Wichita eagle., 1888-03-10
THE TEMPERANCE PEOPLE PRO-
TESTING.
Iowa State Register.

Iowa State Register.
Yesterday we copied an article from
the Iowa Methodist referring TO the pres
ence in Iowa of one Mr.. Dickie. who Is
chairman OF the national prohibition
committee. and who has been sent here
in pursuance of the alliance between
that party and the democracy. TO help
set up third party in this state N the
hope that enough votes may be drawn
from the republican ranks to give Cleve-
land a plurality in the state next Tall.
The paper quoted from, as its name lndi-
Gates, is purely a church paper ana
devoted to the affairs of the Methodist
church. 1t says very plainly that Mr..
Dickie's presence here threatened harm
and not good, and warned all temper
ance people not TO fall into the
democratic and saloon trap thus
! being set in Iowa. Today we copy an
article from the Iowa Messenger, the
newspaper conducted by the Iowa No-
mems Christian Temperance Union, IN
which the presence Of the Democratic
agent masked under his temperance
colors. is spoken Of very plainly as beng
a menace to the temperance cause
The very fact that the chairman
of the so called prohibition committee
should be spending his time IN Iowa
! which has prohibition law and Is en-
forcing it. when SO many states nave
really no temperance laws at all, and
| where work and help for temperance are
| really needed, exposes the nslncerltV
and dishonesty of Dickie's errand to this
state The fact that these TWO papers ana
; and all chnrch and temperance papers IN
the state are exposing the hypocrisy OF
| his visit and purpose, makes IL
certain that he will be able 10 accomplish
no harm here, and the money that the
saloons are expanding to pay his ex-
penses. and the money that the Demo-
Gratis are giving to help in it is being
wasted. His trip through the state was
an inglorious failure. His attempt at
Cedar Rapids to organize party was a
comedy. At Des NoineS Saturday night
he drew to his speech only thirty or forty
people. and not prohibitionist among
them-only Democrats and salOonlsts
who knew him for their ally. He felt
the force of temperance rebuke so
strongly wherever he went, that he IN
continently gave up his appointment TO
preach in this city on Sunday, and left
here after midnight and spent the
reach Omaha where be could find, and
no doubt did find, plenty of consenlal
spirits The fellow is earning his money,
if he has any sensibility at,all. IN trying
to force himself on the attention OF pro
hibition people in Iowa only to be kicked
out of their company for the Democratic
and saloon agent that he is. He may as
well spend his time, and the Democrats
and saloons spend their money IN send
ing him elsewhere. His name is Dennis
so far as Iowa is concerned. The people
of this state have been fighting the liquor
power so long that they know the devil of
that cause whenever he appears.in what
ever guise he comes, whether his tail Is
split or painted green or not. or with
however much money he attempts to
buy his way. Much smarter men than
Mr.. Dickie have attempted to deceive
| and betray the temperance people OF
Iowa, and men with far larger purses
! than the saloons and Democrats will put
| in his hands have sought to bride away
| from real prohibition even a margin OF
the sincere prohibitionists, only to fail.
| The Dickie bird may as well go back to
| his masters and tell them that Iowa Is
sincerely in earnest for prohibition, and
can neither be bought away from 1t nor
| BETRAYED away from it.