Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-02
\ GOOD ENDORSEMENT.
The Republican Party of Vermont the
Unadulte"ated Type.


New Jcr.cy Evening Journal.
There could be no better locality from
which to seek and obtain an endorsement
genuinely republican, than the State of
Vermont. The republican party of this
country really had its birth and its first
formal party organization in that State
and if a pure and unadulteratod type of
republicanism is sought for, it would GER
tanly be found in Vermont if anywhere.
The republican party Will tie certain not
to 90 far wrong when 1t follows the exam
pie OF republican Vermont, IN any vital or
important matter involving political
priucipie or policy of action. The New
IOrk TribUuC notices the fact that the
republican party of Vermont, ut its state
convention last week, followed the |. adj, "
and "eudOrsed'' the recent "anti-hQuOr
saloon conference of New Jersey Republi-
cans" The Tribune sees in this an indi-
cation of what the action of the republl
cans in other states, besides New Jersey
and Vermont, is likely to be on the tenn
perance issue. II is gratifying to us TO
lind the Republicans of our native state
and some of them the very men with
whom we acted 81 years ago in organizing
the first republican party movement in
the CONTEMPLATING action that is identi-
cal with that which was taken at the an i
saloon conference in Trenton. At that
The address that was Issued THAT the
republican party does not need the help of.
nor any alliance with, the nquor saloon,
to give it cltuer character, strength or
success, and the further declaration was
made that against the liquor saloon as a
political power and agency the republic
can party should assume and avow an at
ttudt OF positive, uncOmprOmlSlng hOStll-
ity.' That WAS the position taken by the
New jersey Republicans who met IN con
ference at Trenton on the Goth OF May.
Now read what the republican party in
Vermont declared last week in their state
convention They unanimously adopted
Il resolution declaring
That, as the liquor saloon is as debasng in
politics a> II j. lucful in social life, the re-
publican party should everywhere reject all
oVcrturrs for open or secret alliance with it, |
and that the state committee thus day APP
pointed Toe instructed to select delegates to
represent this state in the coming anti saloon
convention, which has been called TO meet in
ChlCugO.N
The Trenton conference also empowered
its executive committee to select delegates
to represent New Jersey in the national
anti saloon conference which will meet in
Chicago, 1t will be seen that the action
taken by the whole body of Vermont re- |
publicans is a full and complete endorse
ment of what was done by the New Jer-
sey republicans in conference at Trenton. !
New Jersey leads the column, Vermont
comes second, and the other states will |
not be far behind. We believe that before |
the expiration of another year, the repuD- !
lican party of the whole nation will be |
found occupying the right, the strong, !
the lmpregnable position on this vitality
important issue, and that the democratic
party and the rum interest, the liquor sa- |
loon power, will be forced into open, dis |
tinct alliance, and that on that line the |
next great national political battle will be
waged, so far us this question is concern
ed. Ii we are asked, what will in that |
event become of the prohibition, or third, !
party, we answer, first, that we don't par
ticularly care what becomes of it and
secondly, that we think the prohibition !
party woulu very speedily disintegrate and
practically disappear from the political
arena the majority, the mass of those
who have been acting with the prohlbi
ton party in fact all the sensible and dis |
interested temperance men would readily |
and naturally grayitate to, and act with, |
the republican party, and do something
practical and effective in the way of tenn
perance reform the small minority OF
prohlbtionists, those who are running
the third party machinery and seeking no
torlety, or Office, or democratic money, |
would act the role of the mugwumps and |
help the enemy, the whskey democracy, |
either directly or indirectly, but would |
not affect results. Republicans in this |
state, or Vermont, or elsewhere, who do
not yet perceive that the time has come
for the republican party to act decisively |
both in its state and national capacity on |
the question of the rum power in politics, !
will presently discover the truth and learn |
that they cannot stop or turn aside the
tide of opinion in the party against any
further alliance with or submission to the
dictatlon of the saloon,