The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-09-09

holy t%railit. L. there any issue IN
America today which requires the
skill, elective thought aud action
.0i our citizens a. much as does
temperance reform2 A. conservative
"a politician as William Window,
ex-Secretary Of the United States
Treasury recently said "Consid-
cred socially, financially politically
or morally, the licensed liquor trat-
tic is or ought 10 be the overwhelm
ing issue in American politics
In this connection, the argument
l. often urged that the Prohibition
party cannot meet the other lead
ing issues Of the hour. IL Is true
that the primary purpose OF our
party is the eradication OF the IL
quor evil. But we hold that a tenn
perate people can solve the problem
between capital and labor more
conseryatively than a nation besot-
ted with liquor. We maintain that
however important ma, be the var
ious problems awaiting solution in
ur new possessions, cur first duty
10 the these islands Of tie east il a
code Of laws legalizing what l.
right and prohibiting what Is wrong
Many intricate questions sre daily
arising in this Republic, but the
Prohibilioni-t Justly argues that
this fundamental evil of our laws
aud our people should receive the
first attention Of our statesman and
our politicians.
In his Gettysburg address. Presi-
dent Lincoln said II is rather for
az the living to be- here dedicated
TO the work remaining before Us.
The work Of a civilized nation al
ways remains unfinished. And
that party WHICH dedicates itself TO
the unfinished work must always
appeal to the educated man. Our
party stands for the highest ideal in
national lie today, Just as anti-sla-
very stood for the grandest moral
lssue Of a half century ago Above
all, we stand Tor the eradication OF
an evil which renders tn American
home unhappy, the American bal
lot box corrupt, and the American
citizen untrue to his trust. Men
may call our ideals visionary our
purposes impracticable, our methods
unadvisable but history proves
that the ideal Of today will ineviia-
bly, become the law Of tomorrow
Ii must be 80 in America; for no
successfully nation has ev.r
turned IL back upon a high ideal.
Our country was among the first 10
proclaim the equality OF man, the
freedom OF conscience the abolition
Of slavery. We must not be among
the last TO frame protective prohibi
laws. May the American PEG
pie neyer imagine their mission
complete. There are many evi-
iences Of prosperity about US. Our
possessions are expanding, our ar
strengthening, U nayies in
crossing, but these are no proofs Of
power. The real index OF a ma
lions strength lies in the character
81 The people Tais alone dete-
her permanence a. a nation
and her prestige In history.
Our present prosperity il ouf q
resultoi Anglo-American pri-
and perseverance for four
generations. The prosperity Of this
and a century from now vii de
bend upon the aims, the ideals. the
principles Of the Anglo-Ameucan
oday. Our party stands for the
.volution Of O high national ideal
UGH a. has not faced our people
ince 1860.
Many practical politicians viii
Ell you that the Prohibition parJ
tands. for a lost cause, that the
'rohibiiionis is forgotten species
But remember that when once the 4,
american conscience il thoroughly 4
reused upon this question, the
Of an indignant people will
rove that the new Issue has iusti- =
led the formation OF a new party. ]
Thrilled by this issue and inspired
With this ideal, the hosts Of Prohi-
will ole day win deserved
at the hands Of the earnest,
PRACTICAL American citizen.
No one doubts that the liquor
relic il fundamentally wrong, yet =
be- aggressive Prohibitioni. il al
greeted with the time worn
ha.lenge Of the pes-imist, "Intem-
,erance is wrong, but whA are you
20 DO about it?' The Pro-
Iibition party answers: We may
Iot be abe with one proclamstiln.-
a Prohibition president to elimi-
ate the saloon, Dut we viii remove
above the American saloon the
Of a free peops. We may not
s able in one decide to make the
'hiiipino an American citizen, but
re will send TO tie Orient a nation