The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-08-23
ATrENTION REPUBLICAN, PR0HIBI-
TIONIsTS.


The election in Alabama, held
recently, is 80 significant that il
calls for the attention Of'Republican
prohibitionists in the North. The
Third party ticket received so few
votes there they were hardly worth
counting. The prohibition leaders,
st. John, DR.. Brooks, and others,
are prOelaiming everywhere that
they are working their third party
movement as aggressively in the
South a. i'm the North, i'm the solid
Democratic Southern section, as in
the Republican Northern States.
The facts are, they are doing moth
ing Of the sort. All the prominent
prohibition advocates are busy in
the North. No reports OF their
work South or even of their pres
enee there is received. They only
work against the Republican
party and for the Democratic party.
The South is full Of prohibition
Democrats, but when it comes to a
party election they vote the Demo
cratic ticket. II is that fact which
these leaders are banking on as as
sistant Democrats.
Monday, August 18th, st. John
made 6 speech in Des Moines, Iowa,
Of which the State Leader Demo
cratic) gave a. enthusiastic report
Their is no doubt OF his position in
this campaign. He is making square
out Democratic speeches. We had
thought he was only talking for the
great cause Of prohibition, but &C
cording to the Leaders report his
remarks compared line by line will
the usual Democratic utterances
What is more plain, than that the
prohibitiOnist is excusingth Demo
cratic party on the ground that that
party acknowledges its guilt, while
the Republican does not. Accord
ing To the Leaders report he spent
most OF his time pitching into the
tariff, and defending Cleveland''
course as to pensiOns-and received
as his reward over a column OF
glowing report. There is no mistak'
ing the Democratic trade mark.
DIR. Brooks, in a speech at Decatur
H., the other day said, Friends,
admit that I lived in the South and
was the owner Of slaves; | sym
pathized with the South, and pray
ed for the success OF the Confederate
cause, but my prayers were no
answered. ] have been a Democrat
but, thank God, have never been
Republican, will never have tina
sin to answer for" shaking his heaC
and raising his hand with an EN-
phatic flourish. The speech was re-
ported to the Bloomington, Ill.
Paragraph, July 26. July y, h'
spoke there, and admitted that h'
gave utterance to the sentiment
published and lamely excused him
self by saying he meant to be
facetious. II anything could b.
more plain than the pro-Democrati'
tendency Of these men, we fail t.
understand what 1t could be. II be
hooves thoughtful men to stop an'
consider-not to be led to Canaan
not contemplated. NELLIE.
The New York Herald is shaky
IL SAYS: "Cleveland's luck aloEi
will not win votes. The Republi
cans must be attacked along theil
whole line. They must be chal
lenged in every state-in Main
Wisconsin and Michigan, as wei
as these doubtful states Of Con
necticut and New Jersey, whicl
after all depend upon the caprice O
the metropolis.
81 am i'm favor Of a high prOtec
tive tariff said Abraham LineOlI
i'm bis first political speech.
The death IL announced OF Mrs
Lizzie Clark Swift, the famOu
hospital nurse of the Second Corp
i'm the Virginia campaigns Of lSG
and 1894