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

est to see what progress the cause
of temperance makes while the Pro-
hibitionists are earning their wa
ges of sin.
AND THIS Is A MAD ONE OF ANOTHER
COLOR.
Tucker Democrat, Democratic:
The Baptist Prohibition Conven-
ton convened at Grafton recently
and started, or rather organized a
third party known as the Prohibi-
ton party. The leaders and or.
ganizers of this new party are exclu-
sively Baptist. Now the Mission
airy Baptists of this State are prin-
cipally all Democrats, so you can
clearly see that this move of organ
izing third party is purely in
behalf of the Republican party
Take the Democratic Baptist vote
from the Democratic column and
throw it away, and then the Re-
publicans stand a show of coming
into power in this State. We
have not heard the report of the
liquor sellers of Grafton for the days
the Convention were in session.
but we presume they sold more
than at any other time. Prohibi-
ton is fraud and champIoned by
political tricksters.
NO SENSE IN THE DoLEFUL PREDIC-
| TIONS.
Wellsburg Herald, Rep:
We see no reason or sense in the
doleful predictions of those who
rdeprecate the stand taken by the
Prohibitionists, that it will only
weaken the Republican party and
give the Bourbon Democracy g
longer and continued lease of pow
err, in this or any other State.
Prohibition is live issue and a
strong and growing one, and the
Republican party will be much
more apt to grow in voting power
by giving it leading prominence
among their principles, than it will
by simply adhering to the ole
worn out dogmas or pretenses o
dogmas, that sensible people il
both the old leading parties Ions
ago concluded had little or no pres
ent sense or significance. Thu
party that Identifies itself with tn,
leading live question any time, il
the party that wins.
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S TO COME OF IT
Fatrmoqat Irader, Den.:
So we have in this State th-e
political parties, and now it re
mains to be seen what will be tn,
outcome. Whether the Prohibi
tion party will become sufficient,
strong numerically as to hold tn
balance of power, and in this wa,
: court and receive the favors of thu
Democratic and Republican par
= ties, or whether, because Of its en-
! tering the arena of politics, it will
ALLEVIATE therefrom those who ar
consistent members OF the othe
political parties and thus reduc
the membership to mere corpo
RAILS guard, are questions which
!, belong to the unknown future.
4 "a THIRD PARTY CAUCUS"
Il BROTHER SMITH, OF THE STAR, TAKE
A BILIOUS VIEW OF IT.
Tyler Star, Rep:
X But instead of a convention
:. in which all temperance worker
in the State could join, it develop
ed into a cut and dried third part,
CAUCUS.
About one-third of the delegate
among whom were all, or nearly al
of the effective temperance work
ers of the State, withdrew.
The third party adopted the ma
iorty resolutions and proceeded tt
put themselves in shape for-per
petuating the rule of the Democrat
ic party. This is deplored by ear
nest Prohibitionists as it is Ger
tainly fair to presume that party
which has so frequently refused tt
submit the prohibitory amendment
cannot be forced to adopt a meas
ure advocated by an opposition
party.