Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

the ,iudiancc. who erected him with prolonged
applause. Gen. Fisk spoke substantially IT'S fol-
lows Mr.. President and dear friends, one
would hardly have Thought quarter century
ago, that my brother Brooks and myself would
be standing tossther with these cooyel friends
singing the Battle Cry of Freedom in Chicago
Now You ace both OF us are for protection on
wool. And my brother Brooks is jnst RS siad IS
1r am that this ns1 is s,ns treg wool hs , Dosr
1t has been my good fortune to look
upon n great many masses of psopie in the
last few weeks hut foaly nothing liks this bs-
foro now. Chicago is always al the front.
When our Grcat metropolitan Opera House i'll
New York was crowded, every seat, tier upon
tier and gallery upon gallory, We little thought
thai would SEQ anything mach greater du.
icg the clnynss, but This audience is infinitely
srenter,. 1t reYches out into the strsst u d
have taken the Auditorium. Yes, indeed and
then we would hive stirred npthe old memories.
had a friend interview Slcridan Shook the
other day. Sheridan Shool is one OF til, Clever
est men on custh one of the largest brewers we
have in the country, and tie proprietor OF many
saloons.
perance pink in the Republican piatfornl-the
littlo nnneS, as he called it. We'll" lie said
they oron9h .iiat thing to mo before they read
it 10 the convention anil l put on my specs nnd
looked it over. Why" / said that is Al, right
but it is not quite strory enough. it sesns to
no. Perhaps ii is us strong US this convention
will Denr, but we brewers wGn.ei il u litole
stronger for temperance, and began to think
we Wore a good deal more moral than soma of
those tollows. always svlnaathi2e wish mo-
catnip toa. Why, 81 d he. i. was like q Dotte
of .,nyes-nop with the cork loft out; like CO.
losl,a water spilled on tbs ground; like a last
went Oh until c had ttlv CHI ,racteriaed the TEN
psrnncs plank OF the Republican platform.
al:i not here TO Gust reflections on tho Repubi
can party. ! helped to organize ii. Il was tho
greatest party that this lallc ever saw
Its banners were OYER me il, tho smoke and
flame OF the conflict, when vas after my friend
BROOKS, but 't' lenders nave gone, the Old cap
tains are dead, and the Republican, party today
is Ike my field OF sweet potntces on The Jersey
coast-lhe best OF them are under ground. you
more tlnn it did IL was utter folly to expect
tEcm to do any better. No party can wrestle
with this question of temperance without max
ton of the liquor traffic Ii the Repub!ica, par
ty. ut it's convention III Chicago list month had
taken such u stand as would have eliminated
from its ranks every ruln-seIler, then it would
have boon JUS ike us, and then we would nave
come together, anu furnished them with cardi- |
dates even. Three days ago in the United States
Senate one of its nblest committees made
a favorable report accompanying that
stit.::;oa be submitted to tn, States
prohibiting forever the manufacture. sale i'm
portation and expectation OF it52i eating drinks
and in presenting that "cpo-. The aonoral Sena-
to- said; This agitation will so on. AMI the
dominan5 political parties of this country will |
be destroy unless they take some such nat;cu
MS this There will be 10 pace, 40 csss at:on OF |
this agitation until This greav cne,.y-tha arent-
est curse OF the world-shali De brought 10 the |
bar OF Justice. and the sharp enough shall be
welded to cut Off the head OF this hydra headed
serpcnt!' Now. this was sood talk in the Sen
lts snid to another Seuator Whit nra YOU |
scln to co about this question: He answered. |
Nothing. We don't need To do" He says: 1T |
is taking cara of itself. shall 50 out Of the Sem
ate and your folks will come in" Why, OF course
we will
Dsas. friends, bring the greetings of Your !
on the Atlantic cas-. Every house. |
hold there is stirring. Prohibition is the rising
tlua. breaking oil Il ong shores, and oucn |
white cap washes further III, the strand lending !
to victory. All over the East tho camp Tres Of |
are blazing. Prayers and songs and |
speeches nro going up III bsh1li of the same !,
5rost cause Gs that which has brought yoa from |
your happy households in this more than Won
ierful city OF Chicago. They accuse us Of break |
ms up the Republican party. We nrs llero in |,
me mold to build up great party of our own /
lnd we don't ask G;ly one wharc he comes from |
we take him in, Our shibboleth is the das5ruc. /
lion OF the American saloon. The American |
is the great criminal The case is
next on the national ca!endar, and it has |
been called for trial. The saloon placed |
itself in politics. The saloon ia in poll les TO
stay there until it is vanquisiled victorious
But II VIII never be victorious. We aro fighting |
or the destruction OF the saloons. ans, we want |
10 mass all our batteries-l3attery ID" espe- |!
tho saloon. If ANYBODY, party /
GEES III the way of Our guns, we cannot help it. |
We IRE going to tear down everything between
rs ana victory. Our banners have been thrown |
out to the winds. Let every lnn,i woman and
child be on duty every hour. Let us do some
lining every day to advance cause. Let us
10 1t in the spirit of our Master whose blessing
we ask on every Prohibition meeting large
Or small Let Us do it as lovers OF our country
psts who love our fallow-men, us futler5 and
mothers who love our children.