The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-20

h confidence In the intelligence, consel
n yatism and sterling patriotism Of Il
: people of Texas, and believe whe
they do understand the true meanin
A and purpose of the movement the
A will promptly spnrn il. The hone
o zeal of those who are pressing prob
3 bitlon in Texas is not inspired by
n desire TO helm into organization an
y ultimately into power, party wit
{. the aims and purposes OF the prohibi
n ton party, as distinctly avowed In II
n platform, That party, In its pla
I. form. denounces and antaRonizes IA
democratic party because of its consis
tent and sturdy opposition TO prohibi
: ton and ali other sumptuary laws
a Never. in the life of the democrat
I party. has II failed TO intcrpose In be
half of The citizens the stcrilest resist
q ance tn all Legislation proposinp 1,
regulate his food. apparel or drink
No platform of the democratic mart,
made in national convention can IN
fonnd which does not contain de
nunciaiion of sumptuary legislation
= have heard nrohibitionists deny tina
the legislation proposed by them h
sumntIIarv In its character. Mr.,
Davard who ouoht IN Inc a good dem,
ocraijc authority. saws In his 1ette,
read Inv ma a few minutes $40. tha
nrobiIito,v legislatinn is sumntuarv
Tho nrohiiition nlatform adoptcd M
Piltsburg In 1881 In national conyen.
ton. distinctly charges the dcmocrsti,
marty will onnositiou In nrohibition as
sumntnarv. and dcnounces the dem.
ocracv fny n n has been said Inv a
DISTINGUISHED gentlemen. addressing
the neonle of mis- city in behalf of nro.
hibiiion a fev dovs noo thot becanso
The constitution of Texas. framed and
ndontcd hv dr,nocrats anthorized this
eleciinn that nrohiLi,;on ia a demn-
cratic measure n ia hardly necessary
10 saw in rcnIv IN thjs that The nrinci.
ples and naIicics of the democrats
partv are formulated and exnresseJ in
national convontinn ,yhcre the dele
vntcs from ,hn ihiriv.oipbt st.,cs os
the Union meet for The pnrposc and
no where else-ibat probibiiion and
all other sumntuarv LEGISLATION il and
has ALWAYS henn onnosnd Inv The dem
ocracv, I reneai os IL shown i'm every
platform of The democrocy adontnd In
natinnnI convention that ihe marty
has ALWAYS stood ike a stone wall be.
tween ihe liherties az The neonle and
The encroachmcnts of This character Of
legislation. The antnyonIsm hetwecn
the nrinrinles of tbc Inmocratc marty
and those of tho nrohibition marty r.
direct absolute certain and irrccon-
ciInble cali on NV democratic
friends who have favored nrohilitiou
In review The ground they occuny-
know thev intend I'm he riGht ami bo-
licye they will mn Themselves rioht
This nrohihiiion hcresv Ia alien In
our soil and onr ueople n does moi
suit this latitude Our people have
aiy.Vs haau cnnservotivc aud dcmn-
croti: have olwavs ciuno with atfcc-
Tomato tenacity to ncrsoual liberty and
,hn nr;ncintcs of thcir fatLnrs ba,,,
opposed innoyoiions mon established
nuI rnnsrcrotcd cns,ons onJ hohi,s
Onr nortbern democra,ir hreibrcn
have resisted every s,en of the advancc
of Ibis innovation have fought il from
lis birth TO the present time we arc
inJeh, 81 more tnan 10 any other ana
cause for n democratic administratinn
to-doy IN tho steady cosing and
determined resistance of The northern
democracy TO prohibition and i's inyn-
sion of personal liber,v
The repnhlican Marty which has
uscd prohihition fol. MI n wos ,vnrIb
know his. and has unloaded and re-
pudiated II II IL n new tbing In tho
south-this old cast off rcpublican oar.
ment. Fouphtby tho democracv and
thrown away nv the renublicans of
the north after Gettiny a ont of /, that
was in ii. prohibition "a here in TeXaS
now falsely claiming 10 he democratic
and this in the face of the fact thai il IL
A regularly organized nolitical marty
hostile in every princinle aud inter.
snce TO the Democracy. With prohibi-
tion and female suffrage blazoned on
its banner, the prohibition party went
into the last presidential contest From
the headquarters of that marty Is being
,howered upon Texas ali sorts Of
PAMPHLETS and documents and noliiical
.racts. confined discreeilv 10 tho u his
kry question not inc boino sail nhou
female suffrage. That subject is held
i'm the background at tbis time fnr
prudential reasons. But let suc ess
ip prohibition crown their efforts anil
the next stcp in the programme of The
national leaders will be to press female
suffrage for the marty is as fully com
mitted TO that as il Is to prohibition.
They hone, when our people ARE
warmed up on prohibition, that they
will also swallow female suffrage.
The people should understand his
programme. When they under
stand it, | have no fears for the re-
suit. But the time is short. indeed.
utterly insufficient for full discussion
More time should have been given.
1t is unjust to the people to force
vote on this question with such light
ming speed, but we can not help this
now. We must do our best to pre-
sent the question so il can be under
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