West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19

Prohibition force for the benefit of |
of the Democratic party and for the
aggrandizenlent of the leaders of
the Third Party faction. x The
schemers had it their way. They
set up their Third Party, and now
that they have it, what are they
going to de-. with it? They can't
elect single Third Party member
of the Legislature. If they can't
do that, what are they here for ?
There isn't much for them to do
but masquerade as a Third Party
and retard the real work of Prohibi-
ton. They have put off indefinite
ly the consummation of that end.
This is fully realized by the
thinking men who refused to be
led into the Third Party blunder.
Prohibition has been wounded in
the house of its protested friends
This is the first work of the Third
Party.
Register:
This mornings dispatches tell
of the significant defeat of the willy
Republican schemers at Grafton
yesterday, and the formation of
new party in the West Va. polit-
ical field, whose standard bears the
watchw word prohibition"
This party has for it's leaders
some of the most upright and wor-
thy men of the State. That they
have the courage of their convic-
tions and the boldness to fight for
them under no false colors is shown
in the outoome of the late conven-
ton at Grafton. * A minor
ity faction, was led by Radical Re-
publicans, whose object was sim
ply to absorb the Prohibition ele-
ment into the ranks of the Repub-
lican party, being willing to carry
water on both shoulders SO they
made few additional votes. While
not believing in the impr acticable
ideas of this new party, neverthe.
less the Register congratulates the
Prohibitionists upon their deliver.
ance from those who would have
betrayed them into the Republican
camp.
DISK AND DISH ABOUT.
And now we shall give our read
ers what we have, as the partisan
editors have served it up for US,
dish and dish about as near as we
can have it so. So here it comes:
ARE ENTTLEDToA AND WILL RECEIVE
GREATER RESPECT.
Weston World, Ind:
The delegates by an overwhelm
ing majority voted for the immedi
ate and thorough organization Of
the Prohibition party in West Vir'
ginia. Whatever may be said o.
of the wisdom of this action, there
can be ne question that the men
who believe in certain thing and
are not afraid to come out boldly
and squarely and say so, in une
quivocal language, are entitled to
and will receive greater respect
and consideration than if they con
tinue the vascillating course Of
lodging here and there between
the lines cof the old parties. Or
ganization alone can do the work
and when the Prohibitionists can
control fifteen thousand votes theil
work is accomplished, for one OF
the other of the old parties will
unstiffen their backs, whether
they believe in the cause or not,
for the sake of the additional votes
We shall see what we shall see.
JUMP TO a WRONG CONCLUSION.
Pan Handle -Nes0s, Democrat,
| The Republican press Of the State
as rule. deprecate the erganiza'
ton Of a Prohibition partyin West
Virginia, evidently believing that
1T will injure their party, which of
course they claim is the only simon
.pure temperance party. In our
opinion they have jumped to a
| wong conclusion, RS we believe
\ the third party will draw to its
| support at the polls as many Dem
ocrats as Republicans. We base
tRig opinion on the fact that in this