Daily Republican., 1884-11-13
temperance and rreacn cry.

rHURSnAY, NOvEMBE" ~ 1854
Temperance and rreacn cry.
Now that the temperance meu have,
through both their zeal for the temper
ance cause and their spite against the
Republican party, defeated Mr.. Blaine,
from present appearances, what have
they gained by it {? John Is. Finch,
Chairman of the National st. John
Committee, has issued an insulting ad-
dress, claiming To have polled the beg
carly number Of 200, 900 votes out Of
10, OO0, 900 cast, and to have elected the
Democratic ticket. Small and insig-
nifcant As this vote appears, il has
been large enough to turn the tide in
several close Northern States against
Blaine
Unfortunately, there are about enough
extremists In the temperance party to
work more mischief TO themselves, and
to the cause they pretend to represent
than balances the good they do. These
mpracticables never seem to learn wis
dom, and not being able to bring sue
cess TO their efforts, delight in the mis-
chief they do. Wherever the temper
ance people have run independent, 60
called temperance tickets, they have
only injured the party that was ever
disposed TO help them, and In the main
the only party that ever did do much
a. party for the cause Of temperance,
since the days that tho Democratic
party gave 70 Maine u Prohtbitory L.
quor law
The Philadelphia Press reminds its
readers that twelve years ago under the
lead OF Rev. Pencil Coombe. q tenn
perance sentiment was formed In Penn
syivania, which resulted In the Repub-
hcan party passing local option law,
which was adopted by ovel twO-thirds
OF the counties OF the State and became
. la~. IL was then that the extr0-
mtsts OF tho temperance followinR, not
content with the progress that had been
made, wanted an entire Prohibitory H.
quor law, and the next year they nomi-
mated . full empefance ticket and put
1t in the field. What was the result ?
They succeeded in electing q Demo
cratic House Of Assembly, and the very
first bill introduced waS for the repeal
OF the local option law. OF course II
passed the House and the Senate, which
was Republican, in retaliation for this
base ireachery OF the temperance par.
~, Joined with the Democratic House
and swept the local option Law from the
Statute books.
There has never been any chance fol-
Prohibition in Pennsylvania since
neither will there be- for many years To
come, owing to the misguided zeal and
the treachery of temperance leaders
In our own State of Delaware the Re.
publican party has never been in DO.
sition in the Legislature of the State
where it could render assistance TO the
temperance men in their demands. II
In worthy OF note, however, that when
ever the question OF local option wa,
before the Legislature, and there wcr,
any Republicans in that body they vo
ted soiidly for local option. But thi
frienIliness to the temperate,
cause did not suit the 'cIr perancs men
Nothing would do them but potitiv,
declaration beforehand on the part o
the Republicans that they would favo
the cause Of local option. This declare
would do but the nomination Of full
temperance Legislative ticket. VIVA
IL the result ? The ticket Dolled some
where about !, 400 votes in the State
and about 400 of them came from I'M
Democratic party. and 900 from tn
Republican party. In New Castl
County the vote ran we'll I'D to SOC
This was too small vote TO do mucl
mischief, but 1t is plainly seen VIVA
would have been done in a close con
test.
Bat 1t is In New York wh.rs tn,
Temperance vote has been di.as,rnu
TO the Republican ticket. Here it ha
reached 81, 900 or 30. 900 yo,--. tbre,
fourtbs of which were drawn from Mr.
blaine, while in every probability NJ,
blaine wasa better temperance ma
than st. John was. The Il mo vn,.
unllsd in New Jersey and in. 4 otO !
Connecticut gave these State. 10 ci.v,
land from whom not even p,,l .,
ampIa can he expectad in favor
Temperance. and certainly nothing GA
b.. tx re.t,d from tho marry witch o,y
him ia direct simmer, xithstanJ
ing fine treacbery of tn. t.mp.ran,
marty the Re,nhIican. hold en-. I.ag;.
laturea of Nv yorL con,.,,,,n, a.,
New .Jersay and orc .hIs to IN .or,.
thing for rho carsa ~ Tsmn., snc. Dr.
will thew do ito Most smnba,icall
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