The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23

Rev. Mr.. Gull r r plies to Recent Ut~
teraHczs Of N s rs. Gas and Mann.
Louisa Va. Oct. 81, 1902
Editor of The Tines
sirs-lour correspondent from Chris
tiansburg, Va. in. a recent issue OF The
Times told OF the prophecies made bs
Mr.. Carter Class and Judge Mann III
their speeches on October CoRrt-daN
Mr.. Glass said that tHc iiquo: issue HI
tbs a,nIstgn vas an tld. ana that MI
Gfaisat4l, il eaeted. would accompl.si
7 nothing ilia Congress- to- that end. fit
ailir.?.e, that the Prohibition party
WOULD 4eTer contro, the liguos traffic. n-
III t;48fiRt bloEed his horn and that ne
Always voted against the ;taIiic when a
locaf-optinn election was held
Mr.. Glass is opposed tothe liquor ira
tic 1t certain tines. 0ilen a local-op-
ton e.ection is held he votes .tno license
lie opens his battery upon the saloons
and i9nurs hot saot upon them. but wheG
the Democratic parry comes up and put
It's arms around these ante chambers Q.
fall and says. Hands off, boys, llt@
stops. firing. and Votes the ticket OF q
liquor-Icensing party.
Judge Mann declared that nothing hae.
ever been accoTllts sled by the Prohibit
tion party. ana nothing ever would be-
accomplished by. il wonder if the
Jua eyer reads a Prohibition paper, OF
an out and out whssler sheet.
Having besn a party Prohibitionist.
ever since 1854. aid ha ing leai of he
BENEFITS of Prohibitions in States, and
s. counties, wherever that policy has OBJ
tai1sd, and the law even parsisll On
forced. am amazed at the statemsnts
made, by the judge
BIT recen al 4 me- ting Of the Anti
Saloon League of Louisa I veatured th8l
prediction in q " fho-
f would mot be a licensed saioon in the.
United Sta ties. l recommend to Mr.
Glass and u Judge Manr The New
Voice, the ablest, bravest papSr pug-S
hss ed in the country. When the former
gees to- Congress. that magnificent paper.
viii give him as it has already done 70
many ConsI-ssmen.s a fund of valuable
information concerning some questions
that engage the attention of these hon
S cred representative of the people-in-
formation they can derive from no other
source
The Republican party was aninsignifi-
cantipartvs of protest against human s,a-#
very for nearly 20ycars. The two doni-
nant parties entered into a conspiracy
#IpalTIod I!s1ta u!.1o# usuoIql sase,oId II5ul
paIelIe uIuIs ,soi2s.sllh 4 NJ no aotletIs 80
Parties without eff ct. Thy discove ed
that noting could be accomplished by
fighting he slavery question within til
party So#they frmed third par u
Which like a mighty giant. leaped into
the arsna and destroyed the evil that
Fer years and years laushed at hone
protest. And slayers' was protected by
the Constitution OF the United States
-t,,c slavery was sectional. The liquor
traffic is not sectional. It sends it's
bisl1ting, cnrsing infiuence all over the
4 country. And the SUPREME Court says:
THE rigilt}to sell intoxicating liquors a
fail iS4, j,,f,a oft II
is not privilege of q citizen of any
State, or Of the United States" Califor-
5 MIA VS.. Christensen, No Legislature can
barter away the public health or the
public morals, legislature being insti-
tutcd WITH view to their preservation,
cannot divest themselves of their re-
srons1b!ity 10 provide for them Stone
rs. II 81 81 pi.
We ind from the statistics from
every State. accessible to every one that
more poverty, misery and crime result
'front.' saie6of Intoxicating liquors at
reisil for teveraEe. purposes than from
any OTHER cause" The Kansas case
The prohibition Party is here to stay,
and stay it will. It is necessity. It
is the only channel through which, an
American citizen can enter his protest
auainst the election of lawmakers fav-5
orable to the perretuation OF the liquor
4 traffic Ii developed more strength in
the last Presidential election than the
anti Slavery Party had developed eight
years before Lincoln's election
The Ear, the leading liduor-paper of
the nation. exclaimed The prohibition
fanatics have within the tenacity o. dev .'-
lis. held their forces together and made
gains forathe ast#twenty years. that bids
i'll to our trade Let them increase in
like ratio their numbers for few years
to come and our business will be swept
from existence. - They are LAYING
the foundation for their diabolic plans.
broad and deep. and, unless their dev-
iisn designs are speedily thwarted, all Is