The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-08-24
PROHIBITION TALK.

| necessarily ldlQ over yesterday on dC-
count of lack of space. At the point
where our account Tuesday ended,
Elder lockwood, of Garden City,
made some remarks, comparing the
Prohibitionists with the early Adolf
tionists. They must finally succeed,
as eternal justice, eternal right and
the hope of mankind is on their side.
The delegates to this convention, as
they come into this city, may be look
ed upon with pity and disrespect, but
not as much so as the Abolitionists
were. He favored nominating only a
portion of a ticket.
e. Griffith, an old gentleman Of this
city, said that he would rather be de-
feated in the right than succeed in
the wrong. The Democrats respect
us, while the Republicans try to coax
us off by saying they are as good Pro-
hisitionists as we are-they are, eX-
cept on election day. l was Demo-
craft formerly, and vote the ticket
when there is no Prohibitionist to
vote for. l am over eighty years old,
but as long as God will let me live,
and l can walk to the polls, shall
vote the Prohibition ticket.
One young man wanted the Pro-
hibitionists to separate entirely from
the old parties. He thought his
party had been helping them too
much, and would not have Prohibi-
tiOnlsts vote for any one on the other
| tickets.
Mr.. Griffith several times called at
tention to the fact that it would be
hard to raise much money to pay for
getting many names on the ticket.
He favored nominating only Mrs.
Stevens, and the party can show its
strength by electing her, as he claim
ed it did once before.
One delegate claimed that what
allied the party was pride, and that
the party would not show it's weak
ness any more by not nominating a
full ticket, than it would by putting
up full ticket, and then failing to
get some of the names on the ballot.
Rev. ]. f. Stout was called for, and
said that he is ProhibitiOniSt, and
had been ever since ST. John ran fol
president. The folks in his party
were so mean toward the folks who
had gone out of it that he had jump.
ed out of it and had never regretted
it. He would vote for principles and
let matters Of policy come after
wards. In the two old party plat
forms the tariff is the main thing.
After all the months of struggle the
Democratic senate comes out where
VIM. Mckinley came out, who was
ahead of his party few years ago.
There are a few little changes, and
the tariff will never be settled as the
east is going to have tariff. The
great struggle now is between two
names. South of Mason and DiXons
line the name Republican" acts like
a red flag before bull. Put the
principles of heaven in Republican
platform and no southern ministers
would vote for it. The same applies
in the north, as no Republican old
soldiers would vote for the principles
of heaven in Democratic platform.
1t ought to be struggle between
principles and not names. am vot-
ing a protest against the present
method of running the government,
which is of the 'ins' and 'Outs," a
question of which gets in and which
out. When S900,O00,00 is spent for
liquor every year, and 0,000 people
60 to drunkard's grave every year it
is time that something of the princi-
pies of heaven got into the principles
of earth, to protect our sons and
daughters. That is why l am Pro
hibitionist. / have admiration and
respect for what the Republicans have
done in the past, but want some
thing besides the shave DONE" !
want civil reform, and reconstruction.
We played cowardly act when we
gave the negro vote and turned him
loose on his enemies. 1t is no use to
say that the negro has a ballot in the
south, and he never will have as long
as it is fight between two wards.
Then there is the Mormon difficulty.
Of course I can't vote the Democratic
ticket, as l would as soon cut off nv
right hand as vote for party which
declares that it has nothing to do
with sumptuary laws. We don't in
tend to help them in the north as as
sistant Democrats. (Applause.) We
don't intend to help the Republicans
in the south. We intend to vote for
our convictions (Applause.) 1 am
not troubled with the day of small
things, as God awaits his time. am
glad ingalls, has been converted as it
is claimed he has been by Sam Jones.
He said that the ten commandments
have nothing to do with politics, and
that all is fair as in love and war. In