory re- form and inspired other reforms and has permeated the whole Christian church with it's vitalizing influence Since then this prohibitory sentiment has increased until now we find it incorporated in the statutes of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Iowa and in the constitution as It has also imprinted itself upon the laws of number of counties and localities in other States, whilst it's growth in the South has been even greater. In Ohio about year ago it was sufficient to cast over 323, ,00O votes for a constitutional amendment that were counted, and some 40, ,000 or more that were not counted fraudulently counted out, the total of which would have carried it, l and this result, too, hampered as it was | by coupling it with a license amend ment and the 'tScott tax law J And in Maine very recently a majority of M,283 has been obtained for similar amendment and this after trial of thirty years of prohibition. It is believed that up on fair vote, and with the country thor l oughly aroused, this liquor crime would be prohibited by decided majority. Still this sentiment is unorganized and opposed bJ one thoroughly organized and of great pow | CT. The former seems to have been too mucl 1 of a preaching, praying, resolving and work | ing one till election day anc
 then falling into party lines. The lattel | votes as it teaches and in furtherance of it special interests. The result has been that notwithstanding all that has been done
 whereas some ten years ago our nationh dTink-bin was estimated from internal reYe