The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-05
THE SIZE OF 1T NOW.

Dian NoSIToK DO you think the poll
ticiAus have foand out by this time that
The third party men have amounted 10
SOMETHING: They are making a. much
ado as D.mctr.us lid about the silver
.hrines when the apostles routed the devils
at Eyhesggs. and fer a similar reason (see
Acts 10. y. etc God j. in this thing.
He las 80 brought matters round that they
are forced to see IT, When the Chicago
convention slammed the door in the face
Of temperance wrote an article which
closed with the following sentence. we
PREDICT that this action will defeat James
q. Blaine and kill the Republican party.
I am proud OF that senteute now. Tire
first half Of the prediction has been ex-
actiy fulfilled. and the second half is in
state Of great forwar,lrse-s Of fulfilimeut-
The party is cornered and viii have 10
adopt our issue or die They are now N
the aingrtfy. They can never get back
INTO the ascendancs by coming out and
out a. rum party. for there Is
rum party already ahead Of them. plat
formed and pronounced. They ean 10
longer boast Of being a party Of leaders
in moral ideas. for most Of the moral
leaders Of any account. and a heavy
per cent. OF the rank and file among
tie morally better classes Of the people.
have f0rsaken them on account Of party
immortality. They have got now either to
adopt our Temperance plank or remain in
the minority and disiutegraie. and be alb
sorbsd. the whisky part into tiie Demo
cratic parry, and the better classes into the
third parry movement II any reader i
.kcftical Of tlis outcome lot lin cut Out
this prediction and put II into lis scrap
book and report eight years or less from
now. Tie third party IS ON top in this
fight and intend to stay there. These
robbed and hungry and naked children Of
the land, aud their helpless mothers -hall
have defenders. Ii the old party leaders
cannot give them protection from the
rum tiger we will see if party cannot be-
raised upthat will The minist y generally
are rising bravely up Ia the light Of the
i great occasion. and 50 Of thousands Of
f noble laymen We're the subject the fray
+ is about. not 50 serious To the homes Of
/ the land. and to the soul. Of rnultitudc~ it
would be laughable 10 listen to the threats
/ Of tile under party in the fght-not to give
any quarter to the party on top holding
them by the throat. That part Of it r.
mind, me of snow balling scenes Wit
messed in my sch0oIgoing days. Where
two road, forked We generally separated at
the close OF the day with a snow baliing
match. our boys were not quite as nu-
merous as the others, nor equal to them il
lubberly ayoirdupeis but exceedingly
1.-the and gritty. For fifteen or twenty
minutes the snow balls would fiY with Won
derful rapidity. and. from our side. with re-
markable precision, when big fellow. un-
commonly TAT with good living, named
john, on the other side, from some corner
Of the fence would begin his haraneue, a.
follows: Vow boys you know that we
can wliip you, there are more OF Us than OF
you and we are bigger than you-you had
btlltI ut anu -iNt u p 1t TINS Nt@-7t VI
affairs our leader would say to rs quietly
boys give il to them little harder and
faster John las begun lis threats. they
will soon run. They always did run.
Johns game was bluff. That Is about the
size Of this buncombc about giving lie
quarter TO temperance hereafter. Tie
quarters they have given it hitherto have
been among the rubbish in their political
waste paper baskets. which kind Of quar-
tor We don't propose to accept any longer
And a. for their not giving it their votes,
as friend Of mine says, they never have
done that and never will till they are
forced to sec that it is the only way they
can get back into power. SO temperance
will lose no votes. a. far as the politicians
are concerned, and the rank and file, when
they feel there is a purpose and an organi.
cation to succeed. viii flock to it by hun
dreds Of thousands. Yours. etc,
!. G. CRATE.