The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1888-12-01
eThe Quick And The Dead

Sam Small, the eccentric preacher,
and hitherto PrOhibitiouist, on Sunday
last addressed large audience In Chick.
eriHg Hall, New York City, upon the
subject of "The Quick and the Dead of
Prohibition, in which he renounced the
third party fallacy and created gem
eral row among the PrOhibitionists pres
ent. He said:-
when great battle has been ended the surgeons
go forth to search for the quick and the dead The
quick may in many instances be saved. but the dead
are past hope The duty Of the third party is to
anime that part Of the field where It fought and to-
search for its quick and its dead am glad it was
kind Of sham battle and we had chance to eliminate
the arrant towards Of the party We had too many
fuss and feathers and aesthetics This is age Of
practical politics and we let people that
do something. Why was it that more men gath
cred around the Hoffman House last night than voted
the Prohibition ticket in the State of New York; Il
because something had been done in which those
men were interested. We sometimes ssptch into"
newspapers because they give attention to base
ball than revival and religious MEETINGS But those
fellows just to the field and gabbled at each
other and then marched back to the city the news
papers would stop noticing them. They do
something They knock the insdes out of ball. send
it the left-fcld fence and make slide six
feet to base The people interested in that
But we have been INDUCING simply in prophetic wind
Those who did it hereafter might as well go and
whistle in graveyard When Sam Small goes into a
fight hereafter, he is going to do something. Some
is going get hit. and some is going to get
hurt. don't believe in National Prohibition poll
tics. Hereafter going to have something practi-
cal about my principles, about my vote and about
what do Principle is worth more to me than all
the parties that tramped the globe. The liquor
dealers don't for party They elect the men that
will favor their cause of whatever party they may
don't believe in letting the devils crowd get ahead
of me on proposition of common sense.
We Prohbitonists have held the balance of power in
ffty-two Congressional districts and we might have
used our power to have put into office favorable
to prohibition But the Prohibition party has con
stantly independent tickets, instead of joining
with other party, and consequence we have
no representation We have also held the balance
of power in several of the States but have lost our
opportunity because we have placed party above
principle. When we begin do something the news
papers will be talking about it, the politicians will be
hustlng account of it, and we will be getting
some victories. Nationally. think all the iowery,
ideas of having Prohibition President, and
marching up to the White House and drinking his
health in pure cold water, will not be realized for
long time.
Economic questions, such as immigration, monopo-
lies, strikes and labor, believe are be the mmin-
ent questions for the dozen years The pulpit and
the press waking up to the fact that the Govern
ment must kill the saloon, the saloon will kill the
Government The country is becoming Germanized
and beerized. If, Prohibitionsts, you can join
with other parties. join them, and God will bless the
combination 1t is better that the saloon should go
than the Prohibition party should come