The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-02

slR-Whlle may not expect your ap
proyal Of the reasons I give for my actioi
in the following letter, may not expec
on the ground Of the broader and NOR,
liberal and Independent journalism Of th,
present day, Of which your valuable pape
has been the leader in West Virginia for {
quarter Of q century, that you will publish
the following letter and leave your intelli
gent readers to Judge for themselves OF III
merits or demerits. T. r CARsKADoS.
Radical Hia, Keystr, y. Ya., AarehSi.
LETTER OF DESIGNATION.
Mr.. carakadon Gives Hls Reasons Tor With.
drawing From tho Party.
RADICAL HILL, KEysER, W. Vail
March 81, 1885.
Hon. w j. W .Cowden, Chairman of he
Republican STATE Committee, &c.
My DEAR sIR:-on the Sth of last De-
cember / wrote you as follows: "As a
member Of the Republican State Commit
tee ] have the honor to suggest that you
call, at the earliest possible day, afull
meeting Of the committee at some central
point in the State, to consider the present
political situation and determine upon
some policy to be pursued by us in the
Legislature, relative 10 the submission Of
the amendment and the general policy OF
our party on that and other subjects that
may come before US for consideration,
suggesting at the same time that promi.
II
The State be invited to meet with the com.
mittes."
My object, as you no doubt readily in
ferred, was to see what II any, decided
ground the State Committee would take
on the Temperance question. No meet
ing Of the committee was called and no
action taken in the premises so far as 1
am advised. Since writing, as above
stated, | have been carefully noting the
drift Of political affairs in relation to this
great issue before the people, and have
with sore regret observed the general
tendency Of the Republican party at large
to antagonize the interests Of the temper
ance cause-es especially as shown in Re-
publican counties and towns in New
York and elsewhere voting for free
whisky, where they before voted for tenn
persnce, though 1 do not forget with what
iaithtulness the Republican members OF
our own Legislature at Wheeling voted
and fought for the submission OF the
amendment. And new having, as a mem-
bar Of the State Temperance Executive
Committee, advised and advocated tho
organization Of the Prohibition party in
West Virginia, which action take it will
not meet the approval OF my fellow COM
mitteemen or OF the leaders at the Repuh.
llcan, party III the State, have the honor
to tendar to you through you to
the Stat. Committee my resignation as
the member OF said committee for this
Senatorial district, and In taking this step,
while have no doubt you will consider 1t
a, a,matter Of small consequence TO the pub
lie, yet with a high regard for my former
political associates and a "decent respect
for the opinions Of mankind beg leave.
tosubmit few OF the reasons that impel
me to a severance OF my connection with
the really grand old party whose
history Is written in the grand.
est development and advancement OF
the human race In modern times, and
whose administration Of the government
has been the purest and cleanest ever
given mankind. While this has been its
past history, and while to-day Of the two
great parties Of the country 1t is yet the
best exponent OF the advanced thought
and political principles necessary to the
moral, material and Intellectual prosperity
Of our great country, yet, to my mind by
long years OF power and prosperity It's
leaders have grown conservative and cow
ardly and today stand powerless before
that awful scourge and curse. the liquor
traffic, that is so rapidly destroying our
material prosperity. debauching the pub
lie conscience, and, like pypmia, poisoning
the very life.blood OF the nation. Fifteen
years ago, together with Col. Sam Young,
of Pocahontas county, and other good
temperance men Of the State, we urged
npon the Republican party OF the State
thei necessity Of taking up this issue.
But then, as now, we were told by the
ISrKLLlaRScER and leaders Of the party
that ''it would not do" and that we
would Soonest and best succeed by
working with the Republican party,
the friend OF temperance" etc.
1 We have waited long, mot patiently,
however, hoping against hope that some.
Lhn6 "ouia peNvAet oAu y nu"t now NO
lately seen but the proposition TO submit
this question to vote OF the people voted
down in our Republican State Conven-
tion; and following this we have seen six
teen Republican State Legislatures refus-
ingto allow the people avote on the ques-
ton, while the National. Liquor League
notifies the Republican party that Il 1t
perSista In the execution oi the prohibitory
laws in Iowa, Kansas and Maine, liquor
men will see to 1t that no more Repub.
lican victories are had in such doubtful
States as New York, Indiana and Ohio.
And then To show what the true friends
Of temperance are to expect from the Re-
publican party under its present leader
ship let them read in that foremost Re-
publican organ OF the West, the CONNER
cial Gazette, the information that those
wanting prohibition must 60 outside the
Republican party to get it,n and In that
other great Republican organ, the Chicago
Tribune, that" prohibition must be psohib.
tied in the Republican party"
Andin connection with all this we cannot
forget the startling fact thai during the
last fifteen yeara oi Republican rule the
infamous liquor tratRc has increased ina
three fold ratio to the increase OF the pop
ulation otthe county. 50 that while /
am lawfully persuaded that the great
preponderance Of Temperance sentiment
to-day Is withthe Republican party, yet !
am asfrmly ponEineed that there Is In 1t
Sd much ot tho liquor interest as to ab-
solutelY preyentits etterelement from &c.
complishing the abolition Of the accursed
traffic, Intelligent. observers OF the times