Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15

Past and Present. CT the Prom -1Ition Party.
Less than fifty accredited delegates
we're IN Columbus In 1872, when the
first presidential ticket of the prohibi-
tionists was placed in the field. At
Cleveland, IN 1876, there were less than
a hundred and in the same city, eight
Years ego, eleven states were represent
I'd by 139 men and women. But in the
next four years the growth of the move
ment was phenomenal and nearly 500
credentials were handed In at the Pitts
burg convention of 1881
From 400, 600 to half a million votes
is about the figure that, in the opinion
of old veteran campaigners. like Samuel
Dickie of Michigan, chairman of the
national committee, the prohibition
ticket VIII poll IN November. Five
thousand six hundred voters deposited
their ballots for the cold water candi-
dates in 1872 and 800 in the centen-
NAL year. The ticket of 1880, headed
by Neal Dow, received 10, 600 votes in
fifteen states, but in 1884 fifteen times
that number were cast in thirty-fOur
states for St. John and Daniels During
the last two years, however, there has
been elections in thirty of these states,
In which state prohibition tickets have
been voted upon and the aggregate of
the votes Is 287, 900. 1t is upon these
figures that the prophets of the party
base their opinion of what viii be
shown next November. There has been
great activity all along the prohibition
line for the past year, and especially IN
the south, where Sam Small, who is
ubOn the pay roll of the national COM
mittee, has been working with might
and main to bring local option element
into accord with the national movement.
As to the political parties from which
the increased strength is to be drawn,
Chairman Dickie says: We viii make
the largest gains in the north from the
republicans and in the south from the
democrats. The temperance sentiment
in the states south of the old Mason and
DixOn's line is growing and deepening.
This IS especially true in Georgia. In
the north our principal support viii be
drawn from the republican ranks, a
great many temperance men Of that
party being dissatisfied with its equiv
Ocal position on the temperance ques-
ton. In Michigan, especially, the re-
pubicans viii lose heavily from the
fact that they voted against a cOnstitu-
tiOnal amendment and passed a local
option law which has just been declared
unconstitutional.
Said another leader in the movement :
With Clinton B. Fiske the nominee
we Will gain the votes of thousands of
people who otherwise would not be at
tracted to our ticket. His candidacy
will appeal to the soldier element, as
we'll as to the cOlOred people of the
south, who, now that Lincoln has gone,
reverence him more than any other liv-
ing representative Of war times. He
viii command the active support of the
universal peace union of the friends OF
/ theIndians and Ofmany other movements
which have found him a warm and
! earnest champion. He viii be in short
/ a magnetic candidate, who viii poll not
! only the full vote of the party, but al
outside vote, the size of which it IS not
possible to determine.
The prOhibitiOnists viii have plenty
of money with which to run the cam
paign From 1882 to 1885 the total ex
penditures of the national committee
were in the neighbOrhOOd of $50, 600
out of which the expenses of the cam
paign of 1884 were paid. A few months
ago, however, it issued an appeal for {
special fund of $500, 600, to be USED
solely in the coming contest. The re
Spouse has been very liberal and 1T Ii
expected that by the end of June the
full amount viii have been subscribed