The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-09-20

as the NeUs would say, and he dreamed that
we are scheeming TO favor the Republican
ticket at the expense Of the Democrat ticket,
by advising the Prohibtionists not to nom
mate county ticket this year. We ex-
plained. our reasons for the suggestions In
the article, but tie General has run an
"organ" SO long that he believes there is
always cat in the meal or a niger in the
wood pile when any illusions to political
methods are discussed.
The logic Of the Generals" theory is
that his party is much more largely embel-
shed with whskey men than the Republi-
can party. That is what the republicans
have always charged, and in place of spurn-
ing the ''foul aspersion' he virtually sub
scribes to it in cold type. You ought 10 be
ashamed of YOURSELF General" starting
out on new departure, and placing your
party of this county away down below the
Republican party by gratutously assuming
that the Democrat party is the whiskey
party of the county. Brutus, are you, too,
stabbing Caesar?
We have pretty much quit taking asser
tons and general oay-soes for facts, and
turned TO statistics. We claim that there
is about the same proportion of Prohibition
lists and temperance men in each of the old
parties, and we will prove this by figures,
beginning right at home. Cecil has been a
democratic county all through this temper
ance agitation, and has one of the best of
prohibition laws call TO herself" Hartford
is Democrat county by about 600 majority
and voted against license last year by 1900
majority. Half the counties of Maryland
prohibit licensing the sale Of liquor, except
for medical and mechanical purposes, and
they are all Democratic with, we'believe, il
single exception. Pennsylvania gave the
Republican ticket in November $4,000 ma
jority, and whiskey lSS,00o in June. Mass
achusetts is a Republican state from the
landing of the Pilgrims, and gave whiskey
last June heavy majority. There were
two cities in the state which gave majorities
in favor of the Amendment, and they were
both Democratic. Stick pin there General"
Rhode Island is Republican state from
away back" had prohibition clause in her
constitution which her republican officers
never made any attempt to enforce, and the
clause was repealed by vote of to a
few weeks since. Are you listening, Gen
eral?" We coull keep right on but these
are enough facts. We have proved our
point. The parties are very evenly divided
in their ratio Of temperance men in proper
ton to their voting population, according
to the best statistical evidence that can be
gained. This being the fact-and there is
no getting away from it-what advantage
would accrue to the Republican ticket Of this
county over the Democratic, by the Prohi-
bitionists retaining from making county
nominations? There is no evidence that
such a ticket would not draw as many from
the Democrat as from the Republican party.
The evidence, if anything, favors the largest
draft on the Democrat party. We plainly
stated why we suggested 10 the prohibition
lists the policy of not nominating ticket
If the prohibition law of this county is
marked for execution the party is not able
10 save it, and if either of the old parties
lays hands on it let them do SO without eX-
cuse so that the whole world may know the
guilty party.
This liquor and prohibition war that is
raging cannot be stopped. 1t is fight to
the finish. This country is bound to be all
liquor or all prohibition. No moral revo-
luton which has been gathering force for
fifty years will be dissipated in fog. The
liquor men are organized for the conflict.
Their Associations are meeting every week,
passing strong resolutions embodying their
demands, and raising thousands Of dollars
to compel the old parties TO accept the spirit
of those resolutions.
The following opening preamble to a
series of resolutions passed by one Of these
associations shows the animus ofthem all:
"The Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers
Association of the State of New York in
Convention assemble in Rochester. Sept. 4th
1859, endorses the policy of regulating, and
condemns the policy Of Prohibition, general
and local."
In one Of their resolutions opposing the
submission Of an amendment of the consti-
tuition to popular vote they say, And we
favor such candidates for the Legislature
without regard to party lines as will pledge
themselves to vote against the pending res
olulion to submit to direct vote of the peo-
pie such an Amendment TO the Constitu-
ton"
The question with both the old parties is,
which can get the most Of the whiskey vote.
Temperance voters have not yet shown man.
hood enough 10 speak out as the whiskey
men do in the above resolution, and their
old parties complacently assign them seat
at the feet OF the rum men whose demands
are always considered first. These are
stubborn truths which temperance men
ought 10 be ashamed Of but they don't seem
to be. They are never heard denouncing the
rum party, but if they have any walls of
wrath to empty they break them on the
head of the party which is fighting the sa-
loon with "tooth and nail" The MIDLAND
JOURNAL is not the organ of an party but a
register of solemn facts, and let him attempt