Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-24
THIRD PARRY TACTICS.
ne of their Faieehoods to Help the u
mncracy Secnrarr rnti.a -,

ne OF their EaiEehoods to Help the De-
mScracy Securely Nailed Down.
EDS REcoRD-UNIoN: l send the following for
publication to refute one campaign misrepre-
tation Of the third party Prohibitionists. who
seem to be willing to make use of all " political
methods" to carry their point We certainly
have right to expect nothing but honest reura
sentations from party making such high moral
pfetenslons' and all Misrepresentation are a
detriment to the cause 1t essays to champion
The false statement TO which the inelosed re-
fers has had wide calculation in The third narfv
papers OF this state. 1t is as follows:
governor Foraker of Ohio has placed him
sci Oh record as declaring ofiotslly that the
PolGy OF taxlng the liquor traffic is eternal and
to it, '9N
Knowing Governor Foraker to be strong
temperance advocate, an earnest Christian and
an honest man, l took the liberty of submittino Q
70 nm the statement, asking concerning its
trutnluinesS 10 my request lhe following re.
ply was returned ~
Rer. Z. W. Lincoln, lone, Cu{-DFAR SIR .Nn
19ARADE: am in receipt of your letter of the
ON inst. with the clipping inclosed as stated.
| never sald amy such thing, Officially or other.
wise, III either language or spirit as it renoTfs
Our hrst legislation in Ohio with respect to the
liquor traffic was the enactment in 1852 of a
statute known as the Pond Law" This was
declared uneonstitutional by our Supreme
enacted, known as the scot Law" This law
provided for more efficient regulation or the
lra1he, including local option PROHIBITION. As
soon Us Il mad been passed, suits were brought
to test It's c0ns.itutionality While they M re
pending in the Supreme Court, / was fiIst
nominated for Governor in 1882 The platform,
adopted by the Convention that nominated me
moo SEQ the scott law. At q reception given
me by the Lincoln Club in Cincinnati u few
days after had been nominated said. sneak.
ing OF this question that the Republican, nart.
had enacted this law and approved il; that j.
WAS not yet known whether the Courts would
sustain II, but that we did know that whethej
the law sto- d or fell, the principles e5,bodied
we've eternal and would stand, and that to them
the Republican party Of ohio was irrevocabiy
committed
publican party had taken hold of the iuu9,
question earnestly, and that it old not pronosf
10 be frightened away from its duty by defeat.
at the polls such as We had sustained the yea,
before, on account of the Pond law, or in tbe
| Courts but that we proposed to go ahead unit
there was solution OF the problem
This IS the only thing | have ever said thai
would give a shadow of suggestion even for
such miSsstements as you have incloSed TO me
am thankful to believe thai in this part of the
United States am well enough known to make
II unnecessary to pay any attention to such mis-
ersbse lies. Very truig yours, etc,
All Ohio men recall the efforts made to secure
the scott law. Petitions from churches. con.
ferSssces, syn0ds, temperance societies and cit
izens Hooded the Legislature. The religious
press and ministry universally indorsed Ii, sg
that under no circumstances can the words oi
Governor Foraker be construed as indicated bv
the item referred 20.
l trust, in the interest of tue temperance
cause tina. the third party papers will give the
facts as wide currency Us they have the false
hood Very tfuly. T y. LINCOLN.
lone, octoaer y. 1855.