San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-08-21
SAN MARCOS

ST. JOHN.
He Demonstrates How John A. Logan
Black Laws Affected Him.
St. John, the Prohibition candidat,
for the Presidency, made o speech a
Port Jervis, N. Y, last week. A
special says:
The St John Circuit Of Temper
ance Camps was opened here on
Tuesday last in the Methodist Church
The first speaker was Ex-Governor
John P. st. John, Of Kansas, the
Prohibitionist nominee for President
In the afternoon he addressed q large
audience, which had assembled in a
heavy rain storm, on the evils OF
licensing and the enormity of the
crimes that had cursed our Nation
through the liquor traffic. In the
evening q larger audience assembled,
and Governor st. John spoke Of the
political aspect Of the question, and
arraigned the Republican party for
the misrule that has characterized its
work for the past twenty years. We
quote his words:
II have been Republican all my
life up to the 4th of last month, for /
have never lost On opportunity to say
or do good deed for this great cause
of prohibition. When the Republi-
can party met at Chicago to select
candidates for President and Vice
President last month, they were
waited upon by the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, a band Of
brave women having at heart the
advancement of the race, and the
Republican party failed to take any
recognition of them. The day after
the nominations were made told my
wife I would never again vote the
Republican ticket, and all my exer-
tions would be for this grand cause
of prohibition. Neither party dared
to take up this great issue for fear Of
losing the whiskey vote. Shame,
shame on our political parties. I
used to lay awake nights, when I lived
in the border towns and was
hating Democrats and
Democratic principles. Since the
4th of last month I have made up my
mind that Republican whiskey is as
bad as Democratic whiskey, if not
worse. The Republican party is false
to oil the teachings advanced and
inculcated when that grand old party
went intopower.
There was q law once in force in
Illinois to the effect that any person
caught in the act of giving aid or
assistance to any colored man, woman
or child should be arrested, and upon
proof of the charge, should be thrown
into prison for two years. ! was
law at that time in an Hi
nois town, where a little colored lad
came to my house and said: "Please
mister, won't you give me something
10 eatY ! haven't had anything to
eat IN two days" called my wife
md told her to get the boy big
slice OF bread, butter it all over,
md get some meat. "Would it not
be BETTER" she said, "to have the
BOY come in the house, as everybody
seems to be watching u.s." I said,
NO, want this people to see that I
I'm not afraid to give and sustain any
If Gods poor unfortunates." The
Grand Jury was in session at the time,
md an indictment was soon found
against me for giving sustenance to a
negro. I was accordingly arrested
md brought before the Court, and
pleaded guilty to the charge, and
Iteated in open court that I would do
10 again, and whenever found the
avs of man interfering with the laws
If God 1 would violate the human
aw every time. The testimony given
lad the desired effect, and the Court
to the packed Courthouse
hat he found the prisoner at the
,ar "Not guilty Of the charge and
was set free. The man who was
he prime mover and factor in this
ill was none other than John A.
Logan, the nominee for Vice Presi-
lent Of the Republican party.
zone sixth of our people govern
he other fve-sixths, If this one-sixth
,e corrupt and intemperate, the FIVE
ixths will not be long in getting so
90. After the Yorktown celebration
bill was sent in by the Republicans
or $4,000 for wines and whiskies
Ised on that occasion At the Star
quite trial one Of the jurors came into
he court room and fell senseless at
he feet of the Judge, grossly intoxi-
ated But this is not all; under
misule we have been
nsulted and mortified by the drunken
orteges that accompanied the re-
Mains of our martyred Garfield to
heir last resting place"
Governor St John was listened 10
nth the greatest respect and he has
reated furore here that viii be felt
D the coming election The Daily
Jnion, Republican, edited by Post
laster St John. comes out with
calling the prohibition
leetings @side shows for the De
locracy.- The meetings are each
Az beng attended by increasing
umberS, and much enthusiasm u
eng manifested