The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-04
DEERING'S DOCTRINE.
A Prohibition-Brooks Campaign
Speech in This City Yester-
day Afternoon.

Yesterd ny afternoon big dry goods box
WIS plsced on the sidewalk, against the
First Naticnsl hank, and on the box
there mounted a man who called out To
the crowds on The corners TO draw near aud
listen TO him. The msn was Ben DeeriDg,
"Agitator," be called himself, on a hand
bill, and his purpo.e was 10 make a
speech in favor of .5rooks and prOhibi ion.
crowd quickly gsthe- ed and Mr.. Deer
ing began his speech. He was interrupted
1T first by fellow under the Influence OF
liquor. but when the speaker said IN I Mar
shall Barnett had promised him protection,
The fellow staggered ACROSS the street into
one Of the saloons aud there weie no more
interruptions. In substance, Mr.. Deering
said:
The only issue in this campaign on
which there is division OF seItim mt, is
the policy to be pur ued in re'ereuce to the
Equor IL terests the right OF the people to
vote on the qrestion of prohibition, and The
correctness of the policy OF prohibition.
The r.ff question is not in it. No other
issue but the disposition Of the liquor ques-
ton is represen:ed by either party in this
campaign. Mr.. Ford, an independent
candidate, tries to make an issue by pro-
claiming that Missouri has been under
robber rule, badly managed, hindered in
Its progress, and disgracsd by democratic
rule but no well-posted man believes such
a statement; il is not an issue; il cannot be
made an issue on which to win d, mocratic
votes. Mr.. Ford really represents The
liquor interests. He is
LIQUOR DEALER
himself. He owns an interest n a whole
sale grocery and liquor house
in st. Joseph, and Wholesale and
retail liquor store in South Pueblo The
mayor Oh South Pu. blJ say 5 SC in letter
of late date. He has suit now psrdiug
in a county 10 this state for whisky bill
sold at ST. joe. He drinks it, he lis it,
ne be i VS. in IT, End will stand by IT,
The saloons OF 81. Louis made him pledge
them ihst he would be on their side. He
appeared before them at 81. Louis end
promised them sIcr. (Mr. ID. rad flom
the published report which apr cared in tire
Chronicle.) Ford represents TO Christian,
moral, temperance or reform principles,
either in his person or the policy he repre-
sents.
Marmaduke drinks il, and too, much of
it; gets drunk was drunk on the Hanni-
bel and st. Joe rosd ri She bina and at
Chilicothe; he calls IT malaria" bat that's
NEW NAME FOR 1T.
1t is Tlain, straight, (cr crooked
drunkenness He is the friend Of the
business: so understood; so pleig d :;
he is Its customer, IFS frierd; viii! slsnd by
il. lie dOvsn't represent a s,ng'e moral,
temperance or religious policy.
What i trne of Msrmaduke in this re-
spect is true of Ford. II is six of one and
a half a d. OF the CthsI-except that
Marmaduke Comes out squsrely and can
diGly, while Ford wants to deceive the
people.
Brooks PR MS. in his own character,
morals, temperance, and religious pIinci-
piles represents a moral policy; policy
consistent with religion, morals and re orm
In politics. He has gone sll through this
acrimonious campaign without having 10
meet or deny single charge sgainst his
character; ne represents b, dy Of voters
who are deermiusd % drive whisky and
beer out of politics. They propose TO keep
the question of prohibi ion in politics till
il is settled and placed beyond the reach of
politicians.
He said that If one his the right kind
Of religion it will mix with the right kind
of politics; il a man cunt mix his re-
ligion and his politics il is because one or
the other Is OF bad kind. III you can't
PRAY AS You voTF,
either don't vote or don't pray-prayers
are hesrd in Heaven-votes are counted in
Jefferson City.
Mr.. DeeriDg presented the usual srgu-
menis in favor of prohibition, but did not
attempt to convince the people on that
line as much as 10 persuade voters to rec
ognize the policy and principles repre-
ssnie1 in the Brooks campaign. One
strong point he enforced was, q clear cal
culaiion of the voting strength of the
democracy and the opposition, in which
he clearly showed that Ford has no pros
pect of election because he must have TO-
600 democratic votes 10 begin on, whereas
he hes not so lar found any evidence of
thousand who will vote tor him. By show
ing the relation of democratic and opposi-
ton votes to Brooks, he seemed to CEN
vince many that Ford's election is an utter
impossibility.
de will present in his speech, to-day, the
religious phase of the question.