River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-18
Wayside lettings, Political and OtAe..
wise-Sweet Charity.

- " Hat Is the ullleEtUCG between
the crimes of Judas Iscariot or Bene-
dict Arnold, and of those who sane,
ton the taking of bride of 500 or
$1,000 to legaliZe a mOnstrOus evilP'
such men as vote for high license
will be OstTaciZed in hell by the re-
spectacle devils.
These are samples of the ordinary
manner of expressing the views enter
tanned by a minority of a large and in
tluential religious organization, con-
corning a policy and its supporters,
which right or wrong. either as a tenn
pOrary OF ultimate measure of reStric-
tive legislation has the cOuntenance
and support of a large majOTity-in-
Guiding most of those high in official
authOrity-in that body of religion
lists.
May it not then, as one finds him
self prayed at. or preached at, Sunday
after Sunday by one OF this minority,
be comforting suggestion that he
finds himself in very good company,
and that the anathemas when fairly
divided among AL the deserving sin
ners, will be SO thin as not to be very
destructive in character.
seeing the excerpt from that sweet
thing 1.-The Prohibitions" contained
in the last Journal. 1t is simply an.
other exhibition of an intolerance of
| opinion never before seen in the poll
tics of this country, except among the
southern lire.eaters just before the
war.
NeAt to an assurance Of the speedy
ascendency of the p. party. in its i'm
pOrtance as a means of keeping within
/ the third party corral all those once
| enticed therein. is the idea worked
upon with untiring assiduity that all
issues before the country other than
| Prohibition, are of no consequence
| whatever so far as party distinctions
or actions are concerned.
More particularly aud vigorously is
| this urged of the tariff question
which so largely absOrbs the atten-
ton of the two great parties, and in
which it is very difficult to prevent
| recent Republican perverts from be-
coming so interested as to endanger
| their allegiance to the single plank
party; because while it is perfectly
clear that their vote for Fisk will in
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| temperance question. unless for the
worse by aiding to keep in power men
pledged body and soul to the liquor
INTEREST," yet they cannot easily rid
| themselves of the idea that the vote
for Fisk may aid in SO changing the
industrial policy of the country, that
they may soon find the question of
| how t. earn food and clothing for
themselves and their families to be of
such absorbing interest that they will
have neither time nor strength to eX-
pend about the business or ills of 9th
er people. Now this way of looking
1 at the question would not do at all. in.
deed it would be fatal to the object so
dear TO the heart OF the PrOhib. ma
I Chine-the smashing of the Rep. party
at all hazards. And in the effort made
to convince the rank and file of the Z.
Z. that there is really no essential diff
ference on the tariff question between
the parties, that is just a side-sbOw
something TO be utilized by pOliti-
clans for the furtherance of their own
selfish ends. In this attempt they
have the active cooperation of promi-
nent Democrats. the reasons for which
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on the surface and easily seen. But
so far as the leaders of the z. 7. are
involved in this matter. they know
ingly or ignOTantly state an untruth,
which in either case units them for
public instructors, or to be the lead
ers of intelligent and honest meu.
The principles underlying the re
spectiye pOlicIes.-On the one hand OF
protective tariff. rs defended by the
Republicans, and on the other of :
tariff for revenue Only--of tariff re.
fOTm-oT free tTade-or of something