St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-08
for their crime against the hero of the
NEW YORK PRoHrBrTIoNIsTs.

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The Prohibitionists are not combining
their political work to Ohio, but evidently
intend TO play a very important part in the
New York campaign this year. To the en-
enlargement derived from the large vote
polled for ST. JoHS in that state last fall
they have received q powerful incentive
from the abuse heaped upon them by the
BLAINE partiSans. Chairman WHEELER,
who Is at the head of the ProhibitiouiSts
in New York, says their campaign has
already begun. They hold their state con-
vention at Syracuse on Sept. 8, and will
place in nomination a full list of candidates
for state Offices. Meanwhile, prepa-
ratiOns are being made for LOCO pub
lie meetings, which are designed to
awaken public interest in temperance
agitation preliminary to opening the
canvass. They seem TO be thoroughly in
earnest and a compromise between them
and either of the old parties is clear out of
the question. The Brooklyn Eagle SAYS
that 'for the Republicans who are cudgel-
ing their brains in the endeavor to inau-
gurate a successful canvass, the attitude of
the Prohibitionists is full of sinister Signifi-
canoe. Speaking for his party Chairman
WHEELER announces that upon Repub-
lican Prohlhitionists we shall urge the fail
ure of the Republicans to redeem the pro-
hihition pledge in their Riehteld Springs
platform, their refusal TO act upon the
liquor question in the last legislature and
the fact that in many towns Republicans
voted for license this year simply to spite
the Prohibitionists for voting for ST.
JoHN.' All these things, he believes,
show that the Prohibitionists have nothing
to hope for from the Republican party.
What Mr.. WHEELER says on this point is
undoubtedly true. but it does not possess the
merit Of novelty. The undeniable fact is
that the Republicans never have done any
thing for the PrOhibitiOnists and never in
tended to do anything but to deceive and
tribe with them. Whatever change has
taken place in the Republican attitude is
merely FROM pretended and hypocritical CO.
operation TO a position of open and extreme
hostility. 1t viii be interesting TO note the
effect Of this shifting of the Republican posi-
ton upon the vote of the respective parties.
In all probability the result viii be TO largely
increase the Prohibition strength and in q
corresponding degree to reduce M Of the
Republicans. Under these conditions the
conduct OF the Republicans toward their
former associates is ineXplicable, eX-
cept on the supposition that mortiiica-
ton over the crushing reverse of last
November has deprived them of their
reason, or that they have concluded in
the future To subordinate possible Repub-
lean success TO the ignoble qualification Of
a r%eyengeful spirit. The wise and consery-
ative policy OF Cancellation was the one the
party should have adopted, provided their
purpose was to retrieve the defeat of last
fall. Instead OF further estranging the Pro-
hibiti0DisJs they should have endeayored 10
attract them back to the support OF the Re
publican standard. There is no doubt.
how ever. that they have now gone too far
in their estrangement to admit OF closing
the breach this year. With the great and
growing body Of voters who viii be drawn
from their ranks at the critical moment by
the Prohibition detection arrayed against
them, ii is difficult to conceive how the Re
publican leaders can reasonably hope for
success in the coming contest in New York"