Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-09-04

any temperance organization l ever rep
resented demanded Oft.
TO make this question q national issue
with the present state of public feeling
would in my opinion bury the, party
which advocated 1t and retard the cause
of temperance for many years. l know
YOUR peOplo have no liberation for the
temperance meA who differ from them
Yet we must retain our honest views and
stand your condemnation. When the
states show themselves able to solve this
perplexing question with the full power
In their hands, 1t will be solved for the
whole country.
There are other questions than tenn
perance before this nation to-day, ques-
ton affecting commercial welfare, and
striking directly at the rights OF the
American wOrkingman. On these ques-
lions l am in heartylsympathy with the
Republican party, and against the Dem
ocratic party, and the ideas of one
or the other Of these parties must pre-
vail in the coming election. Ii should
cast nv vste for st. John l would not
only throw my vote away. but afford aid
and comfort to the Democratic party,
which l will not willingly do, knowing
that it is the foe Of temperance and that
it antagonizss my belief ON other 'sub-
iects. Shall the Republican or Demo-
cratic party rule this,nation for the next
four years? That's the issue. How
shall vots? How ought to vote? Shall
cast my vote to help make Cleveland
presidentp or shall vote fOrsBlaineI 1t
Is an easy question for me to answer.
Because cannot have all want, shall /
refuse what 10 offered to me nOtwith-
standing the fact desire it, or shall |
kill the givsr so that CAM have forced
upon me what l abhOrptI know you
argue that by destroying Republicanism
you have a short road to prohibition.
Whom you have killed the Republican
party the Democratic rules-not you
nor your ideas; and when that party
gives you prohibition wickedness will
haye departed from the land. l have
seen the time when hoped to bring all
men to my views of reforming the world.
have more recently concluded to post
pOne indefinitely the date.
am opposed to the Prohibition party
for these reasons
1. Its speakers, journal and leaders de-
clared that to promote the cause of tenn
perance the Republican party must die.
believe it is the Democratic party
which ought to die, and when the kepub-
liean party dies all hope OF temperance
dies with it.
Q. l believe the Prohibition party as a
party, never succeeded In doing anything
for temperance, and that when temper
ance has succeeded in getting to the
front it has been brought about by Re-
publican agencies.
The Drnbs hi inr nnarofao 81
ply as an aid and supporter of the Demo-
cratic party. 1t strikes its heavy blows
at the Republicans and says little about
the Democrats. The open letters Of its.
adherents are published in Democratic
papers, and the Democrats publish them
because they believe that 1t helps the
The Democrats party urge them on to
party picks up the nuts. The PrOhibi-
ton party appeals to Republicans to de-
sert their party and, while not avowedly
doing so, really help the Democrats. l
shall never knowingly, directly or in
feed and strengthen foe for
the purpose Of making 1t strong enough
to strangle me. This must do if vote
for st. John and thus help bring the
Democrats into power.
4. 1 oppose the prohibition party be-
cause its leaders and journals falsely
charge the Republican party with hypoc
risy in asking to have the constitutional
amendment submitted to the people.
This it did at the very outset before any
facts could have been known on which
TO base an opinion. They charge the Re-
publican state committee with request
ing speakers in its employ to ignore the
submission plank. This charge know
10 be false. They charge the speakers
with not advocating that plank. To
many of the speakers this charge is I'M
Just. made as many speeches as any
,ne in that campaign and never failed
20 advocate 1t, and others did the same,
md this is question for the whole peO-
Die, and to them the Republican party
ian speak its views only through its
platform. 1t can no more control the
action of individual Legislators than 1T
ian control the tides. They will do as
heir immediate constituents demand. |
Convert the constituents and the legis- |
atOrs will be all right and not before.
stand as / have stood for years, q |
temperance man, deing my best in my
,wn way according to the sight given
ne, to rid the world Of great evil. |
suppose you addressed your letter to me |
because am Republican. Doesn't it |
trike you that it might be fair to write |
IN open letter to the Democrats and
Suppose you write to |
}Ov. Beg0le and ask him how he can as |
Pr0hibiti0nist and Woman Suffragist, |
inter into an alliance, offensive and de- |
eRsive, with the Democrats, who dsspise |
lin and his principles, but who are just |
low using him for purposes of their |
wn Now in justice. he, being candi-
late for office, shonld be Intercepted as
veil as I, who am not a candidate.
Had you not better write to some lead
ng Democratic statesman and ask him
low I'm tho light of the sumptuary plank