Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-29
An ImpWr amt Prom n lam iento


An Imp0r .ant Pronunciamiente.
In Sunday mornings Eraminer ap
peared very important communication
signed by the Executive Committee o.
the Germsn Tildcn and Hendricks Club
It occupies column and half in thai
journal. and is printed In the German
language. We have caused the sub
stance of 1t to be translated for the ben
eht Of our readers, and herewith present
Its most salient passages:
''Ths temperance question has play cd
great role in politics for many years,
and has interested the German voters
more than any other political question.
In the general politics of the great par
!. ties one may find hundreds for and
against without coming to common ba'
sis for all; but not so in the temperance
question. On this we can confidently
claim that all Germans are unanimous,
that ii must be fought as long as IL ex.
lists.
'It Is not necessary to examine into
Its beginnings; what part 1t played in
politics in past years. Let us hold to
the question as IL has appeared in the
last four years and to what we have to
expect in the future.
"Partly under their own flag and part
ly with the aid Of the Republican party.
the temperance people and prohibition
lists have made the most strenuous
efforts, which in some States, as Iowa,
Kansas, etc., resulted in but too great a
success.
Everywhere we saw the Republican
party itself. or the great majority Of its
voters, as prohibitionists of the clearest
water; and everywhere the Democratic
party unfolding the banner Of personal
liberty, the right Of man to resist the
protect ctorate of the fanatics. We see, in
consequence, in Ohio, Illinois, etc.,
thousands and thousands of Germans,
thus far the most faithful adherents of
the Republican party, disguised with
it, seeding from 1t and turning to the
party that has the strength and courage
to openly fight the followers of Neal
Dow. To tighten up the subject, we
have only to sweep before our own
door-only to remember our State elec-
tion of 1882. Does not every unpreju-
diced man see that we would be nearer
the condition of Maine, Kansas and
Iowa, il il had not been for the sound
common sense which induced at least
30 per cent OF all German voters to turn
to the Democratic party for their saliva.
tion.
"When we claim that the tidal wave,
which gave the unprecedented majority
of so in Congress, through the majori-
ties in the Northern States, to the Demo.
cratic party, few years age. was
mainly due to the German votc--the
most ''dyed in the wool" Republican will
believe us.
''Now shall we Germans let slip the
victory and the power that We then
gained and return to the quiet life so
dear to us, till the rope on our throat
again compels us to fight for our ex.
istence and freedom--or shall we as far.
seeing and practical men and citizens
obtain the assurance that we may live
ms decent and free citizens and, let us
say /. frankly, secure the right to drink
glass of beer where and when it
pleases us, on Sunday in the company
of our families and neighbors, in the
open air, etc., now and forever.
The last Democratic National Conyen.
tion adopted the following passage in its
platform:
"We oppose sumptuary laws which
vex the citizens and interfere with per-
sonal liberty" This prescribes for the
Democratic party in all the States how
it is to carry itself in relation to the
prohibition question, and we can claim
with assurance that there will, on the
part Of the Democratic party, be no op.
position to this clause which. anyway,
meets the wishes of the great majority.
"How, on the other hand, is it with
the Republican party' In their Conven-
tion the subject was not mooted and it
has consequently left the question toeach
State to deal with as they choose, and
how they deal with it wherever they
have the majority We Germans have
good cause to know. Wherever il rules
the ghost of Prohibition is not and never
will be quieted.
''The fate Of both parties is decided in
the contest and vote for President Of
the United States, and which party do
we Germans desire to see come out of
the contest victorious, Certainly the
party that has fought and is fighting for
the principles so dear to us, and We must
use our utmost endeavors to beat and
kill off the party which in our own
State and in every other State in the
Union. will. in the event Of the election
OF their candidates, Blaine and Logan,
agitate this Temperance question more
actively than ever before.
The balance of the address is devoted
to denunciation of such German papers
as support the Republican ticket and
calls on the Germans TO stand by their
friends, the Democratic party. The
prohibitionists are handled without
gloves and altogether the document is
trenchant and effective.