The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-13
A TRINITY OF THE DEVIL


Inc KUN Seller, the Gambler and the
Hariot Too Much in Evidence.
III carlos Martyr. the Distinguished e.
vine who II known as the Chicago PARK
hurst. delivered ar address last evening At
hanKe hail. under the auspices OF the w.
=. = and the Prohibition party, on the
subject Of. The Devil Ia Politics."
There was avery fair aud.e uee. nearly
All the ssatz IN the hall being nIIe1. The
speaker Was introduced by Rev. Clark
Davis tn brief speech.
The lecture was very well received. mar
tscularly the numerous Anecdotes wsrh
which u was interspsrs-d Some OF them
were not particularly new. bot they were
extremely well told. and as rals very hap
by Illustrated some point which the
speaker was making
lie commenced BY paying his tribute 10
the country IN which re live The land
OF bncle Sam Is the best country the
word ever saw. where the women are so
fAir ara so hossy." the men 80 brave and
20 meek. the soil 80 fertile Is Jerrola said
or Australia. that IF sou tickle n with a
noe II laughs In harvest" He recalled
I-lncoin's saying that the Lord must have
loved the common people. because ne made
so many OF them. The common people
were entitled TO own and administer the
government. This was the first republic
ever founded where this was so. The re-
pnbsics Of the past were all aristocrac.es.
where the ruling element Was always In
the minority, Ike Greece. where there were
fweafy slaves TO one freeman This xov-
eminent was based on the principle that
the people are capable OF self government,
and every man is armed with a weapon OF
sctf-9efense-the balIofV
Washington sad the shee; anchor OF the
republic was education and morality. Hon
can nation be seif-governing unless the
people govern themselves? There must be
constant movement In the interest OF edu-
cation and morality
He spoke at some length OF the eauca-
uonal value Of the ballot: how the knowl-
edge that he has a share and a voice In
the government has a tendency 10 broaden
a mans views and awaken In him an tn
terest In the problem OF government. The
nscessity was laid on all 10 be politicians
II was burning disgrace to any American
not 10 be politician.
one reason why ministers OF the gospel
should interest themselves in politics was
because there was hardly a single city be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pac.ne which
was not dominated and controlled by the
trinity OF the devii--the rum seller, the
gambler and the hariot They are en-,
trenched in the councils OF the city and are
the real governing power.
One dominant trait IN the Saxon, the
Auglo-Saxon. the Scandinavian and the
Celtic races. was the love Of strong drink
Paraphrasing Napoleon's utterance about
the Russian. the lecturer said: Scratch
an individual OF any one Of these races and
you VIII find a drunkard" II is In the
blood. With this racial tendency IL ought
20 he y constant care to minimize all temp
tatlon.
He denounced the license system which
permitted elites 10 be honeyeombed with
places where liquid dalnnaiionr is sold
Science had invented new devil. "alco-
hol.' With half days wage a man could
hs drunk for a week. The thief. the muir
derer, IL imprisoned or hung while the
manufacturer OF crime II licensed.
II the community elected to enter into
partnership in crime X should make
better bargain. There was not liquor
seller in Seattle who made profit OF less
than s. 90 10 $1,000 year. Instead OF $500
a year. the license should be at least 5000.
As TO the revenue derived at present
from license. the speaker asserted on the
authority Of Carroll %. Wright, that for
every dollar received by any city for H.
cense II expended az least so TO take care
OF the wretched result.
He denounced the Democratic and Re-
publican parties as controlled BY this evil
trinity. TIE coat OF arms of the Demo-
Gratis was a whisky barrel. OF the Repub-
leans brandy bottle. He said II would
be n toss-up which national convention
would drink the most whisky, but IL was
certain that In either one II would be-
enough 20 float the platform. These par
ties were the stumbling block In the way
OF any moral reform.
Government was not by weight OF ma
jorlties II was quality. not quantity. that
counted. Brains. wealth and character
governed. The Prohibition party already
had In It's membership much Of the wealth.
much Of the brains and nearly all the
character IN the country. For this reason
That party would ultimately triumph.