Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-29

tost ID the new HorR Legislature H.
favor oi advanced hmpeIance leglsla-
tion. You know who defeated Il ever,
itne. Trne, In tho lao; L'glslsture there
we're four Republicans who voted
against II, but only ona Democrat
votea for 1. hud tho vote was 90 clore
tnas the Democrats vote passed the
6lll, only 70 be vetoed by G verno,
iul, D2mo3rst VT, became the Re
publican psrty will not 20 father and
support pr Ihibltlon you wou'd dotdat
.has patty and eltoi . Democratic Leg
is'AtUre by ruanlng inird party ticket,
How is 1t ia New JsIsey Elore tie
Il pabiican lseislntuTe las succeeded n
passing a strlpse.t local Cp,ion aud
h'gh lioanss law 1. was done BY the
aolid Republican vote and by tho vote
81 one DemOorAf. 1t went 10 the Demo
cratic governor tni he vstosd II. Ii
went back 10 the legislature and va,
"a Bid over the Vtt), the vote Of The
Democrat being required to mgke the
ncmses necessary TO pHts It. HsIe
TOO, BIO HAMA, you aud ytus pErty,iD
stead OF supporting the pArty ths' did
all that could be den fer Temperance,
are trying your best to defeat ~ LII
Ms turn for q moment 70 Pom lyAnlA
What is the Teoo.d there ? There saaio
II | am not miltsksn the single Demo
orAt turrs up end Votes VIII The X =
publioAns In tbs legislature for tte
present biFh lloenBe law. A prohlbltory
constitutional amendment also is left
Tor TIE people 10 vote upon ter It Ia.
piBsed the peXt legislature. But wbki
10 We $50 Ia Ptnns7 lVania, Bro
Hlnna2 Why, we SEQ the prrly to
Whioh you have allied yourself, Instead
OF helping the II publican patty
through with this prOhibiiory leglsla-
tton, nominating tickets Of Its own in
every county aud making the mosi
strenuous efforts 10 defeat that parry
/ am no admlreF OF liquor lieerse lav
OF any Kind, bat wha.sver may be said
Tor or Agsinst high licenee, It iB certain.
ly doipR great work. 1t has cut q /.
nuuber Of liquor saloons In Phllsdel-
phla from LeAriy .0C0 down to 1 1909.
Tho superintendent Of the House OF
Correction farm told me himself 0niy
eight W 3ekB ago that from ESD inmatss
under the old license . year before tht
number was now under high lioersp
cut down TO 500. Gall tho msaus what
you please by which II 10 effected, this
Ia practical work against tho saloon
whloh both you and Bro. White held
up 10 the msEltsd condemnation OF ap
Intelligent audience.
Nov, Bro. Hanna, let us hurry ont
to Iowa. Who gave ihAs State Pf0hl-
bit On2 Tle Republican party. Hoa
much majority had the Republican
party In that Btsts before PsJhlbtlub2
FROM 65. 900 10 1900. How much ua
jorily has the party nOW2 II hss come
as low Is 10000, and At the CON ing Q &c.
tlon 25, 000 will be oCns,deJed q big MS
iority. The Republican party has well
nigh sacrificed itself in that Btats by
Prohibition, aud Bio Hanna
and lis new Iaity are running PTChl-
bition tickets there ell the came In an
Effort to defeat the Republican party.
This OF course must be the obllo., for
did you not say last Saturday nighttha,
yon did not look for any thing from the
Democratic psrtl2
Bat We must pass on TO Kansas,
Au0 hsr Slate that has total prohibition
The Republican party there too, a. ip
iowa, pATssd the Prohibitory Law. 1heir
majority in the state before paving 1,
was about 76,C00 81. John, the great
apostle Of Prohibition, WAS Gov.raor al
the time, but two years atterWArds he
WAS defeated for re election, Erd
Democrat pAmed Click was eltossd.
The law by hAri / legal lighting ba1 baon
retained, bat the probibisory psrty 10
which yO1 belong has a tich ct in the
aeld to defeat II Il oAn the party that
gave the State prohibition,
But my criticism 10 growing lengthy
and muIt hasten on.
1t 10 objected to BY the Republican
party that 10 is not Prohibition party.
suppose IL IL not, what Of it2 II goes
on and prohibits all the same. 1t never
pTofesaed to be an abolition party, bat
It abolished slavery. In dealing with
the temperance cause 1t goes on by pro-
steps, first high license, then
local option and on to prohibition. II
does not take prohibition first, and then
come down to local option, then to hiRh
license, and possibly to low license. IL
looks to me, Brother Hanna, as II you
wanted the RepublioAn party TO jump
In that direction, Well, now let me
tell sou In all oAndor, that 1t cannot do
IL right away, however much II might
desire to do go. The Republican party
has whOlegome regard for public opln.
Ion, ana Ii 10 careful not 10 jump so far
ahead that pub. 10 opinion cannot catch
lp to II. l an afraid that IL what you
have done, Brother Hanna. In your
anxiety to get out OF the sodon,
sud GOmorrAh Of the Democratic party,
that fatty said 1t would do nothing for
you have leaped away be
yond the zosr Of aotiVo and practical
The Republican party can.
not climb to that diEzy Insight all at
onoe without injuring itself and iDjur.
Ing the cause Of temperance. 1t prefers
10 90 on In Its steady course, conquer
Ing As Il goes and adding the ms ieEty Of
aud power az 1t mounts higher
When Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
aud other states are as we'll prepared
for prohibition As Iowa and Kansas
we're, thsy will get II. Wtat would be
come Of prohibition IN oitles Ike Oleve
land, Cincinnati, PlttsbuTg, PhilAdel
phiA, New York and BTooklyn9 II
prohibition cannot be enforosd In such
stiles ~ Portland and Augusta 10
Maine, It would stand poor chance IN
The large cities have named.
II ssems 60 me that the beat way 10
make Prohibition States is lrst TO M AXE
hem thoroughly Republican, 81 Iowa
md Kansas were. PennsylvAniA is
strongly Republican, and hhe Is very
leAr Prohibition, too, not, however, By |
he aid OF tbs third or Prohibition |
party, but 10 spite Of IL. Had you, Bro.
1AnnS, In your fight from the Demo-
,rttio party, settled down 10 the Re
publican party and worked as earnestly
IS You ore working In the Prohibition
party, your labors woald have been
he sooner Drowned with the desired
Iuooess.
1 uudsrRtood you to soy on Saturday
light that In coma States where the |
party hNd passed temper
.poe laws 1t had repealed t1Gm 1 am
rot we'll enough supplied at present
With dasa 10 sitheF affirm or contradict
his, bat II II IL so, there must have
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