The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-04

QUESTION.
But He takes Careful aud LegaI
GrOund-Rnd does IL when no Cam
paign IN on. Because Tie FaYOrs the
Home as Against the saloon.
HARRISON ON TEMPERANCE.
Following is an extract from an ad-
dress delivered by General Benjamin
Harrison, lh4 Republican Candidate for
President, to his Indiana friends and
neighbOrs at Danville, on November Goth
Of last year.
On the great question Of temperance
General Harrison said
Another question that l want to talk
about for while, is what | will still call
the temperance question, though | no
tice that distinguished bishop of the
Meihcdist Church South said the otheI
day that down his wPy they have got
past temperance, and refused to appoint
any conference committee on temper
ance, because they had got by that.
When you g t past temperance beware
Ut lntemperance yourself. | believe
there is an authority which all our
Me hOdlst brethren recogn u, as veil as
we PreSlyleriaus, to the effect that we
should be temperate IN all Ihings.' Tnt
Ip bstle had n' got past temperance
Now what is this temperance or
liquor question Primarily, to me, it il
the question of the absolute. universal
obedience to law, as law, by every body. |
Great applause. That is the first and
and brOAdts statement of it. say, ab-
sOlutp, universal obedience to law, as
law, without any reference to what |
think or you think about the law.
PUBLIC ORDER IN PERIL.
And yet, when that very issue is
made, as it was mad IN our last Indian
apOlis campaign, when good citizens are
standing for law and order, irrespective
Of the Liquor League to dominate our
city politics, and to re-elect a man as
Mayor who had the courage to put
work-hOuse sentences upon these liquor |
sellers when they persistently violated |
the law, we found some gent'cmen of
the sort who had go, past temperance
voting an indep ulent ticket, and so
helping, indirectly, tp ele It a man who
would have gwen loose rein to lawless-
ness.
Thank God, there were not enough
OF them TO succeed | don't impute
his as the purpose at all uf any of them:
but nevertheless the effect of withdraw
ing from this column Of the law and or
der people some votes that might have
been necessary to prevent the triumph
Di lawlessnpss, was to put the cause Of
public order in peril. My cOuntrymen Il
believe that the question of enforcing
the laws is assuming an importance now
that il has never had before in our cOun-
try. We have been careless, ,thoughtless,
as we saw VIOLATIONS of the law going on
from day to day but the Nation has
been startled into realiz Ition of the
fact that its only safety. the only anchor
it has out on the side of soci Il order and
domestic peace, is the enforcement of
the law.
OBEDIENCE TO LAW.
"Wbat was it that eliminated at Chi. |
cagO less than two years ago, on that
day when the guardians of the law were
bulchered Where did this red flower
find its seed ? 1t was, as | believe, IN
that defiant, persistent violation Cf law |
upon which we have so long looked in
differently. The Nation Is waking up. |
My first proposition on the temperance |
question is, that 50 long rs the law is as
1t is, whether you like it or l like it, we
shall still stand together and declare that
the law shall be enforced. Great ap.
plause.
Now, i know there are some people
who seem to me to be greatly misguided |
who say we don't care about the law
being enforced we would rather have
free whiskpy than taxed whisky; we
UnnlI rut h.,r thn solo ohnnl1 ha
and unrestrained; would rather that the |
violations of order might be increased
and multiplied, because thereby we hope |
to awaken the people to a fuller realrza.
ton Of the evil of this thing, and to Sc |
cure State prohibition. 1hOpe no friend |
here takes that ground. If you do, you |
find yourself in bad company, and evil
consequences following hard after you.
A FIRST-CLASS START.
Stand, rather, as all good men must
stand, for the rigid enforce, without fear
or favor, Of every statute upon the stat
ute-bOoks. Tn 1t is good start. And
when this principle is well established, |
and you stand with us now for it, we
will stand with you when you get law
that suits you better, and you will have
sentiment that will back it up; but if
you don't stand with us now, but en-
courge in any way, directly or indirect |
ly, the spirit Of lawlessness, to what will
you appeal when you get the law you
want?
Il want to say this further There
may have been time in the past when
the Republican Party of Indiana had
dalliance with the liquor interests; but
beg to say to all who hear me today that
when the platform Of the last State Con
vention was read ami received with
cheers BY the great masses who heard
il, any dalliance between the Republican
Rarity and the Liquor League was sever
ed once and forever. Great applause
When the Resolution fell from the lips
of the Chairman of the CommIttee on
ResOlutions,a a trumpet was sounded that
will never call retreat
LIQUOR DEFYING THE LAW.
"Why ? Simply for the reason have