The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-08-25
and which is the most effective of all
.temferance laws, ih the House received
II ytss NJ RAyabaeAsess
is,s's ls' q { T. ls..a 4 h s'ss a
pAblieens 9TH the sxcsptioh of twd
from, HunNtou County. who did not.

nom HsnHton County, who did not
vote at all, voted for the resolution, and
all the Democrats voted against It, thus
defeating 1t, it not receiving the neces-
sary tbree-fifths vote. -nJIF --s-
90 1t seems from the record, as made
up by the old parties, that about 20 to
80 per cent of the Republicans ard about
15 to % per cent of the Democrats are
in favor of temperance legislation.
With the exception of Hamilton, Cuya-
hoga and Ioceasionaliy two or three
others the Republican counties through
out the State can be counted upon With
a reasonable degree OF certainty to vote
right. The same can be said of but a
very small per cent of the Democratic
countless biz p" H5 7i so IL
eff the Republican counties In the
State, with. the few known exceptions,
vote for the measures the new party
want, what more can the members from
that party do? And If the Republican
candidate for the Legislature. is virtual
lily a temperance one, 1 cannot see
why the new party win not accept of
the assistance they offer, and in coup-
ties where anti-temperance men are
elected, which, with few exceptions are
Democratic ones, JOIN forces and elect a
temperance member, instead of endan-
gering the success of their principles by
having two candidates in the field for
the Legislature, where if but one were
presented his election would be made
sure; otherwise, both defeated. And
this Is the condition OF several counties
in the State. The tenor of the speeches
at Loyeland was to the effect that the
new party wished to chastise the Re-
publicans for not giving the people an
opportunity to vote upon constitution
al amendment, etc. They also made
the boast that they would draw votes
enough. from the party to defeat 1t. L
do not hold the new party responsible
for the declarations of some Of ITS mem
bers. Yet, If, as they claim, they will
poll from &c, 200 to 10000 votes, this
would be the natural result of their ac-
ton. Us ,pcf s3itmlt H9 -
"If it does defeat the Republican
ticket and chastise the Republicans by
not re-electing them to the Legislature,
what then p. . SOS al s. y-.t>l
e" They do not expect to elect their
own ticket, hence they want to, or at
least will, elect q Democratic one, and
if it does, what is gained for temperance
principlesS sni l. tcS E.,5a-.r''
"The I'd plank in the Loveland. plat
form is in favor of constitutional
amendment which will prohibit the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors If the new party.is sincere in
this declaration is it to obtain 1t by, vot-
ing in the party that voted three to two
against submitting the amendment and
voting out the one that voted solidly
for 1t? Hence, so long as I am not in
either Hamilton or Cuyahoga County,
and even there ! could not better my
self, cannot consistently vote for the
party and thereby assist the Democratic
party to ride into power, to put addi-
tional obstacles in the wsy of the prin-
ciples wish to aid. :. r-f. -,
"In this campaign the new party is
leveling its guns at the Republican
party instead of the liquor traffic. 1t Is
heaping abuse upon that party, chastis-
ing it; will defeat that party, array his
own State against the President, give
the next Legislature to the Democrats
to redistrict for Congressional purposes
lin word, it wants to slap the Repub
lican party in the face. Before any
candid temperance man decides to dc
this let him consider WELL"