The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-26


One of the Great Parti es to Terms.
On the train leaving Memphis Yesterday
morning was DIR. j. b. Cranfll, OF Waco,
Tex, the great apostle OF prohibition in
the Lone Star State. The doctor has
achieved quite national reputation by
his fight against the power of King Alco-
hol, and last year had to molestly confess
that he was too young to be a candi-
date for the Presidency, to prevent several
Southern States from instrucling for him.
The doctor was on his way from Louis
vile, where he had been attending as a
lay delegate u Baptist convention. lie
was returning to his Texas home to con-
tinuc his warfare and 'pulverize the rum
power as is his custom aud which is his
Shlbboleth.
In chat which lasted over some thirty
or forty miles run, the great prohibition
advocate said TO an APPEAL representa-
tive:
every time cross the Mississippi River
| experience feeling of undesirable
| pleasure. | mean when get on the west
side of it. cant say why, but somehow
or other don't feel ut home on the east
side of the fathers Of waters You see |
was born on the prairies OF Texas, and
when | put between me and my home, the
sullen majesty OF this mighty stream,
| feel one in Il strange land. Cordial? Bless
your soul, yes The most cordial and
| whole-souled people on earth, are those
| IN ali lint IL
question. You might as well expect n
mulc-earcd rabbit To live contcntcdly in a
| chapparel thickct rs TO expect me To feel
at home away from the prairies OF North
| Texas. ! cant do il.
"Do | think that prohibition has sui.
iercd setback 10y the results OF the late
clcction2 Not much. Revolutions never
| go backward and God Almighty is always
| behind n good cause. We are gaining
| ground daily, hourly; We are not ioolishly
INDUCING Ia the hope OF immediate sue
| cess, but we believe that sooner or later
we can divorce the State aud Nation from
! ils morgiuatic marriage with the whisky
| traffic. The enemy is powerful and un-
! scrupulous; Il is strongly Cntrenchcd and
! will bc difficult TO dislodgc, but We have
nm abiding and mistaken faith in the
| good sense and cool judgment of the
American people and they will eventually
| absolvc themselves from the thralldom
| that Expresses them.
"Will be a candidate for the Prcsi.
dcncy next time? hope not. am not
able 10 afford H. IL costs money, time aud
ln8r, for which no pocuniary reward h
! youchsaicd Whoever is the candidate
must expect TO lose timc and money in q
Just but improbable cause II nominated
Oh, then shall have To accept You see,
under such circumstances will no longer
be plain Cmnhll, an individual, but the
chosen representative OF q cause that
burics in It's wake all thought OF personal
interest
II think We will poll at lcls, /. 100000
votes next election. This will give as q
standing In court, aud some ono OF the
dominant parties will bc only too eager to
make terms with Ms. This viii mean a
triumph Tor our principles. Whenever the
issue Is fairly Joined and submitted 10 the
American people right will triumph, aud
We are right The ProhIbitionists are In
better fighting trim now than ever before.
They are now au irrcprcF.ible, indivisiblc
entity, held together 10y the cohesive
powers of consciousness, righteousness,
aud the potential iuherncy of just
cause. They are bound 20 grow and tri.
umph.
"Thc greatest acccssions to the prohibi.
ton ranks will be from the laboring masses.
Labor leaders are better posted, ! lind, on
economic questions than any other class
OF CItizrus. They are not pariisans and
can afford to be- honest with themselves
aud To make honest investigations. They
are out OF the madionlng swirl Of partisan
/ O. l.ss
They see facts rs thcy exist. What are
vague theories to others are palpabIo dog
mas 10 them. They do not ~ 10 much 0u
sentiment as the old.iime prohibitonist.
They urc more philosophic mate
nalistic, u YOU please. and II they lean a
irilc too much 10 Ricardo, Mayzini and
Spencer, they cr temporarily only, and
will soon come around 10 the proper
course. Their radical uttCranccs are caused
primarily by the cXcusablc desperation o
honest effort. / my CNcusablc a1yiscdly
because | know how they must feel, au,
upcfhumanly heroic a man must be IN {
/ cause OF this kind who never becomes h.
rtablc or dependent
81 have talked with many Of your muCl
I dcspiscd labor agitaiors aud ] have lcarnr,
{ much from them. Their argument Us log
. | ical labor creates nll wealth. The si
loon aud dmm shop that honoycomb ever,
CITY. independent Of thu waste Of man
, hood, isa waste oi wealth; ergo, the ~
] loon Is tax on labor. Now, u the fruit
, ui labor that are suulndcrcd In the lipup
/ Traffic annually were diverted tO the main
/ truancc oi tho labDriug masses, think hoy
A. infinitely better would De- their condition
3 "lhyso labOring men are beginning Z,
, src this. and when they see 10 they vii
/ net upon IT, We DO not care whclhc
/ | national prohibition b. brought about b,
|. one parry ~ another. Al We desire is lh
II oNultuaiiuu OF King Alcohol, aud this vi
d will soon have. We have Loot the umo
\ sorycr, aud t,ndpriooird gentry, all tu
. iuugoId parasites have been eliminate.
!. from our mnks, and those remaining nnD
\ those 10 come arr and will be- Prohibition
70 sls from principle. And, mark YOU
!. That principle 3 right and will yet trI
!. umph. We will continue ~ keep ou
!. forces in shape and a ticket In the Gel
/. every election. We mean o. force th
d Gsht aud be- the party militant Ia th
s future