The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-24
SIRENS SONG.
The Cry Of the Prohibltionist fol
Protection Of the Home

The Cry Of the Prohibitionist for
Protection Of the Home"
Cyrus Corning Of Kansas points
out in the following extract from
speech of his the deceptive and hypo-
critical cry OF the professional Pro-
hibitionist in behalf OF protection
for the home"
ITO hide the juggernaut Of death,
old shylock orders his henchinen in
both church and state toblind the eyes
OF the people that seeing, they shall
see not, and hearing they shall hear
not. Straightway they shout, "Pro-
lection to the home," and unfurl to
the breeze the banner Of prohibition,
thinking that the Tapping Of its folds
will drown the VOICE Of woe.
Nearly ten years have passed since
Satan rode on the breezes OF Kansas
with that banner in his hand. 1t has
been ten years Of increasing labor
and increasing debt! No one has
prospered but shylock. 1t has been
ten years of falsehood and perjury,
vice and crime, and Of ruined indus
tries. 1t has been ten years Of ofiic-
iaI corruption, in which the ser
wants" OF the people have ruled with
q rod OF iron, and sold indulgences to
the whitewashed throng to rob vir-
tue and fatten on the morals Of the
land, For ten years the judicial robes
have been replaced by the robes Of
hypocrisy. and the divine himself
has led the army Of hypocrits the
meanwhile screaming from 200, 600
Threats kansas is redeemed from the
curse Of the ''open saloon. To day
a corrupt venal crowd intrench them
selves in Office by buying up the
good shepherd" on the one side, and
by granting permits to jointists on
the other, and immunity to the Wink
ing whisky arsenals that fill every
community in the state. Where the
good shepherd" leads there his flock
will follow, mildly chanting:
..Now ! lay me down to sleep.
pay the Lord my soul to keep
And they are slu,nbering to-day un
mindful OF the storm that is wreck
ing every interest in Kansas.
We urge the people to rise in theil
sovereign might, and hurl this politi
cal fraud from power. then. and no
until then, shall We have Protection
to the home"
We have no disposition to apollo
gize for the evils Of intemperance, o
to place the smallest obstacle in tn
way OF those who are honestly seek
ing the welfare OF their fellow men
through inculcations Of temperance
morality and the practice OF virtu
and sobriety. What we protes
against is the constant cry Of til
Shylock class, who are plunderin
the wealth producers through ever
device Of legislation, combines, INC
nopolies, syndicates, usury an
fraud, and thus producing the nllnot
universal poverty Of the masses, a
, leging that intemperance sthe cause
We heartily concur in and endors
the statement of Mr.. Corning. Gu
, observation for half century COZ
firms US in the belief Of their abst
lutte truthfulness. The strange thin
. is, that through this false cry, use
for the purpose Of diverting publ
D attention from the wrongs that cap
!, talists are intent upon infiicting upo
the people, that the poor devils VIII
are their victims unite in proclaim
, ing inteMperance the cause Of I'll
! poverty that is produced by yicio,
I legislation enacted in the interes
. of the Shylocks and for the expre
I purpose OF making the masses poor