Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-09-29
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 1892

and cannot be made Prohibition
party. The Republican party can
not and will not accept their plat
form. So far as the Republican
purity is concerned. its course is
clear Let it be distinctly under
stood that we have no terms to
make with Prohibitionists, that we
believe that the legislation they
seek is a gross and unwarranted
outrage on the liberty Of free citi-
zcns, and that, as Republicans, we
shall oppose them to the end. y
Brooklyn Times.
Prohibition originated with the
Democrats. They passed the
Maine law. The Democratic party
is identified much more than the
Republican with Prohibition poll
ties. Chicago Tribune.
In the great Western States
the large majority of the beer
saloon keepers are Republicans. and
their patrons are largely Republi-
cans. Chicago Tribune.
The defeat of the Prohibition
Amendment i'll Pennsylvania was
occasioncd by the combined vii
lainy of the Republican and Demo-
cratic machines. using every prac-
tice known to corrupt politics. =
Chairman Palmer (Republican.)
After the decisive votes of
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
it i, hardly fair to accuse the Re
publican party of Prohibition pro
cHvitics. The foolish cpl
deinic of Prohibition has about run
it, course. ."-Brooklyn Times.
a story has been started in
Chicago to the effect that General
Harrison is in favor Of Prohibition.
Til, IS Il lie. General Harrison is
Il Republican. On the temperance
question. as on all others. he
stands with the Republican party.
General Harrison is too
good Republican to be il Prohi-
bitionist "-lndianapolis Journal,
june Is, 1855.
". Is there now between the
oh parties any question of such
magnitude and Importance as to
make the introduction of a new
issue Il matter Of doubtful propri-
ely: Are the Democratic and Re
publican parties in such clear am
tagonism upon any great question
Of public policy that such question
Is decided i'll one way by a Repub-
icau victory. and in the opposite
manner by Democratic triumph2
Has not the whole case narrowed
itself down to shameful scramble
for the spoils of office:
Does any man. free from binding
prejudice, venture to assert that on
the tariff questions there is sub
stantial agreement within either
party, or ii sharply defined distinc-
ton as to the attitude actually
sustained by the two organiza-
tions:
Has not the history of our more
than a century as ii republic abund-
antly proved the impossibility of
making the tariff a dividing issue
between parties? Has not the
changed and changing attitude Of
these party organizations on the
tariff question furnished abundant
proof that neither party is in sub
stantial harmony thereon, while
each makes use of it, not in an
honest effort "tO correct the in
equalitics, but in a vicious deter
mination to capture the offices:
Is the tariff not a convenient
substitute to divert the public
mind from the solution of ques-
ton larger and more important in
all its bearings.
Bonfort's Wine and Spirits
Circular on July 10, 1888, con-
tanned the following:
In truth, ninety days hence
this tariff discussion will have SO
monopolised public attention that
the political temperance cranks
will fairly be forgotten in their
obscurity and when that desir-
able condition of things comes
about, the trade need not fear any
further abridgments of its rights.
Gentlemen of the trade,
let us unite in rejoicing that the
politicians are now twisting the
tail of some other OK than our
own. Hurrah for Protection ,
And then again, with redoubleJ
gusto, hurrah for Free Trade :"