The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-28

head of the pension bureau man who
deems every wrecked and battered
soldier who approaches that depart
ment for a pittance upon which to exc
out miserable existence, a thief, and
who with unblushing effrontry declar-
ed in his last annual report that "hu-
man ingenuity had been exhausted in
erecting barriers to prevent the adj
mission of claims for pensions"
These are some OF the public ques-
tons demanding popular recognition,
briefly touched upon without an at
tempt to argue them at this time, but
which during the canvass | will be
most happy to discuss with any candi-
date for public favor who may deny
their correctness.
In each and all of them congratu-
late myself that | am in full sympathy
and accord with the republican party
of this district, of this state and this
county.
TEMPERANCE
| There is still another question OF
public policy of supreme Importance
to us all, that demands and should re-
ceive the best thought and best con-
science of every American citizen. A
question that approaches every indi-
dividual, every fireside, every state,
every industry, and the entire repub-
lie.
In this country where every voter
is a ruler-where the government can
onl y be strong as the citizen is intel
ligent, aw-abiding and we'll disposed;
where the whole fabric of government
rests on the intelligence, virtue and
patriotism of the whole people, nothing
can be palmer than that the high
est type of craftsmanship is that which
will discover and adopt those methods
best adapted to produce those modes
Of thought and rules of personal cou-
duct that will induce the citizen to be
thoughtful, conscientious, industrious
and clean.
Is it not true that among our peo-
pie there is dangerous feeling of I'M
rest, bordering OH turbulence?
Can the citizen be attached to q
government that besets his pathway
with the legalized dram-shop? the en-
evitable tendency of which is to i'm
poverish and degrade him?
Is not nearly all the apathy toward
or hostility to the wholesome restraint
of law directly traceable to poverty
and is not an overwhelmingly large
per centage of that poverty the direct
result of the use of alcoholic liquors q:
a beverage? If this be so, what excuse
can be made for its longer continu
anc?
Ican readily understand how it may
find its apologies among the ignorant
and vicious, or among those who would
feed and fatten on the earnings Of
others, but | cannot understand how
intelligent, patriotic and we'll meaning
people can excuse, or much less defend
a custom that never made a heart
happier, a home brighter, a citizen
more prosperous or loyal, or increased
the revenues of the state or nation
and because its pathway has been be.
dewed with tears, aud marked by the
bones of its victims; because it starves
the babe and threatens the nation; be.
cause it maltreats women and defieS
the law, it should be the mission of al
who wish well to the brotherhood OF
| ludil, VI WIZ NOlliu Stt lilS COulII '
work out its possible glorious destiny
to place upon the brow of this most
malign enemy to personal happiness
and national prosperity, the ban OF
outlawry, and then invoke the pulpit
the press, and the soft voice of persua-
alton, the logic of facts and the police
power of the state to enforce the
decree
In my view of this subject [ may
not be in accord with the republican
party Of the state or nation, but | con-
graduate myself and you, that the
sentiment does meet the approval OF
the people of the Eighth COMPRESSION
al district of Wisconsin.
Gentlemen, again | thank you, and
through you the people of the district,
for the generous treatment today and
during the years of the past extended
to me. [ regard this fattering en-
dorsement as the strongest evidence
that man need not necessarily be
great" to secure a place high in the
hearts of an intelligent people, if he be
but industrious, brave, and true.
The fruits of the Chinese mas
sacre in Wyoming are beginning to
appear. AT Chung King, in the inter
Tor of China, mob of calestials made
a raid upon all the mission and
destroyed it completely. The Chinese
while they may not be educated in the
finer distinctions made by our Chist-
ian government, carry out the letter
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