The Indianapolis journal., 1888-07-30
REPUBLICAN, FREE WHISKY"
Hon. d. P. Baldwin Has Some Things to Say
of the Democratic Temperance Revival.
special to the Indianapolis Journs.

special to the Indianapolis Journsl
Delphi. Ind, July 2s.-At splendid Repub-
licsn meeting held here tonight Hon. D. P.
Baldwin made a speech, in the course Of which
be paid his respects to the Democratic cry Of
'freo whisky" against the Republican platform.
He said:
Among the curious moral phenomena long
10 be rememb bered is the great Democratic tenn
perance revival of 1883 II reminds me of those
deep and prolonged bursts Of pietv aud rever-
ence for Moses and the prophets that attacks
that party every time that Col. lngersoll makes
q political speech Within the last thirty days
we have been regaled by the curious spectacle
of the party of free drinks wearing itself hoarse
In denouncing free whisky. Every Democrat
that is master of the rather unusual art of read
ing is spelling his way through free tract upon
Free Whisky" supplied him gratuitously by the
red-nosed chairman of his central committee. Ev-
cry Democratic fog horn that can get a dram of
free whisky TO timber up his tongue is preach
ing about the enormity of Republican free whls-
Ky Every curb-stone Democratic statesman
that sits by the day iu the shade q dry goods
box and keeps the flies from blowing him by
talking politics, 10 preaching temperance, quot
ing Scripture and putting his tongue around the
Republican platform Every Democratic dog
gerry 10 Indiana that sells torty-rod
whisky without license to balf-grown
boys and eummy-eyed drunken men, is clamor-
Ing about the evils Of intemperance brought
Every dealer in Democratic fusil-oi. warranted
to kill around a corner is laboring under tenn
perance attack. and discoursing about the
wrongs of widows and orphans that will come
from Republican free whisky. Every red-eyed
old Copperhead that howled about the draft dur
ing the war and shot recruiting officers from be-
hind the hazle brush is busy crying out against
free whisky. and holding up his big dirty hands
In the pleuitude of his strong smelling zeal for
the Democratic crusade against Republican free
whisky. This great temDerance revival through
out the whisky drinking Democracy puts me in
mind OF the articles now circulating through the
Democratic newspapers showing how Cleveland
and his three brothers went to war aud shed
their blood to put down the great Republican
rebellion. Instead Of sneaking off to Canada
these three brave boys dubbed together their
bardearned fees and jointly hired a substitute
who represented all four at the front have
member he died in the poor-house couple
of years ago. This newborn zeal
of the Democratic party against filling our Jails
and prisons with the victims Of Republican free
whisky is like President Cevelands heroic ef-
fort to comfort the starving widows and orphans
of the boys in blue by his pension vetoes.
These temperance efforts Of the Democrats are
like Clevelandis efforts to revive patriotism by
going fishing on Decoration day, and return
ing rebel battle-fags, and draping the public
buildings to honor some departed traitor like
the sainted Jacob Thompson. Handy Dandy"
cried old King Lear, which Is justices Which
is kingE' It somewhat confusing, THIS rush
of temperance talk from these saints Of the bar
ROOM 1t puts one in mind of Voorhees,. These
holy men exercising their minds between
drinks as TO how TO counteract the ravaees of
Republican free whisky and stirring up the Pro
hibitionists by the audacity of the grand old
party" borrowing part of the Prohibition plat
form is an edfying sight 70 behold 1t shows
that truth has not yet died out of the party
that fought and bled to preserve the integrity of
the preenback and tho freedom and rights
of the colored race. In the interest
of temperance, thousands OF pictures
are being scattered all over the land
representing Harrison behind bar offering to
some Coy Democratic teetotalers 'cheap
drink and free chaw," while on the other side
of the grocery sits the sad-eyed President Cleve-
land with keg of cheap nails and few samples
of those $40 allwool suits that protective tariff
has made common among this tariff ridden
people.
OH yes. let Us have more and more OF this
Democratic temperance revival. By all means
let the odorous dead beats who, for months be-
fore election, get free sugar in theirn." from
the apostolic Democratic candidate whose last
dollar is spent in 'setting 'em up at the corner
grocery, continue to preach Of temperance and
Republican free whisky. 1t is a sight to redeem
human nature from the ISLANDERS that have been
heaped upon il TO see and hear the Democrats
party advocate temperance reform and to cry
ont against Republican free whisky! In these
hot days this talk is as refreshing iced drinks
all around. with ticket to the circus thrown
in and family prayers afterwards.