The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-22
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do certain thing which person has no
legal right to do without such permits
sion. That the liquor traffic is an evil
and great evil, no sane person viii deny.
| What then, is the lame argument brought
forth to defend license? They say that
the liquor traffic is a necessary cell, that
it cannot be squelched, and therefore it
ought to be curtailed, and to license 1t
brings it under the control of legal
authority. But how does that curtaii
the traffic when ''legal authority" IL
censes everything that comes along as
was done in Lambertville even against
the protest of many good people? 1t does
not lessen the number eff saloons. "Oh,p
say some, "let us have high license-re-
quire large sum to be paid for the priyi-
lege of selling, and then fewer persons
can afford to engage in the diabolical bu.
siness.' This is sophistry. To the mass
es, an drgaNeRtum ad ignorGntiam. High
license does not curtail the traffic one
iota nor does it lessen the number of
saloons. This can be proved. Besides,
high license is the abomination of all iu-
EQUITY, and causes more rascality, moral
rottenness and political manipulations,
than does low license. The pot-house
politician is dependent upon the saloon
for carrying his election" and for
/ great many other abominable things.
When the license is low, the saloon
keeper pays it, does as he pleases, and
the politician goes his way. But when
the license is high-about 81, 000--the sa-
loon-keeper begins to hang to the poll
| tcan's coat tail, and becomes worse than
the seven years itch. He may pay, or re-
fuse toe pay, if a fine be cheaper. He
says, "See here, politician, | pay big Ii
cense fee; expect protection from you.
can help you or do you harm" Poll
tician sees that in order to succeed he
must have the help of the saloons. So he
looks after their interests, tries to keep
them in his interest and 30 defeat all
walls. So the saloons control politics
through the pot-house demagogues, who,
in secret conclave, with saloon-keepers,
have Matched out abominable schemes,
AID now 60 forth to dupe the people,
making them believe that black is white
and calling evil COED; and the people, be-
lieving in the immaculate purity and
honesty of their party nominee (made by
saloon dictation), go forth and vote as he
says, believing that they are doing the 90
ting, when this same pot-house dema-
gogne is carrying them around in his
vest pocket at the dictation of the sa-
loon keepers. Thus, the saloons control
the politicians, and through the politi.
clans, the people. So you see how high |
license is an abomination of iniquity. |
Politicians in their real character are
agents of the saloon.''
Ignorant Voting A man who can vote |
the straight Democratic ticket for eigh-
teen years without scratching any name
iherefrom, is either an ignoramus or dis
honest. How can man vote for men
whom be knows to be rascals aud then
claim to be honest? How partisanship
and prejudice do blind some men man |
who can uphold fraud lacks moral princi- |
pie and is not morally honest. And dur
ing the last eighteen years the Demo
cratic party of New Jersey has committed
immense frauds. And the man who has
voted tho straight ticket during that time
lacks some of the essential qualities Of
true and upright manhood.
Bumpologg Most people love to be
duped. They are always ready to take
up with some novelty. Some believe 10
tfortuue telling that ignorant old wo.
men travelling about the country can di-
vine ones future. Others believe that in
| lingering the bumps of the head ones
characteristics may be set forth--in what
he does, or wOnld, excel; in what he is
failure; how truthful and upright he is,
or how big rascal he may be. The
scientific name for this grand and import
ant discovery is phrenology. 1t is as big
an imposition as gypsy fortune telling.
If there is anything in this so called
science, why is it that the mental philos-
ophers and especially psychologists do
not treat of IL in their works? Here Is
great body OF learned men who utterly
ignore it. Why? Aud yet some ''coun-
try Jake" who has read few phrenolo-
gical journals, thinks himself an expert
IN the science" falsely so called), and
with carpet bag IN hand starts out to ex-
anime bumps at 20 or 80 cents head,
elated at prospective wealth, fame and
great name. But like all other shams
and frauds 1t soon explodes into nothing
ness. The best manipuators make most
ridiculous blunders. A dummy In music,
who can't tell "Old Hundred from
Yankee Doodle Is characterized as o
fine musician--with practice would be-
come Beethoven or Mozart, Litz or
| Wagner. Another who is SO dull as
scarcely to know the multiplication table
is said to be crack mathematician,
nothing of the science. Once professor,
eminent in many ways, was put in the
chair (the operator was blind folded), and
after lingering his Uranium, the manipu
lator made him out one of the hardest
cases among the students. You might as
well look at a PERSONS toe nails and pinch
his toes for delineation of his character,
as to have a bumpologist humping his
head In search for it. People who place
confidence in such Certificates of charac-
teri can be duped into believing almost
anything.
Candidate. What does 1t mean9 Why
is one offering himself to the choice of his
fellows, called a candidate? ~ The word
means clothed in white, because a candi-
date in Roman times was cIothed in n