The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-22
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NO DEAL FOR HIM.
Chairman Parker, of the
Prohibitionist State
Committee, Wants
a Straight
Ticket.
THE WERTS LAW THE BEST.
He Believes that the 5000 Prohi-
bition Votes Will Be Cast for
Candidates of Their Own.
Especial to the .Jeryev Ctr Ne,os.

Especial to the JERSEY City Ne,os.
PERTH AaBoY, May %, 1889. 1.-THE Re-
publicans have been following the tactics
of sharpshooters; they have been trying
to bring down our generals, hoping to
throw our army into panic; but they
will not succeed"
The speaker was Cortlandt L. Parker,
of Perth Amboy, chairman of the State
Central Committee Of the Prohibition
party. His words were the conclusion of
q conversation regarding the possible
plans, purposes and position of the New
Jersey prohibitionists in the coming cam
paign He referred to the attempt of the
republicans to secure prohibition votes
next fall by giving taffy to General Fisk
and other leaders.
We We're standing on the stoop of his
house. In front of us the bay, Staten
Island and far away Sandy Hook made as
pretty picture as the eye could wish,
while the air was filed with fragrance of
spring, distilled from the luxuriant trees
and the close cropped lawn by passing
shower But Mr.. Parker regarded none
of these things, so wrapped up was he in
the earnestness with which he spoke.
Just before, he had said:-'.When left
General Fisk three honrs ago" he said,
Tell our people that they can rely on
General Fisk in the coming campaign
just as much as in the past; that he is
still prohibitions to the core"
NO STEP BACKWARD.
Mr.. Parker read the interview with
General Fisk printed in THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS last evening. When asked If he
thought that General Fisk's remark con-
cerning local option would be regarded
by prohibitionists as step backward, he
replied:--"I do not care what General Fisk
is reported as having said, for / know
what he has said to me- He probably
meant that the discussion of local option
would be valuable for educational pur-
poses.
81 believe that my sentiments ere his. l
am very strong prohibitionist, and | do
not mean to takea step backwards. be-
lieve that the only way the liquor power
can be put down is by prohibition. There
can be no real sentiment in favor of pro-
hibition in the two existing parties unless
they cut loose from the liquor power. I
don't believe in high license. 1t would
afford recognition to the liquor power. al
low it to entrench itself behind the law
and make rum-selling reputable.
SEPARATE NOMINATIONS.
'tThe State Central Committee of the
Prohibition party will meet at Trenton
June next, and | feel positive that it
will recommend holding a convention
early, making nominations for Governor
and for the Legislature, and having as
thorough a canvass made as possible.
'sThe republican liquor law was very
defective in my Judgment. Nevertheless,
was one of the earliest to set about pre-
senting petition to the court for hold
ing local option election. Ibid this with
hot q ff1ll nTld fyh
sion of the question would be valuable to
the cause of prohibition for educational
purposes, and not because believe
in local option. We started an early cam
paign to thus educate, but from the first
/ was sat down upon by the republicans,
by the men who passed the measure.
Prohibitionists are always ready to help
any one in ways like this to push the
question against the saloons. 1t may be
that General Fisk, in his own town, con-
templates some such action.
THE WERTS Law THE BEST.
eve hold prohibition meeting here
Sundays. Only last Sunday my speaker
disappointed me and / took the platform
myself / compared the two laws, the
local option law which was passed by the
republicans for party purposes, and the
Werts law, which was passed by the
democrats for party purposes, and
said that, leaving out local option,
the Werts law was better than the
republican measure for putting down the
saloons, for the enforcement Of the law
and for the curtailing Of the liquor power.
The democratic law. is better in all its
parts than the Local Option law for the
putting down of the rum traffic Under
the latter law a saloonkeeper could get
license for $50 which entitled him to sell
liquor by the quart, the gallon or the gill.
Now he must have one license to enable
him to sell quart or less that is to carry
on the dram trade, and another license to
sell more than quart, which cannot be
drunk on the premises. This law should
do away with what is called running the
growler.'"
NO DEAL, HE SAYS.
"Do you think that any alliance of any
kind will be made with the republicans
looking to the election of Governor on to
the control of the Legislature?"
"There Is no more chance of any alliance
of the Prohibitionist with the Republican
or any other party than there is of my
jumping off the dock or taking journey
to the moon. ! have yet to find prohibi-
Zionist who has in the least limited at such
athing. There are 900 of us in this State,
and the votes of all of lis will be cast for
prohibition candidates.
NO TRUST HERE
sWhat il the republicans should prom
ise to pass another Local Option law. or
prepare to submit prohibition constitu-
tional amendment to the peoples'
I'VE wouldn't trust them: we would
put no faith in them The Prohibition
party is now long way in advance of
public opinion What we are trying to do
now is to educate public opinion, and
build up our party We don't propose to
90 in now for the defeat of any other
party Besides, 1t would be suicidal for
either the Democratic or Republican
party to make an alliance with us. AS
soon as such an alliance were made
known, the saloon Interest would desert
the party which made it. =
Mr.. Parker expressed the conviction
that majority of the Prohibitionist
State Committee agreed with him.