Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-09
GOLD, SPARKLING WATER.
Ex-GOy. ST. John Points Out Its
Advantages as a Drink.
KANSAS coNTRAsTED WITH W. VA
The Remarks of the Western Temperance
Apostle, at the Opera House,
Last Evening,

The Opera House, last evening, con
tained fair audience, numbering, perhaps
four hundred people. assembled to hear th,
great apostle Of temperance, John P. St
John, Ex-Governor OF Kansas and Prohi
bition candidate for President at the las
election, present the salient points ant
leading principles of the cause he cham
pions.
The meeting was opened with prayer b!
Rev Dr.. Cunningham, of the First Pres,
byterian Church, after which Rev. Hull
pastor Of the Chspline Street Church, in &
brief speech, introduced the speaker of the
evening,
Mr.. st. Johr is much older man thar
the newspaper cuts published during the
campaign would lead one to sup 5ose He
is not unlike Francis Murphy, both in sp
pearsuce and manner. He began his re-
marks by extending his thanks to Rev.
Hull for the faltering eulcgy in his intro
duction, and stated that men only deserved
praise for what they had performed. He
knew of some distinguished women in this
land who deserved ths very highest prahe,
and mentioned Frances E. Willard and
Mary T. Lstbrop ss the superiors in oratory
of James G. Blaine.
The speaker stated it had been said that
be belonged to the minority. Well, what Of
thst2 Over one thousand eight hundred
years ago Christ belonged 10 the minority
and Barabss TO the mejority-not one
sirgle vote for Jesus Christ-aud yet to
day, if vote were taken, every one would
be for Christ aLd not one vote for Bsra-
bas. God and one is majority. His first
vote was for Fremont and freedom, and be
had been voting for freedom ever since. 1t
the Prohibition party was not founded on the
principle of Justice aud right, the American
people could be depended upon TO put it
down, but if it was founded on such princi-
Piles nothing could overturn II. 1t would
live, even in spite of the ridicule OF a par
tisan press. The Prohibition party wss the
only party OF principle. 1t was the only
party that scared other parties-thst mace
the politicians tremble. A party that could
be scared to death didn's deserve to live.
He said that Prohibition WAS the only
way to deal with the liquor traffic. In this
connection be arraigned the Cincinnati
Comme ercsl Gszstte-edted by a man
Who'll hsd DETAINED Abraham Lincoln
God bless hm-for publishing
an account of the effect
of prohibition laws in Kansas, which was
misleading from the fact that it contained
a grain of truth 10 bushei OF falseho)d.
1t gave statistics as to the number Of "a
looms in Lssvenworth aud Atghison, while
if it had desired 10 tell the whole truth it
would not have left out the balance Of The
State. The truth vas that the authorities
ofthe cities namad we're afraid to enforce
The laws for fear OF ipjuring their political
parties. God pity party so easily figured
The speaker turned 10 the people on the
stage and inquired the population OF Wheel,
ing, and was answered $4,000. He then
inquired the number Of saloons in the
city, and was informed that there were
ll5. He repeated the answers to the au
dieuce and then compared Wheeling with
Topeka, Kansas, which contained 30,CGO
inhabitants AID no dram shops. Reference
was made to the drug store traffic IN
intoxicating liquors and made
the statement that one saloon
with billiard tables, csyd5, ETC., was
worse than fifty drug atores. In Kansas
the drug stores were allowed to cell intox
,cau;s oplv for medicinal, scientific and
mechanical purposes, and each purchaser
vas required TO register his name, the
amount desired and tor what purpose il
WAS to be used and in case it was discov-
cred that he had used it for
any other pnrpoae than the one named, he
was fined $lO0 aud imprisoned tor thirty
DAYS not fine or Imprisonment, but fine
and imprisonment.
He had noticed one thing-aDd this city
was not an exception-thst the towns
which had the most saloons invariably had
the masnest sidewalks Saloons do not
draw trade, but drive it away. They not
ooly ROB home of i's happiness, hut rob
legitimate trade tIts p'ohs by dlvertlns
money into wrong hsnnels. Kansas had
never grown so fast as siEco the adoption
of Prohibition, which the speaker
proceeded to prove by quo'iag statistics
showing a ain OF 100000 in population
in last elk yea.s Some OF the saloon
keepers had LIFT the State, AID teR had
emisrated TO West Virginia If the Avs
of this State induced men Of that class to
come here, she WAS welcome to them as
tsr as the speaker was concerned. For
every saloon keepar who left Kansas, han
dreds of respectable settlers had made 1t
their home. Prohibition had come to stay
in Kansas.
He referred to the home CT the James
brothers, in Missouri, where the saloons
had been closed for six years Not one
murder had been committed in tFe county
during that time, and at oaa tefla Of court
no. criminal case vas on the docket,
Ohio county would be glad 10 thow as clean
record as the home of the James broth
ere. The speaker then reeited numerous
instauces ct the same tenor.
He wss in favor of woman suffrage
The women would choke the life out OF
the liquor traffic if they had the chance.
he was one Of the original AboliloDists,
who formerly believed it to be part Of his
duty TO wake up in the night and sPend a
couple OF hours in hsling Democrats Had
served in the Union army during the war.
When asked 10 go South to tslL tenper'
suce, lie mad consented only from 8 sense
of daty, looking upon himself in the light
ofa missionary iustructing the hesthen
The speaker then described in humorous
manner q typical member Of the class
Of people he expected to meet in the South
long, straight hair, huge pistol, snd tide
ability 10 spit thrcpgG knot hole St TED
PAGES. His first address vas delivered e.
Louisville, and he looked in vsin for the
semblsnee to the picture he had drawn,
but attributed it to the proximity CT South
ern Indiana He then visited in the State
Of Kentucky, the home of the Bourbon
and discovered the astounding fact thai
prohibi'ion was actually il force in mum
Der OF the counties Of the Stats. Similar
experiences we're developed in Mississippi