Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-09-21
Prohibition Pointers.

make tour, visiting the west and
south
Chairman Dickie of the national pro
hibition committee says that the com
mittee is paying great attention to the
campaign in the south. Gen Fisk
viii make speeches In Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Kentuc y Ten
nessee, and, possibly, North Cirollna-
The Young Lady PrOhibitionists in
Michigan are organizingiF T. V.(Fisk
First Toter) Clubs, each member on
joining pIedging that she VIII do her
level best to get at least one young
man to cast his first vote next NOvem-
Der for Gen. Fisk.
The best indication at present says
The Catholic News of a coming higher
civilization in this country is the popu-
lar tendency towards temperance, and
any power or party that would seek to
thwart this social movement should be
crushed out. In temperance, more
than in all other things. lie the hopes
and promises of general prosperity, so
cial order, decent lives and domestic
happiness.
I have even seen a Prohibitionist
postmaster, writes W. q. Curtis, and
he is the most remarkable spectacle on
the grounds. He says he didn't seek
the Office, but the President was COM
PEELED to appoint him because there
was not a Democrat in the town who
could read the inscription on a letter.
His name is John Sweeney, and he
comesfrom Clear Greek, which, by the
way, strikes me as very pat name for
a town in which the inhabitants cast
solid vote for the Prohibition ticket
He wears upon his waistcOat. in de-
hance of the Democratic administration
and public ridicule, a good crank, as
indicative of his character.
In Joliet there is a great deal of in
temperance, and 55 saloon-keepers find
it profitable to pay 81, 900 for a license
to sell whisky at ten cents a glass.
Ween the license fee was $50 there were
10Y saloons. When it was raised to
$500 the number of saloons decreased
to sixty, and in 1888 when the fee was
made 81, 600, the number fell to thirty
one saloons. But the business of liq
uOr sellers Is so prOftableA that they
have gradually increased to ffty-fve,
as 1 have said, at present, and 800, 900
is annually paid into the city treasury
by the saloon keepers, in a town with
population less than 90, 600. Here is a tax
of 1925 per capita Of men, women, and
children, and even then the saloon-keep-
ers make enough money to decorate their
places in the most gorgeous and allur-
ing manner and appear to he among
the most prosperous citizens in the
community.
Henry George says the presence Of
the prohibition party in politics is a
moral education. It is distinctly
good thing, u glorious thing, a hopeful
thing, that men should be willing to
work as the prOhibitiOnists are work
ing, for great moral principle. And
their labOrs are, we think, destined to
achieve a result nobler and more last
ing by far than the mere passage of a
sumptuary law. For the prohibition
lists are bringing men by the thousands
to see the evils of intemperance and to
investigate its causes; they are forcing
men to see that beneath the polished
surface Of our civilization lies a tester
ing mass of misery and corruption.
They are causing men to think.
Frances E. Willard, Evanston, Ill
at seems that the managers of county
fairs hit upon a novel and happy. expe-
dent for increasing the gate money.
They invite a Republican, Democrat,
and a PrOhibiiOnist to speak on sue
cessiye days, setting forth the merits
each of his own party, and the dement's
of the others. Miss Willard earnestly
advises white ribbon women everywhere
to secure, if possible, opportunity at
county and State fairs for these great
debates, and to bring the best speakers
before the people"
VIM. 1Iadlung, S. S. Supt. German
NJ. E. Church ,Freeport N. Thou
sands of them might be brought. over
to the right side, if the proper means
would be used. The English reading
people are well supplied with temper
ance literature. The Voice alone has
$50, 600 subscribers. But how is it with
German Temperance papers? There IS
only one. 1t is a neat, strong PrOhibi-
tiOn paper-Den Deutsch-Amerikne
edited at Chicago, by the National W.
@. Il. o., price 80 cents per copy for
one year; If 10 or more are ordered at
the same time, 30 cents. Can it not be
sOwn broadcast all over the land ?"
Prohib. Would not the regulation
hat of the @. A. r., with wide white
band, make a good campaign hat Z?
Many of our voters are veterans. and
already supplied with them Men who
object to joining in campaign parades
in fancy. costumes could not hesitate to
wear this hat, the white rose and white
gloves, and belt or sash"
D. W Thomas, Galveston. Ind
81 suggest for a campaign hat, soft
felt or wool, tan color, military style,
rolling brim, one that could be sold for
Il 40 81 o We lc-a.E .--.--H - p. l.