The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-05-15
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
CONDUCTED By THE W. c.r.u.
THE SALOON EVER A POLITICAL
FACTOR.
BY JOHN B. FINCH.

FACTOR.
BY JOHN B. FINCH.
The following is a synopsis of the last
speech delivered by Mr.. Finch, at Lynn,
Mass, on October I'd, 1887:
II have heard with great pleasure Of
the work going on in your city during
the last few weeks, because our party
believes In all lines Of educational work
in order to prepare them for govern.
ment Of the people, by the people, for
the people. The safety of a govern
ment lies in the morals and intelligence
Of the great masses who record their
opinion at the ballot box. Early in the
history of the Republic, the public bar
room was go much political force that
It was necessary to take means of re-
pressing it.
$50 thoroughly had the people become
aroused that they outlawed it in eleven
States in 1855, and am here to say that
If the southern war had not intervened
they would not have been legalized
grog shop in this country to-day.
"Many church was lacking its
preacher, many school house its
teacher, but did you ever hear of bar
room being closed on account OF the
war? The moral men are the patriots.
When the war closed the attention OF
the leading men was called to the fact
that grog shops had increased to great
extent. Politicians said: we know
you are right in regard to this thing,
but you must wait until we have recon.
structed the South Did men protest
No. They said: We will wait until
you have settled this thing
Having run whisky men on their
ticket we voted for them. They promis-
ed that when they had finished this
thing they would settle our question !;
they gave us political notes to be paid in
the future, and to- day in political capi.
tai they are not worth 5 cents on the
dollar. The negligence of statesmen is
the opportunity of demagogues. You
will never cure cancer by putting on q
plaster or calling in quack.
81 Saw in Chicago that bomb thrown
and policemen picked up from the
ground dead. I saw in st. Louis men
shot down on that railroad and do you
tell me there is nothing the matter with
the labor problem in the country?
"When Mr.. Hayes took his seat as
President, he called the troops from the
south and said: Reconstruction
is accomplished Then we went
to the Republican party and said
Gentlemen, we have waited till you
finished reconstruction now settle the
temperance question: Wouldn't you
have thought that they would have re-
, deemed their pledges and tried to set
tie. it? But no. They said Gentle
men, if you kick against us now, yor
! will undo all that we have DONE Ant
to-day the country stands face to face
! with this great social, industrial ant
labor problem. The government thai
/ fails to face this matter is poor govern
ment. What do existing parties stant
for to-day? Mr.. Carlisle says one thing
i. Mr.. Randall says another. The Demo
Gratis OF Georgia, temperance, those o
Massachusetts,, something else. Car
r you tell me how license Democrat o.
this State can pull in the same harness
|. witha Prohibition Democrat OF Georgia
Can you tell me how temperance Re
publican of Iowa can stand cheek Il
, cheek with the rum Republican o
. Illinois, who demand that no law shal
: be made in regard to Sunday selling?
"a Republican once said to me: =
want you to understand that we savet
the country I said Pm glad you did
= but you don't seem to realize it, and
want you to keep on saving it. I dom
care so much what has been done, bu
! want to know what is going to b
: done. Tell US what you are going to dc
E I tell you the temperance labor and mo
D nopoly questions in this country mus
be met. There is no law more genera
# than this THAT every political privileg
takes with it duty. Don't forget tha
\. there are no rights without duties. TIL
men of Massachusetts once said to
: king: we accept you as our king, bu
Il it is your duty to govern US and invest
i gate public wrongs and abuses an
when he refused they said, failure {
). perform political duty takes away pol
i. tical rights. That was the benefit {
3 your Declaration OF Independence
They took the crown from the head {
. the king and put it upon the voters {
this country, and we must honor II
duties; and man who does not registt
:. his opinion at the ballot box is a politics
dead.beat, and I believe that in thei
eastern States political dead. beatism