The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-07-09
EX-GOV. ST. JOHN.
An Address by the Prohibition
Leader.

the man " no had Increased the prOhibi.
ton vote from 10000 to 10000, and
who in 1896 would not only lead the pro-
tho White House." And when get
there" said Mr.. St. John, Il am going
to make Mr.. Daniel Secretary of War
and We will settle this saloon gu stion in
about three weeks" After the laughter
aud applause that greeted this had sub
sided he continued:
''lr our boyh0nd days we used to talk
of this being the LAID OF the free aud the
home of the brave, when tour millions
were in bondage. They talk now of this
being the government Of the people, by
the people, for the people, but it never
was such. There never has been word
Of truth i'll it. 1t never will DE until we
same right to protect her home aud her
boy that we give to the saloon keeper to
destroy both with his ballDr. | made
this same remark once TO an audience
composed of 991 meE and nre women.
1t was in d peultenttary. The next
night | attended a prayer-meetiug where
81 were present .? this number so
were women aud five were msn, and l
thought that if that church got to
Heaven there wOuiin't be enough men
present to sing bass.
You place the power OF the govern
nent in the hands of those who furnish
niue hundred and ninety Que couvicts
out of a thousand. The time is coming
when we will DO just as much ashamed
of that fact as we are that VS. ever held
one person in bondage. We are drifting
into dangerous channels. Concentration
of wealth aud concentration of power
threaten the government uuier which
we live. The liquor tratfi; is thu foun
dation that enables The p ,litician to
WELD corrupt ballot. Under demo
cratic and republican rule there existed
in 1899 III this nation III 900 retail
liquor establishments. In 1890 the
tiuu xiv" II W lJO,OOu, anu Ill
1891 to 240, 900 in round numbers. Did
you good people ever think what that
means? Stand them side by side and
allowing 20 feet front each, there
would be a row OF democratic aud repub.
licaa saloons 920 miles long. Behind
every counter in this country today
stands democrat or republican Thank
| God. belong to a party i'll whose ranks
cannot be found brewer or 4 saloon
keeper. y pretty good party for q
father to belong to
The old deacon in Kansas says be will
never vote the republican ticket any
more, but when the prohibition meetings
are held lie stays at home because he
has his corn to plow. When the rcpub
lican meetings are held lie gets on the
outskirts and be hears the wold rebel. {"
That makes him think he is at Sumter
again, that slavery is to be again forced
on the people and all his prejudices are
aroused. Here in Maryland the demo.
GRAFT says no is never going vote the
democratic ticket again. By and by the
democratic meetings are held. He gets
on the outskirts and be hears the speaker
say "Digger." His prejudices are
republican party wins he will have to
marry "nigger" for his second wife.
He is like the man with the delirium
tremens who told his doctor that he
could stand the snakes, the lion and the
hyena that appeared to him, but he
could not stand that Internal little niger
over there on the bureau playing the
fiddle.
You have the Austl allan ballot law
ia Maryland cut what would you lave
thought fifty years ago il they had run
YOU into stall like a mule because they
were afraid to trust you? You can't be a
free man aud vote ycur own secret ballot
the government has to throw safeguards
around yon. | don't oppose the Austral.
ian ballot; under cur present conditions il
is our only hope to overthrow the saloon.
All law is the crystalized will of the
people, and it commences at the ballot
box. If you vote for a whisky party in
a whisky candidate YOU are "a whisky
voter. The way OF it is this: Whisky
voter, whisky party, whisky law,
whisky saloon. AT one end OF the string
is saloon, aud a. The other end, too
frequently, stands man with white
nscktis If there was 30 whisky voter
there would be no whisky party, no
whisky saloon. Do you suppose the
Kingdom of Christ will ever thrive in
Maryland while there is saloon in it?
You might as well expect pigs and pota-
toes to thrive in the same patch The
pigs might thrive but i. would be hard
on tho potatoes.
Church members say they d1n't want
to throw their ballo:s away. At every
election Christian men go to the POLLS
and deny Christ. Every vote for Cleve-
Land OF Harrison Will be releasing
Barabbas and crucifying that spirit which
would elevate the home. The man with
the white apron aud the man with the
white necktie are guilty OF the same
offence and when the judgment day
comes they will be buck led and tied to-
gether. The liquor traffic wastes 81 ,507 |
900, 900 and costs 100 900 lives annually. |
Put the money IN silver dollars and it |
would make IA train of wagons $50 miles |
long, each loaded with 1000 pounds. Has
any democrat or republican here a word |
to speak in its defence? The only issue !
between the democr attic and republican |
parties is the scramble for office. They |
are not fighting over the tariff, but to |
prevent the whole humbuggerry from |
being exposed. 1t is humbug to tax
what we consume and not what we
possess. The government should be sup |
ported by tax upon wealth and not |
upon poverty. Any tariff that places a
high DUTY on the necessaries of life and
let's stuffed birds come in free is robbery,
1t is wrong to tax the poor mans tin cup
and blanket and let the rich mans dia.
monds come in free. You never can
protect labor by depressing manufactured
products. The Mckinley bill has caus-
ed greater depression in labor than
over was known before. | believe in the
(atherhood of God and the brotherhood
Of man, in the right of every citizen who
has earned an honest dollar to spend it
anywhere on Gods green earth that he
,an get the greatest return. May the
Lord hasten the day when the ballot of
,he church may be distinguished from
he ballot of the saloon.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria