The Republican journal., 1886-08-19
Every voter knows

PloIiollloll anu THAT tne 1)elnOCrdtlC party
has steadily opposed it and yet conven-
ton called in the name Of prohibition DELHI
erately adopts course which, if it have any
effect at all, would turn the State over to the
control OF the Democratic party and to the
enemies of prohibition With those prohibit
tonlsts who are bent on this destructive
course it may be idle to argue but without
questioning the sincerity of their motives |
must be permitted to say that their course
tends evidently and quickly to the destruction
OF the reform in whose supposed interest
their movement is organized. If nothing else
can persuade them, | should think the unan-
lmous Endorsement of their course bv the
Democratic papers and by the avowed OPP
ponents of prohibition would at least starte
them into reflection. 1t is notorious fact
that all the secret violaters of the prohibitorv
law in Maine who are engaged in the clandes-
tine and unlawful sale of liquor regard this
separate movement as the beginning of the
destruction of prohibition in Maine, and are
ready and eager, therefore, to promote it in
every way in their power. For prohibitions
lists to organize in Maine in hostility to the
party that has always maintained prohibition
and IN favor Of the party that has always OPP
posed it is such breach of good faith and
4 honorable cooperation in political action that
| venture to express the confident belief that
few earnest friends of the cause can be in
duced to join in 50 destructive a course.
I Having myself steadily supported the prohb-
tory law from the first and given ii my vote
at the polls and in the Legislature, have the
right to appeal to its sincere friends not to
permit it to be destroyed by defeating th4
party whose loyalty to it has been unwavering
The industrial and financial condition Of
Maine has rapidly and steadily grown better
since the Republican party came into power
in Nation and State. The aggregate wealth
Of the State has trebled within that period.
Industry is the habit Of our people and all
classes have alike shared in the increase of
wealth and comfort The ratio Of increase
has perhaps been greatest among those who
that the class of skilled mechanics and day
laborers Of Maine have at least forty dollars
in the savings banks in 1886 where they had
one dollar in 1860.
| The agricultural interest Of the State has
advanced with steady ratio and has rapidly
increased in prosperity. Speaking from eN-
perience and not alone from observation,
feel justified in saving that the lands Of Maine.
whether cultivated for crops Or whether de
voted to grazing. will Yield a most satisfactory
and encouraging return to intelligent industry
1t should at all times be the Watchful care of
the State to do all in its legitimate power for
! the agricultural interest.
The benefit which has come to all indus
trial interests of Maine from a protective
tariff is beyond calculation. To uphold IT,
protective systems the Republican party is
committed not merely by its record but by
\ long series Of public pledges. The maintcn-
ance OF protection and the securing of an
honest ballot in the South as in the North are
among the most important objects to which
the Republican party is devoted. Those who
are ready to abandon the protective tariff and
/ concentrate all political effort on prohibition
are likely to realize the destructive effects of
/ free trade and at the same time hand over
I the cause Of prohibition to the tender care
and guardianship Of the Democratic party.
/ The Republicans of Maine will, as they have
for more than quarter Of a century. steadily
maintain prohibition, but they will not cut
I loose from that great national organization
which in peace and in war has upheld the in
tegrity and honor of the union and secured
4 the prosperity Of the people.
/ Whether one man or another may be gov
emor Of Maine is Of small consequence to
the people except as his election represents
the triumph Of certain principles and certain
measures. While not insensible to the per
sonal honor Of the position, am free to say
that it would in no sense attract my ambition
if it were separated from the advancement of
the State and the development of our great
resources The people Of Maine can gather
wealth from the land and the sea- from the
farm and the factory, from the forest and the
! quarry, from the vast water power that invites
the growth Of every handicraft. Let us con
tnue united in our efforts for the enrichment
of the State financially, for its adornment