Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-13
THos. A. HENDRICKS.
r. r. DEL VALE,
Of Los Angeles.
Prohibition. Republican Alliance
In Maine.

Tho Republican organs Affect to dis
cover great cause for encouragement In
the result Of the election In Maine. The
Democrats may allow them to extract all
the comfort they can from that source,
for certainly tho Democrats have every
reason TO be satisfied with It. The cleo.
tion was for two purposes. First, the
election Of a Governor, and second for
the purpose Of adopting an amendment
TO the State Constitution by which the
doctrine Of prohibition should be moor
porated into the organic law of the State.
II was stated, on good authority, on the
day before the election, that Mr.. Blaine
had arranged bargain with the Prohi-
bitionists by which the latter were to
vote for the Republican candidate for
Governor In consideration of the Repub.
lican vote being east solidly in favor of
the prohibition amendment. This beiug
the case, the New York Herald declared
that unless the Republicans carried the
State by $1,000 majority, they had bet
ter give up the fight.
Now that the election is over, a simple
Inspection of the returns demonstrates
that the Blaine bargain was carried out.
and the result OF the combination of Re-
publcans and Prohibitionists against the
Democrats is majority Of less than
10000, and now the Republicans shout
themselves hoarse over their great VIC
toryls).
The Prohibition Convention assembled
In Massachusetts, the day after the cleo
tion and telegraphed their oongratula-
tions 10 their brethren in Maine upon
their great victory.
The Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor Of Kansas withdrew in favor of the
Republicans, and stated that "the only
hope Of prohibition lies in the Repub- |
lican party"
So let IL be! The Democrats do not |
fear the issue, but meet it squarely
In their platform, which declares |
that i've oppose sumptuary laws which
tax the citizens aud interfere with iudi.
vidual liberty"
The Republican platform Is absolutely
silent on the subject, Notwithstanding
the fact that il has been brought promi.
nently and painfully to their notice dur.
ing the last four years, Can any man,
then, doubt that the Democracy is bear.
ing the brunt of this great fight for per-
sonal liberty alone and unaided; and, if
such is the case, can any German, any
Frenchman, any Italian, or any man of
any other nationality, who loves his lib.
erty and is opposed to having cranks
and fanatics prescribe his food and drink
and raiment, now afford, by his vote for |
Blaine, to directly play into and
strengthen the hands of these men,
whose avowed object it is TO force their
ideas upon their unwilling victims, and
to enact in every State of the Union a
''blue law" like that which the Prohibit
ton Republican alliance has just en-.
acted in the State of Maineg
The candidate Of tac Democracy |
bravely takes his stand with his party |
upon the question, and in his. letter 2l J
acceptance declares;
''ln free country, the cageair
the absolute rights Of tb> meh' y,
should only be such a. = 'nui.'"ua'
peace and good es5e esse"'ii' W 'he
The limit betwe' { OIL the community
of poveram, en- the proper subjects
can be -h' coh'roi anu 'hose Wnion
se- more fittingly left to the moral
lee and self.imposed restraint of the
citizens should be carefully kept in view.
Thus laws unnecessarily interfering with
the habits and customs of any one of
our people which are not offensive to
the moral sentiments of the civilized
world and which are consistent with
good citizenship aud the public welfare
are unwise and yexatious."
Per contra Mr.. Blaine ANONYMOUSLY
dodges the issue and says that he did
not vote upon the question at all. The
Republicans cannot win without the
German vote. Last Mondays election
in Maine deprives them of that vote and
assures the election of Cleveland. For
once, then, We may agree with our Re
publican friends and mutually congratu
late each other on the election in Maine