The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-29
GAe glttekEi8elIleE
wuEEl.INo, W. va, JUNE a0' 1850
an, Iblrd Party Idea.

II does not seem possible for Republi-
cans to please the Third Party men, II
thew nominate a candidate who Is not
committed on the liquor question, the po'
litIcal ProhibitIonlats cay they have
lodged. If they nominate an ayowed tenn
perspce man some other fault Is lound'
General Neal Dow, the original Prohibl'
ZIONIST, commenting on the outlook IN ms
own State Of Maine, thus expresses hiH
views and his regrets
We shall cast more votes this year tllan
ever before, The largest Prohibition yole
aver polled in this State S4,S7bl was given
~ Hichborn in 1869. We shall do better
than that this year, but our vote Will MOI
affect HE result. Bodwell will undoupt
} edlv be elected, We were disappointed
at The result Of the Republican Conyenl'
tion. We hoped to see HAmlln nominated
We should then have said the Republican
marty has now openly committed itsei
against the enforcement Of the prohihi
tory law, and we would have been able u
secure a vote large enough TO leave the
Republican candidates in the minority.
Bodwell himseliis atemperance man ,ane
will no doubt get tho votes Of many strong
Probibitionists, and our issue this year II
confined 10 the general policy oil the ke
pnbIican marty on this queEtiOn.
Until lately have believed that the he
publlcaps could not elect another Fresl'
dent, but now think 1t possible that they
will succeed once more Inc democrats s
are showing 0 remarkable capaC4ty l9'
laundering, which may give the KepuO'
liCan party, in spite oil lts shortcomings
another lease Of lie.
This Is at least an honest confession II
the Republicans had nominsted Dr. Ham
lin, son Of Hannibal Hamlin, the party
could have been denounced Us "Openly
committed against the enforcement OF the
prohibitory law" But the Republican
party chose for Governor Mr.. Bodwell, a
fiakiooted temperance man, and the New
York NGugwumps have blamed Mr.. Blaine
i,r not overriding the party will and max
ing Hamlln present Of the nomination.
In Pennsylvania II is about the same as
in Maine. General Beaver, the ltepubli-
can choice for Governor Of Pennsylvania,
is a strong temperance man, but this does
not matter with tho political Prohibition
is!s. Beaver Is to be antogsn'zed with a
sore.head Republican who hopes to defeat
the Republican ticket and has no expecta-
ton Of being elected himself. In Maine
or in Pennsylvania or In Ohio the highest
success the Third Party hopes for is to
enable the Democratic party.to triumph.
In West Virginia the Third Party has
yet to show It's strength. The most 1t can
do here is to strengthen the hold Of the
Democracy, which is not supposed to have
any strong inclination to the Prohibition
side, though it Ia encouraging the move.
msnt as political man@uyre to make Re-
publican success more difficult. There
are some good people who do nottake this
view Of the question, but the politicians
who are directing the movement under
stand 1t.
In the approaching campaign the Demo-
cratic managers will endeavor to have a
Prohibition ticket run in every Repub-
lican district, that the Prohibitioniats
may divide and the Democracy conquer.
Seeing that Republicans in the Legis-
lature have been practically solid for the
submission Of a prohibitory amendment,
IL might be thought that ProhibitiOnists
would exert themselves to increase, not
TO cut down, the Republican vote. And
so the non.partisan Prohibltionists are,
but by the Third Party managers they
are not regarded as orthodox or indeed Of
average honesty.