The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-22
sam SMALL'S TALK.
The Crusade Against the Liquor Traffic
Began Last Night.

Sam Small's crusade against the liquor
traffic WAS begun in the Academy at Tenth
and Orange streets last night under thu
most favorable circumstances, the attend
auce being largo and the interest in the
meeting from the time it began until 1t
closed being undated.
Mr. s5mall's subject was "Tho Law and
Logic of Local Option" Preceding tthe
address Mr.. Small read the third chapter
Of First John and Mrs. Y. Harry Sickle
of Canada sang a solo.
Jimmy S NTH an ex.pugilist led tho
singing and will continue in that capacity
Mr.. Small began his address by remark
ing that he had no personal enmity against
any saloon keeper in the city. He Is In
tercs,cd in them but docs not regard them
rs principals. They are simply agents of
tho people, who arc partners in tho bust
ness. Ho believed all saloons should bo
named Government Agency for Tax
Collecting"
America, he said, was better than any Re-
public, then he, ,dwelt on the various states
which go to make up the Union and tho
various departments Of government, and
declared that although tho sectional int cr-
est might be different the government
would stand despite what has boon said TO
tho contrary.
There Is no question of the constitution
ality Of the state dealing with the question
OF thu liquor traffic rs it saw fit. That has
been sotllod by IL decision Of tho Supreme
Court Of tho United States. No man can
appeal to the Constitution OF the United
Stntes after state has decided what it
will do with the liquor question, no laattor
what the decision may be.
The state can say whether the saloon
shall be licensed or whether the liquor can
be sold without license The state can
prohibit the salo of it altogether, if 1t
desires. Even tho President of the United
States, tho Congress or the highest judi.
ciary Of tho country, canuot change tho
decision OF Il STATE in this regard.
IL has been said that it would bo impos
sible to stop tho sale of liquor in tho Stnte
of Delaware as tho drink would be sent
in from the adjoining states OF Pcnnsylva.
mia, Maryland and New Jersey. This the
speaker said, could be prohibited by law
and every drop Of liquor coming into tho
state could be seized and destroyed by the
state officers, No argument against local
option can DO made on this point.
Mr.. Small considered the clause In the
constitution referring to local option u
good ono for tho local option people and If
Gn had been drawing up clause to suit
himself ho could not have dODo better 1t
was Il Ii tlo hard TO reach tho desired end
but when accomplished it was suro and
tho State was safo.
The SPEAKER said local option meant the
protection of litc property and happiness.
1t wasa question Of homo>rule, and who
ever was against it was opposed to home
rule; but by tho licensed liquor traffic
more people were sent to death aud do
structlon than We're killed by tho Span.
iards in Cuba or by the kurds in Ar
mena.
Tho Wcylcr of tho whiskcy barrel is tho
Al
The country Is being destroyed, but the
American people have the weapon OF de
fence in their hnnds-tho ballot.
Tonight Mr.. Small will speak on "Per.
sonal Liberty vs.. Anarchy" There VIII
also be special music by aquartette.