The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-11-23


ofthis "Godly" attack. Perhaps / am not
fully informed in the matter. Thee no doubt
knows how il was, and can explain that ii
was entirely necessary for the cause of TEN.
perance, that that unrighteous party should
be Inundated in those localities, their men
of undoubted pc rsonal honor, integrity and
ability who expressed their temperance
aims, principles and intentions clearly and
at great risk to their success, defeated, and
the rum power put ON top. am not very
quick, and can't quite get the logic of this
proceeding, | have no doubt though You
meant it all for good, though if your actions
and intentions always run at those angles,
! should want 20 do as the daikey who held
the ox's horns while his cross eyed master
struck the blow. 1t would Sem from that
also that thy party is somewhat jealous in the
matter Of allowing other political parties to
work for temperance. In New Jersey thee
knows the solid foothold gained at great effort
by the Republicans was knocked into smith.
Greens" by your combination, and l truly
think if You keep on You can soon discour-
age them, and get the monopoly ofthe tenn
perance business. Your vote in w. Va.
where You claim gain of 1000 has in all
probability kept the South s'Solid." pre-
sumo You will get vote Of thanks from that
section as soon as the result il finally ascer-
tanned. think it would be we'll to frame
it. The great st. John and Mrs. Malloy
tramped all over Oregon thee knows. They
certainly must have lost some shoe leather,
but then they bagged and carried away
some 400 votes, grand victory. Yet thy
leader, Fisk, lost it all and more in Yer
mont. 1t is late now, but don't thee think
it were better to have let st. John ana Mrs.
". scour Maine and Vermont. to have put
our Co. Dem. leader at the head, and to
have made the ''grand round up" at Oxford
and Rising Sun. I merely suggest it, sup
posing thee may not have thought Of it.
Who knows but Mr.. Cleveland might have
been elected with the forces SO disposed.
feel sorry though that you didn't quite
reach the round million you felt so sure of,
but then there is only trlHing difference Of
100000. 1t must be interesting to contem-
plate what became of the absentees. Per.
haps these were merely the ustaners"
thee a'ludes to, Of the 100000 vote. They
'dtd the whooping np'' and supplied the
moral backing as it were, though the supply
scenes to have run out in places before
the election. / presume they were all
disclaimers as well: they at least abstain
Perhaps they didn't have vote this
or legally disqualified p.rhaps. 1t
seemei to me before reading thy "open
letter. land see how silly I was now,
that the people of this land had said by
an overwhelming verdict, Let the
Republican party readjust the tariff on
| the basis of protection to American in
dustries, we fear to trust it in Demo-
cratic hands. Let the cause Of temper
ance be promoted under the direction
and through the legislation of the Re-
publican party; We refuse to trust such
an important question with party OF
"a single idea" which has shown such
questionable and untrustworthy met h.
DDS of dealing with IT.
And now friend Passmore there are
several dozen Other questions Of grave
Importance which ] would like to ask
thee about but am too long already
The nation would like to know, how
party constructed as yours is. and
having allied itself as yours has in this
campaign, not only ,Ooaid, but how you
could, dispose of them. The whiskey
question, vastly important as 1t is. is
not the only question ofgrave interest,
though you apparently would have the
party in power ignore oil others, and sub.
ject the nation to grave risks until it is
settled. Are you not afraid that at
some important juneture when The
hands of the ruling party are weaken
ed, and disorderly elements waiting
their opportunity, your policy and plan
of action, as recently illustrated, may
place the nation in great peril. Thee
claims perfect indifference as to which
rum party wins, yet thy party has
avowed and proven by its acts and al
liances, hostility to the Republican party
From my standpoint as q Republican,
| (before reading thy "open letter'' il
seemed to me many good people were
deluded, deluded into singing songs of
victory over results, which II procured
by the Republican party would have
seemed to them good cause for humil-
iation and disgrace l am glad to know
that you have added SO many christian
workers to your ranks. We have not
counted ours, the task Is too vast
shall feel sorry If all these good people
are deluded-delnded by false represen-
tations at the outset of the campaign;
deluded into "hobnobbing" with The
rum power; deluded by the promises
and offers of the willy leaders of the
Democratic party during the campaig n
deluded into doing what they profess to
abhor, in order to disintegrate great
and noble party; the party of destiny:
deluded into once more placing rum"
on the throne, in several states from
which the Republican party had hurl-
ed it. Verify Friend lassmore the
party does not seem 70 have been an
| instrument in the hands OF God for the
promotion of temperance. Yet l am
glad to hear thy expression at the last,
that 'in this moment of victory thee