Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-08-10
AN INTERVIEW.
A Prominent PrOhi Talks Freely,
An Ex-DemOcrat's Views Of State
And National Prospects.

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being in the city on business. The
, JOURNAL acknowledges a call. AS
he is one of nominees on the prohi-
bition party electoral ticket, his
opinion was asked about the politi-
cal outlook.
Reporter: doctor, how will the
election go in Oregon ?n
Doctor: "Oh, there is no question
that Harrison and Morton will car
ry this state. 1 felt sure it would
republican last June, and so tele-
graphed an eastern prohibition pa
per that asked my opinion just before
the election
R. "But you are not republic
can?"
d. "No; lifelong democrat un-
til a few years ago when 1 felt con-
vinced that the proper place for a
strong prohibitionist was in the pro-
hibition party"
r. "Do you expect anything of a
vote for the party in November, out
here?"
ID. Eyes, we ought to gain, for
the amendment vote showed about
10000 voters, in the three parties,
who believe in the principle of pro-
hibition, and since there is no reas-
enable doubt about which side will
win in Oregon, look for many tenn
perance and religious democrats and
republicans to manifest the courage
of their convictions, and vote as
they pray"
r. ais it not conceded that the
gains are far more from the republic
cans?p
d. "Not at all, Look at the
promised vote in the Southern and
democratic states. And after very
careful enquiry over the state gen
orally, 1 am firmly convinced that
we are getting as many democrats
as from the republicans, with any
doubt on the subject being in favor
of the former My conviction is
that more democrats than republ-
cans voted our ticket last June,
though in Marion county it may not
have been so. l do not know about
that"
r.. "But do not prohibitiOnists
desire to draw mostly from the re-
publicans
d. 81 do not see why. The OBJ
ject is to build up an entirely new
national party, by drawing off the
most conscientious temperance men
of both, and not simply to specially
hurt or kill either"
r.. "But if you should help to
kill the republican party, might you
not gain from it more rapidly, and
the sooner be able to defeat the dem
ocrats ?"
ID. "Such talk as that would be a
poor way to gain the democrats who
by education and long sympathy
are hostile to the republican party,
and who would not want to assist
the prohibition party, if it was main
ly republican, but under new
name, to defeat the democrats"
r. at is supposed that your
party is going to spend its strength
mostly i'm doubtful states"
D. General Fisko was hosen as
ourstandard bearer, not because ofhis
state, but because of his high char
acter and ability, and because he is
esteemed i'm both North and South,
by both white and colored, soldiers,
and civilians. Rev. DR.. John A.
Brooks was selected because of his
sterling integrity and great ability,
being an ex-democrat, a Southern
man, and very popular in Missouri,
his own state, and the South gem
orally. His candidacy will antag-
onize some northern men, and re-
publicans who are favorable to the
prohibition party, but he will break
heavily into the democratic ranks
The new party is the only one that
can break the solid South and the
color line. Our national committee
have sent US a speaker, and will
probably send others. They are
doing big work in the South, the
stronghold Of democracy. We have
organizations and are holding con-
ventions and doing hard work in
the territories, where there is no
electoral vote because we want to
swell the aggregate vote and demon
strate the growing demand for a
new party without worrying about
which Of the old parties gets beaten
next fall, or in what states ?'