(Extracts f rom n speeah delivered be
"ore the Indiana Republican Stiite Coii'
veutioi last Thursday.)
Personally I hnve seen so much of tbs
ivils of the liquor trallio in the Inst four
ears, so much of its economic waste, so
much of its onysicnl ruin, so much of i'.s
nental blight, so much of its teurs nod
lieut tuche, that 1 have come to regard the
business as one tin t must be held and
ontrolled by stroug effective laws, I
bear no ' malice towards those engaged in
the business, but I hate the trulrio. 1
ante Us every phase. I hate it for it
intolerence. I hute it for its arrogance.
I hate it for is hypoed cy, I hate it for
its scant and cruft and false pretense.
I hate 1 for its commercialiam. I hate
it for its sordid love of gain at any price.
I hate it for its domination in politks.
I hate it for its corrupting influence in
civio affairs. I h;t it for its incessant
effort to debauch the snfTmge of the
country; for the cowards it makes of pub
lic men. I hate it for its utier disregard
oí law, 1 hats it for its ruthless trampling
of tiie solemn compacts of state constitutions.
I bate it fur the loud it straps to labor's
back, for the palsied hands it gives to
toil, for its wounds to genius, for tbt
tragedies of the might-have-beens. I
hate it for the hmiuu wrecks it lias
cause'!. I Late it fur the almshouses it
peoples, for the prisons it fills, for the
insanity it begets, for its countless giaves
in potters' fields.
