Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-09-15

adopted by its representatives III Iile
convention Of 1884"
The platform Of 1884, thus
re-afIimed, contained this decla-
ration:
awe oppose sumptuarv laws which vex
the citizen aud interfere with lndlNldual
liberty
/ Neither Of the candidates nomi-
mated at st. Louis is a man whom
any consistent advocate Of temper
ance can support. Grover Cleve-
land through all his public life, has
uniformly been on the side Of the
saloon in its fight against prOhi-
hition. In his letter accepting the
presidential nomination in 1884 he
said:
Tn free country the curtailment
Of the absolute rights of the indi-
vidual should only be such as is
essential TO the peace and good
order of the community. The limit
between the proper subjects Of gov
ernmental control and those which
can be more fittingly left to the
moral sense and self-imposed
restraint Of the citizens should be
carefully kept in view. Thus laws
unnecessarily interfering with the
habits and customs Of our people
which are not offensive to the
morals and sentiments of the
civilized world, and which are con-
sIstent with good citizenship and |
the public welfare, are unwise and |
vexatious."
Allen G. Thurman Is one of the
most steadfast foes Of prohibitory
legislation in the nation. His
recent flippant speech toa delegation
that visited him at his home, in
which he lamented that his supply
Of whisky had been exhausted, will
convince anybody that he has no
serious convictions hostile to rum.
The record Of the national demo-
cratic party, viewed from the stand
point of the attitude of its leaders
'Or n generation and its Legislative
lcts, may almost be said to be the
'ecOrd Of the political rum power !
tself. It's two greatest leaders I'm
he present generation, Horatio
seymour and SamuelJ. Tilden, were
vowed and radical enemies of pro- ,,
libition. II was Mr.. Seymour
Who, as governor of New York,
etoed the prohibition law in the
.ftics. Mr.. Tilden's answering
nmity to prohibition is set forth in
is published volume of speeches" A"
The democrats i'm congress have
ways been the eager and faithful
erfs Of liquor. The democratic b
ouse has repeatedly refused to pass L
he mild and reasonable request of a
ne non-partisan temperance people u
n the appointment ofa commission a
} investigate the liquor traffic. q
peaker Carlisle has formed the o
Of the house so IA to n
rangle every bill looking to inter 81
renee with the liquor traffic. In p
forming the committees he has q
consulted the authorized
preventative Of the rum power at W
'ashington, Louis Schade. ~
From the white house and the OF
,lls Of congress, down through the h'
ate governmentsto the very sources te
municipal and local political 81
the democratic party ne
n party is shown by its behavior ne
be- almost everywhere the obedicnt ~
I'VE Of the saloon. This charge Il Ia
le without the slightest qualih- h,
tlon everywhere in the north. m
stances could be multiplied In w
hniteiy. Here IN the pivotal state
New York We have the spectacle IN
a democratic governor being urged 60
denomination for no strong RE
'son that Il apparent except that wi
has made himself dear to the he
uor mon. In every northern by
,islAtut0 thedemocratic members WI
W De Relied on TO almost solidly sta
the bidding OF the liquor trafiie an
every occasion and the southern an
ties do not escape the condem- Ike
iion, CIR
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