Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-01-31

hibition. We had to have som,
name for it, and that's what W,
happened to call it.
The good people of this cit,
are under more obligations thar
any people in America to try tc
crush out this liquor influence
here; because this State is the
greatest whisky manufacturing
State in the Union, and this city
is the political head OF this State
There seems to be almost q
universal sentiment among the
best class of society here that
if they will combine the best
elements of both of the old po-
litical parties there would be
enough moral and intelligent
people here to crush out the peo
pie now in power.
IF under these circumstances
these good and intelligent people
make no effort to combine, they
not only act foolishly in a bust
ness point of view, but they act
immorally.
Can't our leading moral men
among the Republicans and those
among the Democrats get to-
gether and talk over this matter,
and see if they cannot have a
meeting of that class of people to
confer about thisy You do not
want a mass meeting, but you
should have a committee who
shall select the persons who are
known to be friendly to this idea,
and they should be specially in
vited to the meeting and they
only should be expected to take
part in its deliberations.
You ought not to have u single
lawyer or editor or politician
among those that would be ex-
pected to participate in the meet
ing.
To such meeting all of our
and College Presidents
and Professors should be invited.
l am satisfied that the public
here is ripe for a move
IN this line, and if some one or
TWO gentlemen who are pro-
bounced Republicans or Demo-
,rats will take the initiation in
his matter, and start out with
purpose of making concession
ind to conciliate, / believe they can
Effect a revolution that will over
brow the present condition of
lffairs, and fill our council and
'ffices with the finest men in this !
'ity.
Our present city hall should be
old for union railway station
n something of that kind, and
m some such place as the burnt
district on Cheapside there should
re an elegant city hall building,
nd such gentlemen should COM
'ose the council, and such ques-
ions should be discussed in it,
hat it would be a hice place for
aides, or anybody who wanted
o hear intelligent discussion, to
70 g and attend the deliberations
# the council.
The deliberations of one of our
present councils are a disgrace to
he city. The members smoke
Until the atmosphere of the house
8 not fit to breathe, and then in
lncultivated language the main
eature in every meeting is the
discussion of license tor saloons,
he conclusion almost invariably |
icing that anybody can have a
1t is humiliating to US who
lave to live in this town to have
o contemplate these things all
he time, and the knowledge
Ibroad that this is the state of
.ffairs here will deter the better
lass of people from coming here,
Ind continually invite the worst
class to come here.
five would do that here in the
city l am satisfied that the inhu-
,nce would almost at once extend
% the county and from that all
over the State.
The saloon and liquor drinking
club room are Indispensable for
the kind of political management
that we now have here, and with
these destroyed better state of
affairs would most naturally en-
sue.
1t might not be eXpedient for
pronounced Prohibitionists to
take any prominent part in the
Inauguration of this idea, but
they will gladly assist if their CO.
operation is desired.
A Catholic Irish COun Gilman