Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-02-24
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corporation election is drawing near
l want to venture a few lines in re-
gard to the same. Some people may
think that owing to the quietness OF
the former leaders of the temperance
party that the temperance question
will not be considered at all in the
coming election, but that the ques-
ton will be ignored entirely. There
fore, the friends Of the temperance
party will not take any trouble or be
particular about paying their taxes
on or before the LIST day of March, al
the law requires.
Now let me state a few facts and
venture a suggestion towards remedy
ing the trouble. The former leaders
Of the temperance party were APP
pointed last year by regular, organ
lied temperance league as com
mittee to select g. ticket to be known
as a Temperance Ticket This
committee, after considerable con-
sultation in the committee room, de-
cided upon the ticket. The commit
tee then went to work to secure the
consent OF those whose names had
been selected, which assure was not
an easy task. Men offered excuse
after excuse, but after much hard
pleading the ticket was finally made
up and reported back to the league,
and was adopted by the same league.
At this juncture let me give one e1-
cuse so many offered for not wanting
to go on the ticket, and | must con
Tess it was good one. They said: Il
would not object If it were not for the
abuse that our own party heaped
upon the councilmen when elected
and who voted upon some question
that was contrary to their views a
councilman cannot vote upon all ques-
tions to please all, therefore he is
censured in no mild tones and is
abused in a shameful manner.
Please take notice and give every
man the right to his opinion upon
these questions when called upon to
vote in the council. Now, again, in
explaining the situation in the last
campaign, l want to say that after
the league had adopted the ticket
and it was made known, some of our
warm temperance friends who did not
attend any Of the league meetings,
and therefore were not consulted,
heaped vengeance upon our heads
for selecting men on the ticket whom
they did not like. BY their talk and
denouncing these men no doubt they
got few followers, and the conse-
quence was that the temperance ques-
ton was defeated by the loss of one
man on the temperance ticket. Such
proceedings and some other acts in
about the same keeping that have
taken place during the last year by
our own party friends, have disgust
ed the former leaders, and they desire
now not to be the recognized leaders,
but to be known as true temperance
voters. Now the remedy | would sug-
gest is that these parties that had such
serious objections to the temperance
ticket last year would produce full
fledged temperance ticket next week
in the REGISTER, and | will gueran-
tee that the former leaders will vote
for il without q scratch, aud that If
our people will see to having their
head taxes paid in time we will elect
the ticket. And if this is done there
will be no need Of the former cry that
the old ring, or the clique, or GER
tain few got up the ticket-or any
such remarks to be made, and you
will find the "old ring walking up to
t..e polls with their head taxes paid
aud voting the straight temperance
ticket as usual.
Now let me say in conclusion that |
urge every temperance voter, and ev-
cry one that desires to see our town
free from the rum traffic, TO pay his
head tax on or before the lst Of March.
There will, no doubt, be a temper
ance ticket in the field, put in by some
one, and you will have the pleasure
and opportunity Of voting for the
same. Do not depend upon the coun-
" court. We have enough temper
ancs voters in our own town to stop
it in our council, if our people will
only vote the straight and solid ticket
without scratching. Do not let your
prejudices and personal dislikes keep
you from voting the solid ticket. but
remember that principle is involved.
Hoping that word to the wise is SUI
ficient, / am one Of the so-called
former leaders. >. ,.