The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-28
Gen ERAL Fisk

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Gen ERAL FISK
spoke. He is a stout built man o
medium height who viii weigh about
BOO ponds. lie has a very calm and
composed appearance and speaks very
deliberately without emotion. lie is q
handsome man and Il very fine and
polish he'd orator, one who weighs ser
iously what he says and uses no words
but what strengthens aud portrays
more wildly the ideas expressed.
After paying "a high compliment to
the music he told of his early poverty
and the poor humble way be took part
in the campaign oil 1910 for Birney and
Warren, the free soil candidates, by buy
ing 10 cents worth of uslin for "a flag
painting it with axle greace and TAX
ing the only broom stick there was in
the house for \ staff, for which he
got a whipping. just as sure as
the cause he espouSed in 1910 WAS VIC
torious by the election OF Lincoln, 30
sure will the prohibition cause they
are engaged into to-day be successful.
| He said Blaine made Il great mistake
Oh Tuesday when he said the Prohibit
tionists were trying to destroy the
Republican party. They were not
trying to destroy any party, hut were
for the d~estruc'ion Of rum and il the
Republican party stood for that they
were after it and it had better get out
of the way. IT they revile the Prohi-
bitionists, the Prolibitionists would
not revile or offend amy party. n"
party had a mortgage on a man to
keep him from voting Us he pleases.
Public opinion on this question was
being pushed forward to-day as never
before and II was the women VITO
were doing much of it. If they com
pose IS per cent of the church mem
bers the me out rank them in tie
~IIenitentiary. Help the women An
incident wac related of meeting u com.
mercial traveller who had been to
Millville and Ms he could not get any
drink he advise Fisk to fill up before
going there. The traveller told him it
was through the women, that they
beat The very devil" Fisk told him
that was their very intention. He said
Blaine had better told how sorry he
was for not voting for prohibition two
years ago but he put his flag then ut
half mast and has been marching IN
his funeral procession eyer since.
IL was necessary to have "a great party
to carry this reform Into effect.
lie knew how hard it was to leave
his old party which lie had help form.
If the Republican party had taken up
temperance cause II years agoit would
have suffered temporary defeat but
would now be successful. lie acknow-
lodged that the greatest element Of
Their Success was TO come FROM the
Republican party. There is no such
destructive element rs the saloon and
he portrayed sonle of tie evilt. They
need expect nothing from the saloons.
The old parties put some nice words
on temperance in their plat forms but
they mean nothing. He said an elder
ly ~bald-headed man came into the SEC
retarys Office a short time before his
| speaking and asked for IA hair brush.
Fisk asked him why he did not part
his hair in the middle like he did las
he was bald tool. The man brushed
his hair from the sides up over the
bare spot very nicely so as to cover it
| the best he could. The General said
that he was told the maj vas an
old widower from near Pennsgrove.
Said the General every woman in the
| County could sre through these uice'y
brushed hairs on the bald head and
knew it was Isue. So the Prohibitions
lists could see through he lice sound
ing words of the old parties on TEN
perance and knew they were bald. No
reform could be accomplished by spas
motto efforts. He spoke for one-half
hour and closed with a BEAUTIFUL per
Grafton, proclairDiug that their cause
would triumph as the invisible hand
of God was i'll it.
Music followed the Generals nd.
dress after which Rev. G. III. Vibbcrt,
of Bosi on, a very fiery speaker made
some strong blows for the cause in 40
minutes. He said there were two ways
in dyaling with the liquor question
First, license; 2nd prohibition. Licen-
80 was contrary to the Bible. There
was prohibition in the Bible, and quo
ted scripture to sustain each. License
had been a failure while prohibition
had been a success. lie said Mr..
Blaine was mistaken. The Republic
can party did MT give Maine a prohibit
tory law but the Democratic party d d
il before the Republican was born.
There were prohihitory laws on the
statutes of sixteen states wllen the Re,
publican party came INTO power aid
they repealed eleyel of them. After
some music the meeting adjourned iol
supper.
The evening meeting began at Z o.
lock with music aud prayer followed
by an address by Mr.. Nibbert VIII,
spoke for one and Il quarter hours on
the theme that if the dram shops wer,
shut up it would remedy hard times an,
the money spent for run would be
then spent for the necessaries OF lii
which would use up the surplus an,
there would he more prosperity ant
happiness. General Fisk FOLLOWED
with "a few words IN which he said j
/ a. .-o,.n ,,,t f,p lilo ministers thu ,.n.