Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-11-16

The Result as vie eRed from q Prohibi-
tion Stand point, is shown by the New
York Voice, the leading Prohibition paper
of the country, rs follows:
THE RE-uLr.
We made great gam in last Tuesdays
election over the Presidential vote OF 1884,
and this in the face OF the most terrific
odds. The tariff fight, preciplated bv the
wild political blunder of Cleveland, placed
us between the upper and neither mill
stones. Tens of thousands of Prohibition
lists who believed in Free Trade thought
that Ibis time they must vote the Democrat
ic ticket and tens Of thousands of Pro-
lection Prohibitionists thought themselves
called upon just This time, to save the
commercial world on this side of the At
lantic from disaster by voting the Repub
lican ticket. Our vote thus lost in
two-fold way. 1t was like Beecher's light
co candle in a hot cundlestick, that 3urned
down at one end and melted down al The
other.
Then, the antagonism, more or less
seeming, of the Republican party TO the
saloon, as IN this State, kert in the Re
publican ranks hundreds of thousands who
otherwise would have come 10 us. Here
the cry was started, 1T is fight between
the Church and the Saloon,' the Repub-
lican party representing the Church
| With wonderful adroitness these tactics
were followed. Many Prohibitionists were
led to believe that it was their duty to
"help the Republicans to down the ga
ldon." They were deceived by seeming
antagonism. What the Republican party
proposed was High License. This WAS
ihe beat il offered, and that best has prov
en- worthless again and again in solving
the saloon problem. Not only 40, in
Nebraska and elsewhere it has proven a
positive and strong bar TO Prohibition. II
seems strange to us, very strange, how any
one who believes in Prohibition and h
party behind 1t that believes IN II, could
have been persuaded into voting the ticket
of party whose highest utterance on the
liquor question is High License. But
many thousands were persuaded to 30 cast
their votes. That the Republican party
was compelled to seemingly oppose the
saloon TO prevent the further growth oil
the Prohibition movement, was OF itself
y striking vindication of our party meth
od. Never was the saloon 80 discussed
and the temperance question so pushed to
the front. Who does not know that n
campaign like that of Warner Miller wOul,l
have been an utter alaurdity had il moi
been for the aggressive energy of the Pro-
libi ion'sts?
And then what n concentrated fire there
was upon our ranks Matt Quay, the
Chairman OF the Republican National
Committee, said repeatedly /: ave mean
TO kill the Prohibition party" We give
him credit for having done his level heat
bnt the fight is over aud that party is more
alive aud bigger than ever. Twu-ihird,
Of all of the campaign documents issue
by the Republican Committee, we are told
were documents written against the Pro-
hibiion party, and only one-thiid agans
the Democratic party, the great Antagonist
Of the Republican party. The Republican
papers had thousands Of daily papers will
which To do battle we had none. The,
hid an unlimited supply of money will
which Ia carry on their war upon us; W,
were straitened every way for means The,
expected tO crush us. Said Albert Griffin
last week: "This IL your last campaign
You will no, get over l000 900 votes" Snit
Mrs. Foster, who WAS in the confidence oil
the Republican management "The Pro
hibilion vote will he wiped out of exist
ence." And the Chicago Tribune, Som,
two weeks ago, prophesied that we woul,
not hold The ST. John vote. This was til.
expcctation; tins the array ngainst us.
But what is the result OF the battle
We have had the ST, John vote In snile O
all these odds, and greatly increased IL
That is victory, nn exceeding great vic
torv, under the circumstances.
Here is another fact. Ten times NOR
men who thoroughly beIiere in Hohlbiio,
Laeked by a Prohibition party voted tCr Gen
FYsk than roted for 81. John. None stoot
for Fl-k who did not believe that the H.
9uor question was paramount 10 all others
the hangers on, the camp followers, AN,
the imperiectty instructed Proliibitionist,
fell away. Had the conditions been III,
same M in the fight in 1884. we wonlc
have polled million votes. 1t is true
unqueslionably, that in 1884 two-thlrd
Of our vote was Mugwumpian. 1t wa
cast by men who were displeased at III,
nominations OF the old parties. They
wonll not vote for either Cleveland o
Blaine. Many of these men, as DIR. Crosb,
said he did, voted the ticket simply I,
protest against the way The old parie
Were being run. The men who voted ou
tlckeb tins year, wltl, few exceptions. vii
vote IL next year, and the next, and TN
next.
The election last Tuesday was a create
yieory for the Prohibition party than !
WAS for Harrison and, The RepublicaI