Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05

,n """ some som question over which the bIact
nwa. w., MaM ~ quarrel among themselves. md
oser which the white men can't a~res WHY Inv
Is M sucn question? Prohibition! ''''
mcstons -" T ny Know that that ia such a
sha Una! voted on local option but that nollad
. VI shtlre black vote. At the last c,action
W. Sonercssman in that State, but 81 .Wsl
w vo..s w, were polied. Nearly that number
flor nm o ts q Atlanta alone at the last cleo
We get the black vote in the entire statas
ro.e LOT PRESIDENT. for congressman. for
M .,.;M on the issue Of prohibition. This
WI WI! divide the thugs and the bummers. hnth
, M...e anu olack. on the one side and the
,rha "ou a'.! men OF both colors on the other
Milno4t keeping the black vote, and fairness
party. oee''' VI eniier
,,,. Ano.her reason for new party is that
for ', WOW W" h soper honest men to vote again.
twelve years. Our Government was fonndsd
on tne IDEA that the majority of our citizens
would be men OF justice. and that the voice
VI tnat majority would be law. To deter
,hlhe mat voice the ballot was put into the
is..us y, inc voter. The voter Is to tell by
that ballot what he thinks about subjects ~
controversy, e' ~ ~
TWO political parties have a right to exist
Wheh tlelr flght is about u question so pro-
posed that the triumph of one or the defeat
~ th .9 is. otner settles that question. During
inc !ast WE'VE yours not single question
has bcen thus settled by the Democratic and
Republican parties. 1 challenge any one to
name question. now an issue between
tnose parties. that has not been declared an
issue by tfem for the lset twelve years.
There Ia u man In, my home named Smith.
He votes the Democratic ticket. ) / want any
man here to feline one single idea that man
entertatns. What must a man think to be a
Democrat? What side OF tho tariff question
must he be on? Carlisle Of Kentucky, the
strongest free trader. and Randall of Penn
sylvania. as strong protectiontst, both vote
the Democratic ticket.
which side OF the whisky question must
ne be on? The current idea is that to be a
Democrat one must be on the outside of
whisky But Senator. Colquitt Is one of the
most active temperance men in our nation.
and he is Democrat. Why, a man doesn't
have to think to be Democrat He doesn't
have to be capable Of thinking at all. He Just
has to vote the Democratic ticket.
have netghbor named Smith. He votes
the Republican ticket. Tell me one thing
have Just come from Chicago. where the
Inter Ocean champions high tariff and the
Tribune low tariff. Both are Republican
papers. One-half the Republican papers of
the country are for low tariff. The Minne-
apolis Tribune fayors low tariff. Its neigh
Ill.
What must a Republican believe on the
whisky question:! Why. he can be an anti
saloon Republican or an into saloon Rcpub-
l1can. and he is just as orthodox Repub-
lican in either case. He doesn't have to
think at all. He only has to vote the Repub
out {; scratch. If he scratches he is a mug
Wump.
Suppose we are holding an election. Mr..
Carlisle and Mr.. Randall come up and vote
the Democratic ticket. You take it out and
count 1t. Won't some Democrat count that
ticket on the tariff question? Mr.. Pendle-
ton comes up to vote. He believes in civil
service reform. Mr.. Mclean votes the same
ticket. but he never speaks of 1t except as
the "snivel" service reform. When you
count the vote how are you going to know
or "sntvel" service reform?
Here, comes Il Milwaukee brewer to vote
the Republican. ticket. Along with him
comes a Whitewater preacher. Don't you
have any Republican preachers in White
water? Well. we'll say he comes from Eau
Claire. There are one or two preachers left
in the State who vote the Republican ticket.
The preacher is just as good q Prohibition
list as though he voted for Fisk and Brooks
Both tho preacher and the brewer vote the
same ticket. I'll give any Republican, in
tickets 80 that they won't tell lie about
either the preacher or the brewer.
Fellow-citizens. If you are voting ticket
you can't count yourself, who in the world
is going to count it?
Ihave neighbor by the name of Smith.
He votes the Prohibition ticket Can any
one here tell me one thing that man be-
lieves. Of course you can. The Prohibi-
ton party declares for prohibition so plainly
that the wayfaring man. though an old party
editor, cannot err therein. You can count a
Prohibition ticket. What we want is that
you shall not throw your vote away.
Suppose want to hold an election here to
determine how many men and how many
women there are in the room. ! ask you to
write your names on ballots and drop them
in the hat. When come to count the bal
lots read. j. r. Jones. j. r. Smith. H.
Brown" All read alike. The election doesn't
amount to ANYTHING. you all voted alike.
Then say. Please write on your ballots.
I'm man, or I'm woman.
When collect the ballots find that they
all read I'm man." I'm a man" I'm u
man. - Now Ifknow that about one-third Of
the people present are ladies. and ask one
lady. Madam. what did you say you were a
man for?" And she says. why. Mr.. Mills.
lillian a-a-I am al woman-a boOhOO!-
a woman in sentiment. always was a
woman in-in Observation-Disclosures are so
many-boohoo!-me here that knew I'd
be throwing my-my vote away, and SO
| said was q man. -.
Didn't she throw her vote away Isn't
| any vote thrown away that doesn't tell what
YOU believe ON the questions at issue?
Iappeal to sober. honest men to vote the
Prohibition ticket. for with it alone can the
re-enfranchsement OF the people OF this ma
ton be accomplished. l appeal to you to
vote this ticket. for OILY along the line OF
this new party is it possible to seal the
union OF the States. North and South. l
appeal to you to vote the Prohibition ticket
for by this only can We wash the race lines
out OF American politics. and give us vote
without regard to color. ask you to vote
the Prohibition ticket because by this We
can secure the aid Of the best citizenship in
| And last and hest OF all. ask you to vote
the Prohibition ticket because this is the
only course BY which you can speak your 'lr
box against that detestables low. infamous
| institution-the American dram shop.
FAIR GAINS OVER 1884.
The Maine Prohibition Vote shows Up
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