The Iola register., 1888-09-07
THE ENEMY AGAIN.
Editor Register:
DEAR SIR:

In your last issue, your editOria
Gan Enemy in Disguise" makes as
sertions you cannot prove, and unjus
and unnadnly to your prohibition
readers.
If plain statement of facts max,
vindictiveness 1 am unable to see it
and for one I am willing to be sei
down as having no "brainsn but I d.
want to be considered honest.
Ifyou will just allow me a little
space in your paper, 1 will try and
show you that the republican party
(NationaD is no more in favor of TEN.
perance than the democratic party. and
i'm National Convention it ,pas oDened
icith prayer too.
Ii the democratic convention con.
sumed lots of whisky, 80 did the
Chicago Convention with plenty OF
wine and beer too. Now If you are an
honest journalist you will want your
readers to read both sides of this great
temperance question. The URiskv
republicans of Kansas elected Click.
and the out come of that was the elec-
tion of Cleveland, and vet you have
the eoolness to say the prohibitionists
have cOnsOrted with the enemy of
president.
Now tell the truth when you slap us
IN the face. In what sense do you
mean that the democratic party is the
master of the prohibition party? For
one claim no master but my consci-
ence, and 1 believe I speak for all.
What do we expect to accomplish?
Great things, the entire overthrow of
the greatest curse of the world to-day,
denaor0tfzing business. We do claim
we nave no interest in, nor correspond
ence with the democratic party, unless
1t he in its entire overthrow.
Please point out the "cloven hoof of
the demagogue" in the prohibition
party work of the land. Your reference
to the "anti saloon republicans ought
to bring..a blush of shame for the decay
OF christian and moral manhood in the
republican party!". Where are your
Charles Summers, or old Ben Wade. or.
or. Martin Luthers i'm the G.. o. p?
Crouching down behind an old beer
barrel and wine hogshead! MAY the
Lord have mercy on the republican
party.
You fill your paper with tariff
nonsense when many of the ablest re-
publicans have said it is but q sham!
why, there are more than q half doz-
en- questions Of far greater value to the
american peoplc than the tariff. Why
throw dust in the air, simply as
blind? Ills neither just nor manly.
IF prohibition is ever to become the
settled policy of this country it must
must be through the agency of the re.
publican party and the prohibitionists
know this" Mercy alive! "The
servant that knew his lords will, and
did it not shall be beaten with many
stripes"
There was time when the republi.
can party might have had living
issue, but now many ofits best men
by tens and by hundreds are finding
their places where all good men sooner
or later will be found on the side of
temperance and Righteousness aud o
judgment to come.
S. M. IRWIN.
P.S. Now may ask you to pub
lish This reply in fairness? If not |
must L be compelled 10 try other |
means to get it before your readers?
s. NJ. I.
AS an argument no reply is neces-
sary to the above, there are however q
few items which, asking the forbear.
ance of our readers, we would like to
notice.
The "vindictiveness" referred to,
does not consist in a plain statement
Of facts. 1fthe prohlbitionists, or any
'ne else, will stick to facts they are
welcome to to tell all they know about
The republican party. But their
'rators do nothing of the kind; they
BRING no specific charges, but denounce
he party in general terms, they labor
or words to express their hatred and
LEGISLATION Of it. The Rev. Brooks
God that he had never been
republican, leaving his audience to |
RAW the inference that of all the
lack sins ofwhich he acknowledged )
imself guilty; he considered none so
ad as that. The writer himself un- q
furnishes proof of the very :
tatement he denies.
He aske to be considered honest. q
nd in his next sentence says: 81 will {
y to show you that the republican, :.
lrty-NatiOnal-ls no more I'm favor on n
importance than the democratic par. ID,