The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-06-27
RUNS SECRETS OUT.
LETTERS FROM SALOONlSTS ON
HOW TO RUN A CAMPAIGN.

Our limited space forbids printing them
in full, but the headlines above will
show the plans proposed.
Here is one, short and sweet, from a
leading firm of Boston wholesalers, but
it contains nearly the whole wisdom of
the saloon keepers campaign:
BOSTON, March I've think to &C.
romplish the best results in your state
would be to use the bulk of the funds
with newspapers, also to mail to every
voter in the state anti-Prohibition docu-
ments. Advocate high license and reach
all the politicians and others of influence.
Do not think you can silence the pull
pit, but you can induce some of them to
advocate high license on moral grounds.
We would advise politically still
hunt in the country places. Very truly
yours, DEvEREAUX & MEsERvE.
FRANKLY ADVISES TO BRIBE AND FALSIFY.
WORCESTER, Mass, March 7.-Your
great battle cry must be ''High License
VS.. Prohibition"
Anti-Prohibition documents, for gen.
eral circulation, are not worth the paper
they are written ON. The reason for
this is, that Prohibitionists won't read
them, and the other side you have al
ready with you. The public press is the
great lever to send your wheel rolling in
the right direction. Subsidize the press
all you can, and get them to talk up
"high license" also get them to agitate
the question that farmers will not be al
lowed to make cider or light Wine. This
cider clause helped us more than any
thing else, because we got the farmers
vote, and you get farmers vote every
time you touch his pocket.
We should advise you not to hold any
public meeting, as those very good Pro-
hibitionists won't attend them, and you
will have the hall filled with q gang Of
loafers, which will make you look like
estates prison BIRDS" and the papers
will come out the next day with: "a
man is known by the company he keeps" :"
Wishing you every success, and hoping
to hear you have knocked the stuffing
clean out of them, We remain yours
truly, BOWLER BROS.
PROHIBITION DOES PROHIBIT.
WORCESTER, Mass, March Tt have
been the Treas. for the past three years
of the Liquor Dealers in this City, and
as we have locle option, we have hard
fight every year. The year coming, from
May 1st next will be No License here,
and that means that we will be oblijed
to move our stock to Boston.
My experience has been that if there is
too much talk made it strengthens the
temperance party, and think the best re-
suit can be obtained by working the
newspapers and obtaining the influence
of influential men of both parties, hope
ing that you may be successful in your
fight against the cranls, 1 remain
E PIERCE.
HIGH LICENSE GOOD ENOUGH.
Boston, March 81, 19S9.-The high
license idea is good one, under any Cir
cumstances, provided it is not too high.
1t has always seemed to me that 81 900
was high enough, but we have to pay
1900 here. l believe our law is not less
than 81 900, and leaves it to the select
men and police commissioner of city to
raise the price if they choose. l hardly
think enough good results from anti
Prohibition literature to pay for the ex-
pense. In my opinion, the best way to
fight the "Prohibition amendment" is to
get men of influence, who are in favor of
license, to talk through the medium Of
the press. Also to work through the
people at the polls. 1t requires money
to do these things, of course, and judg-
ment in selecting men for the work. Get
the best men for the duties who are in
favor of license and set them to work.
EUGENE LYNCH.
Hem Goodwin, of Aberdeen, Dak.,
writes: Gentlemen, 1 pity you," and
ends by bewailing the fact that "Busi-
ness is gone, and in a few weeks shall
have to go into another state to hunt
location and begin business"
]. J. Gould, also of Aberdeen, says;
81 hope you will have better success with
Prohibitionists than. we had in Dakota" !"
OF course they all urge the plea that
prohibition does not prohibit"
The Red River Valley Brewing COM
pany, of Fargo, N. D., writes: THE press
and pulpit you can only silence with
money"
Fechheimer Bros, of Detroit, Mich,
give the benefit of their experience in the
Michigan fight. They say:
LAS your state is always controlled
and by large majority Republican, you
ought to engage the services of a good
Republican to act and aid you as one of
your chief advisers how to conduct your
campaign. If you could get such man
say the secretary or assistant secretary
of your state Republican central COM
mittee-he would perhaps do you more
good than any other dozen of assistants.
Appoint the very best press commit
tee,' whose duty shall be to get as many
influential newspapers as you can
get to oppose Prohibition; this is a
very essential feature and must be
carried into effect. As to public speak
ing we would advise you to obtain the
services of few very prominent public
men, men who are well known temper
ance but not Prohibition men, and
week or two prior to the election get up
we'll organized citizens meetings, called
by prominent citizens, not liquor men,
Make extraordinary efforts to have such
mass meetings a big success, and have
all your daily papers to give the finest
detailed reports; buy or order very large
editions of these daily papers containing
reports of these meetings and have same
distributed all over the state; all these
actions if well carried out will result in
the defeat of Prohibition"
Surely enough has been shown toproye
that liquor men have no scruples, but
will stoop to any meannesS to carry their