The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-09

already secured. and iu these COUNTIES
. where saloons now exist pros ides mat IN
I t9Nicatiug liquors may Dr. e4i4 loI e-utl
tnan beverage purposes unleF ~ .i4c eol-
I troi upon petition of "a majority OF voters
I 10 that effect
Believe me. afr. President and gentlemen
o. tn-s convention in ina0rslng an anti
paTrcOm law having these main features
you have taken up a great reform MS
pI9niuiilon movement Is one = me al-ls
Of the times; 81 81 O movement TOT the sup
preston by Law Of the public evils or the
license system II is as once Inaucial
protest against waste OF the Aallon
wealth and against the Imposition ol pup
ne burdens Of taxation eltalled oy the n-
q4or traifc. burdens fIe cost or Wnlcnt az
your platform says. the revenue received
from the traiiic does not pay a utne- II -
I q polLlcal revolt against the odlOls apfnl-
nation Of the saloon ln politics and the
corruption which its evil ascendency gem
crates II Is moral Indictment against
The propagation OF incompetence. vice,
laWlessness and crime. I say propagation
because the great point OF the movement
Is that under the NcenFe system the sa-
loon does not minister TO a demand Wnicn
is moral and Necessary in its extent, but
that by It's persecuting opportunity and
I IN It's excessive expansion and by its so
cial alurements and its treating usages Il
creates patronage OF drunkaIds; % fos-
Iers. lntensines and mu.uples tendencies
/ 10 incompetence. % recruits the ranks Of
| its ruined devOtees from the young Of
l every rising generation and renders the re-
formation Of even its struggling victims
practically hopeless.
The saloon is not a necessity institu-
ton. II Is chartered factory where
Qfunkards are made. The drinking nab
/ ITS which IL creates deteriOrates the fibre
| and lowers the moral character and de-
I stroy the manhood and the VIII power OF
/ thousands Of men who have never reeled
upon the streets or beaten their wives As
| the brilliant Emory Slows Of Chicago,
said The saloons are the Sunday
/ school of crime"
| Gentlemen, I have 10 word Of reproach
/ for the men who are engaged in this traf-
nc; they hold the license Of the state Of
/ Georgia * takes two to make a bargain;
| now can We look with scOrn upon the
] "rumseller" who has merely bought the
! license which we, the people Of the state
/ or Georgia, have sold him? Is it not just
/ as respectable for him TO buy the license
/ and to prosecute his dangerous and de-
/ structive business, as il is for the state
| 10 sell that license2 Indeed, IS not the
| part which the state plays the worst of the
/ two, for IL the state or the municipality
did not first offer the license for sale, the
I rumseller could not purchase 1t?
! Your platform, gentlemen, Is not a war
fare upon the business of the saloon keep
| err the business which you have declared
/ you want to destroy Is the business which
| the state and the people Of the state are
| now engaged in-the business of selling
/ licenses TO rumsellers. All that we have
10 do is to go out of the demonstrating
business ourselves-tO quit our part of
| the business.
No, 1 repeat, that 1 have no word Of re-
! proach for the men al individuals who are
/ engaged in the liquor traffic There is not
one Of them that Is not better than his
/ business. There is not one of them that
/ would be I'm II but for the money that is
in It, for the cod sleet of the worlds hos
tile opinion beats steadily in the face of
| every man who is engaged in the traffic
| Whepher he be the millionaire brewer or
distiller or the saloon keeper himself But
| ! do invoke the speedy destruction by the
/ ballots of all good citizens of that fearfY
business that thrives only upon the sins
and sorrows and sufferings Of our fellow
men, and which measures its princely pro-
fits in proportion to the misery and ruin 1t
| creates.
And do know that ne who win stop the
waste of the 5000 00O, 600 which annually
are sunk In intoxicating drinks will be the
greatest tnancier of the century; that he
who will strike out of local. state and
national politics the debasing and corrupt
ing mastery of the saloon, the brewers
congress and the whisky trust, will be the
greatest statesmen of the age; that he
who viii stop the quivering anguish Of the
hearts of woodworking every time a man
crosses the threshold Of the barroom-aud
dry the fountain which sends binding
tears down the faces Of orphans will be
the greatest benefactor Of this or any 9TH
er time.
And I believe that this cause will win.
The election in Spaldng last year, the re-
cent election in Dodge and the triumphant
result in Morgan county are sufficient
straws showing that there is a cyclone OF
almighty wrath which Will unroof every
| barr0Om In this land and purify with its
cleansing ozone the Aegean stables of the
nations public life.
1t has been well known that In times
past conscientious prohibitionists have re.
manned in the democratic party for the
sake OF issues which seemed to them tc
be Immediately paramount to the temper.
ance question. But surely that time mas
now passed since upon national issues the
platforms of the democratic party an6
people, party are substantially the same
In such case, why, yea, why, indeed, will
not the friends of the anti-barroom bill
throughout the state vote in the state
election for that party which has bad tn,
courage and righteousness to indorse it?
Ana our banner is in the hands of g
suberb leader a man "without fear and
without reprOach''- tainless In character
pure in life, devoted in principles. giftet
in brain, safe in judgment magnetic ii
eloquence, and who will bring back by hi.
magnificent oratOry into this campaign
the best traditions of the grand old DAYS
of Georgia's public hfe-a splendid service
in a needy timel
As for myself l can only saw this. A
democratic paper has said that was II
too bad health even to accept the nomf
nation Of attorney general. 1t was singu.
lar, If that be so, that l have not hear
of 1t myself. 1 believe that 1 do as much
work as any other lawyer in the state
But promise these political doctors o.
my case that 1 shall be a lively corpse
if God spares my life, between now and
October; and that my voice shall be lift
ed up in behalf of the state issues in ths
platform of the peoples party all over
Georgla-from its southern border where
une WIND that grand old harper Smites his
thunder harp of pines,' to where, on it,
northern line, the beautiful blue waves
of the mountains are lifted up in the still.
ness OF God's perpetual mercy"
POLITICS AND AMUSEMENT.