The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-08-07
WHOLE NO. 1887.
tFOr the Jackson Standsrd.1
The Herald's Consistency.
BY REV. W. HOLLINsHED.

The time once was, and now is, when
Men strain at gnat and swallow q
camel, when men for pretense made
J long prayers'-when they would try to
take the mote out of another's eye, while
their own contained BEAM"
The editor of the Herald is one of this
class, and to him we might say: 'Thou
wicked servant, out of thine own mouth
will condemn thee"
Turning to the Herald of July oath we
read of "a Stampede" In this and other
articles the consistency of of Republican
Temperance Men is called in question,
simply because they will not listen to a
TRADE of abuse poured upon the heads of
Blaine and Logan, by Temperance IA
natic-simply because they will not 60 at
the beck and call of the stalwarts and
bosses in the Temperance ranks. And
yet the editor informs us upon the same
page that the Germans of Illinois, Iowa
and Nebraska, will without doubt voice
their indignant protest against Temper
ance, by voting for Cleveland.
1t offends the average Democratic editor
because Temperance Republicans have
brains enough to appreciate the situation,
and refuse to become party with the
whiskyites, to the defeat of Blaine and
Logan, and the election of Cleveland and
Hendricks. Consistency, thou art a
jewel" Beer drinkers voting against
Blaine because he is from Prohibition
State-Prohibition voting against him
and helping whisky do its work by trying
to hoodwink the people under the banner
of Temperance reform.
After having made close examination
of the history of the men and measures
of the third party, 1 recognize them to be
allies of the Democratic party, and by
their suicidal course, the left wing of the
rank and file of the whisky power.
have in my possession circular is
sued by the Brewers of this State last
year, calling upon all whose interests
were associated with the beer and whisky
trade, to defeat the Republican party.
The whisky votes added to the Demo-
cratic voees gave majority above the
Republican votes minus the third party
votes, and the will of the whisky bosses
was done on earth as well by the course
pursued by the third party as by the
whisky vote itself.
What was the result? The State was
given into the hands of the Mclean
Hoadly- Paine Standard Coal Oil Monop-
oily, who according to the Herald seek
only the spoils," and who, according to
number of papers quoted from by the
Herald, "are political scamps, fit only for
perdition."
What pity it is that there is so little
prospect of the Republicans in this cam
paign becoming fools.
The Republicans have cut their eye
teeth on this subject. The threats, de-
mands and promises of the third party
will not avail.
They promised the party if it would
only grant the people the right to vote on
the constitutional amendment, they
would not bolt, but the party so granting
should be owned by them as the temper
ance party. In the face of great opposl-
ton, in the face of threats by the beer
and whisky bosses, yea. in the face OF de-
feat, they dared as they always have ito
do right" Their thanks consisted OF
treachery-a party was put in the field
and self-evident fact appeared plain to
every intelligent man, and that was that
the party were after the "loaves and fish
es," or were the paid hirelings of the
Democratic party, hired to sow seeds OF
disaffection in the ranks of Republicans.
With such enemies before and such foes
behind, the Republicans were defeated,
and the State was given over to Free
Whisky and No Sunday" The rooster
was placed in every rum hole in the
State They claimed victory, and
counted the third party as an ally.
Is this folly to be repeated? No, no!
And yet because men have the self re-
spect to get up and leave when tool OF
Democracy abuses Blaine, whose greatest
sin is his "sobriety," and whose political
sin is his craftsmanship" some one holds
up his hand in holy horror, and cries out,
"ConsistencyT
While the machinery runs creased with
STANDARD Oil" for the gurpose OF the
election of Grover Cleveland, man
whose private life is an insult to the sa-
cradness of every American fireside-
whose debauchery is equalled only by the
frequenter of the bawdy house-as evil
denced by the ruin of Miss Maria Halpin
the $500 hush money failing to bring
back her viftue or atone for his sin.
The assistance offered by 81. w. Beech
er, of Tilton and Beecher fame, will not
add any very pleasant aroma to the BAN
quet for these moral reformers.
The picture of Mr.. Blaine and his hap
py family is in striking contrast with
that of Grover Cleveland with his concu-
bines and bastards, and should suggest to
the mind of temperance reformers the
idea that drunkenness and licentiousness
go hand in hand. If men will assail
because he is from a cold water State.
never drinks, never frequents saloons,
never provides wine suppers-and sup
port Cleveland because he is not so puri-
tanical, and gets drunk and practices
those things which give evidence of fas
life, is 1t any wonder temperance men are
disgusted and insulted by listening to a
speech by the former if not in favor of
the latter?
This is no campaign lie, and is public
property, has received close investiga-
tion, and living witnesses who will not
down, stand ready to convict.
Now where is consistency lacking? 1t
will be seen that we as a nation are not
ready to sell our birth-right for a mess OF
pottage, and that Blaine the statesman,
and Logan the soldier, have hold upon
the heart of the American people which
can not be broken by the bosses in the
rum and temperance ranks.
Those nnhannv narSnnS Wh0 suffer