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

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X Six, eight, or ten trusty pro-
hibit;onists, well handled, might
accomplish wonders in the. next
Legislature, for it's going to be "a
mighty interesting body" or all
signs fail.
WANTS LESS PARTY AND MORE LOGIC.
Buckhanaom Delta, Rep:
We do not see how any good can
grow out of the action of the Tenn
perance Convention, lately held at
Grafton, in deciding to organize a
prohibition party. They cannot
hope to enroll all the Temperance
people in the State upon their side
or in their party, and with only a
part (and that probably a small
part), they cannot hope to effect
anything but agitation in the time
to come.
We have always been of the opin-
ion that the proper way to dispose
of all great moral or political ques-
tions is to get fair expression of
the entire people upon the subject
entirely free from any party preju-
dice or influence, or in other words,
to keep them entirely free from any
party control in that way you get
an expression of the people upon
the point at issue. X What
we want is less party and more
principle and logic.
CURIOSITY EXCITED.
PAN Handle Ne,os, Dem.:
West Virginia can now boast of
third party, the Prohibitionists
having decided to organize on their
own account, and will no doubt
put full ticket in the field at flu
ture elections. This is undoubted-
ly the only way in which the Pro-
hibition question can be brought
before the voters in its true light,
but we opine in this section, at
least, there will be considerable
"straddling" INDUCED in by those
who have been loud champions of
the cause, when it comes to voting,
and we confess no little curiosity
to see what strength the new par
ty will show at the polls.
HARK FROM THE ToMBs A DoLEFUL
SOUND!
Marshall Herald, Republican.
We hope intelligent Republicans
will think twice before they allow
themselves to be switched off into
the Democratic aid society, known
as the third political party in this
State, sometimes called the Prohi.
bition party.
1t has been intimated in high
circles that Camden's money had
largely to do with the formation
of said party, but whether this is
true or not, we know not and we
care not; but this we do know, the
third party movement can only re.
suit in defeating the wishes of all
true, consistent temperance people
Many men in the old leading par
ties were disposed to help on the
temperance movement, so far at
least, as to submit the prohibition
amendment to the popular vote,
but now they will naturally think
that their votes and thier help are
not wanted, or at least not asked
for, by this new political party
without creed, and they will be
disposed to leave the entire bust
ness in the hands of those who pro-
pose to monopolize the temperance
crusade.
CONSCIENTIOUS PRoHIBITIoNIsTs IN
BOTH PARTIES.
Putnam Democrat, Dem.
1t is nonsense to say that these
votes will all come from the Re-
publican organization. There are
conscientious prohibitionists in
both parties, but the Democrats
have not forgotten that Il very few
years ago, many of them were fool
ed into voting the Greenback ticket
by Republican pledges of a similar
course, and they are not likely to
be trifed with again. If Republi-
can prohibitionists will show their
principles by their votes, they will
be joined by scores of Democratic
prohibitionists.