The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-15


old parties seems to ! e abou, this
The Democratic party says, We
are in avor Of whisky, and to show
YOU we are what we profess We
drink all we can get of it. =
You ask fellow, What is yol r
politics." and he says: Dem :,
cratic. Look at my nose. - You
ask a Republican, and he says
"Republican. Look at my heart
[Laughter.] Drinks beer, you
know. v
You Jump up the Democratic
party ind tree 'em, you will tree
'em up a whisky barrel every time.
If YOU run down the Republican
party and tree 'em, you will find
them in the top of tree, with a
beer key hanging to every limb.
Here is one man who makes
whisky; another who sells it; an
other WHO rents a house Tor the sale
Ioi il; another who votes with par
lly to license it; another vino dies
drunk. Now, il you can iix that
+. up 30 that some Of that crowd VIII
c 20 to heaven and some 10 hell, you
I; are profounder philosopher than
ever have been.
The cry Of the age is for liberal
neutrality-suspicious. who don't in
tcrfere with either politics or reli-
glon-preachers who read the COM
!. ..mandments something after this
= wise: Thou shalt not steal
there is any chance Of being founc
- out. Thou shalt not commit adul
rtery, but you may have two or three
wives if YOU have them in differen
in towns. Don't break the Sabbath
IS but you may bend it double"
IN no mother or wife o. little chile
lin this country can look t. eithe
n one Of the old parties for their de
cllliverance from this traffic. II vii
ry never be. One good old Pennsyl
st vania brother told me in private
conversation: "We are going 4
ne give our party one more chance
er II they don't come out square, "
OF are going to quit them. We vii
ed vote for Harrison this time, an
next time we will have a vote O.
: the amendment, and we will FIRE
from this traffic. J" Whe
i ! that vote came off, Pennsylvania
- the .,ronge Republican state in tn
:, Union, rolled up 100000 majorit
- - for drunkenness, damnation an
=. death.
You know you can't get at III
: prohibition question outside OF pol
- - tics. for outside Of politics there
4, \. nothing to fight. am like the fe
-, 49, low who was going along with
~ pitchfork on his shoulder, and
- vicious dog ran out at him to bli
.him, and the man just took Il
es! s!,fork down and jabbed it throue
y nd the dog, and the owner OF the dc
ne said. "What did you do that for?
he The fellow said, "He was going
IN. bite me-" "But, said the own'
lk- Of the dog, "why didn't you tai
the other end of the fork?
s.Well,' said the man, "why didn
;n.ihe come at me with the 9th
n end?' The liquor traffic is con
,ox ling at us with the death and de
~. truction end, and | am going at
he with the pitchfork end every tim
een If we license the saloon keeper,
oldIis as good as anybody.
the Sitting down and talking with
cir Young man, an officer in the \.
&. A., he said "Are there not mo
salo. m and gambling hells a
shameless houses than ever before
$ Of [ said, Yes He said, is Il
,rks world going to the bad?" ! sa
eys at looks so." He said, "Wha
men the natter" said: II kno
hey There never was time when
ntry devils crowd was SO well organll
ring as now. You hit one saloon, q
in YOU hit every saloon in Amer
rkes You hit one gambling hell or
bur shameless house, and you hit tn
all. They will all die togeth
You never hear Of saloon kee
II Il.