The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-13

10 mhICu 70 Lu6 Q6lVeIAuC9 OF JeIu1hlem
Here we were to fight for freedom from
thrRldom; here great proportion OF the
people had the letters Of the Blaye fastened
upon them, and the work to be accom-
plishod was to secure their release. HI
made reference to the contests which hRc
been made on the temperance issue ir
Texas, Tennessee, Kansas and elsewhere
and said the results in those States carried
no dismay TO the advocates OF prohibition
in West Virginia. They had prohtsd by
what had taken place elsewhere, and or
the clean cut issue presented by the Leg
islature they were confident they could
win.
he did not like 10 make political refer.
enCe, but he would do 30 because he had
suffered some. He had been raised in
Kentucky, where, ct the beginning Of the
WaE, it was common thing for the fight.
ing young men to sav that one Southern
man could whip five Yankees. But when
the Yankees became aroused 1t was won
derful ID Gee how hard they were to lick.
The North was fighting for great idea
and with great Gauss; any army or peo.
pie could not be suCcesafully united by
the wrong side. The cause Of temperance
was advancing, and it would continue to
advance.
He appealed to parents. He said the
saloon could not flourish for ten years II
II wes not ior the boys OF the land. They
were the ones to be saved. He said II the
amendment failed to pass 1t would be for
two reasons: It would bs either through
apathy or divisions. He appealed to his
hearers not to neglect the great opportun-
ity to be presented to them.
In West Virginia there were three par.
ties, the Democratic, the Republican and
the so.called Third Party. Disclsiming
any idea Of casting reflection upon any
political organic atom, he said he was at q
loss to tiud in either OF them man who
would point out the way to victory. and yet
all parties were interested In achieving
that end. He said the contest to be wage6
WAS with an enemy wary, desperate and
untiring, and strongly entrenched in
the passions and weSknease1 Of the human
heart. It was an enemy who worked his
greatest mischief upon the homes Of the
people. It did seem to him that alcohol
had decided affinity for Home, but it
only united with il to swallow it up and
destroy it. But 1t preyed upon the young
as well as the Home. The boy was first
induced to drink, then to gamble, and
then to lower depths ofCrime and infamy.
He said the LIQUOR interest was the COM
mon foe, and that all should unite upon
the common basis OF stamping out the evil
wherever it appears. He appealed to the
Republican voter, the Democratic voter
and the Third Party voter to 60 with one
mind TO the polls in November and vote
for the abolition in West Virginia OF the
greatest curse OF modern timeB. He urged
q aconsolidation OF interests, as the revo-
lutionists united to make war upon the
British, or as the North fought to save tho
Union in 1851.
REV. NR. dANTT's SPEECH.
Dr.. Blaisdell was followed by Rev. Mr..
CAN'T, in an able and pertinent address.
Mr.. CAN'T said that large tanners and
lumber dealers, mine operators and Others,
had said to him that the passage OF the
Prohibition amendment would be worth
millions to them. The prohibition OF the
liquor traffic would be an advantage in
every reepect. As 1t is now tho men in
the large collieries and other extensive
works, lost two days week-Sabbath,
which was spent in carousiug, and Mon.
day, when every rybody was unit to work.
He thought that in the breasts of large
proportion OF the masses OF the people Of
the State there was latent sympRthy for
the prohibition movement, quiet hope
that the amendment would paSs. It was
to arouse into activity these latent forces
that the temperance people Of West Vir.
ginis must labor, and to this end he
thought the meeting to-day would con-
tribute largely.
There were saloon keepers who would
kueel and thank God II this Prohibition
amendment were to pass, and the soul OF
one saloon keeper would amply repay Oil
the trouble that might be incurred.
Mr.. CAN'T was frequently and heartily
applRudsd. At the conclusion Of his re-
marks, Mr.. Atkinson said that the Com
mittee on Arrangements had chosen
Captain John Mcclure as chairman OF the
afternoon meeting, but owing to previ-
GUS engagement he had been unable to be
present when the meeting opened. He
was now in the hall, and Mr.. Atkinson,
who said he had only besn presiding by
proxy, at this point introduced the regu.
lar chairman.
Captain Mcclure came forward and took
his position amid hearty applause.
Mr.. Atkinson said that as chairman Of
tho Finance Committee appointed at the
morning session, he desired to report that
Il would take about 500 to pay the ex.
penses Of the meetings OF the day. The
committee knew no better way to reach
the people than to go for them when 1t
had them together. He therefore asked
the choir to sing while collectors went
among the audience and raised what cash
they could the rest the committee hoped
to raise in the evening. The choir sang
"Pull for the Shore" and the collectors
gathered in the coin, to the amount Of
$l07S.
JUDGE cRANMKR's SPEECH.
Judge Oranmer was then introduced.
His subject was "The Relation Of the
Prohibition Amendment to the Public
veal"
In opening Judge Cranmer conceded
tho truth OF the point often made sgRinst
any temperance movement-that there is
more licuor drunk now than in the old
time when liquor was kept on every side.
board and everybody down to the little
children was expected to drink it; there is
more drinking to-day for the same reason
that white sheep cot more than black ones
there are more Of them. The popuia.
ton to-day is much greater and the gro8s
amount OF liquor OF course increased.
Judge CrRnmeT then gave some statistics
showing the relative amount et liquor
consumed in different nations, and referred
to petitions from African states that
Great Britain would prohibit the importa-
ton Of intoxicating liquorS, aa the chill.
dren were dying and the men and women
were suffering worse than death. What
lesson from savage people to a civilized
nationl