The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-15


ne proposition to establish female snf.
Irsse. That any Intelligent parsoa
can De lound who will deny that "A
pSt.y in!ly equipped with STATE and
hssilnai ORGANIZATIONS for carving
Gus these pnfposes,and terribly earnest
Ia pressing them, which has pro.
teurdiy sgltated tho public MIND ana
srsaliy divided tie people ~ the conn.
Try with its ISSUES, is political party. :
or tnas US issues are political issues, Is
one OF the wonders OF the tim9,
hepofter-lt is said TO 10 only a
great moral question.
Senator C'-Eyery political question
haS moral sidS 10 1t, and so
nas th,s question Of prohi-
plnou' ons 1t IN none the less
y 9onsleal question for having IL.
~ not only q political, but
parry questions, because ~ dis
uucuVe plhiical parry originstsd
ana maintains il, aud as / nave SHOWN
from l3sSsas9 and national platforms,
u proposes 10 antagoai29, AMI does an,
sasoni2a, all other POLITICAL parties in
upholdiug toe issue, In other words,
tae frohloltion party, State ana ma
uo9ai, ~ 1.-Two political organization;
ana tho TACT that Democrats and Re
puhlicsns vote with 1t for prohibition,
IN no way lessons its political sud
partisan character. Those who expect
TINS party 10 disband If it should sue
eeeed IN establishing prohibiion, and
propose TO aid IL W voting for that
pollcy, ignore the uniform and up-
| broken history OF political parties,
They never disoand when successful.
but always become more nggrs ssiye,
and Rnd new suhjecta and purposes to
ilve and cohere on. Slavery has been
abo1shed nearly q quarter OF u con-
Ftury, yst the Republican party, which
came into existence for the sole pur.
pose OF emancipeting the slaves, has
no taongbS u Gisbanding. Ii probibl-
tlon snail be contaminated, then
comes woman suffrage and the cru
saae on tobacco, already deter
mined on, TO be followed by q
general regulation of the morals
ana habits OF tho ueoplo nv
the government. Fanatieism I,syer
felents-never takes step backward,
lts motto la onward, is nevor satisfied.
aud VIII find employment az long IA
The world lasts. Once flushed with
success and well started ON this career,
urged on by religious zea.--the more
dangerous because honest--God only
Knows where it would end. There are
buoushnds OF honest, sincere Demo.
| cfsSS-the very best people in Texas
supporting this movement, who
Vainty Imagine they can control II ag
the right time. The fanatics control
ing tho national prohibition organi2a-
tlon, ana engineering uhe movement,
know better than this. They 3re able,
persistent, daring and tireless; thoy
know thelr power and SEQ u e&empli-
he'd in tho present widespread Move.
lnent; they knoW they willcontrol IL.
and Keep II moving along tho whola
llno Of whet they call moral questions,
II they cuee arc successfully started.
| hepofter-My questions nave Boon
1ully answered, pus whet We desire,
ssAttOr, ire Yoar Vie % as 10 whether
lhe tr1hlbid0n movement Is Demo
crHtio or non
| senator GIL lead no man into or
out OF tho Democratic psrty. This is
| noe ny province. l claim only tho
rlBAsaccor1eI TO lilo nulnblest membA-
of .Ae par 2 So acid and express my
1 0MhloAi un ia subie0E. All other
! democrats gyo as fGlly entitled to their
| pplnionS az l am 10 miua. Nu9 prnht-
billion moYerlaas is, ia my oDinion ana
IJudgmeut directly HntagOnlstio t. tae
traditions, the iixea ana fundamental
| principles and, The practices OF the
democratic parry, ~ j that every veto
e5ss ii AID ofit 10 q direct blow st tho
IDsMooraslc pArty, hether no iuteug.
ca Cr nct. Lot me quoto from the Chi
cage D5mootatio platform on this sub
Jeea, g4th ile remark that the same
provision IS 10 DO found In tho 81,
Louis 9smocrat,c platform II 1876, and
Ia ov9ry platform ci the pRrty sirce
thas limo: 1--WE oppose sumptusry Laws
! Nhieh VeX the citizen aQA iptgrfer0s
| Win indlviduRl liberty.p
~ fa5 upon lle pletforu containing
/ talS provision That Ms. T.ldoai WAS
pomin&yed aiit olaetad 2 1876. Thin
aed " rhp oth8r pla.iurns OF TOO No
hcnA. DamoctGIc y grty adopted zines,
| containing ia5same provision, haye
| been rasihed aud approved by tho
OsmoGraey OF VIxss. The allegation
| ofpfohib.tiouis,A t5dt thsir inOV6manE
~ Dslnocratic, haotus0 ahs conatitn.
| N0nal ccnVoltlon Of Texas, composed
oi Democrats, proY,ded Tor local option
w the constitution, 10 COuciusivaly
! RnsWeiad by tho fact that
the members Of tka5 convention
WeEe not elected - formulate Dem-
OcTstIc PRINCIPLES, but fer diiIeronJ
I
iogLuiated aud promulgated by rap.
reaollstives OF tho Democratic peopia
OF the IS States OF the Union sent TO
the national convention for that pur-
pog6. IL Is ouly such q convention
that has a right 10 ap0ek for she M.
uonUl Democratic party, aud every
one Of them has epok9n on this sub.
iect IN language which can not be
misunderstood. AgRir, it will DO no.
| membared by gen'lepen who at
tended tho Democratic Safe conVen-
ton, held nj Galveston in tho spring
OF 1876, % nominate candidates Toe
governor and other State Otiloo9 under
tho present constitution, thop about
h0lng submitted TO the popular vote,
that Colonel John ID. EiliOtt, ono OF
she Travis county delegates, offered s.
resolution approving and endorsing
she now constitution, and II my
memory serves me correctly, Gan.
tain William Walsh, tho present com.
missioner OF ihe general land office,
also q deloGe,9 from Travis county,
moved 10 lay tho resolution on the
tahlo and tho mover under tho table,
and tho motion 70 lay ON tho table was
carried without q division. So the
Democracy OF Texas refused TO on
dOrGa or approve tho present constltu-
ton. Again, the prevent constitution
was ratified at the polls early in the
spring OF 1876, whereas tho national
Democratic convention which mado
the first declaration against prohibit
tlon, dii not meet until tho 2Sth OF
June, of tho Gau1 year. Unit! that
tlm9 it had not been deemed necessary
TO speak in national convention on
this subject, aud 10 may have boon
that tho looal-opti1n clause IN tho con.
alitudau OF Democratic state Ike
Texas was one otth0 cGusOs which led
70 the doolrGtion h the national plat.
form ogainst proniblu0n. Whether II
was or not, the tact exists that the de-
claratiops in Ito National Democratic
platforms against prohibition, aud tho
approval by Sho Democracy oil TcxGs
OF these plstorms, have ell occurred
since the sdohtion OF our present oon-
siitutinu.
The force OF this argument hos boon
sought 10 ba avoided by claiming shat
N thO term unqd IN Lho DrmuOratD Mat