The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-18
HOW THEY ACCOUNT FOR II.
POINTS CLEANED
rRON TALK ON THE CARS.
rbe observation-disclosures Are Il Mad Set
= Nfa--Thcv Give Vent to Some tItter-
.,,tr-that are Not Suited to Ears Polite.

II')lt'l, y. -, . llllc / /, IooDr--1A
ago Just after the Prohibition
.r took the Westward train for
a arp aud most, if not all, Of my
a#a- companions belonged to the
f ARMY of commercial tourists and the
| .ra# branch Of their business was the
. vi Hhiskcy to dealers They We're
IH1 about the result Of the election
Il uadder set of men never saw.
aeeH around them was almost illumi
tel sylb tho pyrotechnical display OF
. h., engcndered by the sulphuroue
..lst,Gsl Of their lcmarks. y streak Of
...tt1..t, ran like "a thread Of fire through
,.ar hi lilly decorated speech which. #
,Isealh-5 TO ears polite, relieved tt.t. .s.I-
.Or,atau Of any monotouA sad made it
brilliant to q high DEGREES, The train was
I4l, 5tad HI ,ho delay there Was opportu
,.tE far t4e-e mon, who make their living
.antHg what Rev DR. Kobey sentcn-
t,uzt e..lIs ''tI c rectiiied essence Of dam
natsu. to give vent to their feelings over
th- victory won by the preachers. c9auks,
tluatte-, aud short h;tirrts women. '>No
,anf ap Utca" or otEe. kind Of reserve
a.a them III ietters and the "ul:ruly
r. a.p.r was given full liberty and now
Nh id Wag, In a paper Of the character
NJ t4e tHtuNICI.E the conversation could
!.,t BE- printed. In fact it would require
tHrA -.ries Of type Of an unknown tongue
H.eaUsey an accurate idea of What vitS
some extracts may he given
Ani I;,lrl-h has played the devil now,
,llH o,ia. Allowed itself ia hp controlled
D.. fanatic, and voted against legit-
mate and AouCrahle u business as is ear
r.l -. aAywhere. tell you fellows,
,iir'~~ing the half loXon near him, Il
tell ye4 this dofoat in Raleigh is damn
rm.h an ". | was never surprised in
hon ,trl,t n a hal Il f,,
Raleigh | knew chat many church mem
brf, official and leading members too -
were on our side, knew that we had most
ot the politicians, many OF the business
men and thought we had q majority ot
the .'tane&t" people in the town, besideS
~, ste&t butk Of the negro vote, How hap
yened it anyway"
aue Ycsuapded that the defeat was due
~ III d n penuriousness aud stinginess
of the Wh skey dealers. Il never saw,
sud lie, "a set of men spend such little
money when their business was at stake
They deserve all they got for not buying
more votes He then went or tell how
some Of the whskey men refused to take
bis advice il,sls,ed on carrying out their
.n4 and paid as little money as possible.
and thought, with myself, as | heard
,hls remark,
The best laid schemes o mice and men
Gang aft aglee"
Another one agreed and said: ''Yes: they
We're ready enough to call on us to pay
money but they We're very slow to do the
correct thing themselves. They thought
because we sold them some whiskey we
ought to pay AL the expenses Of the cam
paI4n. | tell YOU, hu continued, "this Is
rough aa US We have to keep this fight
gong in many towns in all the States
and it costs like the devil. These fellows
ought To remember this and pay their OWL
expenses in local elections. Now | like
the way Mr. - did in Z (he gave
the name and place, which | withholU
He spent a thousand dollars and asked nc
help from Northern houses, and his tow
Went Wet That's the kind of dealers
Ahe. am tired of ''ponying up ever!
time these elections are held
Well" put in another, Il don't SET
where its all going to end These Prohi
1uonists have brought their religion int
tha contest. They are lighting for wha
Ihey think is u principle and are sworn
ua.ar to give up until successful, Thi
tAug will he repeated next June on
mach larger scale. Whereas only twenty
five towns voted this year, two hundred
viii make the fight in 1887, and we vii
have to spend eight times as much none
as now. If things don't get better there1
NpOII Ut llO ulouCS III lllc w
and then what will we fellows do? Loo
at Mississippi. They have prohibition
dotted all over the State and the cause
growing Georgia has driven us nearl
out Of the State. South Carolina is pass
ing prohibition by towns and countie
every year. North Carolina took a lon
step in the same direction Monday. | di
all could at -- Che named the place a
which he spent election day) and tried
do something to stem the tide. 1t was n
60. l could do nothing. When I tried t
argue or buy votes the universal sentimen
was Hes a whiskey drummer and has n
right to interfere in our local matters y
believe did more harm than good. Peopl
seemed to resent what they thought III
warranted interference in their local a
fans and | don't blame them. Boys, its
mean business, and I'll meyer do it agair
The taking away the liberties Of the pee
by sgch senseless laws as Prohibition
internal, but I'll be blanked if go to an
ether town and try to influence vote
You hear that" The talk then becan
general and various reasons were give
tor the defeat of the Ants in Raleigl
Henderson and other towns. The chic
reason given was the stinginess of whiske
dealers. If ever set of men were abuse
roundly and cursed without the stin
THESE drummers cursed the Raleigh, Hel
derson and other bar-room proprietor
1t was fearful to hear and could not bl
think how mean it was thus to talk abol
their patrons, those whose custom enabl
them to live in the style they maintain
The chief point of this is: That the on
argument the whiskey dealers use to ca
ry elections Is the potent one: NONE
They think-or we would judge so by tht
conyerSatiOn-that men are not influence
ty any motive other than desire for gal
and that the only thing necessary to ma
rhiskey king is to spend money freely.
But do not infer that all men who tray
Tor WhiskeY houses are as profane as
nave said these men were. In this We
crowd there were two who were Meth
ptoiaue ar denunciatory, and who, VIII
they We're mad about the result OF t
election, gave expression to no sentlmeI
unworthy correct gentlemen. l knt
some men in this business whom call I
trends, and in whom | recognize go
traits. They ought to be in better bu
less and if they will not be just to the
selves and voluntarily quit this buslne
winch IS corrupting our youth and {
oauchlng our men, | am resolved, whe
ever opportunity is offered, to vote again
.he.r business and compel them to seel
letter -alling. In doing this I c0ncel
mat ] an a better friend to them and
humanity than if | voted with them.
that men should put an enemy in th