Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-16

ing ana other necessaries Of life" It II to-day
the only nvowed and consistent party Any
which the home and labor have. for It woul1
make the blessings OF home cheap ana remoso
altogether its curses; il would bring laDor "
sobriety and insure employment: y Wouiu
keep the factories busy to clothe lapor, tno
farms active to feed it, and would give 70 our
whole Industrial system the impetus OF pros.
perty never yet known, and never possipie l'is
the saloons are put away.
That party is not labor's truest friend wnicn
would bar the Importation OF pnupers lrom
abroad or close the tariff door OF competition 10
foreign industry, and then py
liquor system perpetuate the manufacture OF
paupers and criminals in our own midst with
whom honest labor must compete, and whom,
largely, honest labor must support. snail
bear with glad and reverent hands the only
party standard on which Is inscribed For Goa
and Home and Native Land"-the standard OF
the only party which recognizes God as the
source OF government and would defend HIS
holy day from Dissertation; which is the guardi-
an of homes best interests and defender OF the
Nation through these; and which, burying the
dead past Of sectional strife and bitterness,
would build living future, on the sure basis OF
sober manhood and pure womanhood and I'M
tainted youth, for all our united country.
1t was my privilege to aid in the good work
Of restoring peace and goodly fellowship and
in assisting to establish industrial relations
after war had swept bare SO large an area Of
our National heritage; and hold no other
service of life of such account as that which
brought order and the return OF property and
the rights OF protected labor to n large region
Frustrated by the arbitrament of arms. And
now, when more than twenty years have
passed and the last sword Of rebellion has been
beaten into the ploughshare of loyal peace, and
o New South. knowing other than the
Union Gag, re1oices in the Nations new birth
Of freedom" count it the truest glory of pa
triotism to lead where men Of the South and
men of the North alike may follow, block as
we'll as white, with equal faith in the National
reform to be achieved, with equal fidelity to the
Union we would protect from its only remain
Ing foes. And rejoice that, standing on the
platform so well fra med at Indianapolis, which
recognizes other great principles
than this of rohibiticn-declaring as we de-
clare, that citizenship "rests on no mere cir
cumstance OF race, color, sex or nationality"
and affirming, as we always shall affirm, the full
rights OF citizenship fer all, standing ever, as
we must, for the defense Of the weak and the
oppressed; we can and do assert that prohibl-
ton Is ''the dominant issue In National poll.
tics," and we can and do Invite TO full party
oil who on this one dominant issue
are with US agreed, " believing that us we settle
his broad question for the right, so shall We
best conserve the welfare OF our entire Nation
md of every class within IL, so shall we make
certain the wise and speedy settlement OF every
esser question involved and arising, SO shall
We prove ourselves Christian patriots and or.
lain the perpetuity Of this Christian Republic.
Faithfully yours,
CLINTON b. FISKA
DIR. JOHN A. BROOKS BETTER.
DR.. John A. Brooks, in his letter, after
the honor conferred upon
him, denounces monopolies and trusts
ard says that trusts are "against whole.
some revision of the tariff" He then
says:
Party issues are now before the people a.
formulated by the final authorities in such
,ases-the three great National conventions.
and Representatives may conclude
.hat their party conventions have made great
seek to modify the same by Congressional ac-
lion, but the country will hold each party to its
platform; that the solution proposed by the
Prohibition party is the wisest of the three,
10 not hesitate to declare.
We must avoid an ever-increasing surplus in
the treasury, and all unnecessary taxation
must be lifted from the shoulders OF the peo-
pie. The surplus is a perpetual menace, not
only to the business Of the country, bat to the
public morals as we'll. The question OF the
oropriety of removing the tax from whisky
must depend altogether upon the purpose in
ended to be accomplished by such removal
Upon the principle that 1t is public enemy
legislatures have placed it under bonds and
The tariff itself, conscious OF its own
nfamy, pleads its right to existence upon the
sround OF its recognition by the Government
md the revenues it pays into the public treas.
Try. Conscious that this is its last defence it
ntrenches itself behind Federal and State
axation. Strike down this defence and an
outraged public would not long safer its con-
inuance.
Two political parties demand in their plat
orms the abrogation OF the Federal tax. But
lpon what ground do they base their actionsf
The Prohibition party would strike OF the
AK that it may the sooner destroy the traffic.
{ would not have the Government to be a CO.
partner in profits wrung from the vices OF its
,itizens The purpose OF the Repub.
lean party in the repeal OF the tax
nay not have ito surrender any part OF our
system" Indeed the proposed
emedy is not to be applied until this theory
" protection is tested to the point of prchib!-
ion upon all foreign products such as are
by our own people. Then II there
hall remain surplus, rather than touch the
system, they will take this traffic
,ut of prison and bonds and turn 1t
Dose upon helpless public to corrupt,
degrade and destroy society Tho Prohibition
SITS would take this arch criminal out prison to
lang him, the Republicans to set him at liberty.
rhe one would repeal the tax the sooner to de-
troy the traffic: the other would overflow the
country with free whisky rather than inIure
he already SubSid1Zed interest OF Cne country.
In the face of these indisputable facts, every
christian and patriot will approve the motive
prompting the one and denounce the other as
he consummation OF human selfishness and
nfamy.
A proper protection of American labor and
he infant industries of our country may and
oes commend itself to the majority Of our
,eople, but OF infinitely more importance is
he protection Of our homes. To. this end your
platform justly subordinates all other Ga.
IONS
DIR. Brooks concludes by some remarks
egard1ng the sanctity of the home, refers
o the evil influence of saloons, indorses
woman suffrage and the work of women
or prohibition, and again thanks the
for the honor of the nomina.
jon.
American women who marry En-.
,lish husbands will have much diff
.ulty in dissolving their union, if the
conditions are unhappy, by q new
livorce decision of the English court,
which establishes the point, that If an
American woman married to- am En-
ylish husband wishes to obtain n valid
divorce she must sue in the English
courts. or she can not get III. the domi-
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