The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-09

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order and announced the prusrnrnn1s.
Representative Hurd immediately
arose and introduced Governor Hoadly
IN few w0rda, and tha later
baGan bis speech amid eMthusiastio
p'audts iroQ tho tremendous audi
euco,
EoApLy's spEEGu.
Governor H0adly begeu by reeitinr
the circumstances lsn9ing to the ehsi-
lenge 10 y joint debate, the most i'm.
poftant issue Of the gamusirn-tha
question OF pess0nsl liberty and how
fat IL wRs }nterforad with iu laws re.
lAting To tho habit OF drinking, Ue
then procseaed 10 dehna the poaition
nf both parties on the LIQUOR question
by reading the platfsrms Of each. No
uetlned the plank IN tho Republican
platform, recognizing ths right of tho
people 10 smsnd the organic law Of the
SAFE, 10 mean that Ropuk klican5 favor
prohibiting amendments; argued tim,
tao point WIS how far the law may 90
10 fsgnlats the pereonal hRbita sf clH-
29h5 u state. This anawer 20 IL d.
pended da an answer to theother neE-
tisn, us drinking p vice?" "is IL
Aermiul or Wruug 10 take enc glass OF
oeer or win6W "Is q msn to be nj.
l0wedto indulge in moderate drink kinp
which oan da him harmW Ifdrinkjnc
10 vice, Rtlling liquor il O vice, but
y msn " no in capable OF soli-cOnlrol
VINO ttkeS drink on fasm does no
hsrmi theu he does no harm to drink it
in n aaloOn. He rafeErad To
the local option feature to the Scott
law, or prohibition in spots, which
differs from dog OF all one color. He
GnatbomGtized the Scott law for this
feature, and defined himself So oppoz.
ed 10 partial prohibition, opsSts, pro-
hibiti0n, and la favor Of pelsoaa free.
dom 80 tho fullest extent Tbs speaker
elaborated tue point that II il wa,
wrong in sne place, drinkirg wa,
wrong in al. The principle { thas would
JUSTIFY Scott laws on tho local option
feature, woyld justify prohibition OF
chewing or msking tobacco within
a. municipality. His coreiuuion was
thet Legislation must he directed
against tho evils OF liquor Cirinkiug.
hut not agelnst drinking itself. Thfs
was tho right direction of temperance
legislation within cities or Without,
The most valuable possession of the
citizen Is personal liberty; therefore
ell monuraents which strike NJ this
must b, opposed. Drinking is not n
vice, but excessive drinking is. Pro.
hibition is d failure in Maine, Kansas
and lows. Statistics Of a number of
United Sa,es liquor licenses sold In
thege States wero read showing M in.
crease. He pronounced prohibition M
incentive to hypoesicy, aad was arsinst
u root and branch challenged Foraker
10 state why he il in favor of local pro.
hibition in municipalities and nor in
favor Of prohibition in the whole state.
ne IL In favor of tho Scott law. The
9th section gives municipalities powor
to prohibit. How can nc Justify this
ana not justify State prohibition? I?
Compared Foraker with n gandwIch
man With nlacard In front, "not for
prohibiuon," and challenged him TO
state .whsther he was Ia favor OF pro.
bibition or opposed TO il. Ho insiited
pronibiuon rs an issue In Ohio,
bocaus9 the legislature Will 90 asked
70 pass prohibition legislation. lie
desired 70 know II Foraker is elected
governor, whether h0 will In HIS mes
sage recommend the submission Of n
pronioItory amendmont 10 the State
Sohstltution, and demanded also to
Know whether, IL IA Republican gu.
pIemo court is elected, IL will reverse
tns iale decihion that tho Scott law in
keepers 70 pay back tho faxes, He
thar this IL tho Renuhlin,n
programme, and declared thore ysere
bvt two methods OF settling tho TOM
peranoo question-prohibiiion and n.
censo. Tho Scott law was but a
bastard kind Of license. Ha declared
no favored n graded license, mon,nrsd
according 10 she amount oil eslss. Ii
censo protects the tariff, retains per-
sonh lietrty OF the people, crushes out
tho low dives and secures obedience 10
tho law by dealers. He declYrou
heuses OF iil.fano would not be lioe sed
70 sell liquor, as urdor the Scott law.
The speaker quoted Senator Sherman
az saying "tho Legislature OF Ohio
cao't uoenRs ssloons to Aell liquor I'M
der the present ccnBti,ution,n He
could not SOC how tax layy csula bo
passed that viii not hayo 10 ho cnn.
atrued by tho courts ia a lio,nlc. no
declared the taxation revenue nower,
not police power, a. the uoott Law
made II. That law proved failrra "a
= police measure because mora Initial
states licenses wore issued thn wear II
was In iorne thsnin tho pre, Ioua vcsts.
Tho anesker cloSed with a brIef iesai
argument 10 hhow that tnxktion Ia
really \ liconHo and unconsiitutiop.I
roRARER's SPEECH,
Tremendous cheering fDiloynd rhon
Judge Doyle introduced Judee For-
eker, who, after the spplRu,o had ann.
aided, began by ra'efriug 10 rSvs,nl
minor points OF fliOadly,shpn.cb. ia
wen SAID, from The character OF uoad.
ly'ss remarks, he evidently mis,ook
we optakor for Leonard, Tho prohihi-
,ion candidate for govornor. Tha
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