Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-22
Why the Germans are With the
Democracy.

DemOCFdCys
EDITORS HERALD-The article of "P.
R." in the Times of August 18th, is
typical Republican production, pregnant
with the ambiguity that characterizes all
Republican writings and utterances. 1t
opens with disclaimer of any intention
to arouse race prejudice, and yet before
the ink is dry on the first sentence,
"P. R." attempts by raking in the ashes
of twenty.four years ago to find smoul-
dering ember that he may, with the
breath Of malice, fan into flame, and
kindle the fire of race prejudice, and in
the blind hatred thus engendered to
cause his fellow countrymen, now
merged into and become portion of the
great American nation, to lend their aid
in giving new lease of power to mt n
who have demonstrated their un6tness
to govern in the interest of the people.
The logic of the assertion that "the
Germans support the Democratic party
because they fear Prohibition success" is
somewhat obscure and reflects on the in
telligence ond honesty of the German cit
liens. If they believed that the pervert-
ed ideas of free government as now enun
ciated by the Republican party tended to
the happiness and prosperity of our peo.
pie and the perpetuity of our free institu-
tions, that steadfast devotion to their
conviction OF right which "P. R." truth
fully claims is one of their chief charac-
teristics would impel them to put forth
new efforts in its defense. No, Mr.. "P.
r." the Germans are not leaving the
Republican party because they are
afraid Prohibition will succeed, but be-
cause they desire to rebuke it for the Ii
cense it attempts with the crel-
ulity of the people; because it
evaded every important issue brought
forward and coouetted with every party
that has sprung up in the past sixteen
years; because it bid for the liquor vote
by refusing to incorporate temperance
plank in its platform, and then with the
moral cowardice that has characterized
all of its acts of recent years, offered a
resolution at the last moment to that ef-
feet; because it believes in curtailing the
privileges OF the lower classes and en-
larging those of monopolists until the re-
lation existing between them will be that
of master and slave; because it believes
in system of government that will fos-
ter the growth OF trusts and corporations
to point where they will men
ace the privileges and liberties of
our people; because it seeks by
a system of wholesale robbery
to so centralize capital as to defy the
workingman in his just demand for
fair compensation for his labor; because
it seeks to bring into this country and
naturalize swarm of almond eyed
heathens to take the place of the me-
chanic and laborer when be says he can
no longer support himself and family on
the starvation wages the corporations it
has built up offer to pay him; because
the Democratic party has been honest
and STRAIGHTFORWARD in all of its dealings
and pronounced in its position on all
subjects of interest to the people; be-
cause it has initiated all the beneficial
legislation of the past sixteen years, and
had the courage to go before the country
on its honest convictions, moulding pub
lie opinion rather than following it.
The statement that "the Republican par
ty has purged itself of the Prohibition
ists," reminds me very much of small
boy wrestling with a green-apple collie.
The purging unquestionably takes place,
but the Republican party, like the boy, is
2 decidedly unwilling party to the per-
formance.
In all candor, Mr. "P. RI would
like to ask why is your appeal addressed
to the German people? Why not to all our
citizens? Is it not (your statement to the
Notwithstanding a mean, con-
temptibe effort on your part to trade on
your nationality At all events your efforts |
S sim Dlv a com nilatiOn Of cam paiup hal.
lerdash ,culled from some old Republican |
and revamped to tit this occa-
sion. j. w. P.