The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-03
SENATOR 0KE'S SPEECH.
NE DEFINES HIS POSITION
On the Az Absorbing Prohibition Qus,-
tion-Tha qaesiion Nat Loeat
One. Bat OF state and ha,'ouHl
ImpoItLner-An Abiaand
EiaauOnt Address.


WACO, Aug. 90 Especial. r We
thousand people, mostly colorsd, =
tended the Hnti-prohibiilon barbecue
TO day. Congressman Roger Q. Mills
made "A short speech, but was too pr
well 10 dwell az length upon his on @,
Senator Coke commenced MS i'd
dress im modintoly after dime and
congraiul lated his audience o. the p.O--
found Interest, nsLiies. on AL
sides, III tho question He said
''No issue OF such paramount imrO /.
lance 10 our suciRi nnc govsrD mel ~
policy hsd siisen ia THE last - years.
The qaes on was not loca. onoi
though 10 canIe IN that ease
but WAS Staie and ma, onSl al It's
character and resgi,s, and neCeSsar, v
inyolvHd au isauo in 10 loye, hmC ~
as 10 nCcesSi.2le an hh&nmepe o n
great extent upou IL. IL cOrid not be
RELOCATED TO he domain az morals, but
was poli.,csl, In that n invOiYey an
issue which must nc sR,tlaG byN the
people Mt the not $. Affecting, - u
did, mos mater lily the yGaimerCial
and financial policy OF ,hS sale, aud
the civil MA political iibsrlv OF evo,Y
one, IL Is sname aud PIE ense
TO attempt 10 dl.gu'NU ipe issue
under The cloak of M ais.
1t is said by somo min
listers that tho reason They
is non-poliiicai gee. ion.
All, my fellow citizens, wpsoever
your preachers 20 INTO POI lies
scourge them back, lCnet:s.. Oar
foreiaEhers were driven iothis country,
seeking freedom OF conscience
against tho persecution OF Sac
religion, anu shall wa now comhino
church and State here? God iog3id
that We should. GSnouts and C!.es o.
No! mol! Che WORT signs oil
tho times that ! can perceive
is to be found in The delivery Of stump
r ppsSas el 1to% S SSe US poo psc
Bib!e in is purity; give us
the gospel as IL comes to w from
the inspired fathers OF old. Let it be
taught and proclaimed in our Sunday
schools and churches. Let these be
Subsidiaries where we can go and e-'ioy
peace and immunity from .he tor
mOils and strife of the world. Der or
able as have been the abuses OF liquor,
h church, as run by the State, has
shed mare blood, made more widows
and orphans, more rags and taiters,
moIe starvation and want, moro Id
man woe and Disery-forty times more
than all the alcohol ever distilled by
man."
Senator Coke thea took up the ad-
dress of Rev. DIR. Carroll,
which has been made tie
leading campaign document of Q
prohibltioEists in the toun.y, sIT
characterized it as Eol.i'"
speech, delivered from 1
pulpit of the church on Sabb''
evening under circumstances which
preclude any reply or interrun.ion. La
her word Words Va d,v 5sos t hom ;,os q
on DR.. Carroll, spending a ,colpmn
ter Ia discussing the cpusvitulious',ty
of Rcal option, when no one
had questioned IL, and attributed the
week.-Mrs. OF the argument solely 10
tho legal and political gentleman
who I'D II promulgated the add, ess,
a cambaign document, con jointly
with Mn Carroll, who seemed TO be
his self CONSTITUTED "get nurse" in
legal mattSrs. IL was wholly indifsreI :
whether tAe exercise of Inc power OF
the State wis tine exercise OF the po-
lice power, Or some other. Ths State
had exercised it and placed
~ lA AOl NSSEHO oho spoe
ended the discussion; but when the
people OF any locality were ca ed upon
10 discuss The expectancy. OF eivir :,
ity, it was the privilege or
every Cit en- 10 determine. bis
course. Looking at the p-o SCI
measure from this sCandDoint, mad
no diff ;nty in de.ern, ninS
for himself that the measa,l
was sumpvuary in lis chnrscte,
and came within the donpnciailon o.
our national Democratic platform,
and having reached tnaS conc u
sion, his course, as q Democrat,
was plain. Ii is heSgaring
tho question TO say that
local option IA p police regulation
and therefore, not sumptusry; be-
cause polite regulation may De
sumptusry and sill be u roice
regulation. The definitions OF "sunn-
tuary," quoted SO extensively be 70
other sde,J to-wit: Tha6 there
are such laws as re,ste 10
the expense ofind ividuals, or % tneir
food or dress, have DO appilcaoih y 10
and popular understanding OF the to- ~
which furnishes its own des MT on.
The expense of individuals, or their
dress and food have nevfc been an
lssuel in American politics, and
long since have ceased to
be regulated by the law in
European lands. Tue Democratic
party Processes, in its platform.
TO deal with living issues, and
saay denunciati0n OF sumptnsfy
legislation, which would only include.
lf'ws relative TO private expense
III food or clothes, world
I. ,;I HU a Hpg1Inc ALL on
OF sumptuary legislation, Tue Demo-
cratic party could only Iefsr TO Prohi-
ton, tor that was the only poss Die is
sue of this character before the People.
and If the Democrat meaning needec
further calculation, it WAS abundanliy
furnished by the ma olat prohl-
bition platform, which depour-
ces the former Tor oppres5
ing prohibition under the fa'ss
assumption that it was sCmptuary.
Both political parties-the Democrats
Understood to what the
term ssnmptuary refers in our plat
forms, and the lstt 1r-day converts to
prohibition in Texas should, hot
in their zeal, seek to confuse
the public mind by narrow ano
contracted definitions framed betoie
prohibition became an issue, and
which are contradicted by the official
utterances of their own political plat
form"
the declaration of DR.. Carroll
"that there never had peen
any such laws as the
blue laws, and that they were q
myth, aud produced copy or
that code, reading extracts
from il. He read from 1t
the Judgment of the court sentencing
Roger Williams to banishmene