Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-06-22
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First Gum OF she CamPaIgn by the
ProhIbitHonist Party-Their Ratifica !
tfon Meeting Last Might az the MY. |
perfOn-They Congratulate Them.
selves and Feel Happy.
The presidential campaign of 1888 was
opened at the Hyperion last evening and the
local prohibitionists started the fun. The
theater was about half filed by an audience
largely composed of ladies, while large
delegation occupied the stage. Enthusiasm
was not wanting aud the speakers were care
fully listened to. The Crystal Stream quar-
tette of New York rendered several campaign
songs in an excellent manner The Rev. M.
9. Phillips of this city was temporary chair
man. After an eloquent prayer by the Rev.
Phoebe A. Hanaford and a selection by the
quartette permanent officers were elected as
follows:
President. Reg. I, Il. squires.
v, H9ke, William 3, RogeTs, Rev; ishou =
neis Nort WIs, H s RSISsy =; iva
Mrs pa William M 4. DpEand' Re- 8.
Rev. !. Judsop, John J. Burt, john EF eetR
Rev. John g. Collins, P. Ferry, William q damn,
es + G an Bab6 D Others
rsMdlHs sy, EuS " b R9gnas MS Leeds Miss
err Charles DeForest and t6TtS others p n'As'i-
In taking the chsik Rev. Mr. Squires said
IN part: LadleT and gentlemen-We meet
tonight ID t9ss name of the prohibition party,
the first naaty in the field in modern politics.
| the clsAnest party in its convention, the first
parry to put its platform before the peo-
I91e and the best platform that shall be writ
4 ten; the first to put its candidates
in the field; the first to bridge the bloody
chasm and place blue and gray on the same
platform. All was quiet along the Potomae,
the Mill river and other streams until the
Prohibition ratification meeting was an
nounced, when the young part of the old
Republican dog announced that they would
ratify as soon as the Chicago nominations
| came We come to you with live issues, q
clean platform, great moral issue and clean
candidates. We bring to yoo the peerless
Christian gentleman, the benefactor of the
colored race (applause), the philan-
thropist, the true gentleman. the
man who is on the right side
in every moral question, we bring you
our standard bearer, Clinton B. Fiske, and
by his side we put the representative of the
reconstructed South, John A. Brooks OF Mis-
1 souri, The two great parties are agreed on
tariff reform and neither of them say word
/ for prohibition; SO come into our ranks. We
| have grown gloriouslY in the South in six
years We offer you party in which q rebel
and a Union general have grasped hands and
agreed to stand for the abolition of the liquor
!. traffic in this land {gTeat applausee
The Hon.John Lloyd Thomas, the secretary
of the National Prohibition bureau, and who
: is said to have recently defeated DIR. McGlvnn
!: in debate at the Cooper union upon prohi.
bition against the Henry George land theory,
delivered q stirring address in support OF
Fiske and Brooks. A few of the things he
said were: It would do the Young Republi-
cans now in session near by rs to come
} in and see how we st. Johnites pros
, per. The speaker then reviewed the St.Louis
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to date and pitched into both as having con
sumed a great deal of whisky. The trains
| to the st. Louis convention were laden with
Jeffersonian simplicfty-in jug, and he
wished he could say that the Republicans in
Chicago are all sober tonight. He then ex-
tolled the Indianapolis convention way NJ
to the hsndle-a convention marked by
earnestness, sobriety, moral purpose and
Christian spirit, and on which 'sthe blue anc
the gray" united that the names of Fiske and
Brooks [applause) are emblazoned upor
your banners, but we are not met here tt
vindicate men, but the great principles upon
which we stand. Some of our friends will
say our principles are good, but we ought
not to take them into politics, that we ar,
, setting the cause of Prohibition back twenty
years by taking it into politics. But it il
most surely political question, dealing will
q thing that is breaking down and destroying
J governments. ! want to say that the most
evil influence we have in politics is the grea
power of foreign born liquor dealers. DThii
is broad and free country. We welcome
to this country every body-people who have
left their country for their countries
tgood They land at Castle Garden, go up t.
Chatham Square, sell their clothes for one
tenth what they are worth, buy an American
, cut suit of clothes for ten times what it il
worth, and they are American citizens, anG
| If it happens to be election day vote ten or
dozen times before sunset The speaker her
made strong plea for the freedom of Amer
t lea, for saving the country for Americans
l If our foreign friends don't like the liberty
, we have here, he said, for heavens sake lie
| them go back where they came from (grea
applause). More than foreign conquest W
r have to fear to day the power of German
: Irish and English liquor sellers in our poll
tics. With a vigorous peoration the speak
. or eulogized his party.
/ p The Bev. I. III. Foster was called upon, bu
declined to speak, owing to the lateness of tn
hour. Colonel Knowlton, of Willimantic
' | responded, saying in part: If there was evel
| a time in the history of this country whel
| there was need of q new party il is in 1888
Is it not time for party which would SHOW
] that there Is still mining in our veins tn,
l blood which animated the spirits of our OLE
1 revolutionary heroesl In this State the ar
gument used by the old parties win be, "Don'
be in q hurry; wen give it to you in time. bu
first we will try high license" But what ha
. been the fruit of high hcensei It In onl,
Q the prohibitive clauses in the high Hcens
! law that have been effective.
Numerous calls for Foster brought the gen
Q tleman to his feet, and he delivered shor
but eloquent speech, stating his position il
7 the campaign and the reasons for it. A shor
. | concert by the quartet closed the meeting.
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