News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-10-23
ON by his enemies, were then

bounded on by his enemies, were then
crashing and tearing at his private
character are now whining at his feet
and greedily snatching at the dry
crumbs and tainted bits of scandal
falling from his table.
Mr.. Blaine is making fight for
protection to American labor and to
American manufacturers. His, letter
of acceptance told where he stood. He
is against free trade every time, and
he is in favor of protection to Ameri-
can labor everywhere. Gov. Cleve.
land in his letter of acceptance and in
all his speeches has carefully and per-
sistently evaded this great issue of the
campaign. Why? Because he is not
in favor of protection.
The Democrats of Ohio have not
deserved success by their adherence to
any principle or policy whatever. They
rejected Pendleton for his advocacy of
civil-service reform. They have strad-
died the tariff issue. They were too
cowardly to repeal the Scott saloon
tax law. And for their success they
depended upon the prohibition diver
sion and the hostility of independent
voters to Mr.. Blaine. 1t is not a
creditable showing for great party.
Boston Record Omit Blaine.)
There is no more strenuous or posi-
tive friend of the cause of temperance
than DR.. Macarthur, of New York
city. He, like all the other clergy
men who have lately expressed their
opinions on the subject, is entirely op-
posed to the self evident folly of di-
verti1g temperance votes from the
Republican side so as to help the
chances of Cleveland, who is-an open
enemy of all stringent legislation
against the liaqQWE d4aas sGs in the coun
~ Aims; 3ns, had you thrown away tie brs,
with "'s E0ovs
when he said 20 vote for a third
party is virtually to throw the tenn
'perance vote for Cleveland and the
Democratic party-the party of free
.rum-which has the liquor dealers al
most solldly in it's ranks. One arti-
Gle in my political creed is to find out
what the liquor men want you to do,
and don't do it. Now they want me
to vote for Cleveland, but if not for
him, then for st. John. I shall do
neither. l am informed, on good au
thority, that a liquor dealer of New
York city few days ago gave $500
to help forward the St. John cam
paign. On general principles l al
ways mean to oppose whatever the
liquor interests favor"
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Vermont, like the
State Union of Massachusetts,, re-
fused to be led into the anomalous
position Of assisting the St. John
A resolution of "unfal-
tering loyalty to our beloved nation
al President" and indorsing ''her ac-
ton and the action Of the National
Executive Committee in reference to |
the National Prohibition party, as
being in perfect harmony with the
resolution unanimously passed at the
National W. &. I. i. Convention at |
Detroit" was passed under the i'm
preston that it was simply an express
sion of sympathy with Miss Willard.
On further thought, the resolution
was reconsidered, and the clause in
reference to the national prohibition
party was stricken out. After the
statement by the President that the
resolution in this form simply Endorsed |
Miss Wizards action in going before |
the platform committees of the vari-
Gus national conventions, the amend
ed resolution was adopted. The Off
GER of the Vermont Union who COM
municates to us the foregoing facts,
adds: "rhe majority of our ladies
decline to work for any third party so
long as the Republicans put respec
table man in nomination as leader.
Common gratitude vvonld forbid active
to the only party that has
ever given assistance to the temper
ance cause"