The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-10-10

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Nh. EDT0E -sarrender orr markststo for
eign competitors, and ir VII give rs control
ofthe markets Of the World This is tie
doctrine Of The Bsm0emte partv.
Surrender our state government into tie
hands Of the liquor power, vested in the
Democratic parry and by doing 81 We wiz
do away Win the liquor traffic This s lhe
doctrine Of the Prohibitionists.
Both parties reason alike fhal IS. by con-
trariety Of the relation ofca1se and effect
and the results preiicsed, are the direct anti
theses Of the premises from which they are
drawn.
lis natural, that each Of these parties
should object to having its position defined
BY an outsider. and it IS only from an out
side point ofobserva5ien, that ! presume 90
make a sketch Of the situation. What
( changes Of opinion might be wrought by a
look into the inner Consciousness OF a Demo-
Graf, o. a Prohibisonisf, . a matter npon
which Que can only speculate but 50 Er Us to
be judged hy external signs. I have stated
ihe case honestly and without exaegerution
I OF mis~conssruc'ion-
\ member ct Tire House Of Commons. once
said. II bear a lion roaring in The lobby
shall We shut the doors and keep him one
or shall we Jet him come Ia and ,heu Try 20
get him out?
The British Ion Is now roariug at oar
gates, and the 50 called Democracy ofAmeTi-
ca proposes to open the glte= and let liam
in. saying. il viii be an easy lask 10 DIVE
him. not only out Of our markets, but oul
Of his own
Mr. benjamin c. Potts in joint discussion
with Judge Broom. all OF Media, Penua. saws.
Bring the cost Of goods in foreign lands up
to something like the level OF the cost Of
goods here, and IL we don't chase them out
Of this market, and Into their own. and
through thar ovn. it will b. because yankee
ingenuity and yankee enterprise have f.il-
ei Tor the first time
lett be observed. that Dir. Potts predi-ts
q quite different result from tire one taat
the President and the Mills bin have ia
view which is % cheaper American pro-
ducts instead Of Increasing those OF foreign
lands. This Is a doctrine tat appeals 20 our
admiration for the amazing latitude Of lin
terprelation 20 which it lends itself
The Prohibiiioniss 90 a step farther. Tor
while they acknowledge That the R@pabiiean
party has accomplished whatever has been
done in different states toward curaiing the
evils Of the liquor business, AMI that there
has been a steady advance in the way of
restrictive legislation an along the Inc yet
they now propose to betray the Republican
party into the hands ofits enemies. or hgIr-
atively they propose TO enchant the Devil.
hoping he will raise snch a elaIer that The
Republican party viii he provoked into
killing him outright.
The good fruits Of Republican policy. in
dealing both with practical. and moral ques-
lions, are fact that IFS opponents. do n0t at
tempt to deny. Yet Tor the first ofthese
facts, they offer rs IN exploded theory. and
for the second. a moral abstraction. too high
to be reached by merely human agencies.
That teaching which c0ntridicis known
facts. is bad science. and when it draws con
illusions. contrary 10 the common laws Of
reason. it is bad logic when IL goes farther.
and proposes % Do evil thar good may olrie
il Is bad morality. and the whole Democratic
and Prohibition combination and aHti-com-
b~ination is bad and vicious policy in what
yerlight it is viewed
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