The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-13
Two Hundred Thousand.

This is the heading an eastern
journal gives to an editorial upon
the result of the election in Penn.
sylvania on the prohibition amend.
ment to the constitution of that
state. We publish the following
extracts from the article:
Some time ago when Texas sent up
something like 100000 against prohibi-
ton the republican papers insisted that
that was all that could be expected of a
heavily democratic state. Now Pennsyl-
vania, the banner republican state, comes
70 the front with an expression on this
liquor question that is twice as emphatic
rs anything the democrats have ever said.
1t used to be fashionable among republi-
can speakers to affect to believe that
whisky and democracy were inter deepen
dent. While admitting that man might
he good democrat and good Judge of
whisky, we were always of the opinion
that the hypocrites on the other side of
the fence loved the juice of the corn and
rye as we'll as did we. They were prob
ably fixed so they could buy their liquors
IN wholesale quantities and store them
away in the cellars. This enabled them
to avoid display and throw the obloouy
upon US. But when proposition is made
TO stop whisky at the fountain head see
how the republicans of Pennsylvania rear
around, and vote all right, and vote all
day. They resist the invasion of their
cellars with all the energy they would re-
pei an assault upon their ire-sides. It
is all right, gentlemen of PENNSYLVANIA;
it is your undoubted privilege to do 80.
But, now that you have done it so outra
seously, don't play the hypocrite any
longer.
IT you are inclined to feel astonished
about the result in Pennsylvania, you
should increase that establishment, as it
IS good thing for the sluggish blood
these warm days. Remember that the
city Of Philadelphia came to the front
syith majority for liquor that was tire.
mendous. This is the home of Wsnama
ker; the seat of the "largest adult SUNDAY
school class in the world;n the home Of
the serious and friendly Tucker; the
place where republicans are enumerated
only by the exigencies Of the case.
80 WV way Lu0L tue result In
PENNSYLVANIA becomes gratifying to the
man who is not much excited about this
prohibition question, one way or the
other. 1t is pleasant to note that Wana-
kcr stood on the side that wa. 200. 900
snort For once the arch hypocrite of
the civilized world was properly estimat-
ed by the people. This great Sunday
school teacher who secured a seat in the
cabinet by collecting half million of
Doodle to be used on election day, is play-
ing many parts in his time. He put him
self before the people of PENNSYLVANIA az
the fact that his half million dollars went
genuine prohibitionist, wi;hstandine
70 support national platform that said
IT was better to take the tariff off whisky
than blankets. He expected the people
OF Pennsylvania to follow such q lead.
lie must have thought they were bigger
fools than We do. The amount of Nr.
pnay's JOY is feebly represented by the
figures, 100000. And prohibitionists all
over The country may learn that they can
expect nothing but shameful, diseraceful
defeat when they put such man as Wan
amaker to the front That fellow ia the
klng Boodler of the realm. The idea
that he should want to lead q moral
suggests the thought that
maybe the devil is sick.