The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-04
THE TEMPLE OF HONOR.

While tie Temple of Honor Of this city
confined itself TO its legitimate business OF
elevating the morals of the community by
preventing people from acquiring love for
drink and by retaining those lost in the
vice of intemperance, our citizens have spo
/ ken of it in uniform terms Of laudation
When it steps outside of the purpose for
which it was instituted and becomes poll
/ teal organization, condemnation will be
just as unsparingly bestowed. As individ
uals, the members have perfect right to
I be guided in political matters by their con.
v:tions of duty As political organlza-
ton no one can question their right to en-.
ter the political arena with ticket of their
/ own choosing or to unite their fortunes
with that party most in accord with their
views. But as an organization designed to
promote the cause of temperance they over
step tie bounds of propriety when they use
the tond which makes them a society, to
insure the defeat of candidate whose pr
vate and public character are above re-
proach. If they choose TO make high
license an issue in the local politics of the
city, let them come out manful,y in support
of their principles, throw off the mask of
nom interference in politics, avow tteir
principles openly and fearlessly and abide
the result. But covert plotting which
breads detection is not deserving of success
and should ALLEVIATE the respect of all A
political organization which acts under the
garb of morality, can not long sustain It's
character as a moral agency and must ex
pect the treatment which its designs merit.
In justice to the Temple of Honor We must
say thai: prominent member of 1t offered
to show US the minutes of the last meeting
as an assurance that no resolutions of
political character had been passed. We
accept the genteman's word as conclusive
on that point. But the concert of action
on Tuesday showed unity of purpose. If
the movement was not part of the regular
business of the meeting it had the unani
nous sanction of all present. What atters
it as far as results are concerned, and as
far as the movement was detrimental to the
proper and pralseworthy work which tbs
Temple has been performing, whether this
movement was acted upon as a Part of the
regular business or discussed and agreed
upon at recess by the members. or by a
few whose zeal cloude1 their judgment?
We offer our sympathy to the members
of the Temple for the deceit practiced upon
them. Mr. Plening had the independence
to refuse dictation. Had saloon keeper
waited upon him to ascertain his views in
regard to license, the interest he would rep
resent would undoubtedly haye formed a
combination against the democratic candi
date Report does not speak in equally
favorable terms of the independence of
Mr. Schuette. His assurance to the dele
CATION that waited upon him that he favor
ed high license, was repeatedly denied on
Tuesday to men of ansi-temperance pro-
cliyities
We are not discussing the merits of high
or low license. If the Temple chooses to
meet this issue squarely and put ticket in
the field on this aYowed platform, they
will encounter no opposition from the
Pilot. We have nothing but feelings of
admiration for the work done by the
Temple up to Monday night. That done
since has srieved Its friends and awakened
no small amount of Indignation.
If this has been the work of in3iscreet
members of the organization, let the Tenn
pie of Honor disavow it. Let them not
only disclaim it in word but in deed. The
columns of the PILoT are open to any ex-
PLANTATION that can be offered; if none, then
to any justification.