The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-14

ing for it in large numbers. 1t is true that
ceives the odium resulting from the action
or me entire body, for which TX may not
be wholly Responsible. To the Republicans
ware. lest. in an effort to keep faith with
the saloon, you perform an act Of ,perfidy
your allegiance; and to all. regardless OF
party affiliations. bag to suggest that Your
your fitness to make laws if you evince an
unwiliingness to assist in the enforcement
of such as already exist. NJ. 4. y.
indianapolis, Feb. -.
Wants the Bill Passed.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
1 am in no wise a prohibitionist. Per-
haps am not broad minded. but honestly
endeaver to avoid the other extreme. be-
lieve the Republican party, as a party, is
the best political organization that ever ex-
listed. 1t was created for and by the peo-
pie. 1t has ever needed the demands and
the commands of the people. When It ceases
to do this its mission will have been full
filled and it will pass into history. All his
torians will say of 1t that it was good, and
that its life only went out because it proved
recreant to Its trust. The people of In
diana are demanding something at the
hands of the present Legislature, and that
something is the passage of the Nicholson
temperance bill. The Republican party Is
not perhaps God ard morality party, but
it is SO much better than the Democratic
party in this respect that It has won that
name-one that should give it good standing
at home and abroad. The Republican party
made no promises to the people during the
last campaign to enact special temperance
laws. There seemed, however, to be a
tacit understanding that sucn Jaw would
be passed. Inc people never did, 90 not
and never Will expect temperance legisia-
ton from the hands OF the Democratic party.
Ine Repubncan party is hteraly chuck
full OF strictly first-ciass men who who are
moral temperance people. They are
not cranks in any sense or par
teuar; They are are the men, men who ss
standing. They are the men VINO are al
ways true to their trusts: their fidelity can
their party is right. They are made our
of the kind of stuff that never rips. ravels
e CT he Saloon s ns men in the sats
influence will outweigh them ten 10 one.
One is water, the other is oil They won't
ment 1t will not work. For years these
good and faithful Republicans have waited
for this very time to come; They have had q
would be true to it's principles to Its IN
derstandings, to its unwritten laws. Can
the party. as party, afford to disappoint
these men? j think not. Can the party
afford to cast them of, throw, them over.
RGad as it Would
dare to call them cranks for doing SO!
think not. Can you afford to let them go
You never had never will get. and wouldn't
want it If you could get 1.-THE saloon vote;
ever will be against the Republicans of the
State. They never have and never will be
of any benefit to the party Iae ether pr ee
stay and guy from its very birth. Can We
do without them? They do not want 70 do
h M1rnous Th ay YOU'D be strangers even among
their friends, the Prohibftionists;
The Nicholson bill as ameneea; Is 'e oh-
ject to it. 1t imposes no hardsnips on the
saloon men. They are not objecting TO It
dianapois particularly. Let 1t be remenl-
bered that Indianapolis does not constitute
the State by several votes: TINS IS NOT q =
|. the people. If they do they may find the
people in their way when they least expect
IT, The voice of the people can now be heard
throughout Indiana, and 1t is in favor of
the passage of the Nicholson Dill II also
sounds a waning a to e or acton hay
rived, and the time to strike is when the
iron. is hot Anyhow. that is what the
sti i''t think S'I her judgment was gooN It is
better to be right and be defeated than to
be wrong and be victorious. Perhaps office
great many who do. 7. Z. GOODRICH,
Shelbyville, Ind, Feb. 10.
If It's a Good Thing He Wants 1t.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
have read with considerable interest the
different letters published in your paper,
some favoring and others eondemning the
Nicholson bill, and must say that am at
times amused, If not Disguised, at some or
the arguments presented. | have always
voted the Republican ticket believing that
that party would give the best form of
government, and when l say the best form
of government, mean best for the masses,
best for every citizen who has proper re-
gard for law and order and has at heart
the best interests of humanity at large.
VIII the Nicholson bill benefit the masses
Will 1t create better regard for law and
order? win it protect the interests Of hui
mainly from a moral standpoint! IT SO,
let's have il; If not, let stechhan, Ryan.
Kokomc. Reason" or somebody else Use GIVE GIVE
quickly we go to the devil.
/ am heartily in sympathy with every
thing which has been sad favoring the
ali over the state-even if had no views Of
my own-I could not agree with Mr.. Stech-
ions and false logic. The idea of man
learning to abstain from the use Of whisky
Better by ahan ths that Is the %ay IN whc
knows it. / am surprised that ar. stech-
h taught h hIm better peaaon + he VIII
venture over the corporation line once in q
f Mnns ai he night night learn of great many
things he knows little about. Indianapolis
is a good city but ii would be much better
with the pending bill in vogue, and, should
1t pass Indianapolis, being n the State, will
certainly be affected by IT, 1t is too bad
that Mr.. Stechhan can't move indianapolis
over into some other State where the
LIQUOR laws suit him.
IL the Nicholson bill is a measure In favor
of the interests of bankers, preachers and
the masses. which Mr.. Ryan sees ut TO call
.hypocrites" and against the beer-drink-
ing gambling. fawless and iilfame element,
in the name of common reason and good eth
zenship let's have II. If the Republican,
party can't sustain itself by advocating
such bills as will promote better government
and more nearly enforce the laws we al
ready have it had better 90 dovn-and the
| quicker the better. We have no use for a