The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-06-28
Si.oo A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
Under w hich King?


ranks Of the liquor party, has issued an adj
tress to his defeated and scattered raw re
cruits, bidding them to be of good cheer,
and prepare for the coming fall campaign.
General Palmer says in this exhoration:
"Let the fight be now transferred to the
Legislative districts. As 10 this one thing,
let party utilization lie subordinated, and
see TO it that men are sent TO represent you
in the General Assembly who will stand for
your cause"
Suppose such pledged members could be
sent to the legislature with no party organ
ization behind them what could they do?
The bills they offer antagonizing the whis-
key interest, would be killed in committee
RI oms, placed at the bott I'M on the clerks
file, pushed out Of sight by parliamentary
flabustering, and no party held respon-
sible. They were not party measures,
merely yolunteersl Again General Palmer
says:
GAS an organized force is far more eflec
tive than scattered multitude, | advise
you to ally with the Union Prohibitory
League. 1t is non-partisan, non-sectarian
and devoted to the single purpose to free
the State from the drink traffic. Turn the
amendment societies into league clubs and
stand together"
The Prohibition party which is thor
oughly organized political party has been
offering this counsel to the friends of pro-
hibition all along Chairman Palmer would
call his new arrangement the "Union Pro-
hibatory League" a political organization
that is to be 'non-partisan, non-sectaran, J"
etc. What non sense this is, a new Prohi
bition party with long party name, pro-
claiming the abolition of the liquor traffic
as its fundamental principle, and to be non
partisan!-a party that is not a party!
When the blind attempt to lead the blind
9th will fall in the ditch. Again Chair
man Palmer says in his address:
"The splendid harmony which has char
acterIzed this contest may and should be
continued. When the behavior of all has
been fanltiess there is no room for indiyid-
val praise. Republicans, Democrats, third
party, temperance societies and the Won.
ans Christian Temperance Union have
stood togethe and wrought TO the uttermost
without jealously or disrust."
With this heterogeneous army at its very
test, meeting with the most dismal failure,
where can General Palmer find hope in such
rabble of militia taking the field against
tie allied armies of the Democrat and Re-
publican organizations. supplied with all
the money required to equip them in the
nd Mo
under the command of the most experienced
whiskey generals in the country? General
Palmer proposes exactly what the National
Prohibition party has all along suggested
AMI invited to- That all the above temper
ance associations Join and forming one solid,
organize party advance against the COM
mon enemy. But General Palmer's plan
is the old Estates rights" system as opposed
to national, which has been tried so often
IN the wars that the United States has en-
gagged in. A general muster of the state
militia to fight the enemy up to the state
line, then disband and go home. This sys-
TEN of warfare has never succeeded and
never can. We quote another paragraph
from General Palmer's address:
''Its champions and supporters 1.-THE liquor
party have not ventured to rest their de-
Tense upon the merits of the business, bat
admitting its manifold dement's, have claim
ed to be better friends of temperance than
Prohibitonists, and insist that high IL
cense affords better restraints than prohi-
bition."
The Prohibition party has pointed ou
this assumption of the saloon for years, and
Chirman Palmer is but repeating theil
words.
If the lessons of these Amendment cam
paigus have taught anything they have
made the one overshadowing fact plain, tina
it is the essence of folly TO attempt to bea
tie National Liquor organization without
ational party to oppose it. You may cal
that party by whaieyer name you like, bu
it must be national political party organ
jzation, that is al lie to hold It's officers an,
members to strict accountability as til,
Democratic and Republican parties are
The organizations, the machinery Of thes'
parties is largely composed of members o
the saloon and rich liquor men. Thei
primaries and minor organizations mee
mostly in saloons and other public places
the premises of liquor men; their active
members and directing officials are to
large per cent composed of the same clsss o
men. They rule out of their platforms
their resolutions and their declaration G
party principles, every word that hints al
antagonism to the great liquor trade: Theil
campaign funds are largely contributed by
this liberal handed class of active, alert
enthusiastic politicians. In view of thes'
facts, which are so conspicuous that il woult
be useless TO request negative answer Il
them, can any sane man hope to effect any
temperance reform through either of these
old parties. They both advocate "higl
license" but they did not till the leading
liquor men proposed that delusion as sub
stitute for prohibition. General Palmer il
an ardent leading republican. The Language
of his address proves that he has abandoned
all hope of securing any Legislation agains
the liquor trade through his party, and il
proposing non-party party, which inter
preted means political party outside O
those old parties and composed of large