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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 10 Aug 1900, p. 4

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LAKE FOREST. National Prohibition Platform. I900- (Continued from he! week ) ~ THE PmlD‘BNT ABBAINGED. 3 We charge upon President McKinley, who was eleeted to his high .0509 by appeals to Christian sentiment and patriotism almost unpreceaexxted and by e cembina- tion of moral influences never be- fore seen in this country, that by his conspicuous example of a wlne drinker at public banquets and as a wine serving host 11) the White House, he has done more to en- courage the liquor. business, to demoralize the teinperance habits of yon’ng men and to bring Christ- i in practices and requirements- .into disrepnte, than any other President this republie has‘ever had We further charge upon President McKinley responsibil- ity for the army canteen, with all 1 its dire brood of disease. immor-‘ taiity, sin and death, in thiscoun'l try, in Cuba, in Porto Rico and the Philippines; and we insist that by his attitude concerning the canteen, 1111411311112anth "tempt for the vast nu inher of petitioners protesting against it, he has outraged this country in. such. a manner, and to such a de- gree, as calls for its Lighteous up rising and his indignant and eifec- tive r1 bnke. We challenge denial of the factl that our chief executive, as com- l mander in chief of the military forces of the United States, at any . tithe prior to or since March 2',“ 1899, could have closed every army saloon, called canteen, byI executive order, . as President‘ Hayes in efiect did before him,} and should have closed them2 furl the same reasons . which actuatedl President Hayes; We assert that: the fact of Congress, passed March3 2nd, 1899, forbidding the sale of liquor, “in any post-ex-chnnge or canteen,” by any “officers Orpri- vote soldier” or by ”any other persons on premises used for mil- itary Apurposes in the United, States,” was and is as explicit an act ofProhibitiou us the English language éan frame; we declare our solemn belief that the attorney general of the United States in his inter tation of that law,'an’ the sec ury of war In his acct?!- tance of ‘ that interpt'etatiou and and his refusal to euf mm the law, were and are guilty of treasonable nullification thereof, 7, and that President McKinley, through his assent to and endorsznent of such 'interpretation and re fusal, onthe part of officials appointed by and responsible to him, shares re. sponsible in their gt ilt; and we recqrd our canvictions that-s new QII’fiififililmmtfilfl I Qufil’HQCIflufiiifil‘lfii and' serious peril confronts our country,'in the fact that it’s Presâ€" ident, at the behest of the beer VOL VIII. dates and does abrogate a HIGH WOOD, law of 011111ng, through sahordi- I nates removable at will by him I and whose acts 58001119 his, andi thus virtually confesses that laws l are to be administered. or to be nuliitied 1n the interest of a law- defying business, by an a: lminis- l tration under mortgage to each i business for support. . roar-nos Liooos POLICY 0021- i 118111113131 ' 4. We deplore the fact that an administration of this repnbv lic claiming the right and the power to carry our flag across seas ‘ land to oonqntu' and" annex newi lterrito'ry, should admit it’s lack of 1 power to prohibit the American ‘ saloon on subjugation soil, or should openly confess itself sub. ject to liquor wvefiignty under the flag. We are hamiliated exasperated and grieved, by the evidence painfully abundant, that this administration a policy of ex- pension is hearing so rapidly its first fruits oLdrnukenneae insan- ity and crime .under the hot- house . at the tropics; lullâ€"Ibex (the. president of the first Philippine oommission says “It was unfor- tanate that we introduced and ‘ established the saloon there, to corrupt the natives and exhibit ithe vices of our race,’ we charge the inhumanity and unchristianity of this act upon the administration lof William McKinley and upon ithe party which elected and would } perpetuate the same. or civil control of that govern- ment, is the policy of Prohibition; that “to establish juétiée, insure domestic tranquility, ”provide for the common defense, promote . the general Welfare, mid secure the blessings of liberty to purpelves hand our ptisterity,” ah the consti- tution provides} the liquor mu‘t neither be sanctioned nor toler- Med, and that the revenue policy, \which makes our government a partner with the distillate and Myers and barkeepers, is a dis- ‘ to out civilization, an out- upon hubshity,‘ and a ‘crime against God. 5. Wye” declare: that the only policy which the gQVernment of the United States can of right up- hold as to thé liquor traffic, under the, national -/constitutiou, upon any tehitory under the military We 'condemn the present ad- ministration at Washington be- cause it has repealed the prohib- itory laws in Alaska, and has given over the. partly civilized; tribes there to be the prey of the American grog-shop; and because it has entered upon a license policy in our new possession by incorporating the same in the re- cent act of Congress in the code of law for the government of the Hawaiian Iélanda. FORT SHERIDAN. HIGHLAND PARK. ' SUPPLEMENT TO FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1900. We call general attention to the fearful fact that exportation of liqixors from the Uhited States to the Philippine; Islindn increased frc'un 8337 in 1898 to $467,198 in the fist ten months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900; and that while our exportation of liqv uors to Cuba never reached 830.- 000 a year, previous to American occupation of that island, our ex- ports of such liquors to Cuba, dur- ihg the fiscal yeai' of 189'.) reached the lumzof 3629.852. our. ro' nosAL AND cnaisruxln ‘ cu'lzsxs'mp. n 6. One great religious body d' (thifiaptist) hating truly de- m clared of the liquor tramc “that 1" it has no defensible right to exist, 5‘ that it can never be reformed. and ' a] that it stands condemned by its P unrighteous fruits as a thing un- d ChristianmnoAmerican, and per- , ilous utterly to every .interestin‘ “9‘?” another great religious body ' i. ,(the Kethodist) having as truly l-asserteil and reiterated that "no b l'ntvlitic’al partyjhas'” a right to '62? ‘ll lpoct, nor should receive, the votes P -' ~ . . . t] of Christian men so long as 1t-h stands committed to the], license ta system, or refuses to put itself on . record it? an attitude of open hos- {i1 tility to the saloonf’ other great}t lreligious bodies haying made sim- i: lilnr deliverances, ‘in langhage;c lplaiu and nnequimcaLas to thél't, gliquor trafic and the duty otlk Christians citizenship in opium-{[1 tion there‘togaand‘ the fact heinglt gplain ‘and undeniable that the!“ lDemocratic party stands for 1L! ‘ icense, the saloon, and the canteen, :1 (while the lepnblican party, infJ ‘tpolicy and administration, stands:E ,for‘ license,_ the saloon, and the;n lcunteen, while the Republican:c lpz’arty, in policy and sdministrril l ‘t'tion, stands for the canteen, thef“ a x saloon and reVenue therefrom, we; ldeclare ourselves justified in .ex-l_ ‘pecting that Christian votersy leverywh'ere shall cease their com} 3 ‘ lplicity with the liquor curse by“ refusing to uphold a liquor party,“ and shall unite themselves with” the only party which. upholds thei’ Prohibition policy, and which for}‘ nearly thirty years has been the l! 'fuithfnl defender. of the chm-11,!l the state, the home and the school 3‘ against the saloon, its expandersj1 and. perpetuators. their actual and '3‘ persistent foes. : h We insist that no differences of belief, as to any other question or ‘concern of government. should stand in the way of such a union of 'morpl and Christinn'citizeu- ship as we hereby .nn'ite, for the speedy settlement of this‘ phra- monnt moral, industrial, financial. and political issue, 'wlnich our party parents; and we refrain fromvdocldring ourselves upon all RAVINIA. uiinor matters, as to whE‘E’th diflqr- euces of opinion may (I ' hereby we may ofler to ~ ican people a platform ”abroad that all can stand upon 3% who de- sire 90.899 sober citizeghip let-II- nlly sovereign over "fse allied hosts of evil, sin and fine, in a government of the pea ,, by the people and for the poo . . inuu uuc‘s vuv Vs-v u. g The Tribune after jtl -‘_tifying the }people of Kansas Ci1 1* in their lopposition to the I} easing of igsmbling houses, ad (a: “It is not a method of poliu' regulation go: of raising. mouéy I 1' city ex-~‘ Spenses that will oommi nd itself to Hove-rs of law.’ " But why not? :Why not license gunk sag moms lwlllr ”I“ I‘ll Cum .1“ We declare tha; the V I two real parties, today. j noermn'g and Prohibitionists; an that put. riotism. Christianity. udad every interest of genuine n of pan democracy. besides th oynl de- mands of our comma ‘ 9 ' perpetuation, and vb “icons! en- durance 90: this repn Kip. :“raising money for cit" expenses." 1We don’t. see thst it 11 any worse gum licensing the li e’101' «loans. an fact, it strikes ust It it is less iobjectionsble. It is tr",e the gum- 'ibling dens fleece the W of [its victims of 11nd e1rnings,bnt the liquor saloon not: 9111)“ fleeces their pockets, but feeds their 1601118 and bodies as “’11. 1 :as well as liquor salooi, s, and all ,it if you will, “police 1 igulntionf §0r if it sounds any utter, call it Kansas City is to 1i: bliug, and this 'withou in or loci! ord'lfinnée. Wilt Ii the out ? The Chicago Tri e in in issue at the 7th im- w “it?" papers of that city nun the mayor and chic have decided that it il to prevent the playinf and stud poker in mt: ing batch. They ha: therefore, to permit t; of the law to coutinul they will draw the lint" Icrap-sbmting. The é ,to be done by the systi Onoe a month the Ree? poker rooms .will be a:; brought before‘ the po and fined 850 each." 2 GLENCOE. to be.fnmi.ahed withfleach order for drink. A semi order for drinking, that count {all mother elder for food. Tiifl method might po-ibly havezjome merit in it, so far as limitig g the pow- New me to Check m. One of the methqls recently adopted by the Ensign: govern- ment in its attempt hf restrict the liquor traffic. 13 to confine its sale to places where food ill required 21 6f draw in ndjo in- i» decided, i3 \iolntion ; although it taro and L‘sensing is n of fines. isn of all ted and vejustioes of police Emacsgible ease gam- ‘ any gate era of dn'nkeu to imbibe in [urge quantities, bglton the other hind, i1 is well. known thnt no long as there is nleohol in the stomach, so long there in no possible diges- tion of the food. However much the people may talk and think to the contrary, we need but to cite the simple fact that we always put substance into alcohol to be pre- served not digested. Secondly. experiment; have shown that alâ€" coho! deeonpooes the gastric juice of the stomach. hence, amt: di- gestion. However, it might pseâ€" ‘sibly have nguod eflect with the politician. during the caning hares or [our monthi wheezin- pellqd to album to Incl! I restric- tion. . 0. «mm Van At... One hundred years ago. "Wash- ington; D. 0., was selected as the permanent tent of the general Government. The terriwflei of Mississippi and Indium were nob gunned. tholebu mused the MN The bottle of Nurem- vns taught. The total menu of the government was lea than 813,000,“. (best you“ it was 8516413900.) Second census of 'the United Bum, taken in 1800, showed thé population to be 5,308,048: The patent populution‘ is believed to be about 71351114“). During the nation of Congms; caucuses of the members nomin- ated presidential candidates. Non- inating convention ‘were not called until 1832. John Ad- am of 'Hmchmetu. and C. C. Pinckney of South Carolina. were the Fedmlichandjdnws: and Thomas Jelonon'of Virginia and Aaron Burr of New York. were the Republican undidatee.‘ The amount of fermented liq- uors produced in the United States in 1898 m 87,5304!!! barrels. or about one-half ham: to every man, woman tad child in the land. (This does not allow anything for the bags. the only Minimal by the way, except mn‘ which will drink it.) Dktillod liquors are included In the lbove statement. - New Yor‘l «mm with w.- ~ (130,000; Pennsylvania 4,246.01!) and Illinois third with 3,600,01m. But' fellow Prohibitionists. let a, ode‘uld'all, proclaim in our hearts e general amnesty for everybody who 'hus grieved or dinppointed us, And get together. bends and head: and beam. end dent out bun next. November: 1nd whatever dilemma uremiaâ€"â€" inlayâ€"adjust then in‘tbe light at victory. V WINNET'K‘A. Jon): G. Wooun. N011 LAKESIDE l‘el

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