Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
To the TEMPERANCE Voters.

10 the temperance IOsefS'
good in a bitter fight between these
two fractions in the temperance host
| wish him Joy of it.
If he can see any good reason
why such men as Allen, Pryor
Judge Clementson, WIN. Price, Chas
Williams, and others might name
should deter their judgment to his,
even at the risk of being called
clans, / wish him Joy of 1t.
If he can see anything gained III
the defeat Of the county ticket upon
which stand such men as Colds
worthy. Dale, Jones, Smoker and
Rugaies, each tower of, strength
for. the cause of submission, | wish
him Joy Of it.
If he can see the cause of sub
mission or Prohibition advanced by
the defeat of VIM. Hyde for the as
sembly, who is lifelong prohibi-
ZIONIST, | wish him JOY of it.
If he can think that the cause of
submission is furthered by sending
Richard Kennedy to the Legislature,
standing upon a platform opposite
to submission, rather than Joe John
son. who vas in favor of submission,
and who as delegate to the state
convention worked and voted for the
submission plank in the platform;
who was pledged to so vote in the
legislature if elected, and would un-
doubtedly have done so; who was
presented and supported in the con
yention that nominated him by men
whose votes we must have if we ever
expect to see submission an accom-
plished fact, wish him Joy Of it.
! can imagine the immense graft
fication lifelong enemy of the Re
publican party would feel when cast
ing a third party Prohibition vote.
But ! can not imagine or conceive
the state Of mind arrived at by Bro.
Ponberthy, who has been lifelong
worker in the Republican party, who
has profess to be devoted to its
principles, proud of its achievements,
and opposed to its enemies-I can
not see how he can contemplate with
evident qualification the turning
over of the government, state and
national, to the worst enemies of
Republicanism and the ayowed enc
mics Of Prohibition. How he can
applaud as q Prohibition victory, as
he did two years ago, the defeat of
a county ticket composed of some
of the best friends Of his cause.
l will not answer Bro. =. in his
sarcastic vein. / will only allude to
the fiippant way be, in common with
the orators aud resolution-makers
of his party, use the name Of the
Deity. AT the close Of his address
he furnishes am apt illustration. He
calls upon all who do not wish to be
considered clans to join him in
working for God by voting for St.
John. The inference is a fair one,
that in the opinion Of Bro. u. those
Of us who do not see fit to do so are
doing the devils work. How chart
table he is to other mems convic-
tons of right!
! expect to be again working side
by side with Bro. Z. in the Repub
lican ranks for the submission of
the amendment. When he sees that
the party he now advocates can not
elect a single member of the legis-
ture, and only prevents the great
majority of temperance men from
clecting any, he will return to the
only practicable method of ever ac-
comphshing anything, and his Dem
ocratic allies will return to the Dem
ocratic fold and vote as they always,
until very recently, have voted
against all sumptuary legislation"
Yours for practical, effectual tenn
porauce work Il. l.. JOINER.