Omaha daily bee., 1890-07-31

MIR NCOStcr-WCl, That Is worse yet My
friend DiClue here asserts that IL was
published in the interest Of the liquor deal.
ers Has 1t como TO this that the only pro.
bibition organ you have ON Gods green
earth has sold out 10 the liquor intercsti
MI Dickie-You don't want to be re
.pon .Iblc for thuti
'Nlr Wcbstcr-l am responsible for the
statement that that paper published it, and
Il is prohibition paper, and | have
right 10 accept II as proof that you endorsed
MIR. Dickc tits.
MIR Wcbstcr-Thcn don't kick about II and
try TO get out Of it. What did you publish it
In the Liquor interest fort
Mr. DicNc-We did not 10 so.
MIR Wcbstcr-Lct me tell YOU what the re-
suits are. That paper says that in 1855 there
was sold of malt liquors in the state of Iowa
l97,3J! barrels. And in the state of Nebraska
for the same year there were sold but si,s3s
barrels of beer Put il down in gallons!
Thirty.onc gallons to the barrel aud here is
the table: There was sold in the state OF
Iowa in 1856, under stitutional prohibition,
6,llN,OOO gallons of beer In the high license
state Of Nebraska and you little "original
package man listen to this-only 2,6!',OO
gallons; or, in OthcrwoNs, in that little pack
age state Of Iowa, under prohibition, YOU
drank 3,tSSOOO more gallons Of beer than the
people of our state. Applausel.
Let us take that same little bit Of n table
and get another thing out of it, want to
see what they were doing in New Hampshire
st the same time, in 1856. They brought
down there, according TO that same table,
B32, 800 barrels Of beer; that is about barrel
70 the man, because you have only little
over $40, 900 people down there. Reducing it
10 gallons, you have lO,3lO, $50 gallons OF beer
sold in that little bit of a state of New llamp-
shire. While in the state of Nebraska, with
four times the population of the state of New
Hampshirc, four times as big as New EaInp.
shire, we consumed but 262991O gallons of
beer. Or, in other words, in prohibi-
ton New Hampshire, one-fourth the
size of the state of Nebraska, they drank
1850, 1872 more gallons of bcCr than did our
high license people out here. Applause |
want to tell you, fellow citizens of the state
OF Nebraska. that you are living in vir
tuous well behaved state, if you only knew
IT, Applause. If they trans fcrrcd some
Of you good prohibition people of the state of
New Hampshire, or over in the state OF
Maine, where they drink so much beer you
would lose your identity in about twenty-four
hours, Applause
want to give my friend over here the
benefit of another table. | want to say to
these same people that Senator Blair, from
the state of New Hampshire, wrote a book
giving the history of the temperance move
ment covering over SIX hundred pages, and
put the same table in the book from which |
gather this statement and from which can
give precisely the same computation, and Mr.
Blair vouCheS for its correctness. He tells
you Ill Jntll DOOk IndJ lie llau "a statement
prepared for his own use; he tells who pre-
pared it, got ii at his solicitation, and Of late
years the Voice publishes the same thing;
and when use that against them, they come
back and make complaint against that paper
Is If it was published in the liquor interest
In that same book of Senator Blairs there Is
another table that is very interesting reading.
Mark you, am taking this from the prohibi-
ton side; am not taking anything out of a
pamphlet; | am not taking it out of any cir
| N n trnt 11y II Sru
prohibition campaign
My friend did say that in Dakota they had
Al argument that is pretty near as good as
the one made up here, | want TO thank
these people for their intelligence in finding
out so much truth. Laughter. The only
thing had observed about it was that if that
little Original PACKAGE had known about
that thing so long he did not try TO answer
thing that was not true.
MIR Small-There was nothing in 1t. [Grea
laughter and applause.]
MIR Webstcr-That's all right; the laugh
sSsssrns around, you know. So this fun can gC
nunr; fun fatnt n. end until Small and leave
Other table here. There is
Nsasses fzsENiIn that same book
- ~ fha 4'fA& ntor Blair, which is
a. X I.A.sssAa ~ Atabe giving the DUN
ber or looIadasMhe various states of the
union in proportion to the number of inhab
tants In these states. Now, look at good old
prohibition Maine minute: According tC
this table by Blair, for the purpose of show.
Ing the great evil of the saloon business, and
admit the evil, admit 1t is horrible thing
In Maine, If this table is true. Senator Blair
In that table which is put in that book figures
II out that in the state of Iowa there Is one
saloon for every 3T persons. Pretty good
prohibition isn'tit Yes, that is getting ii
around pretty near every mans door isn't It'll
Down in New Hampshire there is one saloon
for every 3fG people. Over in Kansas they
have done little better. They have
only one saloon down there under prohibition
TO SU. They have not had prohibition quite
90 long as they have had in Maine l think
when they have had it as long as they had in
Maine they will have more saloons. In Maine
they have one saloon TO for every 73l people;
In Iowa they have one saloon to every 317
New Hampshire, they have one saloon To
every $40 people.
Now, good people, let me talk to you
minute about Nebraska have tried to hold
mp the banner of the state from this time
began this discussion, and am ready to hold
II up now; am ready to prove from prOhibi.
tion arguments that, Notwithstanding all this
howl about the benefits of prohibition there
are II less number of drinking places In the
state of Nebraska under high license proper
tionate to the population than you have got in
your old prohibition states, and read it from
that same record which shows that in Ne
braska there is only one saloon to every 4S1
people, Applause. How do you like that
tell you with that number of saloons, one L
only 4S7 people, we are not hunting for littl,
original packages like they are in Kansas anC
Iowa. Applause
Another thing; the government Of the
United States keeps a record of all the liccu
ses which are issued by the government FOL
retail salo0nkeepers They qualify then
under the head of retail liquor dealers, ant
that is the character of the stamp. Any mar
who sells liquor without that stamp is liable
80 Toe arrested. If he has that stamp he il
protected from arrest Wen, have that re
port issued by the commissioner of interna
revenue, and l want TO say to yor
that it is the only authentic report accessibl,
20 any man, determining the number o
licenses which are sold by the government Il
retail liquor dealers Throughout the United
States Well, what does it sEowl II shows
this: On page 81 of that record-and | wan
10 tell these people where to find it, if they
think am not telling the truth about it--oI
pages b TO 81 of that record will be found {
table which shows that in the year 1889
which is the last completed year, mark you
there were issued to the state Of Iowa uudel
the prohibition constitution, under the same
doctrine that you advocate, which you say
does prohibit 1913 licenses as retail liquor
dealers Very good isn't it, for prohibition
Iowai Yes. II is no wonder they have go
down there one saloon to every 400 or 3Ot
people, according to that 1t proves wha
Senator Blair said To be true.
Mr.. Small-YOu fellows have got them anC
run away with them.
Mr.. Wehster-Mr. Small must say we rur
away with them or something like that, We
fought for fun, reckon, and took them down
south.