The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-01

I
TO have the United States considered as
the elder sister in the family of American
commonwoalths, Mr.. Bayard seems in
clined to reverse this policy and make the
United States the bully of the continent as
respects the weaker nations to the South,
but deferential TO the point of subservien-
cy to the first-class power which takes lib
critics with our commerce and seizes our
vessels for the most petty and unimpor-
tant infractions of heretofore unenforced
and often unknown customs regulations.
Though Maine is prohibition state and
owes its original prohibition law and all
its later amendments to the Republican
party, it nevertheless has a separate Pro-
hibition party whose sole object there, as
elsewhere, is to kill the Republican party
and put the Democrats into power. We
commend TO the consideration of the rea-
sonable members of that party who cher
| ish in sincerity the professed objects of
the Prohibition organization the remarks
of Mr.. Blaine on this subject before they
cast their votes to aid party which has
opposed prohibition whenever and wherev-
or it has been directly or indirectly in is
sue by every means and device at its COM
mand. On this point we give Mr. Blaino's
own remarks, as follows;
THIRD PARTY PRoHIBTTIoNIsTs.
The pending contest is marked by the
presence of third party, organized, as its
leaders say, to enforce the prohibition of
| the liquor traffic in Maine. There are
some singular features pertaining to this
movement. The Republican party in
Maine from the day of its organization
has been pledged to prohibition-enacting
the principal statue now in force in 1S57-S
and since amending it from year to year
as the leading temperance men requested.
The changes to make it more effective
have averaged nearly one for every year
since the original law was passed.
The third party in their Convention
cheerfully testify that Prohibition has
been so we'll enforced by the Republicans
that in their judgment Maine is quarter
of century ahead of the license states in
all that pertains to the temperance reform.
The Republicans have this year with spec
ial emphasis IN their State Convention re-
nominated for governor a pronounced
supporter of the law. But all this does
not suit the third party Prohibitionists
They desire party of their own Just
small enough to have no effect at all, or, if
possible, just large enough to throw the
state into the hands OF the Democratic
party, which has been as constant in its
| hncfilitu ~ prObihitiOv, ha
party of Maine has been constant in it's
fidelity to Prohibition.
The position and platform of the third
party might in fact be thus abbreviated: /:
Whereas the Republican party of Maine
enacted prohibitory law thirty years ago
and has since amended it as majority of
the friends of temperance demanded, and
has in consequence advanced Maine in all
matters of temperance quarter of a CEN
tury ahead of the license states; there
fore, be it resolved that we, members of q
third party of Prohibitionists, will so vote
as to defeat the Republican party and turn
the Government of Maine over to the
Democrats, who have through all these
years opposed Prohibition by every in
strumentality in their power.
Democrats, of course, with scarcely an
attempt at concealment, regard the third
party as their especial ally, and the coali-
ton is so evident that am sure no man
can be deceived in regard to the result ex-
cept him who desires to be deceived.
Every voter knows that he must choose
between the Republican and Democratic
parLies-and every voter knows that in
joining the third party he indirectly but
effectually throws his political and moral
influence in favor of the Democracy.
The supporters of the third party adopt
as their shibboleth that "the Republican
party must be killed." and they have Sc
cured the cooperation of the Democrat, of
the Free~trader, of the saloon proprietor,
of all men who wish to keep 100000 of
colored people in the South disfranchised
and oppressed. 1t is an insincere coali-
ton, an unhallowed partnership, an un-
holy alliance. Against it the Republican
party of Maine presents its uniform sup
port of Prohibition, its splendid record of
devotion to the protection of American
labor, its long and patient effort in behalf
Of those who are downtrodden and de-
prived Of natural rights. The Republican
party has always fought its battles single
handed, against great odds, and now with
principle untarnshed and courage un-
daunted it will again triumph over the
combined force of all its foes.