The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-10

dawn. "-COnneCHC home (IrOhlDl-
tom.
THESE nominal prohibitionists should
now see that their own interests and
those of the republican party are one.
The advanced sentiment of the repub-
lican party to-day stands for high-license
and local option, which in their practi-
cal working have come to be recognized
as at present the best possible solution
OF the temperance question. Massa-
chusetts, Notwithstanding her emphatic
reputation of constitutional prohibit
ton, has an effective restricted license
and local option law. Pennsylvania is
another conspicuous example of the
good working of high-license. Repub-
licans secured these beneficent laws
only against the bitter and unanimous
opposition of the democrats of both
states. With these facts in view, prohi-
bitionists can not now escape the respon-
sibilty in the use of their ballots. Per-
sistence in their former policy can
hardly be less than fanatical. -NeD
York Press (RepubHcan).
THE temperance movement will not
down. Dram-selling is an evil that
pervades the whole body of the people,
and ii must be eXterminated; con-
science will force the issue continu-
ously until final victory is won. We
have already gone so far that nobody
publicly defends the saloon; they only
say that its hold on the community is
so strong that it can not be suppressed,
and therefore it must pay a penalty in
license tax. AS time passes, if prOhi-
bitionists will ouly be faithful and work
in whatever way they can TO help the
cause along, new forces will come into
play, until mighty enginery is at work
crushing the life-blood out of the saloon,
The thing for prohibitionists to do,
then, in places where license or option
is the best they have and the best they
can get, is to work in the field as it is.
Work with the license people, work with
the option people, in enforcing the law
and preaching and practicing good tenn
perapce principles. Sow good seed
among the children and young people.
Teach temperance principles among
the old people, and help enforce the
laws as they are until better can be
done. Topeka (KanSds) Capital (Re-
pubhcdnO.
THERE is strong evidence that the
tide has set in against the political
prohibitionists. In nearly every impor-
tant Northern State the vote for Fisk
in 1888 was much below that given the
candidates of the party in the most
recent preceding state election. Not
only wa. there a falling off in New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts
Ohio, Connecticut and other states, but
in some states the vote was smaller in
1888 than it was in 1884. The aggre-
gate vote cast for the prohibition can
didates in the various states in 1886
was 294 1868, or As, 900 in excess of that
given the nominee for president in
1888. There was shrinkage in the
volume of prohibition strength not only
relatively but absolutely. To maintain
existence at all small parties must grow
in geometrical proportion. This is q
law of their being, and can neither be
ignored nor evaded. The moment
growth ceases, or even becomes slow
decay sets in and extinction is close al
hand. The chances are that in the
future the managers of neither of the
great parties, when making their esti
mates OF the probabilities in presidential
canvasses, will need to take the prohibi
ton organization into their calcua
tions.-St. Louis Globe Democrat (Re
pubHcaO.
IT was only a question of time wheI
non-partisan prohibition contests would
fail. Prohibition is a party question
1t is in a party fight. The liquor mel
have placed it there and mean that i
|, shall stay there. To fight party fgh
; with non-partisan organization is
, mistake. We must oppose party ma
chine with party machine and part,
papers with party papers. Dislike i
. as you may, there is no help for it
; Let it be remembered that thes'
r non-partisan battles are not our battles
r They are not of our seeking. The
/ are sprung upon us. The Pennsylva
= MIA fight was forced upon us to take u
/ at a disadvantage; the amendment wa
submitted at a time and in a manner t
kill it. The Brooks law was pushe,
before the submission so as to make thu
q fight one between high-license an,
prohibition, instead of between prohi
biton and the saloon. The prohibi
ton party method is not non-partisan
+ 1t believes in party and party " ma
, chine" 1t is not urgent for submis
! sion until the party has convinced
? majority of the voters to vote it int
, power. The submission would thel
1 come, and party machine and
3 party press would be ready to fight it
battle. This is the way that leads t
! certain victory. 1t may seem to som
long way, but it will prove in the en-,
d the shortest. Now let every man an,
\ woman in America who believes il
3 prohibition join in this one movement
;. the movement to push to the front tn
< prohibition party.-Ihe Voice (PrC
n hibiiOn).
n ABOUT year ago leading Londol
a paper published what it called TIL
o Grog Bill of All European Nations.
y Singularly enough Scotland, Hollan
i; and Switzerland, the three countrie
d having the largest number of the disc
Piles Of John Calvin, stand highest o
the list. All these countries were grow
ing in greatness and wealth. The
were sustaining great universities, pre-
i ducing inventors and discoveries, pei
, foctinn oil tho uSaful arts and Sandin