The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-19
(To DE CONTINUED. !

The Trenton Times is bright, witty
and wise in its "Reply to two Critics"
which we quote below. 1t is excellent
and il tells some plain but unpalatable
truths to the St. John cranks:
Two followers of the late st. john have
written communications criticising THE
TINES comments on the Prohibition
movement.
The first critic sends number of Bible
passages about the Lords work being
invariably successful, and that the man
who interferes with il comes to destruction
and the like. In other words, this fol
lower of St. John takes upon himself to
declare that he is doing the Lords work
and everybody else isn't.
Conceit of the overgrown and very pro-
fuse order has been one of the character
istics of the st. John crowd. Although
they comprise about one five hundred
and fiftieth of the population of the land,
they claim to be the only ones who are on
intimate terms with the Almighty, and
to have His particular and especial sane
ton for their doings. 1t will strike most
people as simply short of blasphemy
for few thousand men to assert tina I
they have the Divine seal of approval up
on their work, while all other millions OF
people are trudging along without any
Heavenly aid. Perhaps it will not hurt
to state that il the Lord has committed
his work to st. John and his followers, il
is being very badly done, and the Lord is
sadly neglecting His own.
The second critic complains that the
Republican party hasn't done any m ore
for Prohibition than the Democratic par
ty. THE TIMES is not defending the Re-
publican party, but it is sheer nonsense for
the critic to talk as he does. The Re.
publican party doesn't suit the st. John
folks. No party could suit set of mar.
row minded men who want the earth and
half of the sky. But tho Republican
party has certainly been more friendly to
the Prohibitionists thon any other party
The Democrats don't believe in sumptu.
airy legislation. They consider Prohibi
| ton an Infringement upon the rights Of
every citizen. Samuel j. Randall hal
just announced that one of the first thing
the Democratic party will do, now tina
it is ia power, will be to repeal the inter.
| nal revenue law and abolish the tax or
whiskey and tobacco. OF course if th,
tax is removed from whiskey the Govern
ment loses all control over 1t and will
take no further thought of it.
If the critic considers that the remov
ing of the tax upon whiskey, so that i
will be made cheaper and easier to obtain
is step in favor of Prohibition, he /
welcome to his opinion. He is about tn
only man who will think SO, however
The rest of mortal kind will deem it any
thing but prohibitory movement.
THE TIMES has kindly and frankly re
piled to these critics. 1t is probably
waste of time 1t is impossible to tai
reason or common sense TO an out. and
out Prohibitionist. He doesn't get dow
to common sense plane. He lives in
realm of his own making, where his ow
dictum is superior to mankind, and eve
claims equality with Jehovah. That th
work of Prohibition is put back nearly
quarter of century is the honest opinio
of nearly the entire press of the countr
of both parties and of all thoughtful cit
zens. Only residents in the know every
thing temple think otherwise.