Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-04
The 0aest for Spells.

they enjoyed 50 weli2- Hassssyaoa Posi-.
The Qaest for Spells
The facility with which the Republic
an party in rs quest for spulls can adapt
Itself 50 sse-T rarFing phase of politics
ana aIly Itself with any fsefion Is q
cause CT ceaseiess wonder and admir1-
ton The pa-ty had not the least
trouble In encouraging the alliance with
Makesne regulators In Virginia while
boast5a- Of is devotion 10 the cause OF
public credit elsewhere In Mississippi
the Repu 5lleans fused with the Green
hackers IN the LIST election. while loud
II processing 10 detesf the financial
policy of this hare-brained faction In
California the party demands that the
Chinese must be excluded By aegisla-
ton. while the Republicans of New
England denoEnce such legislation ~
5lhberal. anti-republican and brutal
Thus the party turns 10 gITe It's wei
come and embrace 30 every faction thAS
affords q promise of votes But If
would hardly be supposed that the Be
publican party which is identical with
the hqnor prohibifionists IN Maine
should In pursuing the same spoi3s pol
icy become by "a calfrip slight the
party Of free and unlimited whisky.
Such is nevertheless the fact In North
Carolina IN order TO promote the cause
of God and morality, As Is It's diTine mis-
sion, Il Is the silly Of rum-
The manner In which the alliance be-
tween Republicanism and whisky In
North Carolina has been brought about
Is told with much JUNCTION bT q CORES
spondenf of the Tr5bass- In response
to The noisy demands of the so-caIled
. temperance element OF the State the
Legislature, containing q three-foU-ths
Democratic majority, was constrained
to pass a Prohita5orr Liquor bill and
submit it TO the people for ratification
This biE made il misaemeanor, Dun
ish2s9le BY fine and Imprisonment, 10
manufacture, bry or sell spir5tuous or
mali liquors wine or cider. within the
territory Of North Carolina but limited
sales were permitted under stringent
regulations Tor medical, mechanical and
medicinal purposes. When this bill
was submitted 10 zAe people the Repub-
lean leaders saw their opportunity in
opposing It They were somewhat
backward at first. lnasrnnch as il was
well known that the passage Of the bill
was mainly due to their persistent out
cries. But they soon oFerearae their
AMI the Republican Sfate
Committee issued an address assailiny
the measure IS - an invasion of popular
rights A large majority OF the Dem
ocTa1s were opposed 10 the bill and the
had no difficulty In per
their eolored followers of its
nature Naturalization or
CARNATIONS were formed BIZ the Demo-
Gratis IN all parts Of the State, and as the
result of the campaign the Liquor bin was
by naa5ority of us, 900 votes
The Republicans of North Carolina
having converted themselves into an
an1i-prohibi1ory liquor party cannot es-
cape from the position In which they
have placed themselves, and are re-
solved 10 make the most of ii at the
coming election Though the liquor
question has been temporarily disposed
Of by the treason of the Republican
leaders TO the cause which they at first
eagerly encouraged they intend to form
4 coalition with the anti-Drohibifson
Democrats This year North Carolina
elects Supreme Judge, four Supreme
Cont Judges. Members of Congress,
and Legislature. 1t is proposed that
he Republicans and prohibition
Democrats unite for the nomination and
Lection of al these officers As free
md unlimited whisky is the basis of this
aew and beautitnl coalition. its name
viii be that of Liberals In each
district the regular Demo
rattle candidate VIII be opposed by q
Liberal supported by Republican
-otes Thus far most of the moving has
been done by the Republicans, the
Democrats naturally feeling ashamed Of
ueh a coalition. But as has been
hown II Virginia and elsewhere the
VIII balk al no com bination
hat giges them a promise Of success.
N Virginia they are Readjus.ers, in
Greenbaekers, in California
nt5-G hinese, In Iowa tariff reformers,
a Maine liquor p-ohibifienis1s. and In
1o1fh Carolina they turn mp as the
dvoca1es Of free whisky and equal
ights- tPa-e Patriot