New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-12
uHrRE SILENCE U0ULD BE BECOMING.

uHFRr SILENCE UOULD BE BECOMING
Cannon sense. If not n sense of shame and
humiliation. ought 10 teach the Prohibition
lenders the value at this time NJ silence. Hut
81. John and the chairman Of his National Com
nltrc. John H. Finch. are apparently unable to
nuntorinta that inri. They hnve issued ~
nddrras claiming ~ have pnlloi 100000 Oft of
nbout ~, 600 600 VOTES, ana T., have elected tho
Democratic ticket, II they have succeeded IN
thnt puipoHe. 81 far Ne the inleroAia of prohibit
lion arc concerned, IL will soon appear that they
have sown the wind only tn reap the whllwlnd'
ono of tho 6r,t things which the Democrats
nrono,e to do, when they shall have attained
mower, IL to reduce the surplus IN the treasury
That was one of their rallyng cries III the
late canvass. IL is something on which they
are apparently all united How IL 1t to be
donc7 BY using the money to build decent
navy. to strengthen our seac0ast detehses' I'D
encourage National education and remove the
stigma of illiteracy that rests upon the South,
IN foster n merchant marine and increase our
foreign trade to reduce the rate OF Hostage, to
construct adequate public buildings IN cues
like Brooklyn, to pay of the National deot' or
TO do many other necessary thingsf by no
means.
Propostions Of that kind have been regularly
opposed by the Democrats. They have just one
nopacea for the evils that flow from the terrible
surplus. Mr.. Randall announced it IN speech
Mt n Democratic qualification meeting the
other night. Democratic orators in the South
have made frequent allusioI to it. The taxes
an vbiskey and tobacco are to be abolished.
Nv that means $3.50. ZOO, 900 of revenue can
ha
should be able to retain power, they VIII no
doubt attack the tariff but for the present they
can settle the surplus account by giving the
country free whiskey and tobacco.
In Ohio they have swept away all State tax on
the whi>key traffic by declaring unconstitutional
the Scott law, and will now compel the tax
payers to 20 down into their pockets and refund
the millions collected from the saloons
In Illinois the Dcmocra nominated for Gov
crnor Carter Harrison, the one man who' as
Mayor of Chicago, had ten conspicuous III de-
feating the operation OF the Harper license Jaw
He did not carry the Stlte. But the RcpuOli-
can majority falls behind that of Garfield just
about to the extent of the Prohibition Yo'e
that was fooled into supporting st. John.
Like instances of the effect of the Prohibition
vote can be found IN New-YorS and in other
States.
The question can never be made National
issue. without an amendment to the Consiitu-
ton. TO obtain that the Prohbitiouists must
first obtain control of three-fourths OF the
States But whether or not that Is possible
il is plain that their National canvass IL absurd.
f has resulted in aiding that party which
already begins to cry for free whIskey' anu
which apparently wishes to reproduce the
scenes of the seventeenth century in England,
when gin shops. advertised: "A man can get
"drunk here for Il penny; dead drunk for tWo
"pcnce; and his straw thrown into She bar
again"
II seems to be the Democratic idea to make
wbiskcy ~ cheap ~ gin was made cheap at that
tin,n. n ia now dcnrcr in England than IT Is IN
this country But the Democrats want the TAX
upon ts production here wiped ont me
prohibiionsls are aiding them IN that purpose
Il that something for IN honest temperance
advocate TO uNult Overt