The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-17
L. IL POAitiCali

campaign waged in McLepuan county
OH prohibition, the ministers of all de-
nominations, with but here and there
All exception, came out strongly in
their pulpits, OH the rostrum and
some of them among the people, in
personal appeal, for prohibition. Old
aud iliustrious democrats objected to
this subverting of the sacred cause OF
religion to political cnds-charged
that the move was political and being
such II was no place for the christisu
ministry. This charge was bitterly
denied by all of them. They claimed
that they were only working great
| moral reform at the ballot box. while
now aud then lesser light like Gran
fill or Parson Taylor, colored, let the
cat out OF tho bag. The colored
brother said he was for smashing
up" both of the great parties and
building out of the debris a great
prohibition party which would
sweep the land. This was hard lines
for Carroll, Briggs, Burleson, ct. al.
But bitter as was the draught they
were compelled to swallow it. The
EXAMINER opposed the move with all
OF its force purely upon the principle
that IL was political and espe-
cially undemocratic. 1t was disci-
plined rudely by the sacred politi-
clans and laughed at by their
satellites, However, its charge re-
manned unanswered and now
comes the news from Ohio 10
firmly establish and clearly prove
every word of IL. On Satur-
day last they had a big prohibit
tiou meeting AT Cincinnati, and the
REVEREND DIR. Leonard. the prohibit
ton candidate for governor, addressed
large crowd of people. This rev.
erend candidate of a non-political q
organization for political office, is
supported by thorough state organi-
zatioD, executive committee for the
state, district organizations, county
organizations and precinct organiza-
tons, and yet DIR. Carroll, DIR. Briggs
and DIR. Burleson, say the movement
in this state is not political. DIR.
Leonard and his forces are claiming
the south for the national movement
and are running Senator Colquitt, of
Georgia, for president, with the ex-
ceeding clap trapery of catching the
southern vote. How is this for non
political move? how does it refute
the bland denial of our Texas divines
to the charge that the EXAMINER
ulstinctlyUp pvn.IUa. ----i-. -aI
Can any mau after this doubt, but
that when prohibition gets a better
foothold in Texas, IL VIII have candi-
dates for governor, for congress, for
the senate and for sheriff. If so,
would it very greatly shock the rev
erend gentlemen we have named, il
its state convention shonld nominate
one of them for governor, another for
congress and still another for the sen.
ateT Away with the flimsy denial
of its political nature In the face of
such testimony as this. Well, indeed
may good old DIR. Burleson stand
abashed before such an incident AZ
that In Cincinnati, on Saturday, espe.
cially should he recall at the same
time the article he published in the
Guardian last winter. Is il only
another case of whose OK is goredi
Had Burleson been Burchard how
would the principle have been
changed. Burcbard made of himself
a political partisan, and Burleson in
the face of his admirable article as.
sailing Burchard, has "gone and
done" the very self-same thing. No
loud disclaimer will gethim out OF the
scrape. A course or policy Is pc.
litical by the general verdict of an in.
telligent people, and not the dictum
of either of the illustrious preachers
we have named, or even thousand
more like them. They must
stand or fall ON tho declarations
they have already made, not upon any
modification they may hereafter
make or which may be suggested as
proper, and likely to strengthen their
political party.
II is time for people in Texas to
open their eyes on this subject, and ii
they require any stronger proof OF
the correctness of the claim that pro-
hibition in Texas is political, as II is
In Ohio, 1t viii be furnished in good
| time.