Telegram-herald., 1888-03-20
PROHIBITION PARTY



lCoaeladea irsm Prs Pace.
are = hzt are ssirrins ths =osilics of Aalsriea
- ths bottom aEd slli. within = fss
yssrs, Fssrrznge aad Eecry static tne party
hnss. ef tnis e0aatry 70 ig thls ass lss1s.
t1ls zsxzntie Ps0oie1-
fo1 szy sh.s q1ssll01 = not politics. sad
/ aBsssE shsE ihs Washington Se'lflssi. the
organ 8f Ehe Nauo1zi Brewers Congress ths
nett morning ate tb4E great sgatssma1.
csaAE0f WindGsa. Of Ainnssots hza nzts
al 45ls spsssn IA the G.ted States senate
10 faF9r ~ 4 c.Ea 4i<sig1 Of inquiry - IA
vsstiksEs ths sgfect d the hquor lrslic upoa
It's aloss-. 1as1c4sl and tasysic.l ~sifsse %
the people. IA al editorial declared that
-Senal0r WindoaD hsd dug hls political
grave Eitn AIS m0uth fas Caieego
Isfcr Ors1s - authority for the sE.Esmeat
taat ~hea AE. wiai0n Was bei0gs Ehs
Leo .slaLans u ais stz.s a. . caa1idals for
reeiecti0D. ths L8q00f Dealers Associari0as
OF tae c0uatrY deposited II ths banks az Sf-
Psai az 000 70 bs assd szsiasl hin. s1d ns
Nas deieafe1. Ssariy every mz8 10 Coz
xrssa sno supported thai measure Was de
fearsd for rssiscti9a az Ia jnsy seat ia u
Dis disIFiet oy The ) Aati0nal Liquor 0rgaBizs-
ti0as These msn are organised politically
and nationally. To ulsst aud conqu0r
than We are compelled 10 20 into
tie hsld of politics and secure a
national political organization OF Repaoli-
cans and Democrats who are hostile 10 the
encroschmsnls OF the liquor power. Ihis
organization must necessarily DC a political
parry. Neither Old party eau DC the party
- do the work because OF the influence OF
past pEsl9dles.
To Proys tais, | ask my temperanc. Re-
publican friend. Suppose the Democratic
party should take up this question, and you
knew they were Ia earnest. aud you also
knew Jour party would not taks II up.
would you 90 through your twenty-five
long years OF pre- adice into the Democrats
camp, and oecoms q Democrat, even II they
should taks up this great reform You
woald not IL would not be In accordance
with the rules OF human nature. IL 10 not
Democrats as individuals that you disike
but the name Of that party snd the memo
ries that cluster around It, history. Not
thas you love prohibition less. bat that you
bate the Democratic party more. Can you
with reason expect the Democratic temper
ance men will DO what you would not do
| Nv brother, the other night. spoke grandly
OF the characteristics ut the Republican
| party AZ the time OF its organization, and Tor
| the first few years OF is existence, and TO
his every word Of praise | gave my hearty
ssseat. But Just as / was expecting
/ lstics. aud those OF its future,
| be closed his address and eat down.
| An aged man likes 10 contemplate the past,
10 ponder over the incidents of his past iife
| bur only because his race Is nearly run, and
| he realizes that bis ability to make history
Is nearly at an end. AS one reared . Re-
/ publican, love its record and revere the
noble deeds OF It's childhood. Bat no party
| can live upon its record. 1t is like q man
A rr.H Hva II xxh ha fa iasf
| year. Tonight at my hotel had . good
hearty supper. | enJoyed II. | believe il
| did me good. But do not care anything
i about that now. / shall keep my eye on
my landlord TO see tlat | get good break
| fast What the people OF this country are
now demanding 10 know, Is not what the
| Republican party did twenty-five years ago.
| ont what can they do now and in the fu-
| turei A political party Is not a monarch to
be served, nor an idol TO De worshIpsd. 1t
Is but a machine built and put together for
the accom- plishment Of some specific work.
| After party settles the question on which
IL was Organized, and becomes so divided
| upon the new questions that force them
selves TO the surface that il cannot take
them up without dividing and wrecking
the party. il then becomes hike
machine out Of gear, and We
| must go at IL with screw-driver and ham
good parts together with the good material
taken from other similar machines, we will
| construct . united complete machine, that
| will De capable of handling the new reform
Ny good Republican friend would hardly
| 90 20 his wardrobe on Sunday morning,
and select thersfrom an old coat and pants
with the bindings worn OF. with the knees
and elbows out and rip up the back, then
select an old pair of shoes with the soIes
i - ha fna 2 he
heel, put on q hat With the crown crushed
| in, the silk brushed the wrong way and di-
| lapidsted generally. and then come TO
church. And WHY not2 Simply becaus Q
Is would nOG oe considered proper, and De-
| cause IL is not necessary. But suppose hs
did? He would be stopped on the street by
friend who would reDrove him. In
reply can imagine my friend
would say to him Why, sir. that
old hat Is o noble relic of the past
| Ny grandfather brought 1t over with him
in the Asyaower. And this coat was worn
by great uncle during the Revolutionary
War aud several OF those holes are more
precious TO me, because they were made by
the bullets from the muskets of the luvad-
ing British. Why, sir the fate Of our coGn
try is hnkedwith that coat. And those pan Is
you cast a reproying glance on them
but those holcs az the knees were made
by nv grest-uncle indulging in devotional
exercises around the camp fires at Valley
Forge. and the sOles were lost from those
shoes when be skipped over Banker Hill IN
his race tor the stone fence. No. sir; these
clothes have a glorious history. They have
been OF great service, both TO my ancestry
aud 70 the country, and now the demand.
of true patriotism requirs that | shall wear
them today for the memories of the pas
which hover around them, and shall not
discard them for a new SUIT, that has nc
| history and never has been tried that never
has accomplished anything. and that only
recommend themselves for what good they
eau do now. Adisu, thou enemy OF glo-
riOus past. be says. as he passes on. lsAg-
ing his friend n glare of bewilder ment.
Il Is rule OF political science, and q fac
Of history. thas party never reforms itself
Like the licensing Of saloons TOR mouey 70
dsy the ssls OF indulgsnces by tue cnurct
would have continued 10 the present hsc
Luther remained Ia and tried 10 reform thl
Catholic Church. To reform tns rsEixion o
the dsT John KnoI aud John Wesley vsr
obliged TO lezvs the old church and star
new churches that would De united os tn.
| the questions Of religious reforms
When the question Of slavery f0rcet
Is way 20 the surface Of politic
Il found the oid Whiz party in power Tia
party contained the bstser element o th'
oeopls, bat tt also contained isfgs elsmen
that favored and defended slavery Is va
divided on TIE question. and Of course ht'
- sdopt tas policy Of compr0mise. Th'
people then became impatient and dis
satisfied. lsft ths Nhig party. and uaitss
with the Anti-slsvery Democrats THEREBY
forming a third psrtT-.he Republican
rsrtv-vhich iefsstsd the Whig nsrfv an
xsvs the coutrol Of The Government int
TIE hands OF the Democratic party foF f.
Tsars. when the new snd united Republican
I rarfv rsroa f1fe nawer Ard ssftsAft ~.