The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-13
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We should Ike to recommend to our
good friend, tho Hon. Thomas r Cars
Esdou, the speech sgainst third psrtyism
in the interest Of prohibition made by
Rev. Dr.. ICarroll at a temperance meeting
recently held at the Brooklyn, N. Y,
Academy OF Music. Not even Judge Fer
guson, brsiny as he is considered 10 be,
has nut the casa 50 forcibly ss did Mr..
Carroll in that gpsech, Here Is a sample
quotation from 1t, and, irssmuch as MI
Osrsksdon cited recently the origin and
rise OF the Republican party az case
parallel to that Of the third party"
movement on behalf Of prohibition, he
will, we are sure, read the following re-
marks upon that point with special inter
est, II not with positive enlightenment:
Bat you say you have strong
hone grounded in the history Of political
anti .slayery; and that ss slavery Tas abol:.
isbed by q special party, growing out Of
tho littIs Liberty party in 1910 to the
mighty Republican party Of 1860, so pro.
hibiiion will triumph by your party. But,
unfortunately for you, the analogy breaks
down at the critical points. Neither o!
the two OF the political parties OF those
DAYS was willing to do anything to oppose
or restrict slavery. In no State did either
the Wing or Democratic party mako any
attempt to abolish slavery. Tho relation
Of The old parties to prohibition ID GO differ
emit IA possible. There is hardly state,
North or South, in which the one or the
other OF the old parties has not adopted
Restrictive or prohibitory legislation. They
are giving us such legis!sticn constantly.
What tho old anti.elGvery heroes wanted
was restriction or abolition, not party tri-
umph, You are not satisfied 10 get prohi-
bition; you want your partisan orgSniza-
ton and the triumph Of your party.
In the second place, you make your own
success impossible by dividing and antag-
onizipg the friendo Of temperance. 1t Is
inst as bad generalship in politics as in
war 10 divide and distract your own foTcsl.
Your movement creates three Distinct
camps, while there Ia only one OF the
enemy. There are Republican Prohibit
tionists, Democratic Prohibitionisis and
Prohibition Prohibitionigts. And, gentle.
men, of these three divisions Of Prohibit
tionists you're Is the smallest, mont deCid-
edly, This is easily demonstrated. In
Massachusetts the total vote In citieg and
towns Rgains. license TRg, In 1886, about
lO2 600 The third pKrty vote for Cover
nor the same year was only S25l. The
vote for prohibition In Michigan last year
wss us, 900. The vote for tho third party
candidate for the Supreme Court was only
1850, In TexGa the vote for the Prohibt'
..,.rlK,,nVaf louk lon pIR
The year before tho third party vote for
Goyataor VISA 10, 188. In Georgia liz Of
1877 Couuties have adopted prohibition. In
the same State the third party Presidential
candidate got 16S votes, little more than
one for each county. The election returng
abound in illustrations like these.
- II tho iourth place, temperance
reform 10 going on brGvely without your
help. Your party hss !ought four Presi;
dental campaigns, and you have run iuli
tickets In many OF the States Tor several
years. How many congressman have you
olectedH Not ono. How many Govern
ornors? Not one. How many members
Estate Legislatures? l find seven cred'
tied to you in 1885. one OF whom was
elected by Democratic votes aud two by
Republican. You still have seven, one
6ACQ Ii lOuT pthttfI ahu tAiuo IA NVh
lucky. 1t Is rather moan, l know, to
tsunt you with questions as to what these
seven Legislators have done, but l think
the questions ore pertinent. What
legislation have they deviBed and placed
on the BtaIute.booksP Where are
the breweries and the diatillories
and saloons they have GlosedP What
have you to your credit? You have not
paGsod a single law, nor olosed single
brewery or distillery or ealoon; aud you
caunot positively say that you eve. will be
sbIo to pess law or close saloon. Who
passed all the hygiene laws in the States
and In CongreaB2 Who passed oil the
local option laws, by which hundreds OF
counties North and South have been freed
from the saloon2 Who submitted the
amendments in Oregon, Michigan, Ten.
nessee, Texas, Rhode Island? To what
political organization 10 due tho magnif. |
cent advance in tho past few years in tenn
perancs legislationP Not to You, gentle |
men Of tho Prohibition party. You, as a |
party have had no greater part in all this
glorious work than fly on the spoke Of q
wheel has In moving the carriage.