The Press., 1888-12-06
"sAM" SMALL FIRES A MINE.

When great battle has been ended the surgeons go forth to search for the qnick and the dead. The quick may in many instances be saved, but the dead are past hope. The duty of the third party Is to examine that part of the field where if fought and to search for its quick and it's dead. I am glad it was kind of sham battle, and we had chance to eliminate the arrant towards of the party. We had too many fuss and feathers and asthetics. This is an age of practical politics, and we must let people see that we c ln do some thing. Why was it that more men gather ed around the Hoffman House last night than voted the prohibition ticket in the state of New York? It was because some thing had been done in which these men were interested. We sometimes 'pitch into" newspapers because they give more attention to base ball than revival and re- ligious meetings. But if those fellows just went out to the field and gabbled at each other and then marched back to the city the newspapers would soon stop noticing them. They do something They knock the insides out of ball; send it over the left-feld fence, and make man slide six teen feet to base. The people are inter- ested in that. But we have been induIging simply in prophetic wind. Those who do 1t hereafter might as we'll go and whistle in graveyard. When Sam Small goes into fight hereafter, he is going to do something. .sSome one is going to get hit, and some one is going to get hurt. l don't believe in national prohibition poli- tics. Hereafter am going to have some thing practical about my principles, about my vote, and about what do. Principle is worth more to me than all the parties that ever romped the globe. The liquor dealers don't care for party. They elect the men that will favor their cause ot whatever party they may be. don't be lieve in letting the devils crowd get ahead of me on proposition of common sense.
 We prohibitionists have held the balance of power in fifty-two congressional dis tricts, and we might have used our power to have men put into office favorable to prohibition. But the prohibition party has constantly run independent tickets, in- stead of joining with some other party, and as consequence we have no representa- ton. We have also held the balance of power in several of the states, but we have lost our opportunity because we have placed party above principle. When we begin to do something the newspapers will be talking about it, the politicians will be hustling on account of it, and we will be getting some victories. National ly, think all the howery, roseate ideas of having prohibition president, and our marching up to the white house and drink ing his health in pure cold water, will not be realized for long time.
 Economic questions, such as immigra- tion, monopolies, strikes and labor, be- lieve are to be the imminent questions for the next dozen years. The pulpit and the press are waking up to the fact that the government must kill the saloon, or the saloon will kill the government. The country is becoming Germanized and beer ized. If, as prohibltionists, you Can join with other parties, join them, and God will bless the combination. It is better that the saloon should go than that the prohibition party should come.