Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-20

oiu siory-iSS4 was reaffirmed-.We must
not nc Nex the citizen with sumptuary laws
III 1ns gray of the worlds morning the
;StillFhlah OF the committee on sumptuary
laws avs sud the same thing in IL discussion
s WIN mother Eve on the subject of prohibi-
ton. No word of hope from st. Louis,
surely from Chicago, on the wings of the
1,gh1hins. there would come deliverances on
OF thousands who in all sincerity believed |
ana waited with patient faith and prayer for
the words that did not come. The anti |
saloon maiden, never very robust. after a
had ministered to her. and slecpless eyes
had watched over her, finally found rest
after lifc's ittful fever. in Chicago. Death
stole in so gently upon the suffering one!
We know the faithful to -the-last friends.
with breaking hearts and fearful eyes, sang
at the funeral obsequies in the great Con-
vention Auditorium the touching lines of
Tom Hood:
we watched her breathing through the night,
Her breathing soft and low,
AS i'll her breast the wave of life
Kept henving to and fro
Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied
We thought her dying when she slept
And sleeping when she died.
Dear friends. the problem of the liquor
traffic will be solved only by a national po-
litical party making prohibition the corner
fully combat the mOnstrous evil that does
not make such declarations us shall ALLEVIATE
from its ranks every rumseller. There are
a host of good men in this land who, in
these June days of 1885 are reaching that
| conclusion for the first time. They. like
| many of us, hoped against hope. They are
coming into our camp. Public opinion. the
mighticst advocate OF any cause. is gather
| ing force day by day and is marshaling
| that force mighty host in our ranks. The
IL is f.arI ist.l -I.n fl,n
rise as one man, and demand that the liquor
| traffic shall cease throughout our land. We
stand on the threshold of a great national
campaign for the right Our watchword is
destruction of the American saloon.
Let our camp-fires CLEAN from every sum-
nit and illume every valley in the land The
combined forces of Christian home, Chris
tan church and Christian commonwealth
must be put in battle array against the in
| famous wrong.
In response to the command Of the
| chosen thousand at indianapolis who babe
me go to the front of this sharp conflict,
have now to say. God helping me. l will
carry Your flag in this contest; 1 know we'll
| what will be the cost to me and those whom
l hold as dear us life itself; also know that
| God thrones the right at last in kinglier roy
| atty because its coronation is delayed. and
that neither earth nor hell can permanently
| harm those who are followers Of that which
is good
I'VE uplift a national banner under which
sectionaism and sectional strife shall be
forever buried North and South. East and
| West. ali join hands in our good cause.
| There will be those who will be exceed
| ingly mad against us and who will pcrsc
cute us even to strange cities. Let me en-
| hort our friends everywhere to give our
enemies monopoly of personal scandalous
methods of conducting political campaigns.
Let us exalt our holy cause. and. trusting in
|
dividuals and nations, go forward with cour-
age. faith and hope until victory. certain to
come, shall be ours"
After three cheers had been given for Gen.
Fisk, Chairman Dickic announced that
Judge Groo would tender the nomination Of
Vice President to DR.. Brooks. Judge Groo
performed his task in a few graceful and APP
propriate remarks. Again there was scene
of unbounded enthusiasm as DR.. Brooks
stepped forward to begin his address of ac
ceptance:
L believe in governmental progress. The
policy of the Government should at least
keep abreast of our advancing civilization.
Amid the onward march to financial. educa-
tionul. and moral interests, we cannot hope
to draw our inspiration as statesmen from
the resolutions OF 98 or the dead issues OF
the sixties.
"As in old slave holder. I am here to-
night to attest my joyful acceptance of the
result. and 1 speak for nine-tentns of my
section. Gen. Fisk. whom for the first time
l meet tonight. helped to form the party
that was mainly Instrumental in the accom-
plishment of this result. l. on the other
hand, stood with the party committed
against the principle, and did all in my pow
er to prevent it. I come to-day. across half
the continent to say to him that he was
right and [ was wrong. and now, over the
bloody chasm of that dreary past. will clasp
his hands and say, Let there be no further
animosity between US. Tonight let us send
forth the cry. with clasped hand. No more
Solid South nor Solid North!
DIR. Brooks then referred to the questions
agitating the American people. the tariff,
foreign influence in American politics, suf-
frage. trusts and monopolies." The old
parties have long promised reform. What
have they done? Absolutely nothing to this
hour.
"They have looked on from year to year
while our country is being filled with the
pauper, criminal. communistic and anarch-
istic elements of foreign lands. Yea. have
extended the franchise in the various States
OF the Union to these ignorant hordes, as
also to the ignorant negroes OF the South.
and opened schools in the form Of saloons
to prepare them for citizenship.
TRUSTS and monopolies have multiplied
all over the land. A few men of capital
have combined to fix the price OF all pro-
duets of the farm and factory to the pro
Queer and also to the consumer. The
masses are allowed IL bare subsistence. while
all profit go to the Golfers of these trusts.
The liquor traffic. under the fostering
care of these old parties. has grown to such
mammoth proportions as to dare to attempt
to control not only the business interest
but every department of the Government
in it's own interests. But why enumerate
facts familiar to every citizen here tonight?
Neither one of these old parties has a pol
lev definitely defined upon any one of these
living questions. :.
II declare before heaven tonight the in
competency of either OF these parties to ad-
ust one of these evils. and should another
lease of power be extended. four years hence
will find us as far from righteous ADJUST
ment as we are to-day.
.The time has come to place in power apar-
tv free from entangling alliances and com
mitted to the reforms universally demand
ed. A party that knows no sectlonansm'
that fears God and reverences American IN
situations A party that will legislate FOR
the homes of our country.
w God in His providence has raised up that
narty. and I stand before you to. night, hon
bred beyond my ability as one OF the CHOSEN
standard bearers in the campaign OF 1883;
Place that party in power. and we pledge
vo,i by our hope of heaven. that we Will con-
summate these reforms. 4,,, 49, ,.
we will withhold the ballot from the ~
,orant and criminal classes. and give II TO
liz white.