The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-08-02

must be change somewhere. ms see
saving of temperance workers Is all good
enough SO far as going up and down is con-
cerned, but it don't get ahead worth cent.
1t is all good enough for some sympathizers
of either the two political parties 1--WE as
sumo there are not in the Prohibition partly
to stand off and see temperance zealots
knife each other but it bodies no good, all
the same, to the cause of temperance. Let
us have prohibition and have it through
union of all the temperance forces.
According to late and highly respectable
Republican authority on the subject, Pro-
hibition and everything connected there
with, from the naming of select Council
man to the nomination of Governor, is
going to the bad Prohibitionists did
wrong in having primary meetings to elect
delegates to the New Jersey State Conven-
tion and did wrong at the State Conven-
ton in nominating Governor and draft
ing series of resolutions. In fact, the
whole business was wrong. 1t was wrong
wrong to have a State Convention, of
course everything done in the meeting
was blunder also. They did wrong,
farther in the reckless way they Sawed
off, some Of the more conservative senti-
ment of the members i'm convention met.
So, at least, intimates that eminent Repub-
lican journal the New York Independent,
and the Ladependent speaks authoritatively.
The able paper just quoted nowhere init
mates, in the article referred to, that Pro-
hibitionists might have a policy of their
own. with the right to shape it to suit
themselves; not word.
If we understand the article Alright, it
more than implies the Prohibitionists of
New Jersey TO be set Of fanatical, blum
derng ingrates, without the least senti-
ment of gratitude to the Republican party
which has made so many and liberal con-
cessions to the cause of Prohibition. In
short, it seems to regard the doings of the
late Asbury Park convention as manevo-
lence personified, and plain exhibition of
great party stupidity. In vindicating the
past loyalty of the Republican party to the
cause of Prohibition, it says, among other
things, that Sin the fall of 1886 the Repub-
lean State Convention Of New Jersey
adopted strong temperance plank in their
platform and nominated thorough and
consistent temperance man fol Governor
after the third party men had put General
Fisk in the field, etc"
Very well, but hadn't the Prohibitionsts
done the same, .. e.: put strong tenn
perance plank in their platform and nomi-
mated thorough and consistent temper
ance man for Governor Had temperance
been ''first concern" with the Republi-
cans at that time, hadn't they a splendid
chance, by endorsing the party of General
Fisk, to have elected not only "a consistent
temperance man for Governor" but life
long Republican as well? Think they had,
anyhow it presented an excellent opportu-
nifty for making the experiment.
Then again sin the fall of 1887 the Re-
publican legislature redeemed its pledge
made to the people to give them local
option and high license bill" Good again,
but why the Republicans should expect so
much of the Prohbitionists for this act of
If righteous and good measure, it was
merely an assertion of good party sense
and astuteness, from which the party re-
ceved its full credit and advantage. But
what had Prohibitionists to do with the
question one way or the other. Their wish
had never been consulted and they had
never asked for the bill. Further than
this the Independent should know, and
doubtless does know, that the Prohib-
tionists, during the same campaign, had a
much stronger temperance measure before
the people for adoption than the local
option bill, aud we don't remember any
kind words coming from the Republicans
because OF it, and why should they expect
the Asbury Park convention to endorse
their local option, high license measure
Why should they expect anything, any
how, from Prohibitionists, if they are in
the pay of the Democratic party, as Re-
publicans have said over and over again?
The independent praises the moderation
and great good sense Of General Fisk, and
if it had only done this when it could have
been OF some use to him, in the fall OF 'SG,
1t would have been well.
Seriously, though, we think the Asbury
Park convention made a mistake in not
''kindly remembering" the Republican
party for the brave fight it made for lin
tied prohibition in 1867 and 8--a fight in
which we knew many of the rank and file
of the party were in dead earnest, and
fought to the bitter end, say what may be
concerning the motives of the leaders. We
think, too, they should have 'lunged"
into what the independent calls ''the rum
Democracy" Of our State, for ITS super
serviceable ''sloppiness" toward the barons
and the whole fraternity of the saloon in
terest. But there are words that need not
be spoken and we forbear. The Independ-
ent is too good temperance paper to fight
temperance measures, even II adopted by
another party, and for ourselves we pro-
pose throwing our hand grenade into the
camp of the enemy and not in that of our
friends.