New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-08
TRICK THAT Is EASILY SEEN THRoo"n'
A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT THE FEroD-
,rc,r p.pry DOES NOT FAVOR TEN


Tint Democratlc adjunct, the Prohibition party GU
tered recently into neat little scheme by wncn no
,,.,s co,,n,t,.c headed by Samuel Dickie, hoped
~, s,o, thu rreat tide OF honest temperance peop'o
b havo secn that the Prohibition party means Simply,
IN, Democratic party under diherent name rum
going TO tho Republican party, when is 'no o",
poltIcal organization that has ever mad;usns s''mp'
to bring about a practo \ temperance reiofin' III,
scbem, vas a deep and treachcrolis one anu "en
worthy OF the INSCRIPTIONS Servants oi 'e "'"''''
who have been promoting H. 49,,
An ,ns,cni6cant German paper with daily cfcnla-
lion OF less than 1000 copies. IN the city OF 81 Louis
was decided upon as the means by which inns pio'
should be put in operation The paper Is inc ~
Louis Tribune which favors protection, ana on '""'
account advises Its readers TO vote the kepupnca"
ticket Now "The Voice. the editors Of which r.
Gently sent out an appeal TO the clergymen Vi INC
country for money with which TO pay for sending IL
to people who up to this time have had no absolute
use for IT, comes out with alleged extracts from Inc
ST. Louis Tribunc.n which declare that the hepuphcan
party is not really for temperance REFORM ai'"ousn
In this State 1t passed HgiiLcense Dill ana thus oo
tanned the enmlty Of the rumselers and that "ch-
eral Harrison will Ignore the temperance reSo'u'oh III
the Republican National platform.
"The Voice, was published on Thursday, but al
vance copies got 10 the offices Of some OF the Demo
cratic papers In time for them TO publish eA'rao's
from the editorial on the same day. Now the 'ruln
of the entire matter Is that at the RepuDlcan NdoH
Headquarters nothing IS known Of Z" The 81. LOUIS
Trbune except that is the list Of German papers
which favor protection. Not copy Of the paper can
be found either I'm the German bureaus, In charge OF
General Habercorn. in the document department.
II these sentiments expressed It was on the sole
responsibility of the editor and proprietor OF the paper
But the plot deeper STILL as this letter VIII sho"
Tothe Editor Of me Tribune.
Sir: Ten thousand fures This Is glorious Dusl,
he
In The National Committee too is thls seanuai
Gus story truel If II is in the least degree tens OF
thousands OF temperance Republicans VIII leave me
party. / for shall certainly not supPor party
which resorts such fraud, duplicty and Hes 10 get
mendous charge in early issue OF The Tribune Re-
spectfully, +. h. L. MAhiiN.
THE yolcen was published on october 4, but this
letter bears the Of October g. How is It that the
cuttings from the paper got into this mans hands
the day before the paper was published! further.
the letter probably written in the office OF the
paper, for the handwriting and punctuation are dis
tnctly that of fairly familiar with the newspaper
business The city directory does not contain the
name Of L. T.. 7. Martin which IS undoubtedly,
fictitious one The animus of the writer can also
be seen In every sentence OF the communication No
good Republican, desiring the welfare of his party and
also desiring be honestly Informed as TO the truth
Of The Voices" accusations, would write IN such
spirit.
The entire plan of the scheme was demonstrated
SATURDAY afternoon. when young man carving big
note book and two handsomely bound volumes under
his went 10 the Republican National Headquarters
Louis Tribune OF course there were mono on mana
and he went without II, but on being watched
by Tribune reporter he was seen TO 20 down flfth
and pass through the doors OF the frohipiIon
al