Blue-grass blade., 1892-09-03

That saloon keepers defiance o.
the city was protracted until it wa:
generally known throughout the city
and they never did arrest him. But
of these officers of the city who get
their living out of rich offices of the
city, who gained such praise from The
newspapers ofthe city for their val.
or in threatening me, known to GO
unarmed, and to entertain Quaker
convictions about fighting, there was
not one to put in an appearance
when you would naturally infer from
the distinguished intrepedity imput
ed to them by the press of the city
that any one of them would not
have hesitated to walk up to that de-
fiant saloon keeper and yank him of
to the station house without a mo.
ment's hesitancy. But those men
knew that saloon keeper would figh.
aid 1t was not good opportunity
to display their particular kind Of
valor. 1 do not suppose there is q
man in Lexington who thinks that
the men who have distinguished
themselves by threatening to kill me
would have dared approach me as
they did and talk to me as they did
had they tho't that l had arms, and
was ready to use them as they knew
saloon Keeper councilman McNama.
ra was. Saloon keeper that he is
and as much opposed to his business
as / am, I can but express some
feeling of obligation to him for hav-
in thus publicly demonstrated what
IN - ATLANTIS viii do when the true
to t ot-auraga comes. l have to
; dcT more respect for Mcnamara who
come. ..gt boldly in the defence and
Ic.FJci'y Of his business than have
f3- any man who stands in the pul-
pit, and for political reasons, and to
save his salary, apologies for Nc
Namara's business, or even connives
at it: and l believe that that coun-
Gilman has more respect for me, who
openly oppose his business, than he
has for those men who designingly
apologize for it. 1t seems strange
but one OF the first men to come to
see me and express his sympathy for
me in Jail in Paris was Jack AleXan-
der, man whom l had befriended
when he used to be carpenter, and
men now engaged in the saloon bus
mess In Lexington, Catholic and
Protestant have, since my imprison-
ment by the Christian church in Par
is, welcomed me back to Lexington
and expressed for me cordial SYM
pathy" that l believe is more gen.
uine than that the Republican party
expressed for Temperance" in 1888.
BY the way the g. o. p. has since
then concluded that the word "cor-
dial" sounded too much like fanat-
ical enthusiasm for temperance, and
at its recent meeting at Minneapolis
left off the word "cordial,' and ex.
pressed, Tor temperance, its 'sym-
pathy" pure and simple.
The maliciousness and collusion
of the Paris Christian church with
the liquor interest in their prosecu-
tion OF me, has been demonstrated
by the fact that the same spirit and
same combination that put me in Jail
also put in Jail William I. Ficklen.
was under indictment for pub
fishing letter that Mr.. Ficklen had
written me.
My policy was to allow that church
to exhibit to the world its animus
by putting me in Jail, and made no
defense, though ] could have com
manded any number of witnesses of
the truth of what l printed in let
ter that was the principal occasion
of that church's anger against me
and that was written by a man who
said hs was Il member of the Chris
tian church and mailed to me from
Paris. Such leaders of Democracy
in Kentucky as Gen. JnO. b. Castle
man and Judge John G.. Simrall, OF
Louisville, telegraphed me offering
their assistance and Christian gen
tlemen of Carlisle represented by X.
A. King wrote me, asking if they
might be permitted to raise the
amount Of my bail and employ Col
RObt. c.. Ingersoll to defend me.
Many of my friends have reproach-
ed ne that I did not defend myself
aEC ahUndantiy prove all that my
DaEe. aad said about that church rs
.la cJAWoH aea..m Mt IS that could
,a j. lgve Caac. but ny belief that
/ q .-aa.i,a from tue sentiment and
aLiuu. ii that church would max,
ir.cals .Cr Prohibition and rOr ne,
has been aduud.ntly verified by the
meeting and greeting that has been
given ne by people Of all political
aud religious iaiths, and by the cheer
tEat greeted me, when | followed on,
upon the stage Of Il crowded LeXing
ton opera house, persons of such dis
tinction in Prohibition work us Mrs
Lathrop, ST. John, Rev. DR.. Funk o
the New York Voice, Prof. Hopkins
and our own George w. Balm. The
same appreciation of me was showl
~ the Kentucky state convention by
the beautiful remarks with whicl
Chairman Harris introduced me tC
the house ald at the National Pro
hibitiOn convention there were mel
and women, from ocean to ocean
who wanted to see me, and shake
hands with the man who had beer
put in iail for his Prohibition work
by church in Kentucky, in thu
county, Bourbon, that has given it;
name to whisky all over the world,
At Cincinnati ] was standing il
the office of the Grand hotel talking
to some gentlemen. n magniiicen
looking woman came to me and sale
lis this editor Charlie Moore tina
they put in Jail in Kentucky y
SAID "Yes." She said "Bless you
dear heart" and gave me both Of he
hands. said"B!ess your dear hear
who are you?' She answered ''Iiel
en- Cougar" and took my arm TO
her escort in the party that consist
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