Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-12

is choked of the frequenter OF it is chok-
ed off also. But he is not. He simply
walks to the next saloon, the one strong
enough to survive, and patronizes it, and
thus adds to the strength it already has.
Only the stronger ones survive and they
are helped by every failure Of the weak
or. Hence, in all our larger cities, where
the saloon problem is greatest, the saloon
keepers are glad to vote for high license.
In some cities they have even been the
promoters of the high license movement.
1t lessons the number of drinking places
but does not lessen the number of drink
ers, nor drinks to the extent of one. 1t
is therefore no loss to the traffic and no
gain to temperance. The money income
arising from high license will be noticed
at another time.
ALE NAILED.
SPRING VALLEY, Aug. 20, 1883.
Editor Northwestern ProA,bitionist:
Republican newspapers, Republican
ministers, Republican politicians and
Republican saloon keepers. the country
over, are rolling, las sweet morsel I'm.
der their tongues" that reported utter
ance of DR.. John A. Brooks, at Decatur,
ILL.,, VIZ: II have been rebel, slave
holder and fire eating democrat. but
thank God, I have never been Repub-
lican, and have not that sin to answer
for"
Allow me to give you the exact words
of DR.. Brooks on that occasion. taken by
the editor of the Decatur Sentinel. All
the extracts of the lecture, touching the
above points, are as follows:
Permit personal reflection. Our ma.
tienal convention at indianapolis desired
and the other conventions seconded the
desire, that this be clean campaign as
regards the candidate. and their candi-
dates are gentlemen, every one of them.
Mr.. Cleveland. whatever may have been
his record or said Of him in the last cam.
paign, has proven himself to be gentle
man. Mr.: Thurman commands the re-
spect of all the people. Mr.. Harrison is
Christian gentleman. Mr. Morton is a
nice man. Gen. Fisk is known to the
Christian world, and thought till left
home that was gentleman, but now I
hardly know. A man in Michigan recog
nized me as the Brooks he saw down
south in Georgia kicking soldiers. An
other remembered me as the man who
caned Sumner in the senate, and many
more ungentlemanly charges lie at my
door. However, will say that while I
have travelled largely over the south I
never was in Georgia, and was hardly
large enough to cane Sumner at the time
| I never was rebel soldier. Now I
want you reporters TO get that right. I
said that last night at Evansville, and
this morning the Republican paper over
there say plainly Dr.. Brooks says he was
a rebel soldier. If you reporters make
such statement you Will simply lie.
never was in the rebel army as combat.
ant, though did care for the sick and
wounded on both sides. But if l were
where's my crime. Were not Gen. Ma
hone, Guerilla Moseby and Gen. Chal
mers, Of louisiana, all in the rebel army
Does coming into the Republican part,
wash away all the sin of rebel and
guerilla?
did not fight you northern boys, bu
I prayed mighty hard that others woul(
whip you. But they didn't, and ou
boys got whipped. They acknowledged
it, and are now standing under the CRANE
old stars and stripes. They've h ad enough
of the bars. All the money and my
wife had was in slaves. We lost it all
and we never expect to get dollar back
} any consideration have the curse O.
slavery again in our country.
Some men don't know the war is over
Senator Vest, of Missouri, does not know
, it, Gov. Foraker and Sherman, who ar
continually waving the bloody shirt II
the face of the southern people don,
knowit We don't propose to fight. [
we do, it will be under the stars ant
stripes. .M..- .ssH. =.
Sometimes jeff Davis, that poor oil
d0tard. will visit an agricultural associa
, ton, and some other dotards, In thei
, second childhood, like himself will in
8 vite him to dinuer, and the politician
, will wave the bloody shirt and sound tn
tocsin end declare: Them fellows ain
! whipped yet Its the politicians who d.
9 this, the efficeseekers. :.
I tell you the Prohibition party viii
bury all these old animoslties. Oh, m,
God! How pray for that day. A gram
day that when the north and south, tn
east and west, will stand united unde
: one flag, and with one heart shall strik
the sha ckeIs off our now rum enslave'
! DeODl9