Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-15
HALE JOHNSON SPEAKS.
The Vice Pres,ieptiHI Gnndidate on the
Prohibition Ticket In rms City.


Prohibition Ticket In Tins City.
The Prohibitionists held meeting
in the Board OF Trade rooms Saturday
night. George W. Todd presided and
addresses we're made by Gubernatorial
Presidential Candidate Hale johnson
OF Illinois, Mr.. johnson said in part;
The Prohibition party is small because
it is right. NY father was ono OF the
1000 men who voted for Birney in
lSa0 The cause looked hopeless then,
but the agitation was kept mp until 1t
resulted 10 the abolition of slavery. |
come as Prahibitionist convinced
that we arc right. On the train as
left home a few days ago, ! met a
Democrat Judge OF the circuit court
and in conversation he told ME that il
he would do as his conscience dictated
he would vote the Prohibition ticket.
Tho Chief Justice OF your own courts
stated that as matter OF revenue from
the liquor traffic it costs tho people $40
where 81 is derived and that two-thirds
Of the misery and crime come from the
traffic. Statistics show that the people
would be benefited thousand fold IN
prosperity if this curse was removed.
To-day the people are being hum
plugged by the two political parties.
The propositions OF the two old parties
do not touch the cause of the hard
times. Mr.. McKinley's tariff only
produced $40. 600, 600 more revenue than
the Wilson bill. Does anyone believe
that amount will restore prosperity?
Mr.. Bryan stands for free coinage of
silver. He says we haven't money
enough; he would build more mints.
This presents no more hope than the
other. The Prohibition party says the
243, QUO dram shops ought to be closed.
We are destroy ing our home markets,
| and making an army of 600, 600 drunk
ards who are ruined mentally, morally
and physically, and 60. 900 of these topple
| into drunkards' graves every year. We
offer one out Of every fifth family to
our greed OF gain and love of party.
About 95 per cent Of our voting church
men favor free coinage, and sound
money. In the East they want sound
money, and in the West free coinage.
The people East call the silver people
OF the West anarchists and regulators
The people of the West say the Eastern
people are plutocrats and robbers.
The good people of the nation are
responsible; every saloon keeper has a
written power OF attorney; he is
authorized to make an army of GOO, 600
drunkards. Men are slow to under
stand why we, whom they look upon
as harmless cranks, hold out for a
principle. when there is no promise oi
reward at the end. II there had been
no more loyalty at the beginning oil
the war than there seems to be to-day,
this nation would have been divided
into a number Of petty governments.
The saloons dominate the country.
There is one party the saloon fears,
and that ia the Prohibition party. MOI
one legislator in ten; not one Congress
man in six can be elected who is moi
satisfactory to the saloon. Prohibition
comes with a fair proposition. Mr.,
Bryan goes around the country saying
il you favor free coinage, vote for me.
Mr.. Mckinley stays at home and says
to the delegations who are paid Il
visit him, ii you want gold vota fol
me. Prohibition Gays il you are op
posed to the saloon elect uH and We will
change the laws that allow the saloor
to exist. Good people pray for tht
Lord to remove the saloon and theI
vote for the other. ] do not beiev,
2l0, 600 saloons can run this countr,
when the good people don't wan
them to. .s
We hear much about maintainini
the parity between gold and silver
but think we ought to maintain til
parity between church resolutions ant
our votes. We hear much about reci
procity, but / think we ought to ente
into reciprocity with God and close tn
saloons. IL we close all the dram shop
We will need all the silver. Farmer
will not then have to sell oats for an,
cents and potatoes at 6 and 8. If tn
saloons we're abolished every man an,
, woman who wants work would be abb
, to get it.