The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

IN power can any one tell what course II would
pursue on these questions?
- any republican SO strong a prehibiti0Bst
as 70 pc willing to jeopardize all these great In
vote on Gov. ST. Johng
Iweltth-Because it is wrong to elect d party
NO power t~hatlgnores its principles andeya1e
~dlseasslng the policy it intends to pursue. and
attempts TO get into power by personal de-
tfactlon or Its opponents. Do you propose 10
mus ald In ndors ng the license of the press
and the prostitution of the artists pencils and
orators platforms to the purpose of robbing
men or their good name thu aerates and reit-
crates Its personal detraction, misrepresenta-
tlens anu ISLANDERS as now resorted to by the
democratic party through it's old and new
leaders, or do you favor ''clean politics."
Ihlrteenth-Both the nominees for president
and vice president by the republican party are
competent and worthy. Both are high-minded
and honorable Christian gentlemen, members
IN good standing-one in the Congregational.
the other in the Methodist Episcopal church.
against whom the poisoned darts of malice
nave Geen hurled by their political enemies in
vain. Both OF whom have been in the clear
light of the public gaze before the country for
twenty years. They have occupied the highest
places1 In the councils of the nation. They'll have
been honOred leaders of their party for all that
long period, enjoying it's implicit trust and un-
shaken confidence in their wisdom, integrity
obu iaithiuluS55 10 puDLC QuIy.
Fourteenth-Becanse the nominee of the
democratic party for president is neither COM
petent nor worthy to fill the highest and most
responsible Office in this great nation.
His gross blunder while dodglng the tariff
question in his letter accepting the nomination
by declaring that the president has nothing to
do with legislation-Lis office being simply e1-
e~cutive-proves that he has no proper idea of
the duties of the Office. The constitution makes
1t the duty of the president to recommend to
congress such legislation as he favors, and
gives him the absolute power to prevent such
as he opposes, unless passed by a two thirds
vote in each branch-the house of representa-
tiyes and the senate.
AS to his worthiness to occupy the white
house, the whole country knows the grounds
of our objections, which are not denied by his
most earnest advocates.
AS to the candidate for vice president, he
has been too prominently before the country
not to be known to be obnoxious to all that has
been said against his party.
For these reasons we appeal to every true
republican to stand by and vote the ticket of
his party, and not to throw his vote away on
either St John, Butler or Mrs. Lockwood, for
that will only aid the democrats, who, in the
language of Mr.. George William Curtis, are "a
party which fell from power as a conspiracy
against human rights, and now attempts to
sneak back to power as a conspiracy for plum
der and spoils." And for these reasons, we
respectfully request ex-GoT. st. John to with
draw from the canvas.
Theodore ID. Woolsey, New Haven, Conn. (;
Thomas Talbot, North Bellerica, Mass. Noah
Davis, New York city; Grant Goodrich, Chica-
go; John v. Farwell, Chicago; r. d. Hatfield,
Evanston, Ill. 0rrington Lunt Evanston, Ill
William Deering. Evanston, III, John Evans,
Denver, Col Ira Buchanan, chairman, John
L. Mitchell, secretary, New York state temper
ance assembly, Brooklyn, N. Y.
New YORK, Oct. 10, 1884.
The following petition is being circulated
for signatures:
To the Hon. John p. St John, Prohibition
| candidate for President: DEAR SIR-The I'M
dersigned temperance men and prohi bitionists
in the interest of the cause of temperance and
prohibition, respectfully request you to with
draw from your candidacy IN the present con
test, for reasons set forth in the ''appeal to re-
publican prohibitionists as to their duty in the
present national contest" dated New York,
Sept. 81, 1884