Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-10
PRoH1nIT1oN AaArr.

Local Supporters of Fisk and Brooks
 Have Another RalIy-Rev. MT.
 SqulRess Colonel Kn0Vg1t0m and Rev.
 MT. Paine She speakers.
 ,Loomis' Temple of Music was well filled
 last evening by the local prohibitionists and
 their Republican end Democratic friends who
 had dropped in to see the fun. i. Colonel
 Knowlton by his praises of the Presidents
 message made the latter very happy, while
 the Rev. Mir. Paine reioiced the former by recalling scenes of the late war; The Rev. L.
 H. Squires presided and the quartette choir
 of the Howard avenue M. E. church rendered several selections during the evening. An eloquent prayer was offered by the Rev. Mir. Abbott of the Howard avenue church. In
 presenting Colonel Marvin H. Knowlton of Willimantic, the orator of the evening, the Rev. MT. Squires spoke briefly and pointedly, saying in part: Under the new gospel of St. John, by the grace of God, some 15O, 900 of the voters of this country have been recon structed. We have entered upon this new campaign with determination to reconstruct the old parties. Get the people to come out from under the party lash and speak up loud 1 ly that they will vote like men. Colonel Knowlton has come to talk on 'tTariff and Temperance"
 Colonel Knowlton spoke for about an hour. contending that the great question before the people is not the tariff but the temperance question. He bitterly attacked the RepubIi-
 can party, quoted from Cleveland on the tariff and then proceeded to fortify his claim ! that the only real live question before Ameri ca to-day is prohibition. The Republican party was for free whiskey. If conscience | and reason led the nation Fisk and Brooks would be elected next November. But party prejudices will balk this. Look at the l whiskey trusts and the other trusts which are vicious in their influence.
 If you can manufacture more wool in this country by having free wool than by having l high tariff thereon, who is it going to bene! l fit by taking off the tariff? Why, the work ] ingman. The speaker did not say anything about free wool and lower wages. The wealth of this country consists in the people. If there was gold mine under this building it would be worth no more than it would be if filled with shavings if there was nobody to take out the gold. It is the strong arm of the laborer and the intelligence ot the arti- san that puts value into the materials. The speaker didn't say anything about capital being required. When you make drunk ard you rob the community of man able to produce wealth, you turn 8 family on the public for support.
 The speaker seemed to be particularly ven- omous against the Republican party and at- tacKed 16e poIlcE furtner, ana In concluding said that the tariff question, the coast defense question and the other national questions
 were as nothing to the evils of the rum traffic
 and the ruin, desolation, crime and death
 caused by run.
 While collection was being taken up Mr.
 Squires said that it was remarkable thing
 that so weak and despised a party can raise
 so large sums of money in it's collections. In
 recent State conventions collections amount
 ing to thousands of dollars have been taken
 within few minutes.
 The Rev. s. D. Paine followed in a fiery
 speech in which war scenes predominated.
 In part he said: came here tonight to say
 few words on this great question of temper
 auce. take great deal of interest in Eng fish papers and notice that they are taking great deal of interest in the tariff question.
 And notice that these old English tories who raised the rebel yell in the hour of cur countrys distress all say that Cleveland is the man and free trade the proper thing. If I thought it was right to vote the Prohibit tion ticket would vote it if I had to go into the fiery furnace to do it, like the Hebrew children. I'm temperance tonight because down in my very heart I believe it's right and Pm geing to fight it out on this line iSit takes 8 life time. I've no fault to find in either party, both platforms are defective, but tell you we are going to win, it's only question of time.