Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-13

meeting in the Board Of Trade room, Sat
urday night, 10 hear David il. Burwell of
Ohio. Mr.. Burwel is u natural orator and
is thoroughly informed upon the great
question upon which he spoke Besides
with his fine baritone voice he delighted
his hearers with Prohibition songs l.. W.
Brosius presided.
MIR. Burwell said that he wanted to
instruct and benefit some one on the Pro-
hibitIon question, and to make honest
statements founded on good solid logic.
He wantedto marshal the good people Of
the country against the sale of intuXiCants;
TO protect the homes and dear ones. This
is battle for home and God. Shall this
be a government of the people, for the
people, and by the people, or shall IT be
government ofthe saloon, for the saloon,
and by the saloon9
We are informed that very large an.
dienCe assembled at the Opera House to
hear Senator Frye of Maine on the taril'
question. Undoubtedly the senator m:lGc
a good speech from the Republican stand.
point. But we are here tonight To con,
slider political question that Ear ont
weighs and transcends in Importance the
tariff question. We are brought face to
face with an organized evil in the land.
> That threatens the very existence OF this
republic Contrast this audience with the
one NJ the OpeIgl House. ana consider the
and we are asioHndGd al what VIC see. Hud
ask why this criminal curnlessuess and
stolid indifference People will 90 Wild
over the tariff question. bit rvince little or
no concern abnNt this Prohibition lnhs-
tlun. The total collections If turlE dEttrS
III 1871 were less than Hg2Ntl9tpt W.tilc
the drink bill of the t'Hitri @5at24 ri!s 5lIi
less than 81 .2OU,uO)UG Hrrm&r muan,at
point OF view the tariff nales i' utter
lnSiEniiicance AS compared Ni.u tUis drink
problem.
The Democratic and Republican pUtic,
are responsible for the more than .iliuuU
lcgai1ed drink-Sh0ps tH or land and
every rGmsellcr who cpsplUnt, the b'.7ino,s
OF drlnkarti-makiUg is CjtAcr llusA 0rnt
ar Republican, because hu knows these
two Old parties are MS true 10 tie liquor
trade III thC needle Is 10 the pole
senator Frye thnnkrl the women for
their presence amt spoke ur the nprrs. ity
OF every woman Understandings the affairs
OF this government that She ha- q great
influence and should usc thut influence far
what She believes Is best Bat dHl Ea irll
of the thousands of wives ana mothers in
this Christian G. land who sit in sorrow,
lGnhrN and Woe, rs the direct result Ut The
liquor traffic, which the Republican PARTY
legalizes, fosters and protects No, not
word but he did say in a speech daliv-
cred in Lewiatpwn. Me, September ith,
1881 mo one in this audience will differ
with,me relative to- the evils of this Mnloch
monster, intenprrancc, unless PERHAPS
il be the rulusetIer, aud | ask, il lie en-
Titled to an opinion Is his opinion worth
anything? My deliberate judgement is
and ] measure my wOrdS--there is no
worse man to be found than the rumseller
and so far rs his opinion is concerned in
this question, | say that il every rum
seller i'll the country were in iaii to-day the
tpllntrV wH1IlH lao Il.
better of. y There is no man in
America who has tormcnted me, pulit-
cally, more than Hon, Neal Dow. lie is
always making thrusts at the Republican
party, morning, noon and night, hut say
II he Will Keep on sticking the knife into
the runlseller at the same time he can keep
on tOrmcnting any party that ne choose!
say, thank tod for tile fanatics. neal
Dow started this (rruAtDitiunl law and il
is the best Law in the world; the only
enemy OF the rumsailer. License Is no
remedy. Liquors sold under license III
toXlcate as quickly rs those sold illegally
under, prohibition. If you license rum.
drinking 70 make men sober then why not
llcease thieving to make them honest and
prostitution TO make them yiruous"
And yet Scuatnr Frye supports and
pleads for party whose certain .policy i
to license the liquor traffic, Which he saws
is 10 remedy. Why didn't the senator ok.
pam that sympathy resolution in hi4
partys platform? lie acknowledges that
tariff reform Democrat is not 50 bad as
q rumseller. be he RepuhlicMlur Democrat,
but he has ITO word Of condemnation
OF this monster NlOloch Of intemIcr.
ance
referring to Mr.. Mckinley, the speaker
said he Mr.. Mckinley was a gOrl riti2en
and astatesmml, but de was de!uird "a. lhf
tariff question: Not many years nsl in
ONO he was opposed 10 putting, license in
inc state constitution ami sAiG Ghtt he felt
like becoming a lrUhibiriDnist and iisht
, lng for them, but u Republican politician
OE Cincinnati plcWRd with him Il. remain
~ the party rs he wG5 q ynuug man Uui
that the party would pit him where he
wanted - be. At heart i,ogrruur MclSiu,
ley is q IrohibitiOnist. John Wannnnl,,
made W speeches ~ Pennsylvania, - thC
amendment to the constitution, before sun,
DAY schools. on God counts the halio.s
and lie would count John WaAamukcrsS
me SPEAKER tlcn asked HOW any decent
honest Methodist Mr.. iarWr,l i 4 MOI. "a.
dstl could % to the polls and Vote any
thing but Jhe Prohibition tCNgt; how CIR
they 60 from the Methodist church a,g
vote To Perpttuatc the saloon The Euitol
dealers ike to have the good people ~ +,
the polls aud vote With them lie rum
sellers say hat as long ~ thcy rtt ke,i
the church ani preachers qlugJ they art
all right, The reason there is NOT NOR,
enthusiasm IN Wilmington Is bcruusgth,
preachers are lame "a the quest iuu vyt
cannot reform the Liquor taiiic
The Democratic and Republican par,ir
90 not want 10 sctt.e the tariff question
il they uii there would be 10 ta,tlp. luprt
IS only a nigkel's Difference hatwepu ia,
Mckinley and Mills bills and We, t!Ipy wi,
hight whole campaign over Il nickel
ihere arc, some say, ln' as mean wopl,