Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-11
PROHIBITION SPEAKERS.

Points From the Leading Addresses
 at the Recent State Convention.
 The New Haven prohibitionists who at tended the state convention held at Hart ford Wednesday returned elated, pro- nouncing the meeting great success, and were particularly pleased with the ad- dresses of Mr. Dickie and Professor Hop kins.
 As Mr. Dickie stepped to the front of the platform he was greeted with the qustion tsWhat's the matter with Dickie?' The unanimous answer was that the gentleman was all right MT. Dickie said he would venture the statement that there is not in the country single city, outside of prohibition territory, of 20, 900 inhabitants or m ore, that is not in control of the cor | rupt element. This evil cannot be reme- \ died by the independent voter. The cleo | tion of good men to office may be very de- sirable, but it is not sufficient. The cleo tion of good man here and there will not | suffice to cure. They must be selected by | political party which lays down the rule 1 that it's candidates must be true to it's principles. The party behind the man is more important than the man.
 Another problem is the equitable distri button of wealth among the people. Null l tiple millionaires are rapidly increasing, and so are the pauper classes. Neither the republican party nor the democratic party has the courage to deal with this problem. l The prohibition party is the only party that can properly deal with the race prob lem Of the south. This problem will re- main unsolved as long as the two issues between the leading parties are what they | are ct present. "I am not here," said he, Ito apologize for the democratic frauds of | the south. But if the conditions were the same the white people of Connecticut-sf Puritan Connecticut-would act as the white people of the south do now, and the black man would vote no more freely here than he does in Copish county, Mississippi. party has been in power, and the problem is not solved yet" MT. Dickie said he thought the most hopeful outlook for 8 solution of the problem was in building up the prohibition party by dividing both the white aud the black voters among themselves Then their votes would be counted.
 The right treatment of the American sa- loon by the American people is the most important problem of all. Neither of the old parties can deal with this. The com petition between them for office is too great. Neither the democrat nor republi- can party could carry the state in open op position to the saloon. Both of them have outlived their usefulness. Nothing is gained by the success of either. It means simply that one or the other gang of corrupt politicians has whooped it up sufficiently before the election to get out the largest number of votes at election. The saloon keeper is the most potential man in politics, right here in Hartford. The pur6cation cannot come from within. l La Ip .ir Tba battle is long, but the time must come when the principles for which we fight shall triumph.
 Professor A. A. Hopkins, formerly of Now York, now of Tennessee, was intro duced as the next speaker. MT. Hopkins said that the political party must be in harmony with the organized moral forces of community, or the morality of the community is in danger. If the license system is an ally of the home, the school and the church, if it makes these better and purer, it is in harmony with the moral forces of the community; but if not, it is an element of danger. The system is de- moralizing and it's effect is bad upon those who do not drink as well as upon those who do. License makes lawbreakers of saloonkeepers. They sell to minors and to drunkards, although the law forbids. If the license system is not l wrong, said he, l and you must have learned the commandments badly. From saloons in general MT. Hopkins passed to an attack on local option. If liquor sell ing is wrong anywhere it is wrong every where. You may not vote to license 8 wrong. You must harmonize your moral and political forces, and that must be done at the polls. It is not enough thas the moral feeling of the individual be touched. All must stand together, 8 solid phalanx. The army must act together. The man | who wants to be harmonizer of moral and political forcos will stand at the polls l on election day for the prohibition party.