The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-09-11

| had their day, and then died. In every case
| they have proved failures, or acted as Ten
ders, secret or open % aes so o. one ef tbsse fall
ures is plain to all viii you repeat the ioi-
The seventh third party which has arisen
within our memory Is the St. JQnn RaMIsy.
calling itself the Prohibitory party 1 Wnas a.
has the third party done already? what Is
it likely to do in the future? III there Is one
person present inclined to support TINS parry,
ask his earnest attention. appear W nlo 10
eandor, to his love OF truth ana Hussi'eY en Won
will not deny that by its vote In new iVbA Vhs
in 1884, this third party defeated ZOE tho tho
Presidency the most gifted statesman Sl i.,' sno
Nation-Maine's illustrlous elIzeih, .is nieced
on both sides of the Atlantic. IL thus piaG;eu ;ea
in power the party whose doctrines nave .he IL
flicted untold evils on the country, anu sn9
larger portion of whose eontroill1g
sought the destruction OF tils ,''er % mod
eTn times. drenching this land with Dloou;
cansinp an untold amount OF human WOe'ahu
piiing up a vast national debt. -. A.,
Thus this third party aided 10 pldce eHe
National Government of this great people IN
the control of the solid South, allied TO the
whisky Saloons of New York ana brooklyn.
The consolidated power OF THESE saloXnS'
controlling hundreds of millions OF capital,
give the Democratic TICKET IN tnose otsiee A. slA
ty thousand majority and outvote tne rest
of the State, which gives as large majority
for Republican principles and law and order
as New England itself.
Thus this third party AIDS 10 Dulld up ana
consolidate a power which eOnfrontS the he
publicans of Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island,
Iowa and Kansas--the five only States that
maintain Prohibition. Organized protesSed-
ly in the interests of Prohibition, 1t operates
as its dangerous foe. IL It's supporters are
sincere, they should know that they, are
welding a two edged sword, and they have
hold of the blade-yes, more, they are carry
ing loaded bomb whose explosion VIII Do
most damaging to them and the cause they
profess to serve, if they continue in their
course.
Thus it is plain as MONDAY sun how com
pletely this third party contributes to the
support of the Democratic party II that Is
the real object and intent Of this party, can
understand it. 1t is well adapted to Its pur--
pose. No astute Democratic politician could
have conceived of piece Of machinery bet
ter fitted to his object Why Mr.. John B.
Finch, the chairman of the third party ma
tional committee, should try to promote the
growth of it, can well understand, for he
is an uncoverted Democrat from Nebraska,
who hates the Republican party. can well
comprehend the motives OF Mr.. st. John, Tor
he is a renegade Republican, whom tne tem'
perance citizens and Republicans OF Kansas
found wanting and would no longer support
for office. These and others like them were
in the conspiracy which aided so effectlvely
to the election of Cleveland. VIII frankly
concede that many Oh the thlrd party E2teIs voters
are sincere. To them Ilwish to present these
plain considerations; You must see tfe aD-
solute necessity of the union DIAL the frlendS-
of temperance in order to win success. Dly-
isiOn among the friends OF prohibition only
tends to serve its opponents. In all great
Christian efforts union aceomplishes much.
This is one great secret OF the tremendous
power of the Roman Catholic church through
a thousand years. while the Protestants nave
often been greatly weakened oy tne clasnlng
of and hx QOnDSplS
ant epochs. In the military arena you know
how often great and mOmentOus consequent
ces depend on unity of action.
The supreme value Of unity, was taught
seventy-one years ago on the field OF Water
loo, which decided the fate Of Europe. III
Napoleon could concentrate his forces in
time and hurl them on the divided armies OF
the allies, he would win. Ii Blucher could
unite with Wellington before GrOuchy could
arrive with his French reinforcements. the
Allies would be victorious. you know what
happened-Blucher and his Prussian army
arrived on the bloody field in time and struck
down Napoleon forever before MS fTSnch
reinforcements could come to his aid. Thus
the fate of Europe was decided by unity on
one side and division on the other in the
memorable struggle between the two great
parties into which that continent was di-
yided. You, American citizens, decide great
questions and the policies of vast empire
reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by
the ballot, the peaceful weapon OF freemen.
In politics unity is equally important as In
war. In 1860 the friends OF Freedom and
the Union were victorious because they
were united, while their opponents were
divided supporting Douglass and Brecken-
ridge. So in 1884 the Republicans, who had
carried the country through the greatest
trials and the most momentous events OF
modern times we're defeated because enough
were misled by st. John, John b. Finch and
associates to Join the third party. Only by
the complete union of the friends OF Prohi-
arf CT
enough to aid them, can they succeed. If a
play into the hands Of the keepers of the
whiskey saloons. The cause Of temperance
can defy its enemies in front but It cannot
withstand the mistakes, the blunders, and
the stabs of its misguided friends in the rear,
without serious injury. Mark the fact-the
liquor sellers are too shrewd to form party
| by themselves. They know enough to give
| their support to the party which is logically
| theirs, which can and will aid them most
| They give their money and votes e1lefy to
| the Democratic party. They chuckle over
l the formation of the third party, which they
| hope will weaken and defeat the Republi-
| cans who have given prohibition in five
| States, and whom the dram-sellers know to
| be their only Jealous and powerful opponents.
| The logical difficulty and practical impos-
sibility of successfully maintaining third
parties in the United States, has been like
wise attested in England. For two hundred
years-since 16SS-there have been two great
parties in that country, one or the other Of
which having had the responsibility of ad-
ministering the affairs of the British govern
ment. Attempts to maintain third parties
there have always proved failures. The re-
cent great struggle for home rule for Ireland
plainly shows the pernicious influence OF
third parties. To defeat Gladstone and
Parnell there was organized third party
under the lead of Lord Harrington and Jo-
seph Chamberlain. The result was the tri-
umph of the Tories, now in possession OF
the government, while the third party lead
erS are gathering as the fruits Of their mis-
taken course the ashes of bitter disappont-
ment, only temporarily postponlng the tri-
umph of home rule, and their factional or
ganization is inevitably to be broken up and
dissolved.
While the United States and England have
so long successfully maintained TWO great
parties the French people are suffering I'M
| mense evils by having three parties and va
| rious groups in control OF their politics. Inc
| Republic since its establishment in 1870, has
been repeatedly brought neal. shipwTeek and
| ruin, through the inability OF the Kepubli-
cans to unite in one solid and well dlsci-
| plined party to hold and administer the Gov
ernment in the interest of Democracy and
| patriotism against all the scheming designs
| of Imperialism and monarchy. And today
| the best men of that great people see moro
| and more the pressing necessity OF consoll-
| dating as one party on the common line OF
| Republicanism, and are keenly alive to the
| fact that third party and organized fac
tions play directly into the hands of the enc
mics Of the Republic and are a fruitful
source Of corruption. The two Kingdoms Of
| Sweden and Norway have constitutional
| government and free Parliaments elected by
| the people, and both have two well organs
| lied parties and no more. They are among
the best governed nations in the world, and
none have purer principles. These strong
| facts prove stern and undertaking logic
| which cannot be set aside nor bent by in
dividual plane nor factional aims. All
| thoughtful and sincere men will have regard
to these teachings of history.
AND THE LABORING, AND LOWER
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BOR FOR THEIR BREAD.-WILLIAM