The record-union., 1892-04-09
DEMOREST THE MAN.
What TaIIie Morgan, the Prohibition
Leader Thinks.
He Declares That the Prohibition
Party VIII Cast Million Votes
at the Next Election.

"Will the Prohibition party nominate a
candidate this year?" asked Tribune
representative last evening.
M ost assuredly it will, and poll the
largest vote in the history of the party, ="
replied Tallie Morgan, who is the mana
ger of the National Prohibition Press
Bureau, President of the Prohibition
Party League of Pennsylvania, and
editor of The People, and who is known
among the Prohibitionists from Maine to
California
when and where will your National
Convention be held?'
AT st. Louis, on June 18th, 18th and
30th."
''Who, in your opinion, will receive
the Presidential nomination on your
ticket?" asked the reporter
Wv Jennings Demorest of New York,
replied Mr.. Morgan.
Who is Mr. Demorest Pr
Nv. Jennings Demorest is the proprie-
tor OF the DeHOreSt 1E9QaziHe. and is well
known throughout the nation. He is q
seii-made man IN every true sense OF tho
word. lie has been a publisher since
1860, and has become wealthy through
his genuine American grit and energy.
lie was close friend of Greeley and
other leaders in the abolition movement.
He is now member OF the great printing
firm Of j. j. Little Il Co. of New York
and is recognized as one of the leading
business men of New York City. Mr.
Demorest is also the founder of the DEM
crest medal scheme, which is undoubt-
eddy the greatest educational system ever
introduced in this country.
over thirty thousand public meetings
| have been held III this and foreign coun-
tries and over thirty thousand medals
have been given free of charge by Mr..
! DemorGst. The management Of the gi-
gantic scheme is in the hands of Mrs.
! Charlotte Z. Woodbury., 10 Il. Fourteenth
street, New y Ork. who has under her a
number OF State superintendent This
work alone has cost AIr. DemOrest tens
| of thousands OF dollars, but he says it
shall go right on until the last saloon has
gone forever from American soil"
do you think MIR. DemOrest's nominal
ton will be opposed by any considerable
number OF delegates?"
NO, | do not. Mr.. Demorest's name
is tower Of strength throughout the ma
ton, and he will not only poll every Pro-
hibition vote, bat will bring to the stand
ard The entire NOman's Christian Tenn
perance Union organization, these hun
dreds of medal contestants and their
friends, together with the advanced
Christian sentiment of the land. Noman
that the Prohibitionists could possibly
name would poll within 100 $50 votes that
MIR. Demorest Will"
Are there any prospects Of a union of
forces being effected between the Pro
hibitonists and the Peoples parly?"
THEY WILL NOT UNITE.
"Not in the least. The Peoples party
is organized only to secure certain finan-
cial reforms, while the Prohibition party
is founded on great moral principle
antagonism to the drink traffic, which
touches the heart and conscience of the
nation.'
But are not these financial and social
reforms also important?'
'Certainly they are, and the Prob BIZ
ton platform has for years declared in
favor OF these needed reforms But the
! labor question. for instance, can never be
| permanently settled so long as over
one thousand million Of dollars are
annually worse than wasted over the
saoon bars OF this country. Social re-
forms can never progress while the drink
crime and pauperism-is legalized and
protected by our Government"
Are you not frequently discouraged
by the slow growth of your vote ~
Not in the least. You cannot Judge
the strength of the Prohibition senfi-
menu ny lHe NOCG pOIIeU Dy the no
hibition party, which is the advance
guard of this reform. The Prohi-
bition party has kept up the agi-
tation on the question of prohibit
ton until every church in the
land has declared against the drink
traffic; until every statesman has been
compelled to look into the question. and
until the masses admit that the country
would be far healthier, Weather and
better if the saloon were banished for
ever.
OVER A MILLION VOTES.
''As the political break came over the
slavery question, so it Will come over the
liquor question. | expect the Peoples
party Will Go the same work as the old
Know Nothing party-Dreak up present
political conditions and force a reorgani-
cation. When this comes you Will surely
find that one-half Of the voters will
unite with the party that will de-
clare for the protection of the home. and
the boys Of America from the saloon
| curse. l believe that that time is near at
hand, and | also believe that nearly all
the leading newspapers and magazines
of America will be found fighting the
drink traffic and in favor of the new
party of Prohibition. We will poll at
| the next election a round million or more
of votes. "-Scranton, Pa, Tribune.
SICK headache? Beecham's Pills will
relieve.
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