Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN NEWS.
J. An ApPEALs.

| Their Duty in the Present National Con
! test. .sf*s
| we, steadfast temperance mon and prohibit
| tionists ourselves, ask your careful considera-
ton of the following reasons for not voting the
national prohibition ticket: ...--, r. So
| First-Because it is the general sentiment Of
prohibitionists that the cause will hereafter, as
heretofore, be more successfpt when the queE-
ton of prohibition is submits a To vote of the
| people separate from other issues and distinct
| from party politics. - s 44s%E
| Second--Because prohibition cannot sue
| cessfnlly make national political issue until
| policy to be pursued has been clearly defined
and approved by the great body of the friends
| of the cause in the United States.
| Third--Because the present prohibition tick
! ct was put in the field without such approval
! The convention which inaugnrated the move
ment and nominated the ticket, did not repre-
sent the great body OF prohibtiouists through
out the country, and large part of the con-
! yentlon opposed placing ticket in the field
Temperance peopleln states in which prohibit
! don has been successful, as Maine, Iowa, and
! Kansas, generally opposed it.
, Fourth-Because the present movement IS
confuslng--no plan Of operations being proper.
| " defined. According to its platform, a vote
| for ST. John is as much a vote for woman suf-
| frage-for Chinese emigration to this country
for taking the appointing power away from the
both Blaine and Logan-as tits for temperance
and prohibition.
Fjfth-Because the platform is not the ex-
| preston of the convention, but Of a committee
| appointed to revise and republinh it. The
! platform adopted by the convention contained
a, fat money sreenback plank which the COM
lnittee eliminated. Gov. St John in his accept
ance heartily endorses the platform, but fails to
! say whether ii is the one adopted by the coz
vention or the committee.
| Before presenting this crude docu ment in
| the name Of the prohibitionista of the country
! for the SURFACES of the American people, the
| questions to be voted on should have been
| more carefully considered and auttlorltlvely
adopted Especially before requiring them,
as the platform does, to ignore all other ques-
| tons of public interest represented by there
publican and democratic parties"
! Sixth-Because it is unfair to patriotic cltl
zens to bring the question of prohibition be-
/ fore the people in such shape as not only to
require its friends to vote for what many OF
| them do not approve but to sacrifice their
votes on all other questions, however vitality
important to the welfare Of the country,
where there is not the slightest prospect of
| success.
>, 1t is true the republican party declined to
| make prohibition an issue in its platform.
For It to have done SO would have heen po
! litcal suicide. 1t would have driven out of
| the party all Of its members, except The proh
| bitionists It would therefore have been the
abandonment of the field to- the democratic
party 1t would have been t., turn over tho
protection of their rights and the education Of
! the freedmen, the preservation and mainte
nance Of all of the wise and benetcent meas
urcs and the great achievements OF the repub-
lican party to the care, enforcement and pres
ervation of tho party that has always been very
! bitterly opposed to them.
! 1t is also true that its candidates are not at
! liberty to make new ISSUES for the party by let
ters, speeches. or acts: for either to do so
would be unwarranted assumption. Some
prohibitionlsts have censured Mr.. Blaine for
not voting on the amendment to the constitu-
ton in Maine. But little reflection will salts
| fly every fair-mlnded person that it would have
been an assumption of party authority, imme-
dlately after the national convention had de-
clined to make the question an issue
For Mr.. Blaine to have voted against the
amendment would have been unjust to the pro-
hibitionists, and to have voted for it, unjust to
| those who are opposed-both having joined in
adopting the platform and nominating aim to
stand upon it
St John are thrown away from the party that
favors majority rule,-a free ballot and fair
count,--a government of the people, by the
people. and for the people, and which, permits
| q vote on the question OF prohibition nnder all
proper circumstances; thrown away in favor
Of tie party that is opposed to all prohibtory
! legislation whether the people are in favor of
| it or not.
Eighth-Because republican votes for the
prohibition ticket are three-fold worse than
fair play; they strengthen the party of un-
compromising hostility; and they indorse an
unwise and illdisested movement that will
greatly enlbarrass, retard and weaken the
cause of prohibition.
Ninth-Because there not being the slight
| est prospect of the election Of this so-called
prohibition ticket, the only result Of repubG
cans voting for it in large numbers will be to put
the democratic party in control Of the general
| government
Teuth-Because if this is the object as some
| leaders in the movement avoW it to be, it will
be more honorable and straight forward to vote
| for Cleveland and Hendricks direct than for St.
| John, as this would avoid the odium of prac-
ticing g deception upon the friends Of temper
ance in order to do thing of such doubtful
| prOpriety as to put Gov. Cleveland into the
| white house.
| Eleven th-Because We do not believe any
! true republican can honestly throw sway his
vote or AID directly or indirectly in electing the
democratic ticket If republicans have allowed
abuses, democrats have always been worse.
| It is unreasonable to favor q change from
bad to worse simply for change. 1t would
| be tempting great calamity The success of
the democratic party at this time would throw
! dark cloud of doubt and uncertainty and q
gloom Of impending danger over the business
! interests of the country would last for years.
No one can tell what policy it would pursue,
what of the republican legislation Of the last
| twenty-five years 1t would repeal or what new
measures it would adopt Z"
The danger and probabilities are thatits acts
would be in accord with it's former course,
doctrines and traditions, for it processes to adj
! here to all of it's s'time- honored principles"
1t is only safe to judge Of these by it's former
acts, and by the known and oft-repeated senti-
ments of majority of those composing and
of course controlling the party They are
| j,r 4ha MAN 1,O rT1or
with the war for the overthrow of the govern
! meut caucus of it's members OF congress
would be controlled by these men. And thus
they would take charge Of the government
they SO recently attempted to destroy
Would the pensions of the disabled Union
soldiers and the provisions for their care and
preferments and for their widows and orphans
be safe in such keeping? ,..,. ..
The party opposed the creation Of the
national debt Would the national credit be
safe if intrusted to it's care? 1t opposed the
establishment OF our, national banking system.
Would it not alter, cripple or overthrow it?
| It has always opposed protective tariffs.
Would it not leave our manufacturing, pro-
duetve, and labor interests without proper
fostering care by its ssrevenue reforms?"
4 1t opposed emancipation, acknowledgment
equality before the law, and civil rights for
negro. Would it be likely to MAINTAIN and en-
force the laws securing them? Or would it be
safe guardian and friend to promote the
edUcauOn ana elevation OF tne negroes WHICH
are so important to their welfare and to the
safety and prosperity Of the institutions of the
country? sg5s|l % ,ltS f.g4 hi 5klj5. y +. ,
It is opposed to the amendments to the con-
stitution and the reconstruction acts, and has
threatened in its platform their repeal. If put
10 power can any one tell what course it would
pursue on these questions? s.. r. r..
4 n Is any republican SO strong 3 prohibitioDist
as to be willing to ieopardizeall these great in
teress for the purpose Of throwing away his
] vote on Gov. St j John? gsE4 ssftl II. =.
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