Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-02-09
Brooklyn Letter.

this State are awsking to the Importance of
the movements now making to capture
the vote of the State at the next election.
Recently the followers of the President
| have had their eyes opened by a strong
advance made by the followers Of Gov.
Hill; and the recent certainty of the re-
| election of Mr. Cleveland. which filed the
| democrats with rejoicing. after the message
| appeared has becen suddenly substituted
| by grave doubt as to whether the Prcsi-
dent with all the patronage at his com
mand can get the delegation Of his own
| State In the nominating convention, when
| that Is held. The Democratic party has
| become sc accustomed To sailing under
false colors. that 1t begins TO look serious
when the true inwardncss Of the Free
| Trade" or Tariff Reform" platform has
| to be defended as party measure With
| Mr.. Cleveland a. a candidate there can be
no evsdng the question. lie sent forth
the free trade proclamation aud before il
| had been read by the lawmakers to whom
| 1t WAS addressed, there come from across
the ocean the voice of private citizen
which made the President Ermhle in the
| White house and caused an uphcaval which
has shaken the democracy Of the nation
to such a degree that, a. a party they
| must take shelter under the leadership Of
some candidate who j. prudent enough
| to not let the people know what the prir-
| ciplcs of the party arr upon the eve Of an
| election The democrats must use dis
| gui>c aud fraud 20 elect in any event and
with the principles of the party Ia defend
before the intelligent laboriug classes -
the nation they must be relieved Of the
| bur,lrn Of Mr.. Cleveland whose unpopn-
| iariiy with the rank and file Of the party.
| coupled with the unfavorahle impression
| caused by the men " no arr IN Office under
the party rule makes linn an obstacle TO
| success
This leads Ia the possible selection II
some onc else 10 bear The party standard
one who j. loose - skip about on thu
,arin question A. Go, I'M j. able To-
aud also 4 candidate " hn can collect -urh
| element, a. elected onc Carter Harrison.
mayor - the city 81 Chicago The party
without this element j. al at ~ca anil goes
down ike sinking ship GOV I'M
| would be a dangerous candidate and one
uho would better suit the II.bsa.rafir par
! y Of The nation. Il l. banl 80 hr.jct'.
| from What the past few wears have re-
veal,~l II democratic dishonesty in The
states of Maine indiana Illinois and
New Jersey ami ,eri recently 10 ntr "uH
city. AMI in Jackson. MIS-. nnd Delaware
that the Democrats expect: - -"cdrc the
election Of their candidate This wear by
any other than by fraudulent means
their actions point unni~takably To- this
end and II ., the duty If the Republican
party 70 pa, forth strung measures for the
education 81 the voting people ~ the
country. With proper Information upon
The questions which Ill, iir the parties to-
day thor. can IL. little dpub, that tn
laborihg class u people 81 all calliu@~.
viii respond 10 favor ~ the party which
favor> protection ~ American latnrrr>.
and hy tic vote uf tlH- class ~ our citj-
zrn~ the question u to be settled IN view
Of ihi, state OF affair II becomes the ia
- Of every good citizen :" spread brfoFc
the people the facts hearing upon the
questions affecting the nation in short %
seek To- educate the people up to the times
In which We live. TIL, j. IN part thr pur-
pose Of the Republican club, and leagues
which arr 80 rapidly forming In thi~ and
other states, and whether We feel like eH-
tcring upon the work or not, Il must ha
! done or the glory II our nation will fall
under q shadow car only safety j. IN
! the education of our people, aud that In
tile English language In which our laws
are printed and the literature Of the eoun-
try written: / mean the class Of literature
| upon which We must depend for tbs cle-
| walton and civilization ~ thu great mass
| Of people who hock III ~ make their
homes in our land. We cannot make too
emphatic the belief that upon this que>-
ton OF general education rests the future
| salvation ~ the nation. Nor can We avoid
the fact that the election of president and
| Congress In sympathy with the principles
| Of the Republican party will hc a long
step toward the accomplishment of the
| object which j. dear to the heart Of every
| patriotic citizen
| The republicans are taking up the anti
I saloon question with Nigor and earnest
ness and hope To obtain a high license or
| tax law which will cut down the number
| of drinking places and diminish the I'M
| plea>antness in some Of the features OF the
| evil. But 1t /, sad fact that those who pro-
| fess To have all the temperance virtue Of
| the community and call themselves prohi-
| bitionists have not the sense to see that
ladder is not usually climbed at one step.
and instead of enl~tiug to raise the peo-
| pie by degrees To better lerel from which
afterward to ascend, they set themselves
aside as too holy 10 be of the number Of
| those who will take anything short of pro-
| hibition, and for this reason they attempt
To kill the party that has given all the leg
islation on the subject of temperance that
has been of any practical benefit They
keep party in power from which no tenn
| perance is expected.
If these people had the good of the
| community, (instead of the vanity of
seeing their own names In print at heart
they could accomplish a wonderful change
for the better. But the effect of the pro-
hibition movement is so detrimental to the
temperance cause that they seem to mad
den at the sight of their own foolshness.
and rather than repent and help along
good laws, they join hands with the rum
seller and defeat all legislation for the
suppression of the evil. We shall have a
severe fight this fall against evil of all
sorts, but we are able to possess the land
believe, and all are united as TO who shall
be the leader of the Republican host
Boston's side shon in the shape of a Phil.
Sheridan Catholic Jooa will be over in a
few days Il. j.
1t is now stated that the alleged earth
quake felt in the Massachusetts shore
towns Sunday night had its origin in the
dynamite explosion in the harbor of New
port to clear the bay of ice. Bristol, War
rem, East Greenwich and many other bay
towns were badly shaken.