The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-08-08
PROHIBITION IN '92.
WORDS OF CHEER FROM OUR
FRIENDS THE ENEMY.

ton Party.
The immense conventions held by the
Prohibition party, the intense earnestness
and unprecedented activity of our work
ers and the reports of such accessions as
are noted in another column have sent q
thrill of terror into the hearts of the
liquor men, and their organs are pleading
for bold movement, radical advance,
etc, not forgetting cold cash to pay the
AFORESAID organs for fighting this losing
fight.
b. PSSGl Schuster of The Champion pite.
ously bewails his inability toplease every
body, and cries out for an angel from
heaven-or the other place-to come and
try his hand at editing rum paper He
upbraids the saloon keepers for their dis
regard of their perilous condition, and
pleads for "boodle" to enable him to sling
adjectives and vile Latin at the Prohibit
tionists Who can fail to be moved by
the following piece of bathos?
'The editor of The Champions hair has
turned gray, his head partially bald, hi
beard snow white in the last ten years,
chiefly on account of his worrying him
self into constant stew over the liquor
dealers blindness to his signals of alarm
and their deafness to his warming voice.
And still we say unto ye: Through the
press, from the rostrum, the regular Wig
orous campaign work and open discussion
in the rural districts of the prohibition
question: through these means, not alone,
but chiefly, can you fight successfully for
your rights and your liberties"
Then he becomes impressive and de-
clares as follows:
eve cannot without tedious repeti-
tons enter into all the details of the
several scores of county conventions or
ratification meetings held in nearly every
state of the Union almost uninterruptedly
during the last two months
''But this much is sure and certain,
that it is high time that the liquor trade
everywhere should take notice of this
growing plague which, while it threatens
the impossible destruction of their bust
ness, will nevertheless greatly embarrass
and hamper them in the pursuit of their
lawful avocation"
The Southwest is even more excited,
and in the issue of July IA prophecies the
sure triumph of Prohibition in 1892 He
not only declares this belief, but goes
farther and gives the reasons as he sees
them why Prohibition will win
1TOllDlIlO0-
lists can afford to read
Prohibition will inevitably be the
state and national issue in 1892 The
following report of senate committee is
the keynote of the campaigns Immediately
succeeding the one now opened. And the
plain, cold, hard Indications are that Pro
hibition will win by large majority.
"Why? Not because the principle is
correct one; not because it is right that
the breweries, giving direct and indirect
employment to hundreds of thousands of
farmers, transfers, stock raisers, skilled
and unskilled laborers; not because the
people are willing to resign their personal
liberty to drink the honest, healthful,
strength giving brew of the hop and bar
ley; not because the majority of voters
are bigots and cranks but because the
men who have millions invested in brew
cries, horses, machinery and all modern
essentials to making and merchandise
ing good beer are being outgener-
aled by the Prohibitionists The Pro
hibitions have live, well edited, ag-
gressive journals in nearly every
county in the state. Their state organs
in Ohio ard Indiana are sending out tens
of thousands of extra copies of their
editions to merchants, farmers, profes-
sional men and laborers of all classes each
week-all paid for by tie men who back
their opinions by subscribing a few dol
lars each to the newspaper fund They
are helping to make public sentiment.
They even force brewers to help support
prohibition. lnstance-the enormous sub
scription to the centennial exposition in
this city by the breweries and saloons,
and big slice of the fund going to the
support of the church and Prohibition
press and not nickel to the only brewers
journal in the state! And the brewers
tamely submitting to this injustice and
cool, haunting insolence from church
lanity run enterprise, run at their ex-
pense!
1--WE speak what we know to be facts.
Our remarks may not be palatable, but
unless they are needed and action is taken
in the direction we Indicate in less than
five years our big breweries will be like
the distilleres now closed by the whisky
pool
For RENT"
and no renters.
The following dispatch to The Enquirer
is the crack of doom to the brewing inter
ests, unless they heed the signs of the
time, take lessons from the enemy and
join in taking united and active meas
ures Support of their press is the most
important measure of all
Then follows the support of the senate
committee on the national Prohibition
amendment. The rum power sees the
handwriting on the wall and are prepar-
ing for tremendous struggle. Up, Pro
hibitiOniStS, and at theml