, 1874-04-09

oNE LESSON OF THE ELEOTIoNB,
There are many useful lessons bot, nol,tica
anu nofal' to bo loarnod from careful stud,
end analysEH OF the township elections hold O,
Mohaay and Tuesday last. Republican politi
ela1's may discover tho ful1llmout OF tho warn
lnee Which haVo beoh uttorod 90 many timos
/ ana, II they arc not blind, niay soo tho hand
writing on tho vail Which forobodos still groato,
"1aastor hoxt fall. Tic advocates of tcmpor.
ance may obtain still mora uecful information
ano olsco7er why tho people have put tho seal
OF dlsapprobation upon tlloir recont opora-
aons. 1t is now nearly three monthe
ainco tito temperance poop1o took the
liold against whisky. Thoy commenced opcra-
tiona in novel, but to many goo.l poop1o au
Objectionable, manner. Bands Of womon, of
good women, actuatcd by good purpouo, DO.
sieged tho SALOONS with prayer and psalm, DIV
and night, aud wore aidod IN thoir work by a
majority OF tho clorgy aud congregations, and
wore organized into action by DR.. Dio Lewis, d
sensational moral roformor, whose dogroe OF
philanthropy largely depended upon the ability
OF temperance people to pny him. The closing
Of saloons WIS mado to dopond upon tho off,
caoy Of prayer, and, whon this had
failed, the business Of physicians, drug
g'sts, and saloon-keopors was directly
1ntcrferod with. Great crowds stopped bust
noss, md when any resistance WIS nado to such
interference tho rcsietors wore punished by tho
courts, aud loyal gontlomen who dared to detopd
tlom wore put under social ban, somesfmea
coercion WINS usod, aud frequently laws Which
Ind boon dead lottors for years wore revived
aud brought to bear upon iouor-sellers with
thoir most extreme penalties. Personal liberty
"as In many instances invaded, aud rights guar
antood by law were deliberately tramplod upou,
Pending these operations, there wore not
wanting many aud soriouB warnings, THO pub
Lie press, almost without exception, pointed out
to the crusaders md their supporters that thoy
"ero running full tilt against public opinion.
and that the public not only did not sy1npathizo
with tllom, but actually regarded their prococd-
ings with distrust. Still more solemn warnings
came from olorgynen standing high in their
profession, that these crusaders woro doing
damage to tho oauso Of religion by bringing It
into contompt. and that, II tnoir prayers failod,
the result would bo to iniuro other forms Of
church work. There Inns been no opportunitv
for public opinion to manifest itself until tho
April elections, aud these aro now bo.
fore us with their significant record.
In nearly every town aud village in
tho West tho issue was liconso or anti
liconse and tho respective forces woro arrayel in
all their strength. Tho vote pollad at thcso
elections was ono Of the largest evor cast in tho
West, and fully up to the standard OF general
elections. The temperance people moved
heayen and earth to elect thoir cauddatos aud.
in numerous p1ncos. TIM wo'non prayed at tho
polls while tho voting was going on. But thoy
prayed in vain. The results 80 far Us no have
received them, are rs fo1lows:
ILLINOIS.
For Ttnperancc-El paso, Winchester. Canton.
3aleRhurg-4.
Ant'-1smpcranee - Chicago, Clinton, aencseo,
Champaign, Monmouth, Frocpozt, Jacksonville hfnt.
oon, Waukegan, Lake View, carnytle Juliet Morris.
For 1eH'*rance-New Lexington, s1orr ow, pcnt
'on, Logan, urbana, Mansfield. Wooster, Mount ycr
1on Loudou, Napoleon. Fostoria, trenton, Ga]polis
wilmington. Eaton, Paincsv11lo, Akron, War1on Now
london, Hqua, Lochand, Van Wcrt-ae,
Ants-1fmTerance- Cincinnati, Washington Court
lo"sc, Waynesville, franklin, Datavin, Lancaster.
'omeroy, Bucyrus. Lima Cleveland CLilootlc. Shell
- Toledo, Dayton, Columbus A1amsshurg, Marietta.
1ial9otown, Portsmouth, Newark, AsltRbula Mans.
leld, Elyr1a, Norwalk, Illllaboro-o5,
In dondt-sprng1eld, Zancsvillo, Xonia-a.
MICHIGAN.
For Temperance Ypsianti. lansing Wayue-a
1fnti.1emperance-Ann Arbor, Niles, ColIwator.
'rand Haven, Monroe, Dowagiao, Grand Rapids, Adri
n, Saginaw, Flint-10.
Anti-1emperanee-Day Council Bluffs. Keo-
uk, Dubuque-.
T1scoNsn.
nti-7't'nperance- du Lac Ripon nIilw aukeo |
1adtAon, Jauesville, Bcloit, Oshkosh.-7,
KA:isAs.
npeTance-Manhattan, Fort Scott, Atct1-
3n-3.
Thus, out Of ninety-two towns which have
cen hoard from, and in which straight iesuo
as made, sixty-throe voted to allow liouor to |
o sold, ind only twonty-nine refused. This ia
OF 30 much a condemnation Of temperance na
ts q condemnation of tho manner in which,
,mperance agitators and enthusiasts arc work
'g. 1t is losson which should bo studied by
lem, and can bo studied with profit.