St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-18

or two ventureSOme individuals even
chung to the posts of the roof, and rested
their feet on some little projections.
When Miss Frances Willard stepped
upon the stage she was greeted with
prolonged cheering and the waving of
handkerchiefs, to which she gracefully
responded. Just before the meeting
was called to order huge transparency,
inscribed with Prohibition notices, was
brought in and placed near the
stage. This started a rOusing cheer,
which grew louder and louder as
other banners and transparencies were
brought in. They read: 1.-The Saloon
Must Co.," ''Dare to Do Right" 81 ,G00,-
600 Votes in 'SS; the White House In '92;;"
1--WE Are Not SO Lonesome as We Used
to Be-" I'VE Are Cranks;" Keep
Sweet" won't You Read Our Side?"
Conscience" $4,000 Votes for Hugh
Harrison;" One With God Is a Major
ity;" ''Fisk's First VoterS-Here We
Are;" "What's the Matter With Har-
rison? He's All Right" One club car
ried wooden crankS as emblemS.
The meeting opened with the sing
ing of My Country IT'S of Thee" led
by Rev. David Morgan. Music by
DanZ'S band followed, and Rev. w. L.
Chase offered prayer. Rev. G. 81. Vib-
bert, of Boston, was then introduced.
He said he was glad to see so many
wOrkingmen present, for the reason
that the Prohibition party was the only
one that had any thought of the work
man or the wOrkingwOman. He COM
pared the workingmen of America and
Great Britain, and said that the reason
that the English men were in worse
shape than the American WOrkmen,
was because they drank more liquor
and made their condition worse.
Politicians tells You, continued the
speaker, that free trade or protection Is
at the bottom of all the wOrkingmen'S
whisky; and when all the rum shops
are abolished. you will see these troubles
all disappear and every wOrkingman
happy and making good living. A man
is better off without liquor i'll every
way. With what he spends for whisky
he could pay off the mortgage on his
home, have his house painted, buy his
wife an organ and sewing machine,
and add thousand and one other things
to his horne which he would not get if
he spent his money for drink. Your for
tune is in your own hands, and if
you want the grOg shops closed you can
have it done by voting for the PrOhibi-
ton party. The worst obstacle in the
way of our ongoing reform is the indif-
ference of the people. There are men
and women in every city and town who
are carrying worse chains than were
ever carried by the slaves. The chains
are Self-lmpOSed ones. But the people
will arise at no distant date and bury
the liquor industry so deep that no
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resurrection.
A song by the students quartette fol-
lowed, and was TOundly encored.
Miss Frances Willard was the next
speaker. The chairman referred to the
grand work done for the cause by
women. and particularly upon the work
done by Miss Willard, whom he char
acterized as the greatest leader of Amer
lean women. Miss Willard was greeted
with deafening applause.
Il have contrasted the whisky en-
blem of the Republican party and the
beer cask emblem of the Democratic
party" she said, with the old oaken
bucket, the emblem of the Prohibition,
and can find nothing to admire in the
first two, but much to condemn.
Every one knows that neither of the
two big, but not great parties, can sue
ceed without. the saloon vote and
the votes of the dens of vice, but you all
know that the Prohibition party can
and will succeed without those votes.
We want their hatred now and for all
time. For the sake of the homes that
have been and will be, stand here to-
night to ask you to vote for the protec-
ton of those homes. The rich Republi-
can party sits on an Ohio wool sack and
yields its scepter of pig iron, That
party wants protection for everything
but our boys and our homes. AT the
bottom end of the Republican
platform silver was tackled
on stating that the temperance
movement of the country a good
thing. Why did it not tack on plat
form stating that the party is in favor
OF protecting the home and the young
men and women? That silver tackled
on is intended to gather US all into the
Republican fold, but for some reason
we do not gather. Government was
formed to protect life, home and prop
erty, but of late years it has fallen Off
somewhat from what it was formed for.
| know nothing of the tariff, but know
as much about it as the men
who are always speaking about
it. | believe in standing up
that reason l am in favor of prohibition.
appeared before congressional COM
mittee in Washington and asked for the
protection of the vested interests of the
home; that no legal status be given
to the saloon, the gambling house, and
the house of infamy, but those great
lawmakers paid no attention to the re-
quest. Now it has been left to the con-
science of the whole people, and we are
going to win in the near future. Part
of the Republican party does represent
the Prohibition party, but 1t is bound
up by harness so badly that it must be
cut free before it can do any good. The
party is divided against itself, and there
will be serious rupture in it before
long. The party does not now dare do
anything, and that's the way with all
our newspapers and editors. Stand for
the party which stands for the home,
my friends, that's the only way to do
anything. The high license policy is
simply brake to slow up the Prohi-
bitiOn train; that's all it is. 1t is
high crime. and deserves the con-
domination of every home and of every
man. We have done good work to-
night, and work which will do more
for us than we think. Our sun is shin
ing, and it shall shine more and more
until the home from the dram shop is
free"
After music by Danz's band, Prof. A.
A. Hopkins made an address, which
was well received. A song closed the
meeting.
A CANDY PULL.