Evening star., 1896-07-29
.IEVERING NOTIFIED
The Prohibition Presidential Candi-
date Gives His Views.
ifOO MUCH MONEY SPENT FOR DRINK
Chairman Hanna Secures Quarters
in New York.
. .ANOTHER NEBRASKA MAN

In accepting the nomination of the pro-
hibition party for President Mr.. Joshua
lowering spoke follows last night on the
occasion of his notification in Baltimore:
1T Is with feelings of deep emotion that
j stand in this presence to accept the nom
ination for the presidency of the United
States which you tender me on behalf of
and by authority of the national prohibition
convention which recently assembled in the
city of Pittsburg. beg to express my sin
cere appreciation of the honor thus con-
ferred and TO assure you that 1t is esteem
ed all the more highly because of the una
nlmity of action which marked the convea-
tion.
Such an honor Is worthy the ambition
OF any citizen of this great nation, but, to
my mind. II Is to be doubly appreciated
when rendered by the only political party
which has had the courage to stand openly
for the protection of the home, the woman
hood and the childhood of our country
against the terrible rayages and destruction
of the legalized liquor traffic.
The prohibition party. confident Of the
integrity of It's motives and purposes. and
firm in its belief that questions of a moral
character should take precedence over
those purely economical. has stood firm for
a score or more OF years against all the at
tackS of ridicule. misrepresentation and
abuse made against IT: increasing in num-
bers and gaining gradually the esteem and
confidence Of those who are not willing as
yet to be enrolled under It's banner OF Pro
lection TO the Home
During all these years II has steadily
pursued its way in the educating of the
people to the constantly increasing en-
croachments of the liquor traffic. showing
how Ii is undermining our political and So
cIal life. Interfering with the free express
sion of the will of the people at the ballot
box controlling to a large extent the leg
country.
heavily TO the burdens of the already over
burdened taxpayer. and. above all. bring
Ing suffering. sorrow. poverty and death TO
many of our fellow-citiZenS.
such a record Is in itself sufficient COM
pensation for the labors and sacrifices of
those heroic men. who, during all those
years. have stood true TO the principle
which gave birth to the party. But, in ad-
dition. by their answering course. taking
fresh courage after every defeat. they
have wrung from the press at large. re-
gariless of It's political bias, testimonials
of the honesty of purpose. purity of mo-
tives and exalted Ideas which have ami
mated the party, az well as the unSeltiSh
spirit of its members.
. with such history, marked by its
years of toll and sacrifice and sealed by
the blood of its martyrs. and still believing
that public questions embracing moral as
poets should have the priority in settlement
over those simply economic, however i'm
portant. the prohibition party enters once
again upon national campaign and sub
mits its claim for support to the sober
minded. rlght-thinking and unself1Sh people
of this country.
The platform adopted by the conven-
tion meets my hearty approval, and though
based on the single issue, is in reality suf-
ficiently broad to allow all to stand on It
who are opposed to the saloon and its con-
SeQuent evils. regardless of their views on
any of the other public questions Of the
day.
"UndercOnsumptiOn."
TT Is true. and no thinking man. regard
less of his surroundings or residence, can
for a moment doubt it, that very many Of
the people OF our beloved land and espe-
cially those engaged in Industrial and
farming pursuits. are suffering from the
general depression so widely prevalent at
present and also that there has not been a
time since the memorable days just pre-
cediag the breaking out of the civil war
when these difficulties weighed so heavily
upon the people, when there was so
much unrest and dire foreboding for the
future exist today.
The products of the soil-the mainstay
Of the nations prosperity and wealth-are
SO low In value In many Instances as not
to pay the cost of production. leaving moth
ing for the labor of the toiler or for the
capital invested. Many persons hold the
opinion that the cause Of all this trouble Is
overproduction. But can such an explana-
ton be true? Is not the thought an i'm
pious one? Can any one who believes In a
beneficcnt Creator believe that He bestows
bountiful harvests to be curse rather
than 4 blessing to mankind?
NO. no. perish the thought. The reason
of all the prevalent trouble in our fair land
today is not overproduction, but under
consumption. That being so. where is
there cause which prevents the con-
sumption of the necessaries, to say nothing
of the luxuries Of life, mparable to the
liquor traffic?
; I'VE are told by the advocates Of one of
. the political parties that high tariff Is
, the panacea of our Ills. and yet the aver
age annual receipts from customs for the
three years ended June 81. 1894. when the
Mckinley tariff bill was in operation, were
, only S1I1,uO.U'S. less than $50 per capita
OF our population. Others tell us that the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver will
be the Cure-all of the evils affecting our
people. 1t is strange such an idea should
he entertained when the fact Is recalled
that the total output of silver in this
country for last year was only 36o.OOO 200.
n sum much less than the annual product
of the familiar barn-yard fowl
Direct Yearly Tribute.
How utterly Insignificant are either Of
these figures compared to the one billion
two hundred million dollars which 1t Is
reliably estimated is the direct yearly trib-
ute the people Of this country pay to the
support of the liquor traffic-a stupendous
sum. AMI so large as to be difficult of real
1t IS nearly twice as large the
aggregated capital of all our national
banks. or, to state 1t more plainly. it is
equal to about 70 per cent Of the entire
money-sold. silver and paper currency
OF the nited States. Let this vast sum of
money which Is now spent yearly in this
way. and for which no value Is received.
but on the contrary Is only adding to the
suffering of the people in varied and mani
fold forms, be turned into the channels of
legitimate trade. In the purchase OF those
things which will bring comfort and hap
pileSS TO the home and family. then, 1 be-
lieve. the troubles which are now weigh
ing so heavily upon them will be largely
things of the past, and until 1t Is done
no real relief can be expected.
WI hile thus emphasizing the results of
the liquor traffic as Ii exists today in our
midst and the absolute necessity of Its sup
preston for beverage purposes If peace and
prosperity and the blessing of God are to
TEST upon and abide with our people, l do
not underestimate the fact that there are
otner questions OF grave importance over
which the public mind Is seriously agitated,
and which are being pressed for speedy
settlement
There Is the question OF a stable and at
the same time an elastic currency. equal to
the demands of business for every section
or the country. and yet every dollar Of
which should De of equal value and the
Whole based on standard equal TO the
best In the world. The United States can