Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1892-01-02

faith.
1t is barley possible that the re.
ports do not do Mr.. Bronston full
justice. We hope for his sake
that they do not, :;or everybody
who knows him, knows he has
abundance of capacity to under
stand the issue, and the duty oil
every good citizen in regard to
them, and they hope to see him
on the right side.
The Louisville Times says
Statesman Brouston took the belle
of the Bluegrass region, Lexing-
ton by the hand last night and
pointed, if he didn't lead, the way
out of the labyrinth of impurity in
which she is, or magines herself to
be, lost. "There are evils that
can not be eridicated by law"
said the leader OF the late Constr
tutional Convention" but if we
will all be good little boys and
girls and withdraw the patronage
from these bad institutions, they
will perish for lack of sustenance
and disappeare from the face Of
the EARTH" Strange that so
simple and effective a remedy was
never thought of before. It's as
easy as lifting yourself over the
fence by the straps of your boots.
All of the above is from the
Jessamine Journal, Democrat
Hon. G. j. Bronston is one of
the brightest intellects in the state
of Kentucky, and as soon as he
can get the courage of his convic-
tons he will be a champion Of
Woman Suffrage and Prohibition.
The blood is in him to do it. His
grandfather and mine preached
the same religion, and when his
grandfather was very old
preacher and l was a very young,
one we stood in the same pulpit.
AS the leader of the great Con-
stitutianal Convention the liquor
traffic and the distillers. He was
one of the three or four who lis
tened like a gallant gentleman to
what the ladies asked of the con-
vention.
He had more brains than all the
rest of the convention put to
gether, and the Blade is on record
as having said it at the time.
He is "coming, coming, coming,
as the angels clear the way" and
when he gets there, there will be
a hell roaring time.
He's a true blue Campbellite,
and hates Presbyterianism as much
as 1 do. The buns and some
preachers and hymn-book fellows
had it all fixed up that Bronston
was to kill me here about a year
ago, but when he and McGarvey
get to cumming it, l am not
scared like [ was.
would gladly pay 100000
out of my own pocket, and run
the risk of having somebody. to
make it up to me. to have him
announce himself as a Prohibi-
ZIONIST.
There is no one man in Amer
lea who to-day could do as much
for Prohibition. AS soon as be
says the word Lexington is fol
Prohibition; as soon as Lexington
goes, Kentucky goes, and then Gas
Kentucky goes so goes the
Union.'
AS soon as Charlie Bronstor
confesses with his mouth what he
believes with his heart, and with
his brain, that Prohibition and
Woman Suffrage are "the twins
as Mrs. Henry calls them, that are
to save this country, he can button
that Prince Albert across his
breast, and set his head back, like
a blue ribbon horse, and walk
right over Billy Silvertongue, and
Bill Owens and Jim Mulligan fol
Congress.
Such men as McGarvey and
Mathews and Rucker and JOSIAH
Harris and George Balm and
Beauchamp, and such women a.
Mrs. Henry, and Miss Laura Clay
and Mrs. Nield-baby and all
would take the stump for him, ant
there would be the man who
could gracefully wear the mantle
of the dead Henry Grady.
At that black mark
raised my window to look dowr
on q brass band that were march
ing below it.
They belonged to a theatrica
company that plays "Ten night
in bar ROOM" In Lexington
it's Ten bar-roOms an a night.
There's only one drawback t.
me, on Bronston's turning Prohi-
bitionist. There wont be any us
for the Blue Grass Blade when h
does, and l will have to 60 bacl
to the farm blowing, and | am get
ting too fat to work.
Now l am going to tell yoI
something. l expect to live to Sc
the day when l shall have see
Prohibition an accomplished fact
just as Cassius NJ. Clay saw sla
very overthrown, and like him
be able to retire to my farm life
and be able to say 81 have see
the travail of my soul, and shal