Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
NOTES..

NOTES.
The Democratic party is going for
Prohibition, going for it as the Prohi
oltlon party goes for rum, with very
considerable enthusiasm in favor of
prohibiting the same. Here is the
liquor plank that the Democratic Con-
Ventlon in Indiana, at Indianapolis
April 26th, adopted:
ut is provided by the Constitution
OF this State that The liberty of the
people should be protected and that
thelr private property should not be
taken without just compensation, and
we are opposed to any change in the
Constitution tending to weaken these
safeguards, or to any legislation which
asserts the power to take or destroy
the private property OF any portion OF
the people Of this State without COM
pensatlon, or which unjustly interferes
with their persona! liberty as to what
they snail eat or drink, or as to the
KIND OF clothing they shall wear, be-
llevlng that the Government should be
administered in that Way best calcll-
lated TO confer the greatest good upon
the greatest number without sacrificing
the rights OF person Or of property
ana leaving the innocent creeds. habits.
customs land business OF the people I'M
1ettered by sumptuary laws class legis-
iaIloh. or eAtortlonate monopolies.
While standing faithfully by the
rights OF property and personal liberty
guaranteed to the people by the consti.
tuition, we distinctly declare that we
are in favor of sobriety and temperance
ana all proper means for the promotion
OF these virtues, but we believe that a
Well-regulated license system and rea-
sonaole and just laws upon the subject
ialth1lly enforced would be better than
extreme measures which being subver-
slve OF personal liberty and in conflict
with public sentiment, would never be
effectively executed, Thus bringing
the law into disrepute and tending to
make sneaks aud hypocrites of our
people,
And OF course these platforms are
favoring prohibition? Yes, in the
way that the Chicago Tribune favors
it. They seem to agree IN the opinion
that prohibition must be prohibited"
in national politics.-The Voice.
Unexpected opposition has been de-
veloped against the confirmation of
| Mr.. Fuller as Chief Justice Of the
United States.
The ground Of opposition is his rec
ord in the peace legislature of III
inois in 1868, and his opposition to the
constltutionality Of legal tenders"
His eastern friends make the boast
that with Lamar and Fuller on the
bench, the Supreme Court will reverse
its decision UNFOLDING the constitution
ality OF the greenbacks. Mr.. Fuller
was one Of the two members of the
Illinois legislature who voted against
receiving United States legal tender
treasury notes for taxes.
Then exceptions are taken to his
war record. Among other things it
is objected that he voted against q res
olution, UNFOLDING the Emancipation
proclamation, and in favor OF Il resolu-
tion declaring that war could not re-
suit in a restoration Of the Union, un-
less the proclamation We're withdrawn.
He also voted against the bill to ex-
tend the right OF suffrage to the vol
unteer soldiers of Illinois, in the SER
vice OF the United States.
The complexion of the Supreme
Court Of the United States is. really
the most important question that will
be decided at the coming presidential
election. II a majority Of that court
is committed to the liqlor traffic, ii
will put back the cause Of prohibition
during their life time.
II it IS opposed to the rights OF the
freedmen us secured by constitutional
amendments it may make serious
trouble in the nation:-The Free Meth
dist.