Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-09-28
THE CAMPAIGN.
FREE lrIILVhEl.

4 Young Republican shows the Rcn
Attitude OF the Two Parties on The
Temperance Question.
For the benefit Of the honorable gentle
men ON the other side Of the political fenc,
and whose principal argument in thii
campaign seems tn be to shout free whis
key, ," / would call their attention, wit h also
slight reference to the Prohibition platform
to a few sentences in the platforms Of th,
two parties, and also to three sections o.
the Democratic mills bill, which ha
passed the Democratic House Of Represen
tatives The platform Of the Prohibition
party declares for
'.rhr abolition of the Internal revenue system
whereby our national government is deriving sup
port r.m our great national vice
Does the Republican party accuse tn,
Prohibition party Of iavoring free whis
key or catering to the saloon element
Why doe, not the Prohibition party accus,
| itself, 1t would be- just rs sensible as tn,
! party present arraignment of the Repub
| icun party What they affect to see IN tn,
| Republican platform that indicates it, sub
-ervicncy to the interests Of the saloon
and therefore it, downfall. is this declara
| tion
III tlprrc shall still remain q larger revenue
than is p.tui-itr tor the wants Of tho government
We favor the entire rrI-al Of Internal rcveuu'
| taxes rather than the surrender ot ANY part o
our protective ~l stem u the joint u'hv-t nt Wh,
! hry Trusts and th" agents of foreign manuiac
tuu.t-.
What the Republican platform explicitly
state. "a, To- it, position ON the liquor CUE,
| tion is. that
.Ths first concern of AN good government T.
ihu 'iftu. uud HuIlIty oi the Ia'ulo and tnr purI
| ty oft their huiuss. The ltpuult.1u PARTY cor
iulh -,IuuIt.l.- NltI lll ni-. and we'll lir.afr,
| Efforts tur tur promotion ui trmperale' aud mu
| ality"
What sympathy aud what encourage
urut ia the ,alluu element iu the R'puhh
rnn platform What "a wonder it Is thut
| the saloons do not Immediately ally them
selves with the Republican party of David
| G llll iu the state of New York
THE Democratic platform says
! ..lh. n,'uH. putt. of the lwt.l States l
.af'"uHI ''.rs'nti"" H~~'.ui'ri t'n"N- iu' l .t'
| .f It's ud'htA tn TO-" b,m.cratir party. AMI r,ut
/ firms th. platform adopted 10y tS representative
| iu the convention NJ l@@i
the Democratic platform Of lNNi, which
j., thus rrinrmed, says
| "Wrupp.-,. >lmItuar, laws which vrN the rt
| .l.u ui.i Iu'rrtrr. with individual liberty
Her" are the oihcial utteranrc, Of TN,
i"rtl'o ih reference L" Ihe HIH"i question:
rs adopted 10y 'htr representatives. Ia 'nyi'
national conventions. Here wc have tn,
expressed opposition of the Democrat,
| t'' " j." "'' ''% r'-','1'"- l"' ''lu'' ''"'
"'. " i'"e'> 'n''r '""'ii'' gan III t"tn-
before th' l"oi'' ana accusing 'Ht I"iU'i
| ran party 'I l''"IIH- Tree Nil9N'5
The portion. of the Mill, bill To- which
"'uh invite "'l'"tl'h are 'nr -ot"' ,,,lN
'nI t"ih sections "i lh"' "'". 7''ll'h ~ is
i~ follows
.A' N..4-'.r i'm any -iaini' do 'nonnr.Ht any
..-,..,.. .. n.i...,I..,r tl..r,. J., prr.,. r ,
statute. minimum punishment. ie-- than vh...
minimum n9 hn'. l-'n..it' '. impri-'n.n~n' 'r pun
'.',, d.. J...ig sJ-i..,i ,,.
IT,. ,.4rt Yr Iui-. m every such cas-. ,alI Aa,.
.H-l'fi.n T." .nr"-. any hne. I,"nail,y ninrr,~1n
,,',' %. 'n' ~ '''''', '
lity. Imprisonment or punishment H., i,.,l or
greater tuWtn" saul minimu'n ~' prescribed.
Section 3 provides that when any III,