The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-01
TIE DANGER OF THE HOUR.
A Strong Article From Substantial
Giles County D0noor-s.

VINO eau 5Ejl bitO tSSoAH 80 ~ " ~
will be elected? If Bob Taylor is
defeated will not good democrats
he the cause Of it. The third par
ty In this county is composed OF
men of too much intelligence to-
think for q moment thar there is
puv chance for J. G. Johnson 10 be
elected governor, and they are also
too familiar with the past history OF
the republican party TO entertain
the remotest idea that johnson
will get any support from that par
ty. / am speaking for Giles county
and what will hold good here we
may expect elsewhere. The re-
publican IS the same wherever yoa
find him when the question is at
stake. He may have his faults in
other things, but in this never. Are
the good prohibitionists democrats.
I am now addressing democrats
only working for the third party to
defeat democracy, for there will be
neither footprints nor shadow of q
republican in the prohibition ranh S
in this county on the day of The
election. A blind man can see this
The next question arises: Would
the good democrats of the third
party rather have Sam. than Bob
for governor? If so how long have
they been so compromising. Pryor
to 1884 there was nothing SO much
talked OF. sought after, worked for,
prayed for and desired by these
good democrats as much as us fol
the return of democratic admin
istration. Most assuredly they are
not longing to return to the flesh
pots of republicanism. The cry ali
over our sunny land was, Oh that
we could be again governed and
ruled by a democratic administra
tion. In 1884 our prayers were an
swered, and our labors rewarded
Shall we not as good demec rats 60
forward, use the means that the
ends may he accomplished for the
good of democracy. This can be done
without the least setback to pro
hibitiori. Are there no improve
ments in Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration over that of 1861 to 1884.
If it had not been for democratic
president would there have been
much ado about tariff reduction
were there before Cleveland's reign
How many bills, under republican
administration for the reduction Of
the tariff (taxes) ever passed
through congress? How many pen
sion bills were ever vetoed by re
publican PRESIDENT If Mr.. Cleve-
land had allowed all the pension
bills to have become law where
would our taxes be to day? The
fight between the parties, instead
of tariff reform would have been
pensi ms reform. | have been wit
Messing signatures of parties for
pension aud bountics for eleven
years and if were to say / had
witnessed 500 the refrigeration would
not be extravagaut. II there had
been no check TO the application
the near future would witness a gov
eminent bankrupted in paying of
pension claims, and only one side
considered at that. The north had
men enough to overpower US in our
little twist. but they haven't money
eaough to pay off their pension
claims without our help. We Ger
tainly were the most careless and
the privilege Of handling fire arms.
According to the amount of would
be pensioners we must have hit a
yankee every time our guns went
off. l don't mean anything disre-
spectiul to any person who is justly
entitled to pension, its right. ant
the deserving ones should have it.
Its the muchness of the numbers
that / object TO and 50 does Mr..
Cleveland. We have too much
faith in good democrats to think
that enough of them will desert
their colors, and cause us to be
thrown back in the old ruts. We
would heartily endorse their course
yea go with them, if we thought il
would be the means of wiping out
all Intoxicating liquors, and as It
is not possible TO accom- plish any
thing or even make a respectable
showing, is it wise out OF the tive
evils to accept the greater? l work
ed for, talked for and voted foe pro-
hibition, lost Sept. Goth a year ago,
and would do the same thing over
under similar circumstances.
AS for me and my house we are
for party. No. l, OF which Grover
Cleveland, heads the list and will
out spell Nos. 3 and 2, and will
stand head the next four years, and
Bob next, etc, and so on down to
the foot of class No. here. | am
just as good democrat as they
make 'ein and don't allow anybody
to be better prohihitionist than ]
am, it makes no difference who he
is, when or where he9was born, IN
less he is bigger than | am. There
is no man in Giles county or else
where that would get up earlier or
sit up later than | would to cast nv
vote to stop the manufacture and
sale of ali Intoxicating liquors and
if | had my way to-morrow's sun
would rise on u nation, yea world
of temperance people. The cry OF
the window and orphan, poverty,
want and destitution would never
more be heard or felt by the curse
of whiskey or any that would intox.
icate. win the cause of temper
apce be benefited by the third par
typ say not, and my reason fol
saying so are well founded. On th,
Goth day of Sept, 1887, we voted OF
prohibition. | say we because tht
republican party voted with us, an,
the result was q defeat, and |
the two old parties united couldn'
win how can the third party expec
to? Right here | Will make an as
sertion or give il as my opinion
that there Is not republican i
the county of Giles who will cas-
his vote Tor j. C. Johnson on TIL
first Tuesday in next Novembe
Tor governor. Here you may stick
peg. No" I'll make propositio
or challenge | will meet til
strongest republican in th
county at the ballot boz
show ballots and vote for j. {
Johnson, if he will. l say he won
face the music; here. you may site
another peg. Well from where wi
Mr., johnson get his support?