The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-17
W.C.T. U. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ L. HOBBS
SAM SWALl'S LATEST.

He calls for the abolition 7
4 the Internal revenue system, IN h
,rder 10 save the protective tain !,
.v.,em divorce the federal govern 4
,nent from the whisky Intere-ts,end v
,ha conflict with noonshiners- make !
(, whi.kv trust impossible, and VIM
lieate the spirit Of the federal con- :
.titution. He speaks for the Amer
ican Local Option League OF when
:. ! pre-ident. and il i said na~
arranged for the introduction Of a
h;ll along the line desired, ana 70
oromo,e i, he has for the present
taken up his locationin Washington
His appeal begins by charging
,h,, what ever good was achieved
Ifor TEMPERANCE dur ng the 40 years
Inreceding the civil war was aoso
,Iiu,ely nullified'' by the Internal rev.
Ienue system established a. war
Necessity. He says:
..Fom that time lntil now the
II;onor traffic 81 the United States
has had a legal basis OF organization, /; I,
4 co partnership with the most vitai
lfunction of the national government
and As a political power in the nation
has grow a TO enormous proportions
.lbecome defiant Of interference ano
Jom;neering in its demands upon
.Inar,ies and Congress 1t i agaIn-
4 further governmental partnership
). with and protection of this glgan'''
nrganization Of national spoiatiol
md ADVANCEMENT that We, who ar
.ober men and women OF the m
tod States. here and now maze ou
!. appeal TO Congress
The attention Of tie Repuoiisa
naioritv in Congress Is called 70 th
,a,,I s,,I f,c, that in lSSs their national pia
o'iorm declared Republican poIic
arr ,xould ..aboii-h the entire lnlerna
revenue system rather than sacrih'
any part Of the protective system
" The principle involved in the !
/. I,ernal revenue system Is declared
10 nn-American and unwarrant
axcep, in some great national erne'
ancv 1t levies an unjust tax up
The consumers Of liquor, ana
and which while it does not lessen
ank amount drank, takes 80 much
1itional from the supply Tor ac'
necessities on the part OF the dii'
er's household. ,,
Then he goes on with the lois
ling arraignment OF the goverhh'F
I'VE believe this lnternalreSei
- system is contrary 70 the splnt
ma nnrpo-e Of our free government
80 pu,s upon the people the sugma
- w;llinrness t. aid the DRUMS
- maLers in debauching millions
ANNUALLY DESTROYING more ina
. hundred thousand oithe c,tizen'
q ,he country for a financial rev
d n, 4 needless to array the statis'
q syerx man intelligent enough 70
3 tain a seat in the Congress NJ
p ,hem sufficiently to estop coatr;
q ,;on This sort Of revenue i
- anlv a sanction Of the traiilc an
- evils that revolts Christian anu
,loek- name patriots. but il i parai,N
ANA hr;bsa 70 the cons ciences oi NH
ended of voters. They socthe the pr
ist on of their sober senses with inc -
,hs, the evils of the traffic are
ahatable. and, therefore the rev
i ,r allowable and somewhat
''s'ee compensation for those evils
the presence Of such govern
le Trus ,al profit. and public preludi
At 10. avor of such gain t. the ha
man, 'hs nur excbequer, all the realous ana
a.ine--. a,;c efforts put forth during IN
si,h the thirty wears to abate and aooii
ne il 'o s...;al nuisance and national
:, y.aa, u the liquor traffic have oeei
all may tinously abortive. The pray.
nr,,ests az the Christian osu
will . = the republic have cone 70 -
~ - - the best organizations ci'emp
Ii.ou T. To ssn,;ment and endeavor have
failed to produce abiding
'Otice. the political program 70 acco
e under the Prohibition Of the iiquo.
ownshiP, has waxed and waned 'hrou'
. on each sch decades. and i .o-day mo: %
Hrr. .iOe-- to to Meantime, before the iee
i II to him liquordom, with their none, s
mensces. their campaign 81
kept " tions. their perniciou- polite.
y sale by ity and iawle-- .,,h,
vilIe. and cuses have crInged III eD
indiana. conventions have compfo,nl
-IIII, trictism and public ngh'e'
irn-s@e- Sepates have -uccumbed 70
r.,,u, ing somnolence, House. q
=entatives have been hypho
- b,ll. To sub-eviency, courts 10
III a.. .t,yv'p with I'll