Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-01
PHASES OF THE FIGHT.
NEW RECRUITS STILL COMING INTO
THE RANKS.

Inc Pittsburgh Christian Advocate, Othcr
Newspapers, and Prominent Indivi,l-
"als EmplsaticaIly Urge Separate Polit-
lcal Action by the Friends of prohibi-
ton.
From the Voicel
Important newspapers are following the
lead taken by The Central Christian ADJ
yocate, the Pawtucket (R. ~ GaSette and
record, the Houtzdale Pa.) Observer.
ana other journals which have declared,
since the recent amendment defeats, that
there must be no truce with the Republic
can policy OF high license and that the
more aggressive political action in favor
OF Prohibition.
The Pittsburgh Christian Advocate, o
leading organ Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, said last week:
Politicians and party papers say the
question of Prohibition has been set
tled'-that it is dead The Democratic
party declares against 'sumptuary laws,
and the Republican party indorses High
License. temperance men and the nearly
100000 who voted for the Amendment are
ruled out OF the account as political fac
tors. Political leaders seem to take it
Tor granted that these men will drop into
their places in the party traces, and sur
render the principle for which they fought
and voted. And if this is done at the
coming election, and the parties 60 on as
of old, they will make sure of their con-
clusion, and prohibition will be regarded
as mere sentiment without will OF force.
Such result would be ruinous to US and
to our cause. It would be practical sur
render to the enemy. Politicians would
never again consider US force worth esti-
mating in the making up Of their calcula-
tons. Hence, we repeat that we must
make ourselves felt as political power.
We must make politicians understand
that we have votes-yotes that stand to-
gether for principle; botes that cannot be
bought Oh frightened; votes that hold the
balance of power; and then there will be
no trouble about our cause.
If one-half of the men who voted for
the amendment last June would show
their disgust at the methods and men
dacity employed to defeat that measure
and their contempt for politicians with
out principle, and absolutely refuse to
follow the old parties in their course,
they would thus throw such consterna-
ton into the political camp as would be
very profitable to all concerned. Poll
ticians would conclude that prohibition
was not very dead issue after all, and
that Prohibitionists meant what they
said. And ought We to expect less than
this? Should not one-half, at least, of
the men who voted for the amendment
refuse to indorse any other method of
| dealing with the drink traffic, and demand
that this issue be kept before the people
until it wins? There is no other hope for
prohibition, nor for any other stringent
| temperance legislation. We must stand
together where We can be seen and
| counted.
The Brockwayville Record and the
Punxsutawney Neaes are two Of the
strongest weekly papers of Jetferso Oh
County, Pennsylvania, and both have
been uncompromisingly attached to the
Republican party. They now pronounce
unequivocally for the Prohibition party
and it's nominee for State Treasurer, j
| Il. Johnston The Brockwayville RECORD
says:
The Prohibition party has had a boom
and the cause Of the boom was the I'M.
faithfulness of the other parties in June
The Prohibition party i'll Pennsylva-
MIA has taken new wind and is now one
Of the live aggressive features in the State
drew men away from the Prohibition
ticket were so shamelessly violated at the
last election that they have lost their DOW.
er. The cry of wolf is too thin.
| Prohibition in our own vicinity has
been proven desirable condition. Be.
cause it has, and because MIR. Johnston
represents that condition. and because he
stands on the only State platform that
has ever had the honest courage to advo-
cate the Australian system of voting Q
secret ballot, the Record is for John
ston.
The Punxsutawney Nears says:
"These (former Republicans and DEM
ocrats) have broken off from their old
principles, and have espoused the new
cause with all their fervor. There are
many of that same kind that will show
up this fall. They have the true prin-
ciple of manhood, and they have the cour-
age to follow the principle in which they
believe. All who are opposed. to licensing
evil cannot follow the Republican forces,
nor can they conscientiously follow the
Democratic party-and there is but one
party left to follow Their name isl legion,
and their growth will be greater than Is
expected" .an,