. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. r to say that, in 1884, he al-lied himself with that political party which declared itself in favor of pro-hibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquor. He said: I have one vote to be responsible for. . This year, however,has seen strange things. Surprising disintegrations have been going onin the two old parties. Both have either open affiliations with, or a cow-ardly and shameful servility to, the arrogant set of rings and lobbies ofthis drink trade which lifts its monstrous front of $7
. The passing of the saloon; an authentic and official presentation of the anti-liquor crusade in America;. r to say that, in 1884, he al-lied himself with that political party which declared itself in favor of pro-hibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquor. He said: I have one vote to be responsible for. . This year, however,has seen strange things. Surprising disintegrations have been going onin the two old parties. Both have either open affiliations with, or a cow-ardly and shameful servility to, the arrogant set of rings and lobbies ofthis drink trade which lifts its monstrous front of $750,000,000 of moneyspent directly in it, with an equal sum in addition taxed upon the peopleto take care of its miserable results. He had waited long, in hope that he would not be obliged to severpolitical relations that had become dear to him; but he saw his duty clearlyat last, and so, because he believed in prohibiting and annihilating theliquor traffic, he functioned as a citizen with the party that had been or-ganized in 1869, for the purpose of overthrowing it by the organizedpowers of ffi|9 m S o o J
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