Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
THOs. MILLS.
,,uEss BY THE ELOQUENT
Ann,.wrERANCE ORATOR.

,pEss BY THE ELOQUENT
) AnrMrERANCE ORATOR.
,,,.sons Why Now Party Ia Nee
dd '''i ~ rolitics-An Able speech in
,'' s,n.e of Prohibition.
I*'s r,on, tho Wisconsin Prohibittonist.i
--latest excitement that Whitewater
The q ',eI during this campaign Was q
fn lh.,r between Walter Thomas Mills
n' zeal ,aeal lawyer and orator. d. NJ. Kcl-
. !, ,oe Whitewater. Tho following is a
sr, ~ avnopsis of Mr.. Mills speech:
t'la'p PRESIDENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
A in,ry to state in the next forty minutes
~, naI reasons why good'and honest citizens
Po'I any man to leave the Republican,o or
a S', ATTIC parties because they are made
en- ,,i men; because 1t is my sincere
0, '.;S,, that three fourths OF the people
Make IN both parties are honest and
90 n ,"s and want q good government and
'U ,pa, will administer justice to the peo.
~" Th. only question to be decided is can
a, more for such u government by voting
um w Harrison. for Grover Cleveland
u General Fisk? shall try to give YOU
~. r.asons why q new party is necessary
politics.
r., 7 affirm that the most serious prob
ni This nation is the matter of munici-
rn,e, New York for twenty-five years
heen under the rule Of as vicious and
uni n gang Of scoundrels as ever cursed
,,ntry. Philadelphia Is not much bet
Cincinnati and st. Louis are the same,
vaukee is of the same slice. and Chi
~ stands ut the bottom of the list.
e;.her the Republican nor the Democratic
,v offers any remedy for this municipal
.rule Under their control it is becom-
worse rather than better. What shall
the remedy? affirm that the only
u,rly must BIO such reorganization
'nr political lines as shall separate the
tier element from the thugs and bum
hrs and shall afford that better element
yeW York under Democratic rule is cor
Inf. Philadelphia under Republican rule
corrupt. Pittsburgh under Republican
I,s is corrupt. Chicago and Cincinnati
Eap horses every few.y8Ars. and each time
y a poorer horse. There is no hone in
ther old party. because the better classes
n by them divided into two parts. and
sre is just enough Of the thug and bum
or clement in the fag end Of each to defeat
/ by going over to the other side. Our only
ppe is in getting all the business men. tho
NV W
| nd let the ignorant. vicious. corrupt vote.
! lat can be purchased and controlled by the
nerican saloon. get into another party.
hen make Prohibition an issue. and be-
eve the sober and honest men will take
Ios,ession OF the American Government.
hen VIC will have sober, honest rule.
Ny second reason for new party is that
believe the time has come in American
kiitics when we should realize the consume
kation of our American Union. One MI
|pn Of our citizens went down into their
Fases TO settle the question Of the Union.
iwe demand that that cause for which one
billion of American citizcns lost their lives
hall not be sacrificed by the perpetuation
Fmlitical parties that live by keeping open
he wounds made by the war. We demand
|lrh reorganization of political parties as
hall permit the sober. honest men of Wis
pnsin and tho sober, honest men Of Georgia
! stand on the same platform and vote for
h. same measures.
Under the present conditions this thing
annot be done. Illinois is Republican. but
pingtield ana Chicago. Milwaukee. Mad
ION and Eau Claire govern Wisconsin,; In
lana is governed by Terre Haute. Fort
Iayne and Indianapolis; Ohio by Cincin-
lti. Columbus and Toledo; Pennsylvania.
Y Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; and New
ork. by New York City. Albany and Buffalo.
hese States govern the nation. and you
now that these States are carried by the
over OF the American saloon to control
lose cities. And by the power Of the saloons
control those cities we IRE to-day u rum
'lden nation.
You know that south of the Ohio River
ere are $50 electoral votes that are sOlidly
North of the Ohio River there
y $50 electoral votes solidly Republican.
he remaining votes :lre In what are called
e critical States. These States are con-
nually on the fence, and continually get
ng down on the side of the dirtiest jobber
the dirtiest political party. Illinois can't
!, made Republican without her two largest
lies. and they cannot have those cities
i.hout first making their peace with the
blooms Of those cities.
For twenty years the Democrats nomi-
use the Democrats could not win in the
alton without New York State. In the
lme way the Republicans must have the
tates of Pennsylvania. Ohio. and Illinois.
nd these States cannot be secured without
le beer vote. Wisconsin would go Demo-
'atic this year If the beer vote of Milwau-
&c and its influence were lost to the Repub-
can party.
Why do these vicious forces control the
Because the clean and virtu-
us men are not voting against the vices Of
,ese forces i'll the critical States. but voting
sainst each other. They cancel each 9th
rs votes in the Electoral College and in
ongress. We arelmade victims of q vicious
nd criminal vote because we are engaged
l the fruitless farce of canceling each 9TH
IS votes.
We demand a party that can contain all
ne college presidents of the North and
outh; all the Sunday-school superintend-
ais; all the business men; all the farmers;
" the manufacturers of Alabama and Penn
ylyania; all the corn-growers of Iowa and
he cotton growers of Texas. Let these
orees be gathered together into one party.
md there will be an irresistible force in
american politics that will place the Gov.
rnmcnt in the hands Of q virtuous' and
'onest citizenship.
believe new party is necessary because
believe that the American citizen should
,e allowed to cast free ballot and have
hat ballot counted. whether he be citizen
South Carolina or Michigan. The par
loNing out of ballOt-box suffers by the
'epublican officials of Ohio and Pennsyl-
ania. and the hardening Of the same class
u criminals by our Democratic President
roves plainly that neither of the old parties
5 so administered as 70 give US honest elec.
ION laws. Gogebic County. with q total
population of 1.4OO. giving 1000 majority
lgainst a Prohibition amendment, and a
republican Legislature refusing to investi-
;ate the fraud. places the Republicans o.
Michigan where they cannot boast much
'ver South Carolina.
How shall we secure the negro his rights
Mall We keep the Democratic party IN
1ower to secure them? think it's hardly
;aecessary. Won't they do all they promise
lr.s;; What do they PROMISE? Nothing,
VIII they do it? think they will. Won,
me Republican party do all it promises foi
lie npnrnl thinl. II will What docs IL