The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-22


often ra.n cxnaiazfes-of the other
party you harrass. Worry and annoy
them. and tel them, rs you iid II New
jersey, that they are aecessoFy 10 the
liqnor crime and equally guilty with the
man who carries on the traffic You
do ail this and rouse their political ssss-
son. ami thea expect them to break
their party ties and kneei = pesi;eag
converts al yssr political shrine Ard
yoa are - earnest II this Earfsrr against
the Republican party IN particular that
: you seem aiEcst 70 forzef that your sole
aim : not 70 ~resk parties, bnf 70 es;sb-
Iisll Prohibitioa In 1856 you xase-i
hot eampaign in Ncw Jersey. In Nor
ris eeanty the Republicans nomin4sesi
fyr the senate man vi.o bad niaie
record as a Prehibitionist in the Assem-
bly,. The Democrats nominated a rien
who wzs Eaovn tc Re for rum, and va
nominated a man. Eariy N the campaign
leifer vas sent 70 every saloonkceper
IN Morris county by Gostl;eb Krrser.
the Newark brewer, telling them that TIE
Rep1b!lcz1 candidate Was a dansero1s
nan. an ayowea PrehibifioniSr, and aT--
ing them 70 10 al in Their power to de-
feat him DID the third party say.
Here Is the man for rs. the nan whom
the salooas Eearand propose 10 cut down
Did they say that7 Nothing Of the sort
They kept Their can man In the aeld-
Nor vas that all Ia the toxin Of Ran
aolph there were more than a scere of
third party tickets voted with the name
of the thiri party candidzfe erased, ard
that Of the Democratic csudiiate insert
ed. ! Immediately Challenged the cor
reciness Of this statement, bat got 10 de-
NAL 0n the contrary, wss ass1rei
that the ssme thing Kas done IN other
Farsso the state. L il any wonder that
slch irriient- a. ihis should drive some
raen 70 the eonclusion that tie third par /
" X not first, last, and al the time fer
prohibition
THlz8 PATTY FIarFossi ros SAHsew. i
In the third place, your tenperanrs +
platform l. too HaTruW sar National par 4
y. OF even a sectional party. IApplaasel 4
Your bod ! shorter than that 4 man
NAV stretch himself on il and the Gov +
erin- narrower than that be can wrap
himself in it. If the fearful power Of .
the saloon i to be broken. We aust BE-
sin AZ o1ce, and with whatever means
Ee can command. If state Prohibition
5 inlPoszible for the present. then local
option Ea4y be used. Z locli opiioR i
aiss Oat u reach, then slch restrictive
measures a. are possible sho1ld BE- ap-
Piie.3- have no sympathy with TIE
sentiment that canes not whether the 81
looms n community be fex or many
Every saloon \ a school Of vice and a
center Of bad Influences The reason
which leads Is % multiply public seaoois
should lead rs 10 resiuce pubic saloons
LAPPlanse-l But youT platform. gentle
nleH. calls only 67r state OF Federal Pro
hibition- You mzst wait everywhere
Until the sentiment VII support that JS-
fore you can apply any legal rene'ly-
Your iuauenceas party i really a.ainss
all other methods 1t i only tolerance
a; besf, rot active favor, hich the Pro-
hihifioR party giTes 70 any legal raeilssd
af fighting the saloon, except State or
Federal Prohibition. And -, gentle
men. you propose 70 build = -reat Na-
tional party ON this narrow PLATFORM 70
leap direct TO State Prohibition wifhout
anv intermediate steps, The sane sJ-1
Of vision woald lead yoa. Il yea Eere
half nile from 5 ditch VOC wanted 70
jump, not TO take the tro1ble 70 walk
the half mile and then jump, bsIt to jump
the hall mile and di.ch. toc, with such
leap As lie worlI never sAw-and never
viii see- lApplaUse Political parties
are moi built up IN any such way.
BIZ RIAL NEFoEx eoEs OK.
IN the fourth place, Temperance reform
: goins on brayely without yoar help.
Your party has fought fsur Presidential
campaigns. and yoa nave run full tickets
IN many Of the States for several ye-lrs-
How many CongFesszlen hare yOa elect-
ed2 Not one Hos many eioveTnorse
Not o1e. How rl4ny members OF STATE
Legislatures fad seven credited II you
in lSS6- one of whom x@s excited BY
Democratic votes, and two by Eepuhii-
can Yea sill have seven, ore each II
four States, and thrse IN keniucky Il
is rather mean. / Know. 20 ;1Hni yoa
With questions Is 70 what these seven
Ls=gi~iafors have dsne, bat ] think the
qussIcns are pertinent What lesisla-
sion hzve they devised and placed ~ the
statute books Where are tie breEe-ies
and TIE distillerieS and saloons they have
eiosei9 What have xe1 70 your creiits
YoG have not passed single iax nos
closed a single hreweFy cs lissllieTy CT
salooR and you cannot positively ssY
that vou ever vii be abe 10 pass i lzw
or close 8 saloOa- Y ho Pass.ad all the
hygiene AVS N tie States and in Coz
=ressz Who rasss.i ali the local option
laws BY which hundreds of counties
North and South have been freel from
the saloon. Who Submitted the amend
ments Il Oregon, Michigan, Tennessee.
Texas, Rhode Island To shat political
organization i due the magnificent adj
vanre in the past few years in Temperance
legislation Net - you gentlemen Of the
Prohibition party You, a. party, hare
had Do greater par1 in al this elorio1s
work than a dy On the spoke II a wkeel
has IN moving the carriage. lApphase-
FEoHTsrTEoS PsgTy SoT SKEDED
Dees Temperance reform reqnirc the
Prohibition party? Well. should say
not
Temperance reform requires legislation.
The Prohibition party has no polilicai
power and cannot, iheresore. provide leg
station
Temperance refsrs1 reeEires legislation
now. There Is NJ prosE-zct tha: the Pro
hibifios party vill ever be in 4 position
TO furnish Il
Temperance reform ss,cceszls Aess On :
noss-parfssan basis The Prohibition par
y insists on ! partisan basis.
Terauerxuce reform rsz.rs5re< Il! r,ses.S-