The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-30
Prohibition, Like the Tariff, Not Local
Issue.

DALLAS, Aug, % Editor HERALD
Tho article in The HERALD of the
D.h instant, over the three a4.srisks,
hss received such favorable conhidors-
ton FROM the press OF Texas and from
thinking men in she city, who have
been heard to expresssthemselves thst
the author is encouraged to write
again. As 1t wag said in that article,
prohibition Is of tho people, aud it Of
feoIs tho great msss OF the pee ole and
their interests. Anti-prohibltlon IL
only OF a few and It only affects tho in
terests Of few. Prohibition, like the
great Democratic opposition to the
tariff, 10 another great Democratic op-
position Of the psople to the univsr-
sal ruin imposed upon the masses by
tho tariff OF class only. Itis last as
Democratic TO talk about regulating
tue great State and national tariff
question to the precincts and counties
asit is TO talk Of regulating prohibit
ton 90 preCincts and counties. Both
These issues alike involves tho whole
Deople-svery man, woman and child
in onr great and free country. The
tariff blesses n few and curses its mil
lions. Tho liquor question, likewise,
enrichss few and stamps the wither-
ing blast Of poverty, crime and death
anon 10000, 900 " Americas free peo-
pie. IL cannot be "ocallzed." 1t is
sucking the bloo5 OF tho poor laborer
and Srtisau In every nook and corner
In the land. IL gathers up the bread
money from the poor from one end OF
tho continent 10 tho other. 1t makes
the starving infant tug at the fem
ished breast Of the poor drunkard's
wife In every city, town and hamlet in
the land. Liquor mon jingle the blood
money of 10000 OF our country's
nOblest boys every year. 1t il not q
"precinop issue. II is an issue in.
yolving every precinct, county and
State In this great American govern
ment. IL Is only localized" to uu az
Americans, where the interests Of
American people stop, and whers their
government ends or is bound and
oorilned, thoro prohibition IL "locsl-
izsd" or confined, and thore only. II
Ia Sists matter involving State mess
ures, because the State and national
governments license the trsfii,, and
mus rsceivo the bread money OF her
people aud allow few of her subIscta
IN Prey, Ike blcod-Iucking wolves, on
tho great mass OF her people. To saw
prohibition is 2 mere precint matter,
IL to deal with n question M mere
stfoetsorner issue mat involves every
home in tue land. A man, to deal
with this issus M a real statesman,
must rise up In the manhood and
greatness OF true stgtosmGu aud
talk like a statesman on y matter in
volving the peace, prosp0rity and hap
piness, not only OF precinct, but OF
this whole State; yea, OF his whole ma
ton.
This prohibition measure, Ike the
tsriif question, Involves acme Of the
most Intricate and complicated poll
clOa OF government known to mon
Shall traffic be licensed by tho
State government that enriches a few
aud curses tho whole peoplo9 TIT
shall not, theu what must the govern
ment dOg There N but one anBwar:
It must suppress It. But how
Baell this DO done? by IRE.
cinot and county regulation and
legislation answer IN; from
the very reasons that the evil Il not
confined 10 precincts aud couutios,
nor is confined to States. IL ~ a ma.
tional evil. But tits, in ono seuso,cun-
tlned to the State because tho State
has by the sovereign law OF State
rights, boon entrusted with the SUPER
vision OF tho traffic hitherto; aud this
~ right. believe In hoetornal sOver-
eighty OF the Ststes. Thon, because 4
is in the hands of tho state govern
mont, II II live state Issue, and those
who would be real statemen must
take hold oft az such. For another
reason IL Is State Issue: Because To
carry local option In one locality and
NOT huva Ia F,rna Ia ma YFf,tv.t,,a
one,is giving ono locality an advantage
over another; and here Is tho greatest
and strongest objection that
forces a real CONSCIENTIOUS mau
when he comes 30 write on this issue.
How would man On Dallas feel voting
for local option In Dallas county when
Tarrant county was not under tho rule
OF locsl optionG IL Is y mistake OF q
most radical character 10 say prohib-
ton ~ not Democratic, but that local
option Is tho only Democratic solution
Of the matter. IL is the writer's opin.
lon that the very reverse Is the true
position. Prohibition for the whole
State, every city aud county In Il, la
the only Democratic solution OF this
question,
Those who Bay that thousands
of Democrats would vote for local op-
ton where they will not vote for
prohibition, hAVo got the
thing Just as exactly
wrong "a wrong can be. Tho very OPP
posito Is the truo position. There are
thousands who would vote for prohi-
billion In the whole State, who will
not vote for il In their city and county,
on local option issue willis other adj
aoent cities did not have II, because
it would give ono city an advantage
ov0r the other. Hero II q question
Tor statesmen. IL Is not a
local matter, as the tariff Is not n
local matter, and AZ Democracy ~
against tho tsriil and because It blessos
a few and curses the many. So Is De-
mocracy against tho liquor trahic, DO.
cause IL, too, hlesses n tow and ruins
tho prosperity, peace aud happiness
OF the whole people. "A ono must no,
because the Democratic people say 60,
40 must the other, for the Democratic
people say II must.