Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-09-25

has the Democratic party done to
meritsuch pure and sincere friend
ship z The Republican Party has,
with some few exceptions, always
favored temperance and has done
much for its promotion the DEM
ocratic party, on the other hand,
has always had decided tendency
to favor the liquor interests and,
yet the Prohibition party continual
ly wages war on the Republican
party, and leaves the Democratic
party, in measure, gently alone.
Hundreds and thousands of temper
ance Republicans believe that the
Prohibition cause is just one, and
would vote that way, but they are
not slaves but men, and their man
hood will not allow them to be dyiv-
en- and abused into the support of
party whose chief aim seems to be
to strike dcnan the grand old Repub-
lean party. Take as an example
one of their leading proselytes, Rev.
Sam Jones. This noted gentleman,
who has been travelling over the
country preaching sensational SER
mons abusing everybody but s'Sam
JONES' and who is also noted for the
ease with which he "spells negro
with two g's" has in his recent
utterances, come out in the most
impudent abuse of Francis Murphy,
because Murpheys method Of con-
vincing by reason and love does not
agree with his of wholesale abuse.
By the way, Murphey has perhaps,
done more in single night for the
cause Of temperance than Jones has
in all his past life. Yet this ex
Democrat and evangelist comes
before the public in the Prohibition
lists favorite garb of wholesale
abuse for everybody and anybody
who d on'tendorse his. methods.
If Prohibitionist makes o speech
it is principally made up of abuse of
the Republican party, in fact, a
Prohibition speech is entirely behind
the age, without it. And the drift
of the editorials Din their party
organs all tend in this direction.
The chief aim seems to be to antag-
onize the Republican party. Re
Gently Blaine took the stump in the
state Of Maine in behalf Of his party,
and he had hardly entered fairly
into the work, until that noted orator
Of the Prohibition party, (who has
been a member Of every party into
which he could get,) St. John, also
entered that state, thinking to divide
the honors with the Plumed Knight,
and get in his little abuse. Think
of St. John, the dwarf, trying to
follow Blaine, the giant (who ever
heard of an ant attacking an ele-
plant p But st. John is there
adding his testimony of the undying
hatred of his party fol- the republi-
can party. Even when the repub-
licans come out with square pro-
hibition plank in the platform, the
prohibitionists instead Of sustaining,
oppose them. If a Republican can
didate announces himself in favor Of
prohibition, the prohibitionists will
bring out candidate to help the
Democrats topull through. To show
their inconsistency, let us cite one
instance. Not long ago, in certain
congressional district in Ohio, the
Republican and Democratic candi-
dates had been announced, and the
Prohibitionists addressed each let
ter, asking his convictions on prohi-
bition. The democrat replied frank
ly that he was opposed to it /; the
republican answered that he was
temperance man, and would do all
in his power in favor of prohibition;
but, Notwithstanding the fact that
the republican favored it, and that