Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-24
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long been known to his party associates
as a teetotaler, who was in hearty accord
with the law Of his own State which has
given q name to statutory prohibition.
He is a Maine law man through and
through, .and though he does not stand
with Senator Blair in favor OF a national
p~rohibitory law, he differs with Blair
simply because he believes that each
State ought to attend to its own policing.
Mr.. Frye, though the true son OF a Fed
e~ralist, is Democrat enough to take that
ground. With Blair, Chase, and Plat
Of his own party, and German, Colquitt,
and Camden on the other side. Frye has
the support at least of FIVE Senators who
are teetotalers themselves and have al
ways been anxious to have a prohibitory
law in operation in the Capitol.
Mr.. Frye for some years has been dis.
posed to believe that the Republican
party must take up the cause of prohibit
ton or sooner or later be disintegrated,
and he is also disposed to believe that a
great majority of the party is in favor Of
absolute restriction Of the sale of liquor,
while a very considerable minority in the
Democratic party is, in his opinion, SINH.
larly disposed. Says a correspondent of
the New York Sun: "a little over a
year age / met Mr.. Frye while he was
stumping for Blaine. He was not par
ticulariy hopeful of the result, and he
said that he had no doubt that if Blaine
was defeated it would be due to Repub.
licans. asked him whether he meant
Mugwumps, and he replied contemptu-
ously: No Then, after a pause, he
said he meant the temperance or prohi-
bition vote. And even if it does not
beat the Republican party this year, it
seems to me that the prohibition senti-
ment is going to grow very rapidly, so
that before very long the party may be
compelled to pay some heed to it. I
may not quote the Senator'S exact words,
but the sense of what he said is ac-
curately given"
Of course the large Prohibition vote
given to st. John in New York State
cost Mr.. Blaine the election, although
various other causes are more popularity
associated with his defeat. But Prohibi-
tion leaders in New York estimate that
IS per cent OF the temperance vote comes
from men who used to act with the Re-
publican party. 1t is quite likely that
Mr.. Frye has already obtained figures of
the prohibition or temperance vote cast
in the elections OF last month. He has
for some years watched the records very
carefully, making special efforts to get
accurate returns from all parts of the
country. The figures will show him a
rather remarkable confirmation Of his
belief in the constant growth of the tenn
perance vote. For when we remember
that the past year has been a dull one
politically, and that there was in all
elections a great falling off in the vote. it
does seem to show that Mr.. Frye has
been paying more attention to this mat
ter than some of his party friends, to
learn that his prediction has been veri.
fed almost everywhere, and that the
temperance vote has increased. In New
York State there was an increase OF
about 20 per cent over the vote cast for
st. John a year ago, while in Connecti-
cut, where, there being nc general cleo
ton, but only one for the choice of As
sembly, the vote was necessarily light,
yet it is found that the Prohibition vote
increased nearly 100 per cent over that of
1884. for not far from 5000 Prohibition
votes were cast. The astonishing victory
OF the Prohibitionists in Atlanta and the
reports from some of the Western States
have probably stimulated Mr.. Frye to
take the decidedly suggestive step that
he has respecting the sale and use of
liquors in the Capitol. 1t would not be
very surprising. before long. if Mr.. Frye
took a very much more advanced step,
aud counseled the adoption by his party
of the great temperance reform move.
ment.
Should the new joint rule. which he
has proposed, be agreed to by both
Houses, it would be interesting to learn
whether it could not be enforced in those
cosey club rooms Of which there are half
. hundred. more or less. in the Capitol.
and which are called committee rooms.
The self.respecting member never sought
his cold tea in the restaurant. The cup.
board in the committee room afforded an
opportunity of procuring a better cup of
cold tea, with the additional advantage
of privacy. Feasts. cven, have been
served in the committee rooms, and there
has been the popping of corks there. A