New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-22
WARNER MILLER IN MALONE.
r1pc1NG,L LICENSE AND BALLOT REFORM
,,,r QUESTIONS AT ISSUE IN THIS STATE
ErrECTIvELY PUT-Dr.FEAT ON THESE
ISSUES WOULD GRtEvE HIN As
CITIZEN NOT AS A CANDIDATE

THE QUESTIONS AT ISSUE In Tursn
EFFECTIVELY PUT-Dr.FEAT ON THESE
ISSUES WOULD GIIEvE HIN As
CITIZEN, NOT AS A CANDIDATE
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Malone Sept 21.-" In many years nave nv 'os.
such interest taken in Republican meeonss, sou
warner Miller the Republican candidate ior oo'ernH'
this evening" as he looked on the thousand men VINO
had come to the Opera House 10 near MN MANS
.ol,tcal speech. lie had good reasons ior saying
what be did for despite an almost cons'an. ram STORM
,h,ch has prevailed over Northern New-fork for the
~, ,h,s. aavs all the meetings which he has ad
dresscd have been remarkably we'll attended Two
thousand iron miners stood in the rain at crown roh
Yesterday listening 10 the speech he maze here anu
an eoual number OF farmers were patient uhoer
drench,ps rain at Port Henry while they heard his
,o,it,c,l Arguments On the fair grounds at Plats'
hurg IN spIte of the storm he had thousands OF listen
ara In the evening the storm continued, but the
attendance at the Republican meeting was iaree
travelling TO Malone from Plattsourg ,ms
morning, Mr. Miller saw all the STREAMS
swollen the roads almost impossible, with ram oe-
scendine I'm torrents Yet Malone was found TO
be filed with the wagons Of the farmers VINO had
come to attend the meeting, and there was gen
eral cessation of business among the shopkeehers.
Tho Opera House would not hod ali
the people who desired to attend the meeting anu
therefore two meetings, both equally we'll
attended were held, one In the afternoon and one
in the evening. The singing of the two meetings
was furnished by the Morton Glee Club OF Malone,
the best political gee clsib in the State Its mem
bers sang before the Republican state convention
and so pleased the Republican State committee that
they have been engaged by that committee to make
tour OF the State with eminent Republican campaign
sneakers Among those who sat upon the stage
~ the Opera House with Mr.. Miller ex-senator
John Gilbert Assembyman Floyd ]. Hadey and
w. c. Stevens, the Republican candidate Tor Assem-
blyman In Franklin County. Mr. Gilbert acted as
chairman. He cheercd with great enthusiasm
when he said:
We shall hear a speech to-day with man behind It.
man who has convictions and who has the courage to
stand by them who is in sympathy with our high
est aspirations good government He has not come
here in his behalf but in yours He Will not seek
votes by pandering vice. He aims for the votes OF
those who desire a government that Will foster temper
ance. Great applause)
Mr. Mile: was welcomed with heartiness that
showed that he has high place in the affections OF
the people of Malone. lie quickly found the hearts
Of his hearers by appealing TO them TO aid him In
diminishing the number of liquor saloons in the State
which he declared a great evil, menacing the
GOOD government Of the State. He said In favor OF
high license
we have got double HEADED canvass in this State-a
National one and q State one. The Republican party
adopted platform Saratoga which, aside from Its sup
port National platform, had TWO great oeas IN a.
namely, temperance reform and ballot REFORM III noorseu
the action Republican Legislature in passing the
Crosby HghLcense bill ana the saxton BallotReform
bill
What is . high-license bii 1t is bill aimed to re-
duce the number OF liquor and TO lessen liquor
selling certain good people object to grant
ing Quor-seers. 1t is not the granting OF
any special privilege Its aim and effect is restriction
1t IS upon lQuorseng. If there were no laws Oh
this subject lquor-sellng liquor. unoer the con-
mon law could be sold without check OF any
kind freely -four potatoes Society believes now
ever that the unrestricted sale OF LIQUOR Is great e
oud applause and cheers and has therefore put resc
lions upon IT. The license is one OF them High license
is form OF restriction Of character than low
license. do suppose that there is man here who
believes that IT would be possible TO pass constitutional
prohibiting the sale Of liquor in this state or
that It passed it could be enforced IN the great
cities this State Government is practical Men who
OF great state must be
practical They must attempt what is practical. Are
you going that there shall be no restrictions
upon liquor in this State until all the people
OF 1t been maddened by looking upon mountains
of misery caused by unrestricted liquor that they VIII rise
in their wrath and destroy every saoonf what snail we
say who that there shall be no attempt
made with his consent to restriction Of liquor
selling until the people willing TO prohibit Its use
altogether that all this horrible misery shall 20 on year
after year that thousands Of best and boys shall
be made drunkards but that shall not put forth
to liquor selling until certain period ar
fiyes slowly up the Incline. (Appause)
This that liquor selling shall not be restricted
until the evil produced by 1t becomes great that the
people unanimously nerved TO take action against 1t
Is absurdity. 1t is have high respect
the Prohiboniss personally but not for their udg
Of temperance has been going back in this State
In all of our manufacturing in villages and
cities saloons have doubled In mum er the last ten
they to every one hundred OF our
population cities and towns. In town Of 900
Inhabitants which recently visited there were forty
saloons. This too many Moreover the saloon has
become crying evil In politics. Great appause) III
used control primaries and OF conventions
Republican party therefore has taken the stand that
law should be passed restricting the number Of saloons
and put Republican Governor in the Executive
Chamber at Albany next January such law will be
passed and signed by that
Tho audience TO their feet at this statement
and cheersd Mr.. Miller for five minutes. Cries OF
That's the kind Of talk,' and Good for you' and
We Will vote for you' came from various parts OF
the hall and there great enthusiasm. Mr. Miller
then continued his speech:
1 approve OF the principle Of high license. and II In
trusted with olce Of Governor shall It for the
passage Of a hghlicense law and its execution. PRO
longed cheers) This is contest for
and restriction Of the liquor afc than IL is your
II interested and energetic In this
matter hghcense law cannot be passed the liquor
trade lessened Let tell he liquor dealers
apsheto and acQuescent quite the contrary They
just held State convention In Buffalo, the week be-
fore the Democratic State Convention there and they
said that they opposed TO high license. TO
diminishing OF the number Of and the Civil Dam
age nay, they aggressive. they wish the
hours when they sell liquor heightened. They want
them run from a. to a. m That leaves just four
hours In tho day. excepting Sunday. when the saloons
be closed IL they win this fight they making Why,
aboring think that eight hours is long enough
for days work. but they want their bartendes 10 work
twenty hours. But this does not complete their pro-
gramme They say that local authorities
board for instance. shall have the power 10
the saloons Sunday II the necessities Of their place
20 require IT, They would doubtless have the
saloons open during church hours Sunday. not
d3lrb worshippers. (Laughter.) That is what the
liquor dealers demanded week before the Democratic
State Convention held. They also demanded the
hf0h
license bills For what the liquor dealers organized?
Why they collecting money In large amounts7 They
tell the people Of this State that they to stand
by their friends and that nimical legislation sh0ll
be passed against They boast that through their
work legislation harmful 10 them has become law
In the last four theY that Governor HID