Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
Itinized Account Of Doi1g, 10 City and
Country
THE LITTLE GIANTS LECTURE.
BE Set, Forth the Reasons for Form
ing q Third Party.
rnE LITTLE GIANTs LECTLRE.

Mr. W. r. Mills second lecture 10
the Opera house, ON saturday even
ing. m which hc discussed the pur--
tlon. "Mu-t We have a new party
,yas listened ~ by larger audience
than attended his afternoon talk,
and was received with hearty APP
proval. It's generally said that our
political campaigns are an effective
agency IN educating the people
Voters spend much time IN hearing
the principles Of our government eN-
poundcd. and political issues are
submitted to their judgment which
lead to inquiry and thought. This
saying II especially true when
AN able and well equipped speaker,
such ~ Mr. Mills takes the platform,
bccausc hc submits cool argument
for our consideration, and makes
personal appeal to his hcrerv to take
sides.
The point IN republican faith that
hc assnils with kccncst logic is that
which hyors high license rs a stcr
towurd- prohibition. This he IN
dignnntly spurn-, ~ a surrender to
the unclcm thing aud q compact
with Satan Every liquor manu-
lncturcr I'm the country Is q hearty
advocate Of high license. II not
only relieves the traffic Of It good .
share of the odimm that attaches To /
h.. hut IL purgcs the -nloon-kccp- |
ing element ~ the bilks and bum /
mcr- that crowd into the business, .
and makes commercial dealings .
with thu-r whormnin comparative .
ly safe.
The lecturer mentioned an In .
cident, conirmntory Of this view, /
thnt happened to him Ia New
York. For two year, he held IA staff
appointment ON "rhr Voice aud /
talking 20 Il prominent liquor dealer
one day, thc hitter offered To sell
him uu Interest iu hi- business.
but" said he, II don propose to
bee foolcd with amy bogus checks ;
put up the collateral ur bring mc /
-urrtirs that are trustworthy The I
speaker mentioned the name of half .
u dozen liquor dctlcr who would go .
un hi- papyr But the other broke
out into cur-iug at this suggestion
Hcdvcnrd that -aloou-kccp,r- wcrv
q SGT uf ruugh-, strikers, ward hullic-
aud cN-cmNiyt-, and hv wouldn't +.
take whole nan Of them a- security
for dollar Bring mcu hardware
dealer, lac said, and I'm accept him .
without dvwur
Mr.. Mills cited scores Of similar
,u-,- to authenticate his statement
that the liquor interest prefer high .
liun-c; and arguing from the ryucr-
al axiom that IL is wis, to do lhy dl- .
rect opposite ot what your enemy .
wants you to du, hc insisted that
high li,yu-r MAS harmful to society. .
tie cited statistics to show that
mon drinking i- dome whrrc thvr
trr few liquor houses than whcr'
th,ry arr many aud hc attempted
Jo sustain this ,tnnp prnpositionhy .
the following rule ma arthmvticul .
Take town whvp
.hvrr are two ,aloous high license T.
h imposed, and ouc ut them closes
lp. Most ot the drinking that is
tome hc said is lu the way of tputs
among cunylNv, While both -t-
.uou- Wvp running two friends
"a uuld myyt uu one -Ip'yt, Upulr to
,h, uvar'sy grog,hop to plcdle their
friendship, each Grat the other aud
rytlr with mur drinks Two other
ryud, would mcyt n another
.art ut ,hv yitN Who would
rIair tu yh, other drinking plao,
lake two eB~-- api,,s and separate
With haur drinks HUT with one uf
hy -.,louus ylu-,d. thv- uur mon
suuli N,-lJ the same dnm shop
IA ah,ry yach by hr nom etiquette.
.,uuld haN, Ju tpat tby uthyr~, and
hu. slNtv,u duuk-, ur doub,v ,h,
um,r amount vi Hyuur would Dr
amsuu,d
UN Jhi- m,sly ut Da-omue. lt
Nould b.. u,,,,r or punNy moml, or
.uyh "a taVu Jo have uur ,,louls.
"a h,n ,a,h SCI uhy-s Nui m,u vouli
aby o. wNa'y duuk pN him~.li
.h-, uut -u,h 90 presentation ~ thy y
a-, susb, gh, naj,r .. dapha.
luuse
lhy lyyuNg estimated that lhy
auJ d,memu, Iaui,-
,y0 alasut vu Iar tur morality. ,
hat gAy hvnyri mgmu,r,hlp ui ,ayh A.,
nylud,i at.,ul thp, -tluuhs gi be /
,umhcr thv psy Wyn bumuyr, /