Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
James & Blame
AGAINST. THE ST. JOHN IIcgET
& Strong Letter from Mrs. J. Ellen
Foster

There are l1alreus Of letters be x writ
to those who have ht"l prominently iCenti
ie,. With the p2"hihtlon cans" IN iowa and
other States, asking what cNrTsc i" th" wise.
and BEST for avowel Temperance gNr'pl. 70 fol
low, Some are urging ID" surTpr' Of :h@ -,
John ticket. while Others who lock At tie 4yb-
ect more clearly and with II IRE foresight 1r'ra
cate such action IL unwisr, untir,a'y, and sr1re
to be unfortunate lor 10" ranse # Inlcratl"e.
We are permitted to rrlnr below private letter
FROM Mrs j. Elm Foslcl - Rev Dr 60 K
Young, witch VII be read with great igterast
At tn. time. MIS- Foster is Know n n! OVsr
tIle United >;tatca IS one OF the foremost work
ers in the canse Of prohebitiOn, ant III efficient
officer il the National Woman Il 1stl an TEN
perance Union. Her advice r'jl DC given the
weight 70 which her snccesstu work for
years in The temperance 'alse entltics It. The
letter il az follows
BUFFALO, A1lg. 81, 1854 -Rev. Z f. Young.
D. D., Dos Moises, ID My Da.sr Friend. Ny
sliegi@ncs p Fnnc w"7 7 is sst Of al dus to
! believe that Is National organization we
should be non partsar. IN our attitude toward
the political questions Of he day, even toward
party prohibition II g my sincere convictIc O.
strengthened b. personal knowledge Of the
work the corI,trv over that the overthrow of I'll 9
4
; our organiza tons withholding party effort aud
give themselves wholly to the regular lines Of
| Temperance work which have been developed by
! Gods providence during the ten years since
| the crusade. We have some twenty five distinct
DEPARTMENTS Of work under the general divi~
siol1s, preventive, educational, cvangelistic 90
cial and legal. These cover every phase of The
question. and afford the widest scope Of the
| work Of our organization / ieprecate greatly
the seeming attompt on ttepart Of somo of orr
women to ally the National Woman's Christian
! TemperaHce Union with the National Prchibi-
ton party. | believe the larger part Of orr
membership and Of our best advisers deplore
what they consider al unwarrauted and an IN
! tenable position,
Having been chosen by the National Union
| Supe tendeut of tho Department of Legisla~-
tive work and petitions, Unjust keep myself free
| from craftsmanship. AZ an individual cannot
and do not smother my convictions. Either
| James 6. Blaine or Grover Cleveland viii 5e
| President of these United States, as between
| them do not sec how any christian voter. can
hesitate. Writing asI do from isclty Of But
] ialo, where ClevelaBti's home is--no, where he
tives-he has no home-l do not hesitate to say
as for me and mine, let it be the true husband,
the honest father, the home mani ames G.
| Blaine. E@ . IN 49, ey
| Further than this, do not believe the DE-
m.nd for National Constitutional prohibition
is the chest endorsement Of prohibition prina-
eiples, The prohibition Of the liquor trafiie
is not by either the letter or the spirit Of the
constitution, the subject Of National Legislation.
It must come by states: it come in NO other
WAY. unless by an armed resistance 10 Law N
/ HIS states it should become necessary for the
Il general government as q war measure to aid
the states by military intervention peaceable
i revolution according TO constitutional methods
must come by state legislation So also jusE as
j prohibition cannot be carried ia the state till
! Considerable number of voters in tie state are
themselves prehibitionists 80 nattlra prohibi-
/ lion cannot be practical issue, until coGsfd