Blue-grass blade., 1891-02-21
NO DEALS NOR FCSIONS.
ST. JOHN SENDS THE WORD ALONG
THE LINE, STAND FIRMLY.


"And Having Done All. TO Siand"Tla
Prohibition Party Stands FOR. the Peo-
pie Against OIL rarty Crime wish
to Paltcr.
In II letter re- ivod by Rev. A. IT.
Richardson, Prohibition candidate for
governor of Kaa rs. fow days before
election. cx-Gove,aor st. John arraigns
the Republican 9rty in strong terms
He opposes anything like a fusion, and
denouncos Harm III, Morton and other
Republican leaf . as unrelenting foes
of the cause Of Prohibition. lie gives
the Shorcliam lar n dig and declares
the Mckinley bill "the most out
rageous schem. ever parpctrated to
rob the great DO, yof the people il order
to enrich favor Il few The letter in
full is as follows
Rev. \. N. RichS jlson, Lawrence. Kan.
DEAR SIR ca sec no reason what
ever why any Prohibition candidate
should withdraw ii favor CT the Repub.
Ecan party or an Of its nominees. For
years past the IN J who control Eepub-
lican politics hay been the unrelenting
foes Of the Pr libitlon party. They
have lnstigated ! spirit Of Persecution,
yiliication and use of political ProAi-
bitionists withou. parallel in the his
tory of this COun ny.
Men and wome have been hung and
burned in efigy, often ogged, mobbed
and even uurd ed, because as Pro
hibitionists t.ey AIRED to do their duty
and cast an indsl enlent vote. IN 1893,
irsaead essar5+suJ Gen. Clinton 81
Fisk. Grand Christian soldier and
statesman. on an Tnequivocgl rrohibi-
ton platform, tle Republican party
elected Daniami' Harrison. who was
not only wei known to be opposed to
Prohibition, but who has since his in
auguration appointed notorious friends
of the liquor tral2c TO Office, and at his
great state dinners placed five wine
glasses at each plate-four more than
Belshaz2er used, and the vice president
elected by the same party has for the
past twelve months maintained Il tony
liquor bar mt has Shoreham hotel in
Washington city.
The national capitol is today, and has
been for years, cursed with two saloons,
and a Republican senate within the past
sixty days refused to adopt Senator
Plumb's resolution TO drive the one I'M
der its control outof the building. Just
at this time here III Nebraska, where the
Prohibition partyij wholly ncglecting
its own political interests ana concen-
trating every possible effort for the
adoption of the Prohibitory amendment,
the entire ~ chinEy Of the "old party.
backed up by i.J leading politicians and
great daily papers, aided by rum Doodle,
is being uael IS i, was in New Hamp-
shire, Massachusat >, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut and Pennsylvania to defeat the
home ana crown tie saloon with another
victory.
Under the constitution and laws of
Kansas ample power is given to close
every ''dive" in The state, but in the ex-
ercise of that power more attention has
been given 20 the Success Of the party
than TO the success OF Prohibition.
Men whose open and persistent viola
tions of the law hal become notorious,
when at last ove'tg,;en by justice. were
promptly parlGnei ana turned loose TO
again enter upon their business Of -
stroying the home5'a and manhood of the
people.
The spirit Ct political intolerance is
such that If n man leaves the Republic
an party it matters not where he goes
Except he enter tLr Democratic ranks
nor for what cause. hc isat once branded
by Il horde Of time serving politicians as
a "traitor, dema%oHae, fanatic, boodler
Democratic aid AMI thief And the
spirit which prompts these things. re-
member, il tho legi innate outgrowth Of
dis8racaful political system which has
been developed Of lata years under the
manipulaiouI OF ~ ,oriou5 corruption
lists, who, in laagua with the liquor traf-
iic, mOuop0ll"l aud money power Of the
nation, in 1858 traael the goycrnorship
Of New Yor.; for The presidency. And
when the ringleadcr in that chapter of
rottenness was openly denounced and
severely coude!ane in the national cap
ital by IN honest arl fearless Republic
an mClnber Of 'ngress, bis speech was
prolnply o&puL%i from the records aud
he thus rcbu'.>d :or daring to speak the
truth.
But now. having launched upon the
country the McLiinll y BILL the most out
rageous Aelna ever perpetrated TO rob
the greay ylly Of the people in order to
enrich fa;orel few. finding general
revolt throurlou, the west. aud The
party sinl.l;u4aor the crushing weight
of it, own sins, it frlatically appeals 10
the members Of the farmers independent
AMI Of TIE Prohibition party
the very. mal it has prosecuted. do
rided and spit upon-to save it.
Is is tho same old story.
Having abandoned tho negroes of tho
south. allowing them TO DO hunted down