Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-24
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Senator Frye, Of Maine, opened the
Republican campaign in that State yes
terday, and a Tribune special reports
him as follows:
He said To-day you are represented in
nearly every foreign port in the world by
Democratic Copperheads. How did it hap
pen2 Some men say Burchard's little allit-
Grafton did it. Now, that was a simple ac
cident, nothing more. 1t did not affect the
Northern Republican vote l will tell you
what did 1t. First, the suppression of the
right to vote in the South did it, and next,
the Republicans did it. What kind of Re-
publicans2 Mugwumps. What are mug
wumpsp Men who thought the Republican
party had done an immoral thing in nomi-
mating James G. Blaine for President of the
United States: men who thought they were
better than the majority of men in the Re-
publican party. The Prohibitionists beat us
In New York. say deliberately that some
of the Prohibitory leaders are unblushing,
impudent scoundrels, who are helped by the
Democratic party to defeat the Republican
party. am in favor of putting plank in
the National Republican platform in favor
of prohibition. i am in favor of the Repub-
lican party shouldering prohibition. know
in time the party would conquer under that
banner.
1t will be seen by the foregoing that
RYE has DttIl tltI'iIlttl W Slllibt lllt IO-
hibition hewgag first, and pave the way
for the Bar Harbor sage to come in and
paralvze the crowds with his overween-
ing anxiety to advance the cause, and
drive liquor out of the State OF Maine.
1t was doubtless good selection to take
Frye as the entering wedge, for he is Blue
Law personified, and as the entire deal is
to be worked on a hypocritical basis, u
hypocrite is the proper man to begin it,.
1t is due to the millions of the Demo-
cratic party, however, that Mr. Frye
should speak the truth in his grand act OF
playing for the Prohibition vote. Mr..
Frye says: "You are represented in
nearly every foreign port by Democratic
copperheads." Mr.. Frye knew he lied
when he said that, and that even the
great license allowed campaign speakers
to make the best impression
possible cannot excuse so glaring
falsehood. Are Phelps, Pendleton
McLane or Samuel Cox copperheads
Would Mr.. Frye tell Messrs. Tree, Jar
Wis, Hubbard, Lathrop and Curry that
they were guilty of disloyalty to the
United States? We know he would not
and that he truthfully could not, and tc
further belle himself, he voted to confirm
them all, and now under the wing OF the
cursed secret sessions OF the Senate he
feels at liberty to traduce men better
than himself, knowing he cannot be
exposed. This is opening the cam
paign with a vengeance, and it is
lucky for Senator Frye that he used
the qualifying words "nearly every
as he would have thousand indig
nant relatives after him to answer
for such unwarranted insult to thei
husbands and fathers. The true inward
in the wall that "the Prohibitionists bea
us in New York" One would natural
ask why should they not beat the Re
publcans in New York and everywher
else where they have been the victims o
Republican treachery. They helped t.
beat the Republicans in New York an,
will do so again, and the fact that Sena
tor Frye calls their leaders "impudent
unblushing scoundrels" will not he'll
them to cease their future efforts for the
defeat OF the party Of promises and pie
crust. Why did not Frye and his fellow
Republicans put prohibition plank il
the Republican platform before? VIII
wait until now and be forced t
it through fear OF another defeat, an
hope that the men who advocate Prohi
bition will be wheedled into believin
their promises? 1t is because tn
Republican party knows it has N
issue worthy of the name, with tn
conduct of the Democratic party, an
some new wrinkle must be brought i
play to fill the mouths OF the takers an
the minds OF the dupes, in order to gai
standing in the canvass, and Prohib
ton is the little joker selected. 1t wi
be good reading, the lip-service OF Blain
against the indignant remonstrances c
Neal Dow, and the readers OF the demo
Graf will be kept fully posted as tn
circus progresses.