Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-30
Five Thousand People In Attendance nj
The Grand Waco Anii.Prohibl.
ton Barbecue.
senator Coke Makes Another OF MS r.ls.
aucn, aud unSn-wcrohlc Au,i.
Prohibition Arguments.

NhVtN spccchi nut was too unMcll 60
dwell At length upon his subject.
Alter ddanor senator Coke was intro
duccd and spoke, lie congratulated
his audience In III, profound interest
manifested ON MI sides on the question.
lie said no issu. OF suck paramount i'm.
portance TO our social and governmental
policy had arisen Mthc last twenty Years.
The question WIS not local
one, though 1t came In tina,
guise, hut was sste aud national
IN Its character and results aud noees.
sarily Involved an issue IN the govern.
mcnt 80 as TO neccss.ta& an sllva,incn,
TO great extent upon It. IA could not
be rcicgated TO the domain at morals,
but was political in that 10 involved an
issue which must be settled by
the people at the polls, Affecting,
as u did most likely, the
commercial and financial policy Of the
state and the civil aud political liberty oi
everyone.
II Is shame and pretcnsc to attempt
TO disguise the issue under the cloak oi
morals aud mere assertions, aud IN the
face of potent facts alter It's significance
or deceive thinking people. II is sald by
some ministers that the reason they dis
cuss u " because It Is u nun-poli,lcul
question.
/ My fcllow-citi1cns whenever your
4 preachers go Into politics, scourgc Thorn
J hntl f'ha.aNu 4 az.
driven To this country, seeking freedom
OF conscience against the prosecutions OF
state religions, and shall we now COM
4 blne church and state hcrcy God forbid
that we should. (Cries OF emo, Nor')
The worst sisns of the times that
perceive, Is 60 &c found In the delivery OF
stump speeches from Gods people cloud.
cheers). Give us the Bible IN lts purity.
Give us the gospel as II came 10 Ms
from the inspired fathers of old
Let IL be tauglt and proclaimed In our
Sunday schools and churches Let these
be sanctuarlcs where we can 90 and en-.
Joy peace and Immunity from the tur-.
moils aud strife Of The world.
Deplorable Hs have been the abuses
OF liquor, the church run by the
state or the state run Ny the church has
shed more blood, maAe more widows and
orphans, more rags and tuttcrs, more
starvation, and wrought more human
woe and misery, forty times, tlian all the
alcohol ever distilled by man.
senator Coke then took up the
: address of Rev. Dr. Carroll,
! which has been masle the leading cam
: paigll document!ot the prohibitiomsts In
, the county, and characterized Il as po-
! lltcal speech delivered from the pulpit OF
the church on u Sabbath evening under
circumstances which preclude any
2 reply or Interruptions. In other
words n shot from bomb proof. He de-
rldcd the Idea of Dr. Carroll spending n
column and u half of printed matter In
discussing the constltntlonalily of local
option when no one had questioned IT,
, and attributed tho weakness of the nrgu.
ment solely 10 the legal aud political
| gentlemen who had promulgated
the address as . campaign document
conf jointly with Mr.. Carroll who seemed
TO be his Sclf-cousttntcd wet nurse In
legal matters. IL was wholly Indifferent
whether tho exercises of the power of
the state was thc exercise of
the police power or Of some other
Thr state had exercised II and placed
il la her constitution, and that ended the
discussion, but when the people of any
: locality ware called upon 10 discuss the
eNpediency oi giving local option IN their
locality " was the privilege of every
! citizen 10 determine his course. Look
ing nt the proposed measure from this
standpoint, lac had no difficulty In
determining tor himself that the measure
was sumptuary In its character aud came
within thc denunciation of our national
Democratic platform, aud having reached,
that conclusion, his course as Democrat
was plain.
! II Is bcggering the question to say that
local option N police regulation and
therefore not HumptuaIy, because u police
regulation may be sumptnary and stlll b0
police regulation. The definitions Of
sunptnaiy quoted 30 extensively
By the other side, io-witi.
That they are such laws az.
relate TO the expense Of individuals or 10.
their food on dress, have no applicability
90 tho present Issues. There Is u poliii-.
enl and popular understanding Of the
term which furnishes ~ own definitions.
The expense Of lndididuals CA their dress
aud food have never been nm ISSUE In,
American politics, aud long since hage
ceased 10 be regarded by the law IN.
European lands,
The Democratic party Processes In lie,
platform 20 deal with living issues, and
any denilncinuon Of HnmptunrY legleln--
ton which would only include laws
relative 10 private expenses in food or
clothes would bc ridiculousiy n dennnuin.
dion OF sumptuary legislation Tie Dem-.
ocratic party could only refer 20 prohlbi-
ton, Tor that was the only possible Issue
~ the character before the people and II tho
Democrat meaning needed further olnnl-
,lttions II wns abundantly furnished by
the prohibition platform, which den0nnces-
the former for opposing prohibition
under the false assumption that IL was
snmptnafy. Both political parties, tO-wil;i
the Democrats and tbe PrOhlbiu1nlsta,
fully understand 20 what thu
term suuptuary refers IN. onn
platforms, and lalter-day's converts "
prohibition Ia ,Tc1ns should nntin their
zeal seek 10 confuse the public mind lN
narrow and contracted definitions iIaTad
before prohibition became ma, issuq and
which are contraisctcd by ti9G oIllclalgt-
! teraDces OF thetfown political platform.
The senator apEc referred ~. ihr dscinr-
alton OF Dr. Carroll that there my ~ had
! been any sue3l, laws ~ tha 'blue tl,ss,
and TINT t4rg ncrc Myth. aud pro
/ dnccd q c9pK of that code, reading eN.
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