Show ir the whole truth were known it would doubtless appear that no so called agency of civilization has been the cause of eo much woe and misery among the savage peoples of the earth as the traffic in alcoholic liquors recent investigations have shown frightful ravages have been caused by the alcohol habit among the heathen tribes of africa and what is true of that country ia true of every other savage country where the liquid poison has been introduced among our own indian tribes the traffic in firewater fire water has been from the beginning the cause of untold suffering and indescribable misery it has been the real cause of many of indian wars which have darkened and continue to darken our frontier history the recent disturbance among the navajoa was due as it apsara to whiskey the general government it will be remembered has so far adopted the much abused idea of prohibition as to forbid the sale of chicky to the indians on the reservations the liquor dealers with usual disregard dis for alie laws of the land have persisted in carrying on their traffic among the indians in spite of the government these violations of the law have been approved and encouraged by many of the indians whose appetite for firewater fire water has been cultivated balong bylong contact with frontier civilization and so when an attempt was made recently by a body of government troops to arrest some liquor peddlers in the reservation in arizona the indians rallied to the assistance of the peddlers and drove the soldiers off the reservation thia made it necessary to call for other and thus the latest indian war be seln it would be baite impossible to pack more glaring falsehoods into a small apace than are contained in tho following sentences taken from an address made by president atherton of the nations protective association at the recent convention in this city it could be proved he said that there had been no decrease of rime in the states of maine iowa aal cansas under a prohibitory law on the contrary the prisons ia those states are now as fall as they ever were it could be easily shorn that in the states named crime had increased as a result of tho excesses brought about by free selling mr atherton said the same thing in substance in his address before the liquor dealers association at buffalo if lie keeps on saying it long enough he may convince himself that it is the truth judge gildersleeve in sentencing a prisoner recently in the court of general sessions new york city paid your trouble is due to rum and that is the cause of nine tenths of all crimes when we have prohibition if ever we do we shall hays only one judge here and one district attorney and probably only two or three assistants these will be able to do all the work that would ace a saving to the county of to a year and of millions of dollars to the people throughout the county IT has always been asserted eliat in presidential years business was dull this year then must be taken as an exception cep tion if the commercial columns of democratic Ee publican free trade and projection papers tell the the commercial reports throughout alie country agree that trade is improving this ia because tho business men of tho country believe that cleveland is to be elected reelected re and that the country is aurely safe in his hands anc utah commission is in chicago preparing its report to the interior department part ment what ita nature will be ia not given out but seeing that cominis eibner thomas haa said that the edmunds law has been of great benefit to utah it is probable that they will not suggest any further congressional legislation TUE democracy of illinois arc confident they will carry the e canvass of gen palmer is said L very effective and is winning to democratic ticket thousands of tarn 19 1 and mechanics who begin to appreciate the evil effects of a protective tariff |