South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Had 10 Pull it DOwaI


Many OF our readers will remem-
Der seeing the following at the top
Of tho editorial page of the AcCsn-
melville Herald:
"OUR PLATFORM.
RxsoLvKD, That while We believe
il 10 be premature TO urge temper
ance questions upon the great State
ard National parties, We strongly
urge our political conventions to
nominate for the sufrsges of the
people only staunch temperance
men.
RESOLVED, That NO will support
no candidate for Office at the ap-
preaching fall election who habItu-
ally uses Intoxicating liquors az q
beverage"
Last week the above platform Of
the Herald had to be pulled down to
make way for the Republican State
ticket. The platform and the tick
ct would not work well together
While we are not informed relative
TO the habits of all the candidates
on their ticket, we have some in
formation that cannot be gainsaid
relative 10 some of them.
James Williams, the candidate
for Auditor of State on the Repnb-
lican ticket, has been q notorious
drinking mau for years, and at this
time "habitually uses Intoxicating
liquors as g beverage" and the
Herald men well know 1t. Why, il
the Herald is honest in its temper
auce pretensions. does it not refuse
TO support Williams for Auditor of
Statsf If the Herald was honest
in publishing the above platform,
why does il not stick to its plat
form, and refuse to supper: Viii
lismsf All who doubt that Will
liams 10 a drinking man, We refer
to Hon. W. P. Sprague and 10 Hon.
Richard Stanton. They will both
attempt to smooth over the matter
& little by saying /: "Well, Williams
will take q drink once in awhile,
but l believe [ never saw him
drunk. He'll drink on State Con-
vention days, Fourth of Julys. &c.
He has ne principle against taking
nm occasional glass" Both these
Republicans know IN their hearts
that Williams is q regular crInker,
but still they do not feel like say
ing so of u man that they expect to
support for Office. Very naturally
they will smooth the matter over
in the way above stated, OF some
similar way, but still the honest en-
quirer after the truth will CLEAN
enough from them to establish the
fact that Williams, in their opir-
roa. "habItually uses intoxicating
liquors as a beverage" Still the
Herald, sfter avowirg what il
claimed 20 be its principles in the
shove platform, tears down the
platform, and hoists the name of
Williams for auditor of State.
Stephen K, Hos of Muskrng-
um county. on the Republican State
ticket for Member OF the Board of
Pubic Works, is another who has
babitually used intoxicating liquors
rs a beverage for twenty years, il
not all his life. Mr.. Hosmer is we'll
known to many of our citizens, and
we DO not suppose there is a man
in Morgan county that would dis
pute our charge against him. 1t is
true that he does not drink as ex>
cessively as he did q few years ago,
and It is equally true that he is
well qualified to fill the position for
which he is q candidate : but still
he drinks and has done so for years
and years. The Herald men know
this, and yet they support him IN
the face u their avowed determine.
ton not 10 support any man for of
fee that fuses Intoxicating liquors
as n beverage"
There are some others on the
Republican State ticket that we are
told are drinking men, but, so far,
We have no positive Information re.
lative to them, and, Of course, Will
not mention them until we are pos,
Itiyely informed. We ask the PEG
pie, however, to reflect G. lite, and
ask themselves il they = conced,
honesty TO the Herald in Publishing
tho above platform. Do not thu
facts prove that they were only
playing pretend to be Temperance
for party sake 2
THE Morgan County Republican
Convention entirely ignored tn
temperance question in its. resolu
tions. These would-bc coiled tenn.
perance men of Morgan wers afrait
20 svow what they privately claim
TO be their principles, all fcv Scar 0
losing the Whisky vete ct sher
party
WILL Mr.. Stanton tell the PeoPi
why the Republican State Conven
tion did not nominate o s~srictl,
temperance ticket7 Will he tel
the people why it did not put
temperance plank in its platform
If the Republican party Is the sv
enue through which the Temper
ance reform ID 10 be effected, VIII.
did the State Convention of tb
party entirely ignore the question
Does not the Republican party
with all its "moral ideAs," court th'
Whisky and Larer Beer yoto ,