Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-11-04
THE PROHlBITIONlSTS.
Good Rally In Music Hall and the RepublI
cans Badly scored.

cans Badly scored.
Last evening = very enthusiastic Pro-
hibition rally was held in Music Hall.
street parade was first made, led by the
Young American Drum Corps, l.. M.
Monroe, leader slocum Post Quartette
was on the stage and rendered several Sc
lections in very acceptable manner.
Henry B. Metcali acted as Chairman,
and before introducing the speakers,
made short though interesting speech.
During the course OF his remarks he said
that Republican paper published in
this city had said that the Prohibition
party had been drifting down stream ever
since the Republican party awoke. II that
was SO, he wished the Republica party
had awoke long before, for the Prohibi-
tion party is stronger than ever.
He said he had been Republican, but
found in 1889 that the Republican party OF
Rhode Island had no use for men with
hearts and conscierces. (Applause.)
He believed when party is right, sup
port party; when wrong, try to make II
right; when that cannot be done, bolt II
and bury IL. He said he belonged TO the
Republican party OF Lincoln. Then the
party was right. He tried to keep it right
but 1889 settled him and he bolted and
hoped Others would do the same.
"The mantles OF Lincoln and Sumner
have not fallen rightfully on the shoulders
of Quay, Brayton, James Hanley and
Edward smith," said the speaker; ~ de-
cline 10 follow"
He ably compared slave oligsrchy with
liquor oligarchy, and not Republican
paper dares attack the liquor traffic. Eva
sion il the order OF the day.
Tomorrow night" he said, "you will
hear the doctrines Of protection, so called,
expounded In this hall. The weakness of
protection is that IL is being used as
football for partisan purposes. The pau
per labor OF Europe does not ipjure the
workingman near so much as the liquor
traffic, and ask all to study the facts"
DIR. A. X. Gibbs of Boston was intro
duced, and In an eloquent, interesting sd-
dress expounded the principles Of his
party. He said il was not over -produc-
tioD that was troubling this country, but
under consumption and the unequal dis
trbution OF wealth Fourth OF July
orators speak about this great, ine coun>
try; how every man, rich and poor, counts
the same at the ballot box. Seventy five
per cent. OF TINS is humbug. The Almighty
dollar is ruling; not the brains and Drawn
OF the country.
To give the devil hrs due, he said, the
Democratic party is honest in the matter.
The party believes in personal liberty as
Is shown by MIR. CleveIand's letter, but
the Prohibitlonists promote protection
by suppressing the liquor traffic first;
then personal liberty. Continuing he
said, Judging from he past record OF the
Republican party in Rhode Island, what
can be expected OF it2
He read extracts from the National
Liquor Dealers platform and the platform
OF the Republican party and asked the
audience TO tell him which was which.
give ii up" someone said.
"Well, my friends" said he, "it were
you and unable to distinguish my plat
form from that Of the National Liquor
Dealers Association, would get down of
OF that platform or never claim to favor
prohibit ion.
Help us out this year and then we
will do sonnet hing for you" has been the
whine OF the Republican party. Rhode
Island had Prohibition long before the
Republican party came in power. The
prohibition law was repealed by the Re-
publican party. II had Charles II. Bray
ton at the head OF the State constsb bulary
during prohibition times.
You know him. There is no need for
me to say anything about his confusion
Of his accounts in the Postoffice; but
everybody knows him AS as a notorious
saloon politician. (Cries OF "True, True.)
After two years OF non enforc .ment the
question was re- submitted by a Repub-
lican Legislature and lost He read from
Brayton's letter TO the liquor dealers OF
Nebraska stating that be would manage
their campaign for u reasonable remuDera-
tion.
Another extract from the letter from a
was read, and stated 5000 was paio to
one Republican for his work in repeating
the law. These are not Democrats, said
Mr.. Gibbs, but all wool and yard wide
Repu blicans. The record OF the Republi-
can party was bad, but OF all the damna-
BILE records IL was In Rhode Island.
He closed amid great applause, and
Edwin A. Lewis OF Westerly, candidate
for Congress, made few remarks.
Thomas II. Peabody Of Westerly came
next and said the famous May session
settled him as Repu ublIcan, and at the
same time, 1889, the Providence Journal
insulted every woman temperance worker
in the State by calling them "The Army
OF the Amazons."