The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-12

eve want to see prohibition prevail all
over the country and that is why We say,
and say it over and over again, give us
prohibition for the liquor traffic. Bat while
We say this and say it too with all the m
phasis at command, We don't say, as some
have said. give us prohibition or give us
nothing. On the other hand we accept
with thankfulness everything looking to
it. let it come from whatever source it may;
always, no Seyer. having the goal OF total
prohibition in view. For this reason we
thank those members of council who uni
formly vote no-license for our city, and
confess that the people OF Bridgeton, ire
s~pective of party, owe them 4 debt OF graf
itude which will be the more and more ap-
parent as the years roll on. We thank the
Republican legislature of this State for
bravely fighting the local option measure
to the finish. with, however, the help OF
Messrs. Baker, Ludlam and Smalley, Dem
ocrats, whom we also thank. We thank
the Republican press of the State for the
manly stand most of them have taken in
ibis issue and also thank he few Demo
cratic Journals who even i'll a more manly
way (since it involved the support of a Re-
publican caucus measure) stood up foT the
rights of the people in opposition to the
mandates of the liquor barons in their "
party. Now to the point. Both the DEM
ocratic and Republican party seem ineapa-
BILE of comprehending the fact that any set
of men should stand up for a conviction and
submit to being knocked out and beaten,
election after election, for the sake of prin-
ciple. The Democrats make no claim on
the Prohibition party because they well
know they have none to make, whereas the
Republican party assume to hold first
mortgage with judgment bond on it. In
coming over from Woodstown lately we
fell in conversation with a ''red mouthed
Prohibitionist. as he styled himself, who
said the Prohibitionists must stand by the
Republican party because the Republicans
gave us the local option law and will suS-
ain it, while the Democrats are pledged
to its repeal" "Suppose," said we, ''all
the Prohibitionists of the State stand by
the Republican party as you suggest, what
then?" "Why then the Republican party
will be endorsed" "Aud what then?'
"Why then we shall have the local option
law continued in foree!'' ''Do yea be-
lieye in all seriousness, " we returned, that
it would be best for the commonwealth of
New Jersey that the only sharp cut,
straight out temperance party in the
State. should absorb itself with another
party, however powerful, for the single
purpose of assuring the continuance of the
local option law ?" THE Republicans, y
he said, '.are the friends of prohibition and
prohibitory laws, while the Democrats are
the reverse of it, therefore the Prohibition
lists should support the Republican party,
in order to defeat the whisky Democratic
party .'Allow the Prohibitionists do as
you suggest, :" we continued, and the nine
teen or twenty thousand votes cast for Gen
eral Fisk in 'S6 be turned over to the Re
publicans this fall and New Jersey goes for
lI6t patty / II NUM- III ~ WY
then every Republican would shout him
self hoarse over our victory. the victory
of protection against free trade, and not a
single good word perhaps would be heard
for the poor Prohibitionists who left a
party they knew was right for II they
could only hope was right. The knocked
out ID nocrats in looking over the returns
would be conscious they were hurt some
how and rubbing their eyes look for the
cyclone which would loom up as follows:
Republican, $780, COO; Democrats, .110, 600;
Prohibition, o. "Ah yes" says the Dem
ocrat, told you so, now you sec how bad
the people want prohibition. Look here,
total Prohibition vote for the State. o.
And so when other states come 10 make up
the account Of what fayOrs, what rights,
rather. are to be given the temperance
people they would probably look at the big
0 of New Jersey and say "told you So
And the Republicans-well they would be
more than likely to say, that is after a year
or SO, "well we've got the Prohibitionists
out of the way and now we'll look after
those whisky fellows who went over from
our side to the Democrats" and then would
be a very good time for the over previous
Prohibitionists to say "Oh yes, | told you
So