Omaha daily bee., 1890-07-31

ing voice in Massachusetts case declared IL
both right in principle and in harmony with
plauscl
simply desire to call your attention to one
more trick, because | cannot go over tho
entire field, \ large amount ol statistical
statement has been made that itecly confess
that have not at my command the statistics
to rcfutc but | want to- go ON the very well
grounded legal principle that false III Part false
In all, MIR. Webster this afternoon, stNudinE on
thls platform with Nmarkahle Suavlty OF
manner undertook to make You believe that
the state of Nebraska had 10 persons in her
insane asylum, Noticed that he did throw in
saving clause, almost under his breath, say
ing that was in 1850 1t was true, but the i'm
preston very likely remaining in your minds
was prohably false. have some kilograms
here We have rapid ways of obtaining in
formation in these days and do You know
yes, you do-that in the last six years two
new insane asylums have been necessary in
your statct have "a telegram from Nj. w.
stone, from the asylum at Hastings, saying
the total number of patients in this in
stttution is 1907 another sent by the
superintendent OF the insane hos
pital located at Norfolk "The
total number of patients is li5:
another report from the Superintendent of
the asylum located in Lincoln giving the
number at3lO And so-yOu have III this state
at the present hour, in your three insane
hospitals and asylunls, total of GA instead
OF 10. Applause. There has been an M
crease IN the last ten years OF lG' per cent IN
the population OF your'stAie ana an increase
of .6s per cent in the number OF your insane
uniortunates
want to call your attention to some more
very pertinent testimony upon this PROPOSE
tion that high license is not success, l
know that Mr. Webster Meets to dcspiSc the
testimony that comes from these men, but [
want TO inform him that was reading from
no Kansas pamphlet and no political docu-
mcnt issued here. TIL, information that /
read was from reputable persons, giving their
names ana their postOhica addresses, as well
as thclr ofticlal positions mat information
was secured by corrcsp0 adenccd directly from
New York with the Individuals them
selves, and they como in here ana
underrkc to offset the s. ltemcnts OF Cover
nor Larrabcc, of james o. Blaine, OF Judge
Daniorth, of Judg e Marshall and OF a long
list of distinguished .cl'lemcn, 10y reading
statistics manufacture very likely on the
seventh floor Of Tue building in Omaha.
Applause. Listen to this quotation: mo
one can deny that the license system as now
existing IN our city has been source of cor
ruptlon and irrcgulartF. 1t has had a dc
tnorall1ihE erect upon nc members OF tne
Guy couhtli ana upon IT,. city cierK' IL mas
eNactcu poltca! SuEpvH from Ihe low owes
ana ounlmels; IL mas 'ol!pelleu the orHerly
liquor dealer 10 support Wllh money ana IN
nuShGc , lhe W very '1 Worsi cement OF me Gi,y,
and has used the IQuor men to do the dirty
work at primaries aud election. "-OMAHA
BEE. Great applause. Satan rebuking
sin. Applause
Tread again. Listen. This is from Chi
cago. The dives and lens, the brawl houses
and thieves resorts are as bad and as fire.
qlent in this city today after five years of
hlgh license as they eyer were with our high
a revenue from vice. but let there be an end
of endorsing the high license us temperance
or reform measure. Chicago Daily News,
the clcanest daily newspaper IN that rather
unclean city. AppLat'e.
Listen to another rom Philadelphia, Pa
Now. of course. bcpd,c am rca ling them
from printed document they have no signi-
cancc. in the lunguale le of Mr. Webster He
would rather manufature his own statistics
and draw on his inattation for his facts than
to taAc them from riputablc sources. "SiX
murdcrers in PhiDtelphia during the
past four months iud all of them di-
rcCtly the result OF drink. 1t is
evident that high licG Sc will have TO be made
very much higher before murderers row Will
feel the effect of ii. Phiadcl phia Evening
Telegraph, prominent representative news
paper.
l have them from s.. Louis and a large
number of sources which l cannot take time
to read will read one 50 rural in its char
acter, | must be pmdoned for pausing a
moment to say. Do my OF you know Hon.
a.. o. Kretzlpger, and would YOU think his
laa5-..= vic wejf-3ty tha9 unE for
statistics brought - the Lord lsIowa
Wheres think Won would. Hear him, the
mayor OF Beatrice, Ntb: Il am certainly not
m -en when | sa2 that for the $4,000
yearly obtained from the saloon licenses the
city annually loses $4,000. -Four years of
caretuls investigator OF the subject
lead me TO conclude hrSt that
the people lose more than they
make out of the sHlool licenses; second, that
high license does not decrease the amount of
liquor consumedi third, that any drunkard,
MINOR or other person who wants liquor can
get II under the hlgh License system; fourth,
that three-fourths OF the arrests made are
Tor drunkenncSS MIN, that hlgh license Is
and SKI that hlgh icerse is known and
considered con. farce by those who
honestly admit its true workings"
will not take time to read numerous other
statistical points which have / simply de-
sire to call your attention 30 the fact that the
most competent persons, such as the editorof
The OMAHA BEE and the mayor of Beat rice
are entirely agreed that high license has been
dismal and a miserable failure in the state
of Nebraska Applause.
Rut T object to hioh license for another
reason I object to high license beoouso If is
eu1inentlv satisfactory to the liou0r mon
themselves. TApylauSel I want TO back mo
that i'm formation by readfng some of their nj
terlnros The Hotel Kcopers, Joiirnol saws
thisf UThc lin,Ior dealers do NOT 0nnnse hiGh
liccnse.n The Nebraska di;tillinp Gonnlny.
"High license has not hurt our business; il
does not decrease the consumption of either
liouor or benrn The Ressrr yVoulxnrnn
saw that hi inh license lessons the consumn-
u