Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-22
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A TELLING RET0RT.


| IN ol lne same opinion stlll'
This quotation, which was one Of the
last utterances OF Hon. r. II. Jones,
Ia closing the debate at the city hall
last night. embraced the theme as well
az the perorntlon Of the most pithy, II
! not the most eloquent GRAFTON delivered
thus far In the local option campaign.
But he said another thing by way OF
sharp rejolnder which will perhaps be
| more often quoted today and laughed
! over than anything else, even the most
searching argument that was albCed
! on either side OF this very interesting
| and entertaining debate with Andrew
| Jackson. The young lawyer had told
| how when he was news agent ON "A
| train. drinking man was spending
| his money freely In the smoking car,
| had refused to buy two bananas for
his crying children At the request OF his
| poor wife. who sent him word from
another car. lie told the story very
effectively and excited "A great deal OF
| pity for the poor woman and her chill
drcn.
But Mr. Jones asked him why he
didn't give the children the two ba-
nunas'
II ever an audience yelled 1t was
then.
This Ia sample OF the way Mr.
Jones took on MIR. Jackson throughout
the discussion.
Mr.. jackson had scored strongly
against Mr.. Jones In reply to the snr-
castle query. why don't you prohibit
men from entlng cabbage and pota-
toeSY' He produced startling array
Of the statistics OF crime produced, he
argued, by tho liquor traffic and fire.
aucntly recalled the expression, cab
bage and potatoes" at the end Of very
eloquent and forceful periods, ali Of
which was lost In the tumult of
laughter which followed Mr.. Jones
question, coupled with the suggestion
that Mr. Jackson should add "ba-
hlnhs TO the cabbage and pota toes"
which he had taken FOR ms text.
but the address OF the Young pro-
hlbitlonist was far from being without
merit, containing many flights Of fer
va eloquence. which provoked pro-
longed applause,
The discussion was opened by Mr.. Il.
Stanley Introducing Mr.. Jones
shortly before . o'clock and continued
without intermlsslon FOR nearly two
hours ana a half, no that It was nearly
midnight when the tired audience he
gan TO disperse, a large number leaving
tive close,
lie opened his address with an ex-
preston Of cordial intent and then
proceeded To demonstrate the points Of
NE argument Indicated In the rhymlng
theme above quoted, following the
tN'il' NlNHtlA lnlhhknuNl ms lengthy
discourse, With short dlgresslons al
various points for the purpose of ef-
feCtivc Illustrations.
He Grgred that the Prohibition qres-
tlon was not one Of morals, that n
man could not be forced to become
better, that law could not make him
ulripht and mindful of hts high,r nlli
cations which could only be dune by
the religion Of She Lurl Jesus Chris.
whose sacred aame he called In such
reverence That even ardent Prohibition
iata did not seem t. be offended.
lie described at length the misfor-
tunes growing out OF the fact that
prohibition does not prohibit ana pro-
ducod strong evidence from Brown.
wood ana Illllsboro in support OF his.
assertions, lie insisted that tile ,lues,
tion before the people OF Tarrant coun-
| 4 WIS not ma had been asserted by
the prohibition orators, one of saloons
or no saloons but 1t was whisky or no
! whisky.
lie answered the claim made by the
prohihltioplsts that II not entirely sue
cusstul In removing the cvll OF intom-
| pernncr by making ita sale unlawful.
] yet the oVil would be placed at dis
/ advantage, lie said 1t was rather to
/ give the liquor traffic the advantage.
4 by means of the blind tigers, etc.
Then, anticipating question OF the
| Prohlhitonists at this point TO the
effect that II II was an advantage to
| the liquor men, they ought to on
| pose IL, he said that he opposed II on
! grounds OF principle, Tor there We're
questions OF the mind and neart In
volvcd which concerned very citizen,
| He reviewed the record Of Comanche
| county, whore he lives ON the liquor
question, showing unfaNorablc facts
In regard TO the operation of local on
ton there. and how the evil u ,ntem-
perance had subsequently been re-
! a.. II. a.. "a. -.
OF Il moral sentiment against drunken
ness which had swept over the county
with purifying effect and 10 far re-
deemed II that there Were only two ga
looms In the town OF Comnnche now,
where formerly nine OF them had flour
ished.
The remainder Of the opening dis.
course consisted OF profdsc and strik-
ing Illustrations ot the argument as
outlined above. closing with significant
quotations from jefferson Davis, Hor-
alto Seymour, Samuel j. Tildcn and
Horace bishop. the last being the emit
nent prohlbtiopist who after thirty
years OF trial declared that prohibition
was failure.
Mr., Jackson was greeted with ap-
plause when he arose TO reply, whish
was repeated frequently In the course
OF his very polished and wlthal m lher
touching address He took tho posi-
Alnl NlitA tue lbNNl upAlnn Jaw WAS by
no means an Invasion Of personal lih-
erty, backing his assertion with legal
decisions, and asked whom the voters
OF Tarrart county We're going TO con-
alder IA authorlty-men whose lives
had been spent In the study OF the con.
atitution and the measurement Of our
liberties, or men whose lives had been
spent IN the measurement OF whisky
and listening 10 the clamors OF their
multltudinous orators.
II was here that he began his re-
hearsal Of the evils OF intemperance
which constituted the main portion
OF his. discourse. caught the ready ar
OF his audience ana provoked s,mta.
thetic applause at repeated Intervals
from the Prohihitlun.sts who seemed 10
tho. most fearful portion OF his tale ne
- rsaai an awful thing 1t must he