The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-27
THE CUSTOM HOUSE CONTEST. DEERING AS A
PROHIBITION CANDIDATE. RIEL, ETC.
Correspondence of the Iournall

event a row Is on the hands of our brethren
The movement to make Mayor Deering the
Democratic candidate upon platform Of en-
forcement of the prohibtory law is being quiet
ly pushed. Gen. Dow has this matter near his
heart and will direct tie movement on the part
Of the extreme temperance men. This cam
paign will attract attention and our Mayor will
be "A strong candidate before the people. Our
opinion Is that he will have the sympathy of
the President. He will be the administration
candidate. 1t will be strange sight to see the
party in Maine rallying to enforce the Maine
law But we may see it.. Ii doe. not require
much sagacity to see that the President means
to try to change the personnel of b. party and
this Deering matter is move in that direction.
see that mass meeting has been held In Bid
deford and resolutions passed and a petition Is
to be presented to Secretary Bayard asking our
government to interfere in the matter of RIel
the Canadian murderer. We trust our govern
ment will do nothing of the kind. Ho never
was citizen of our country and 1t would be a
piece of the grossest impertinence for our gov
eminent to NEEDLE with the matter. II there
is an unhung scoundrel who deserves halter
this kiel is one. 1t is poor taste on the part of
men who profess to be law abiding to agitate
such question. we have In the past taken
more interest in conspirators and disturbers in
other countries than we would be willing to
put up with If we were questioned In such
matters. When men become citizen. Of the
United States they should attend to the duties
of a citizen and let the affairs of other countries
alone. W c are, as Americans interested In every
movement that promises larger amount of
power to each individual in other lands But
such sympathy is not for burners of buildings
and mufderer> of innocent people on account
OF religious animosities, or blowing up Of build
ings. This half-breed Riel was but very
small remove from an Apache savage In the
W est. If those rascals protested to be victim.
of persecution no doubt certain people would
be sympathzng with them. One thing Is GER
tain if the British government appealed to us
IN behalf of the leader of those western atrocl-
ties we would resent it, and our hope is If our
State department interfere in behalf of this
wretch, they will be plainly told to attend to
our own murderers.
The actions of the Hon. Simon S. Brown,
in this section i'll at ease. He is making
it pay, we hear, and that is the secret of Dun
toms appointment. We expect such develop
ments after the Doodle has been passed. The
howl OF the dupes will be savage. Then will
come an exodus; men who have licked the
political platter clean in every party will be-
come convinced that they were deceived by the
III eel
and other pure eXponents of that kind, and will
be haunting the corridors of Republican con-
ventions again with the same hungry look as of
yore. They are all over the State and are as
llisreputabe a set of political demirips as can
be found on earth. How such soldiers of for
is more than we can understand. They appear
to guide its councils and the old faithful MEM
bers of the party have to take a back seat. Long
unselish devotion to Democracy counts for
nothing. The man who comes last is first and the
first are last. From what we see in the papers
of the day we Judge that the Mugwumps are
not happy at the course of things. We shall
see and hear of strange doings on their part be-
fore we are many Years older The entrance of
B. +. Butler, button hole bouquet and squint, Is
not calculated to promote Mugwump digestion.
Butler is an epitome of the Democratic party
lie cares for nothing but power and has no
scruple> about its attainment. He will be q
candidate of that party for governor in the near
future and they will support him. The heft Of
the party believe in him and he knows it, hence
/ his dare devitry in politics. We live in strange
times. The Prohibitory party are laboring to
build up the Democratic party with the hope
of destroying the Republican. Then they ex-
pect to add the entire Republican party to their
| little side show and extend the Maine system
all over the country. This s a rosy view to
take. Can it succeed? We think not. There
are thousands of good Republicans who will
never follow such lead. There are no Demo
Gratis to recruit for a prohibtory party. We
never met a believer in prohibition who had
any standing in that party. There are temper
ance Democrats who are abstainers, but they
are not in favor of sumptuary laws. The pro-
hbtionist who wishes to destroy the Republic
can party is simply killing the goose that laid
the golden eggs. No party during this century
and for a long period after will do what the
Republican party has for the suppression of In
temperance. The Democratic party cannot do
anything. 1t is built upon a brewery and dis
tiIlery. 1t has the solid support of a people
who We're raised upon beer and whiskey. No
power upon earth can change this at present.
| Our foreign born people are in favor of unre-
stricted sale of drinks. You cannot revolution
| lie those habits by a statute We must educate
and elevate. The prohibiton.t must have
patience. These things will take perhaps a
century before our people will become in favor
of eXtirpating this terrible curse. AS long as
the Democratic party can profit by evil 1t will
do so. " hen il is for their interest to open their
primaries with prayer they will hire a chaplain
| We say these things without intending any
sheer against that party Its leaders will never
go beyond the rank and file. The trouble with
the Republican party is their will. That
has brought defeat upon 1t. Votes count,
not sentiment. But for this third prohibitory
| party the Republicans would have elected
Blaine. But for ii they would carry nearly if
not all the free States. 1t may accomplish the
ruin of the Republican party, but it will not
build up its own in way to control nation.
SIGMA.
FISH AND FISHING. The st. CroiX Courier
says: The herring and line fisheries of Grand
Manan are being interfered with by the pres
ence of schools OF dog fish In the island waters.
| The fishermen are beginning to feel discouraged
| and the prospects of reaping good harvest is
not encouraging "A mackere lately seined
off the coast of Grand Manan had a galvanized
tack measuring three quarters of an inch In
length embedded in its body Immediately be-
hind the left ear. How it came there is mys-
j IL H. q j. L.