New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-13
REPUBLICANS And TIE TEMPERANCE
ISSUE.
HORACE GREELEY or THE COURSE OF THE FRO
HBITIONISTS.

HIBITlONISTS
To the Editor OF The TrtbUne.
SIR! | don't want to bore you but as you
are bored often by able correspondents, may well
take my turn as any the others-promIsng, however
to do Il With neatuess and Dispatch
The EDgshman who said 10 was absurd to weep over
the grave Of Adam reminds Of myself for propose
TO take your seriously and to say you entirely
misunderstood my meaning. don't want TO know how
temperance help the Republican party, but
how-aud, particularly when-the Republican party Is
going help temperance Here In NcwJersey the party
helped" In the work by citing down on Jonn Hill
OF his tcmpes principles and in Maine Neal
Dow says the Republican party "a helping the cause
by seeking ally Itself" with the liquor interest IN
view Of TIE next election.
know Democratic party Is willing to hurt u.s. but
also know that the Republican party isn't willing TO
do Is any good, and just blind enough not 70 see
any difference bctw EN- the two. ~ their irHi' ye
SHALL know them aud us the fruit Of the ylue every
Dur simplicity IN he. ping the Republican party In the
hope aay return calls mind the affecting instance
Of the you who went 10 the ucnaEsr!7 ana We Iou
trek OF putting - cents IN box. Youth
rod % aud tAe elephant lld i Dut when i4e !ouIs
keeper remarked: 1--WE never taught him that trick"
IHc dear od l.cpHnt,tn parry an p.1 Ut ~ W
giving amy help back think tho tine has about come
IN Tho same way elephants axe usually taught
d" An shouldn't gfrIIN Nuuu'E ct lA'lt Nuull7auu5
o. my. mind" hours-wc... yours truly, -.
Washington, n j.. Oct .. 1883
I'VE think wc can answer at once both this cor
respondent and another who writes lis TO complain
that THG TmBUSEs attitude toward the Prohlbi
ton party is not that which Mr. Greeley took.
This latter Is George Baider,ton, OF Colora, Cecil
County. Nd. We coaics7 TO being a little tired Of
being told that The IElBUNEs course on this qucs-
ton has changed since Mr, Groelcy's death. The
host way TO silence such biuudcrs or misrepgysenta-
tiuns Is 90 reprint one Of Mr. Greeey5 many articles
upon this subject. We may adj that If had been
written to-day, with the Ohio election aud the
scott law in uliuI. 10 would not have needed to be
greatly changed. 1t il from THE TRIBUNE OF Sep
tembcr =, 1870, and Is IS loI.owsI
LIQUOR ~ POLITICS.
or rhc Twenty thousand hquor.,eler' more or lcs-l
lu this state 80 lrst uuejy-uuc IA every hundred are
Jealous aud active pariisan' OF sham Rrmocracy-in
good part because tucy KNOW t4l. tie L4IoT iiiAc
can always expect greater favor aud VII. secure moro
perfect immunity the hands Of nat party h4n oi any
bal uiminlhtrton ~ our state Not being fools nor
mudncu. the rumsell"r- 10 not lhro" away 'he Vote
yuI ne them 80 iLHt the} VIII mosi rHecbgeLy l-H,
Tnry mlZht set up special Liquor parry In iy2r Of
beverages; bat ,hc' know t-ai ms ""hld De P.aJlus
rsut into tho hands VI the frohiouonIsIs; 50 they
III Republican party Of our this day a, least
Twenty Thousand yOlcs weaker than 10 would have
lad b. bgCu ulO hCd To ignore anu NttHAr tt-7'd
ton on Liquor. We claim credit FOR II on th!s uc-
had u Tried to do 40, IL mgut nave !osl more
yolr, s; yet tue fact Is worth considering IuHES s
mo- slate thu Union where political agitation IN the in
tlest OF ETJuDUu does HOf ana VIII not MtAa'h the
Eruubcuuz by driving thousands from Their ranks mo
uuse OF Democrats. All tEc Temperance legislation
We have had THIS state has been the MOIa OF krpup
LEANS; ull the anti Temperance legislation ana JuHclN
mobilization ald thereof has been tue Wota OF tho
Deuucruts aud n will b. 10 the end OF the chapter
We do not complain that certain fTohlDltOuists
have .ut up IL state IIckot, and propose To give
n IS many votes possible. or course, lhty
know that uiuety-niuo In every hundred OF them
Viii be taken from the Republicans, ana tLuJ
rbr Democratic party will be strengthened I'm
proportion. only necessary To poll all The votes O
RpDubIcau PruululOusls fur the distinctive fIOhi1-
lion ticket 10 insure Democratic Free Ruu triumph IN
every County Of our state. This would E'huy Tue
readers OF tue movement; perhaps 10 would satisfy
tAcr 10 lowers We gD the Otuer wty-thai winch mas
secuted all that Las yet been done Tor Temperance,
and we presume all that Will he.