The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-05-09
si.ooAYEAR, IN ADVANCE.
Friday, May 9, 1880.
The Supreme Court Decision

The Supreme Court Decision
Declaring it out of the power of State
authority to prohibit the importation and
sale of liquor in original packages, empha-
sizes the need of National political party
which will enforce National and Safe pro-
hibltory laws. A party that distinctly an
tagonizes the saloon. A party whose lead
ing and distinctive principle is The destrcu-
ton of the liquor traffic in all the land.
The National Prohibition party has organ
lied gu this solid ground, and the temperance
element will be compelled TO get onto this
ground before it is able to Dust the saloon.
The liquor power has secured so firm hold
of the old parties that it is hopeless task
striving to shake it off The saloon power
and money enlist both the ola parties in
every contest that is made by prohibition,
and by free use Of those party newspapers,
succeed in deceivipg the unsuspecting pub
lie by falsehood and Misrepresentation. 10
Nebraska the battle is raging this year
between the people of that State and the
saloon, and as is usual the liquor associa-
tions have all the daily papers of the State
paid to work for the saloon and deceive the
public who depend upon the daily press for
information, just as they hired the daily
papers in Pennsylvania to do their dirty
work. The old parties are managed by
professional politicians who live by the
business of politics. These men bargain
and trade with the saloon and use their
party machinery to aid it. 1fpublic camor
demaud an act Of the legislature which they
can no longer refuse, straight way an M
Outstanding is had with the saloon, the law
that can't be refused TO popular demand
shall be passed, but the officers chosen to
execute the law shall not see its violations.
The municipal governments are in the
hands of the saloon, it directs the primaries
and nominating conventions with delegates
in the name of both of the old parties, and
the hands of temperance voters are tied.
And they always will be tied while they
continue TO vote for saloon made candidates.
This fact the wise, independent men among
the temperate people saw years ago, and
they also saw that such condition Of
affairs must continue indefinitely, if the
temperance vote had no choice but between
the TWO old parties, hence they resolved to
form a separate and distinct party whose
leading, fundamental principle should be
prohibition of the liquor traffic in State and
Nation. This offered to conscientious tenn
perance voters an alternative between voting
for candidates whose nomination was con-
trolled by the saloon or Acknowledgement.
An opportunity was given such to record
their protest against the saloon at the ballot
box, as well as supply constant menace to
the arrogance of hireling politicians in
whose hands the party machinery of the old
parties has been placed and secured there
by saloon influence. The Prohibition party
stands constant menace and feal to old
parties and the saloon. If the wishes of the
better element of society ON the temperance
question are wholly disregarded, the danger
is ever present of such voters recording their
protest by casting their votes for Prohibi-
ton party candidates. That party has
thorough National and Slate organizations
and is sure 10 maintain them while the
liquor question remains unsettled. The
party is all the time aggressive, keeping the
question continually agiteted, and uncover
ing the rascality of the saloon and old parry
machine men. The Prohibition party
leaders are among the ablest and best in
formed men in the country, who boldly
challenge discussion. They know that the
expedients and trickery of the saloon and
broken promises of old parties must expose
their treachery on the liquor question to
public view, and that in place of diminish
ing, the party must increase in numbers
steadily while the prohibition question is
before the country, and this must remain
till an open contest is forced between the
saloon and the prohibition element of the
country. Sooner or later this condition OF
h'uot SOmS W pdSo' w hSh TIC tCul-
perance element is tired out with false
promises and subterfuges of the Did party
leaders, it will drop away from old parties,
which every years experience shows they
are doing. The upshot of it all will he that
one of the old parties will be compelled to
insert prohibition in its platform without
any ''ifs, ands or butts" or the Prohibition
party will increase its vote till it holds a
balance of power and begins to place its
representatives in the State legislatures and
congress. The whole aspect of the political
field demonstrates that public opinion is shap
ing itself to this end and these results are
inevitable. One fact may as we'll be faced
by those who try 10 keep their eyes shut; and
that is the Prohibition party has come to
stay while there is an open saloon in the
land, and it must steadily grow from the
very nature of the situation.
TT ia Time We Were MOVING