The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-14
W gEELY STATESMAN.
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perance party, which We do not mean 10
confound with the former party, has been
unfortunate 10 having organs and public
speakers whose zeal disturbed their
Judgment. and whose fanaticsm com
pleiely blinded them 10 all fairness, lead
Ing them to reckless personalities that
has injured TEN lerauce. which we regard
az good cause. The Taylor Citizen reads
usa PHILIPPE for quoting from an exchange
statement that over one hundred per-
sons we're arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on
Christmas day. and jailed for being drunk
and disorderIy, and The SrArEsMAS add
ing "And still they claim that prohi-
bitiou prohibits.
The Taylor Citizen says that in that
paragraph rHr STATESMAN wiIiuIlIy mis-
led the public. az il asserts that prohibi-
ton had npf gone into effect at At
lanla, the liquor men having obtained an
injunction agaiust the execution of the
law.
We were aware OF that and were also
aware Of the fact that the inju tion had
been dissolved BAT we were unaware Of
the additional fact first brought to our
attention by the Citizen that the liquor
men had sent counsel 10 New Orleans and
obtained another injunction from the
t'aned States district court. We had
rather be convicted of want of knowl-
edge than an attempt wilfully to mislead.
Tho paragrapher who made that inquiry
Ia 1ifE SrAVEsMAN, we feel certain did not
bnow Of the second injunction.
Docs not the Taylor Citizen manifest
little too mnel zeal in the cause of pro-
hibiton when It permits itself to use such
sentence the following in regard to
Two cotemporarie1 with quite ms much
morn character and managed perhaps by
quite a. ,Obrr uu as the Citizen. That
paper says; And these facts were
known flho second Injunction, TO the
sapipui and fairninded gentlemen
who rnn tha lazarsaun States and States
mon IN ihr interest Of the liquor bust
ness 20 g'eNoa."
We Imagine there IL more zeal and bold
assertion IN that paragraph than
any sentence ever found in
ihe STATESMAN on any subject. In the
irst place Ii il not true and the editor of
the Clifton had no means OF knowing
10 WIS true TINT these facts were known,
otc, andsin line second place the Citizen
lays itself open, more distinctly AM di-
rsctly. TO the charge of Misrepresentation
hy declaring that the STATESMAN is run in
tholiluor interest The STATESMAN has
ATTEMPTED to cultivate high moral tone
N ~ readers aud has never said word
that 0ould DO construed into the support
&c encouragemtut of the liquor business
On tic other hand it has lamented that
the organs of temperance were 40 fannti-
cal and jealous and therefore reckless in
iheil charges against those who think
differently, as TO absolutely injure the
cause of temperance. What moderate
conservative man would be influenced by
tho statements of paper that, like the
Citizen, makes charges against cotem-
parary that all the reading public
know to be untrueS We would like
be permitted to givethe Citizen n
little advice. Argue your cause, make
your paper impersonal, and man
ago to control your desire to assume
ieets in order to crafty your zeal and ia
natioism by abusing and misrepresenting
those who differ with you. "Out of your
mouth wo have convicted YOU
Bat let us see how The STATES
MAN stands. 1t is democratic pa
p0r, advocating democratic principles
aud supporting democratic organiza-
ton and democratic administrations,
Then of course The STATESMAN is keen
to note every insidious attack against
tha. party. This week we find the Bolton
journal, one of tho best and most iuGuen-
ial weekly papers in the state, advocating
tho nomination of regular pro-
hlbision ticket in this state. The
f,,nrna1 says thnt ,ha ranublicor ,,rty IL,