The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20
THE CAMPAIGN IN INDIANA.
Levi Ritter Shows the Fallacy Of the
Prohibition Third-Party Movement.
Republicans Of the Ninth District Confident
of Electing Major DOxey-The Can
yass Throughout the State.
AM Argument Addressed to rrohIbltiopists.

An Argument Addressed to ProhibitiOnists.
correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal.
CARTHAGE, Oct. 19.-The Hon. Levi Ritter,
of your city, addressed a large and intelligent
audience at this place, last night, making one of
the most effective and telling speeches of the
campaign. He presented the issues in a mas
terly and novel manner, among other points
showing that political parties are the machinery
by which certain measures or theories of gov
eminent are pnt into practical effect; that
a national political party must deal with sub
jects Of national legislation; that a party was
not a church; that the moral character of the
voter was not important, only so far as it effects
the state of society, and that its influence on the
particular measures of the party, which it tends
TO promote, was not of vital Importance. He
showed the folly of the prohibition movement
in a way that convinced his hearers of Ihe truth
fulness of his position, and to subsfintiate his
statements cited the decisions of the Supreme
Court of the United States, in l64T in the
license cases, wherein it decided that the States
could regulate and even prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquors, if such sale of liquors is in
furious to the health or morals of its citizens,
and that it could do this even with imported iid-
uors brought by laws of the United States, and
that if the Prohibitionists had the President and
Congress they could not make or enforce a pro-
hibiting law in any State. Why, then, want a
national party? and why run a candidate for
President? He further showed that, if they re-
ally were driving at prohibition in In
diana, they would not run candidates for
Governor, and State officers, but would
exert their power and influence in electing mem
bers to the Legislature through whom they could
gain the end or purpose sought. He further stated
that the Prohibitionists, having nominated can
didates who, if elected, would do them no
good, were under the necessity of making some
personal attacks in order to show whythey could
not support the other candidates; that he had
known Major Calkins for a long time; had taken
great pride in his ability and faithful public serv-
ices; had Travelled with him away from home,
where q man showed his real habits and nature,
and never thought of his being q drunken man IN
til this campaign. He urged church members and
men of good repute not to signalize their debut
into politics by commencing system Of personal
SANDER and abuse, only equaled by the Demo
Gratis. He showed undisputably that the Repub-
lican party had not finished its work and would
not until the Democratic idea of putting q State
above the Nation was annihilated, and until
every citizen in every precinct in the United
States could advocate any cause he pleased with
out molestation, vote any ticket he pleases and
have his vote counted, and until every laborer
had a home and every mechanic an interest in
the shop where he worked. He demonstrated
that every Greenbaeker and Anti-monopolist
should vote with the Republican party, because
of what it had done and promised to do. His
speech was very effective and satisfactory to our
people.