The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-07
POLITICAL NEWS.
Prohibitionist Letters of
Acceptance.
Gen. Fisk Has Never Regretted
Leaving the farty-Dr. Breoks
Has No Lsve FOR Protective
rarits-Cieyeiand en- the High
Road To Ienry Gecrgeism-giee-
tion fa Alabama.

NHttaNNt AtA@- ~ me tctttfs 81 aCcor--
snee Of Gen- Cliatea h. Fisk and Joha A
Rno0ks, p1osibssien candidates fos prs-si-
den: and vice president of the United
States. were made pae,ie this afternoon.
Gen. Fis&'s legter.daset seaSrlgAt. y. J. .1uiy
S. opens with the exposition ef a grat Z
fGl sease Of the h0aer cufcgrcd By The In
diaaapolls convention. aud after formally
accepting the nomination proceeds as fai
lows
within few years the tempe-sace r..
form cause has altogether changed front.
Ia the greA; caaaict waich has been aud i
yet wsging the temperance forses no longer
face human appetite aEd habit alone: taey
oppose ss<islaii0n. law. the purpass of
political parties. the policy Of the state aud
nation. Wha; the law creates tas law
alone eau XIII The ereainre OF laws. the
saloon and the ilqa1r ira A.. can d.e only
AT the laws hand or the hand Of the laws
executor. tits no; enough that we reform
the Individual; We must reform the state.
4 reform ~ vast as tins We lyScase, in
vOlving such radical charges ia the stats.
and national policy, i utterly dependent
Tor It's agitation and eoasnmaiioa upan
some parry force. The national Demo
cratic party in its platform uitefs no wari
In condemnation Of the greatesf foe of The
repuhlic--the liquor traiie. 10 was w5tA
great reluctance that came 80 admit the
imperative need Of a new party while vel
the party Of my old ohoice, the nafional
Republican party, maintained its oFvaai
xation. | have seen no hour OF regret
Every day slnce then has shown yet more
clearly the lirie Of my celrSc aud the la
eyiiable truth of my conclusions
"ln Texas, Tennessee and Oregon, 80
called non partisan efforts o. establish pro
hibition have failed through the partisan
activity Of the liauur clSments la the old
party composition. In Iowa. Rhode Island
and Maine the laws have been shameicssIy
dcfied for like reason. Tae entire tFend
Of things these last four yeas has proven
bow hopeless is the outlook for prohibition
through nan- partisan means, aud how ia.
tide i attempted coafrol of the LIQUOR traf
ne through the methods 81 local optian
and higa license, while from the supreme
court Itself has come with startling efn-
phssis declaration 50 Matchmaking this
reform thar II can never he made of local
OF state limitation again.
"'The first concern of good government"
said the receut national Republican con.
yention, us the virtue aad sohricfy Of the
people The purity OF this home, which
should be the chief concern, has no place
in the partF's platform. and the party has
no policy rs - that ''chief concern" That
party does not deserve the support Of men
who love good government aud would see
I
"chief concern" II for the purity cf the
home and the virtue aad sobriety of the
people. Tsai party Il not the iab0rers'
truest friend which would bar the impor-
tatiou Of laupers from abroad OF clo-c the
tariff door Of compel ton 10 panpcf for
eign industry. and then hs the llqnnr syr-
tenn perpe;uaie the manufacture OF pau.
pers aud criminals in our own interest.
with whom honest labor must compete.
aud whom largely honest labor mus. sup
port.
CHICAGO. Aug. e.-Tho letter Of pr. John
A. Brooks. accepting the vice presidential
nomination of the prohibition ticket, was
made public TO day. After acknowledges
the honor conferred upou him he de-
nounecs In the strongest terHis monopo
lies AMI trusts. watch he SAYS ace against a
wholesome revision Of the tariff lie faYs
The country viii hold each of the great 10
iitiral parties th It's platform, and that tAe
. aiform Of the prohibition party is wi~cst
of the thrre. lie does not hesitate 80 de
clare. he says, thai the surplus in the treas
uEy isa cons ant menace to tue business
Interests of the eountFy, The propriety OF
rcm0siug the tax ON whisky must dep nd
altogether upon the purpose Intended 10
uc accomplished by such removal.
Toe tariff ITSELF pleads q right 20 exis.
ience upon the grounds of its rccogntiion
by the government aad the revenae Il pasa
Into the public treasury. strike down this
defense aud an outraged public wagiid not
long suffer its continuance. The Prohibit.
tion party would strike OF the taS that IL
mar s.ipner destroy ihc tfaiiic. Tee pnr.
pose u the Republican PARTY ia the repeal
Of the tax is to reduce the revenues thar
they mas not have go surrender any part
of unf protective ssSim" The Prohibit
iioaists would take this areh.eTimlnai out
oi prison la hang him: the Republicans "a
set him al liberty. Every CarsilAn will
approve the prompting 81 this onr ald DE-
uOgnes the other ss the contamination Of
human sclfs1ncss atd infamy.
The proper protertion OF American labor
aud the iaiant industries of our country
may aad does commend itseli 20 the ma
jority IT our people, bur 81 iaantely more
Importance j. tsie pr,tecfion OF our homes.
Dr. brooks canciud . hy remarks regard.
ing The sauetity 81 the home. fefyss iu the
civil influence of seluon ald endorses
woman suffrage aud the work ci w5snen
flf ur .fhibiffnn