The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-30
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TO Rspnblioan q aperancs n on IS 70
Their Duty 81 the Present Hationa 81 lcon-
test. II sSs &:
tionists ourselves. ASH your careful considera-
ton Of the following reasons for not voting the
national prohibition ieket: 5.s5 ;;.;l5S
First Becapseit ii the general sentiment Of
prohibitionists that the use will hereafter, as
ton Of prohibition is submitss "a to: vote Of the
people separate from other issues and distinct
from party politics. g. vi i r A
Second Because prohibition cannot sue
cessfully make a national political issue until
policy to be pursued has been clearly defined
Of the cause in the Ghited States. 80 ,.s'
A$ Ihlrd-Becauseth tho present prohibition tick
ct was put in the field without such approval
The convention which inaugurated the move:
ment and nominated tho ticket, did not repre-
sent the great body Of prohib itionists through
yention opposed placing o ticket in the field
Temperance people, IN states in which prohibi-
ton has been successful, as Maine, Iowa. and
Kansas, generally opposed it Ii \ ~
Fourth-Bec the present movement is
confusing mo planof operations being proper.
for St Johntis as much vote for woman suf-
frage-for Chinese emigration to this country
for taking the appointing power away from the
president-for it's unjust imputations against
both Blaine md Logan tits for temperance
RI Fifth Because the platform is not the ex-
preston Of the convention, but Of q committee
appointed to revise and republish it The
platform Adopted b. the convention contained
at money grssnb planf which the com
ance heartly onao rses the platform, but fails to
say whether il is the one adopted BY the con-
Svention or the committee - 4. y IS ~.
Il Before presenting this crude document in
the name Of the prob bitionista Of the country
for the SURFACES OF the American people, the
questions to be voted on should have, been
more carefully considered and authorihyely
adopted Especially before requiring them,
as the platform does, to ignore all other qnes-
| lions Of public interest represented BY there
publican and democratic parties' y 7Si
e SIXTH because at is unfair to. patriotic cii-
gems 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 onal ether Questions however yitalIy
where there ia not the slightest prospect Of
success. Vs. 81
It is trne the republican party declined to
make prohibition An issue in its platform. ;.s
For it to have done so would have been POI
i6cal suicide. 1t would have driven out Of
the party all of its members. except the prolii-
bitionists It would therefore have boon the
abandonment Of the field to the democratic
party It would have been to turn over the
protection of their rights and the education OF
the freedmen, the preservation and mainte-;
nance of all Of the wise and benef cent meas
ures and the great achievements Of the repub-
ican party to the care, enforcement and pres
eryation Of the party that has always been very
bitterly opposed to them. S3s$s 553Ss$
IS 1t is also true that its candidates are not at
hpery % maze new Issues ios the parry y