Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-05-02
PROHIBITION COLUMN.
EDITED BY THE PROHIBITION CLUB.
MARROW GAuGED PATRIOTISM.

NARROW GAGGED PATRIOTISM.
'he Minnesota delegation to the
Anti-Saloon Republican conferences Is
one would suppose, Of men
Who are sufficiently broad guaged in
heir patriotism to consider the needs
II the whole country, South as well
Is North. But such, 1t seems, Is not
he case. Party idolatry has blinded
hem to their country's welfare. They |
90 to this conference to devise means
Of perpetuating party that IL now
whatever it may have been--a clog
On the wheels of National progress
and reform.
The Republican party from It's in-
ception to the present has been, aud
Ii a sectional party. It was born to
cope with q sectional evil and 1t was
sectional party. The
slavery question and all questions
growing cut of that question have
been settled. Uuder these circam-
stances the continuance ofthe Repub-
lican party means the continuation Ut
sectional strife and jealousy. All
parts of this nation should work to-
gether in harmony. It never can full
I'll its3destiny 80 long as 1t Is divided
against itself. The Republican party
is continual reminder to the haugh-
ty Southerners of their humiliation.
And yet this Minnesota delegation, Of
whom a majority are ministers Of the
Gospel, will, with like delegations
from other northern states, lay their
heads together to perpetuate this
state of intestine strife and jealousy.
We have enough of that kind of mar
row guaged patriotism that confines
this nation to the Northern states
and the Republican party.
Parties should divide on govern
mental, not Oh geographical lines.
No parties constituted as the old
parties are can successfully cope with
the liquor traffic; for 1t is conflned by
the boundaries or no state or section
but all states and all sections have
felt its burning, blighting, clustering
curse.
Give us a sectional party to cope
with sectional evil but national
party to deal with the national curse
of alcohol. Is it better that the rum
curse be wiped and the Republican
party with it, or that both be. con
tinued; the one to sap the foundation
of society until the government Ii
turned over to anarchy, and th'
other to fiaunt the ''bloody sshirt" il
the face of conquered, but now re
pentant brother?
The Evening Journal in a reeen
issue let's up on the Democratic Annel
tune long enough to extract q litti
comfort from the possibility Of tn
organization of the Prohibition part!
in Georgia resulting in giving tina
state temporarily to the Republicans
In the South the Prohibition party j
a Republican Annex.
The Republican party havinl
bartered the homes of the land 70
the saloons 1t is but natural that the,
should take the Christian Sabbatl
also and deliver over to the minion
of satan.
The Dow law in Ohio gives munich
palities the power to regulate liquo
selling on the Sabbath In such
manner rs they may be disposed
Under this law 5000 saloons in Obi
were legalized to sell ON the Sabbath
During the past winter bill was In
troduced in the Republican legisls
ture of Ohio to repeal that clause Q
the Dow law which permitted Sun
day selling. After the Republican
had successfully buried the bill q
they supposed the Democrats sue
ceeded in resurrecting it and securin
| its passage; their object being to &c
recruits from the liquor vote Of tn
Republican party at the mex
election. Here are q few comment
from the Republican press Of Ohio.
| The Republican press Of the city
with the exception Of the ETimes-Sta
Irepudiates the law, and encourage
the liquor dealers to ingore it. Tb
Commercial Gazette, the leadin,
Republican organ of Ohio, says:
"The bill had really been buried
but the Democratic Senators dug il
up, and there was q shudderinf
susceptibility that caused nearly al
the votes to tumble to 1t. II there Il
to be any credit attached to tn,
passage of the law, it belongs to th'
Democrats, who extracted il from
the Republican graveyard when 1T
tombstone was erected" -.... 81
The Commercial Gazette makes
| these suggestions to the authorities
and saloon keepers: -sr.s..-
| 1--WE pursume there may be certain
| shows Of enforcement for a time, but
they will fade out; and there can be
no municipal administration except
upon the understanding that the Law
is to be allowed or take its place In
the procession of enactmeats that are
reserved for use at some time not
fixed, in the far future-when the
world changes, just before it comes to
an end. = In cases where the
saloons are so hard pressed as to their
Sunday traffic as to make 1t matter
that is serious to them. they will
no doubt follow the precedent OF talk.
ing the lead in vigorously enforcing
the Sunday laws generally that have
dropped out of consideration, and
cure civilized communities on thai