The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-13

efEectnAl. and az National law alone
can be elective in prahibising the mza-
ussesure, importation and Transports
fion OF Intoxicating liquors. as the
Supply of the whole union could come
fron small tract Of land in one Of
the Territories
National Law for prohibiting the
manufacture importation and trans
portzt5cn, and State law for prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors.
are the only measures which viii place
Us IN position 20 fight To the hest adj
vantage against the saloons and the
saloon power in politics.
But how shah we obtain proh;hitory
lawsf Shall we wait for some good
Republicans Or Democrats 70 &c, into
Office who may chance TO speak good
word for prohibi,ion- They have
both failes u in the past, and We have
no means Of judging of their future
but by their conduct in the past. But,
independently Of this. prohibition pre-
senss the greatest living Issue before
the people: il is question that effects
every household in the land, and,
therefore, it needs party devoted es-
pecially to its interests. For. even
should the Republicans or Democrats
gain prohihitory laws for us, they
would not, and could not, enforce their
execution as well as party whose
greatest Object i the enactment and
the enforcement Of he2kame.
There seems 10 be an almost uni
versal resentment toward the breaking
up OF the old parties, but ii those par
ties are no longer necessary. il they
are becoming corrupt. and If questions
Of the most vital importance 10 the
people are ignored. then nothing is
left es but the formation of a new
party. Stewart l.. Woodford says:
When party is right, sustain party :
not because II is party, but because il
Is right. When il Is wrong do your
best 10 set it right. and II you fail in
that then bolt your party and beat it.
When party has outiiyed purity il
has outliyed usefulness. and, being
dead. ought to be buried
The old parties are still useful, but
they are old and do not yield enough
fruit, therefore We. must plant a new
orchard. which, though not yielding
probably for several years. will in time
meet and satisfy the wants of the ma
ton.
How fitting are the words OF Lowell: :
New occasions teach new duties.
Time makes ancient good uncouth-
They must upward still and onward.
who would keep abreast of truth"
Probably the objection most fire.
auentiy made 10 the efforts 10 organ
ize new party is that comparatively
few people believe in it, and that i.
needs many more supporters than it
now has ever TO stand. 1t is most Ger
tainly true that every ones help is
needed in this great work. Prohibit
ton Is like a brick structure, having
first good. firm foundation, then
mortar TO bind the bricks fast. and
lastly, q grand edifice itself. Ladies
and gentlemen, We have the founda-
ton already laid; a foundation OF prin-
ciples so strong and firm that no one
need fear 10 build upon il; we have
plenty of good. sound mortar, the
mortar of patriotism and the cement
of love, and what we now want are
the bricks. No doubt with God and
right TO help us, plenty will he found,
and by the labor of our skillful work
men there will be erected most glori-
Gus and enduring structure--one that,
though the widest winds may howl
around it and the stormiest tempests
beat against it, will stand and remain
firm forever.