The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-09-02
Political Action of Temper
ance Men.


fore been allied to the Republican
party, writes as follows, from New
ark, Ohio, to the Temperance Times,
over the signature of "P. W. s."
He is rather hard on the Republi-
can party and its nominations. In
speaking of Judges of Ohio who are
Temperance men, that is Temper
ate men, the writer might have
mentioned that Judge F. w. Wood
is as abstemious a man as can be
found anywhere. But here is the
article:
Now that the two great political
parties of Ohio, the Democratic and
Republican, have made nomIna-
tions for next election, it is time
the Temperance people make up
their minds as to which Of the par
! ties, If either, they can vote with
and retain their s~elf-respect as Tenn
perance men. I take 1t tor granted
that no one will seriously contend
that anything is to be expected ia
vorable to Prohibition or Temper
ance, in the success of the Demo-
cratic ticket and after tho action
of the late Republican convention,
who that knows anything of the
convention, or of Its dolngs or nomI-
nees, will clam any more will be
done for Temperance by the suc-
cess of the Republicans General
Sherwood is the only nominee who
is not a drinking man. He had no
opposing candidate. The friends of
some of the other candidates run
free whisky drInking-rooms, and
took a big drunk over their ucces
The candidate for Supreme Judge Is
anything else than a Temperance
man or Prohlbitionist. The Ohio
courts, as now organized, are, with
two or three exceptions, not only
opposed 10 enforcing the liquor laws
of the state, but a great many of the
common pleas judges Ire so near
drunkards that their friends have to
take charge of them to keep them
sober enough 10 hold court. Judge
Geidis, of Mansfield, Judge Granger
of GAINESVILLE. and Judge Loomis, of
Marietta, are exceptions, and L be-
lieve are Temperance men,. There
may be some others, but upon In-
curry of gentlemen throughout the
state 10 name some others, none 9TH
ers have been named. A Temper.
ance candidate for Supreme Judge,
or any other position, stood about
as much chance for a nomination as
Dives stood of getting the drop of
water he called for, and wanted Lag
arus to take him. Look at the vote
of Hon. Cooper Z. Watson. Evil
IDENTIFY he was the superior in point
of talent. and would have added that
responsibility so much needed 10 the
decision of the Supreme Court of
Ohio; but he was known TO be a
Temperance man, and hence be did
mot even get a respectable vote as a
compliment, much less a vote to
nominate him. Temperance men
have no more to expect from Repub-
lican success than they have from
Democratic uccess But, Say Re-
publican politicians, do ycu want to
elect the Democratic tlcket2 l an
swer, No. Bnt if being a Temper
ance man and voting Temperance
sentiments elects the Democratic
ticket, then so be it. Why did not
the Republicans nominate at least a
Temperance man tor Judge of the
Supreme Court.
The leading Republican papers of
Ohio, for several days, have been
trying to convince the people of
Ohio that the contest at the Repub-
lIcan State Convention would be and
was a squabble between the friends
of John Sherman on the one side and
Columbus Delano on the other, for
the ascendency, and Joe Dwyer is
made the "tin whistle" through
which both factions are ejecting
their political corruptiuns. 1t was
IN fact a contest whether the inter-
nal revenue officers should have the
control Of that convention and the
organization of the state in the in
terests OF Mr.. Delano, or the others
IN the interest Of John Sherman for
the United States Senate. And for
one l have not capital enough in>
vested in either of the gentlemen to
become a political dupe and be
whipped into the traces. Sherman
is a good fnancier. He started In
Congress poor, in 1854, and on a
Congressman'san and Senators salary,
he has made enough to travel all
over Europe and make himself indie
pendently rich. Mr.. Delano had
money enough to buy his son out of
the draft, whilst we poor devils had
to do the fighting. And now that
the Republican party is fighting to
elevate such men, and for nothing
else except to hold the Offices, for
one, L propose to vote on princl-
pie.
What is there between the two
parties except that the Democrats
are out and want to get in, and the
Republicans are in and don't want
to get out?
Read their resolutions. I will
take cne-the tariff. What is the
Republican resolution? A delegate,
when 1t was read In the convention,
remarked, "Bully! 1t means any
thing or nothing"
The Cincinnati Commercial says
it means D thing, the Gazette
another, the Journal another, the
Cleveland Herald another, and some
of them say it Is a success, as it says
nothing.
think they r all right, as you
can make a protective tariff or rev.
enue tariff under it, and yet be IN