The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-08-17
THE PROHIBITION VOTE.
Every Citizen Who Wants Good GovSfn.
ment Should Mako lin Ballot Count.


Tho men and women who feel In.
clined to vote the Prohibition ticket
this fall should beware lest they fan
, under the condemnation of the servant
who, having received one talent, went
and diggcd in the earth and hid his
lords money.
The elective franchise is sacred
trust which each person who possesses
1t is In duty bound TO use to the best
advantage of the state. No one has Il
right to throw his vote away-to dig
In the earth and hide the talent In.
trusted to him, But that is just what
each person will do who votes the Pro-
hibitlon ticket next fall. There is no
chance of the election Of Prohibition
candidates, and all the Prohibition
votes may be needed for good govern
ment. To bury ones vote In the Pro.
hibition party Is to play the part of
the wicked and slothful servant, who,
when his lord returned from his jour
ney, could Five no good account of the
talent intrustcd 10 him.
We believe that practically all the
prohibitionists are In favor OF good
government, Notwithstanding we think
they are In error In advocating prohl-
billion. They know that the PopulIst
party has been disaster To Colorado.
and that It's continuance In power
would prolong the Injury already In.
iiictcd. They know also that the votes
they east for the Prohibition ticket
will Indirectly be east for the Populist
candidates. Their action, therefore.
will he favorable to u perpctuntion OF
bad government. and instead OF help
Ing viii inJurc the state.
No person has n right 10 follow an
Idea which for the time being, ut least,
cannot he realized, when by so doing
he works public injury. Whatever n
Prohlbltlonlst may say about the evils
Of the liquor traffic, he must admit
that the regulation Of that traffic or It's
prohibition IL n matter OF detail, and
that II IL OF small importance com.
pared to the establishment and main.
trnnncc OF orderly government. 1t
would be better to have all the evils OF
the liquor traffic under government
which would encourage industry, main.
tain order aud promote material pros.
peri,y, than TO encourage Il govern
ment characterized by disorder aud n
spirit OF anarchy. with nj the same
time all the evils OF the liquor tr;lilic
AT work.
Prohibition cannot he established 10y
voting the Prohibition ticket this year.
A vote east for II under existing cir
cumstnnccs would only tend 10 make
n ma Iorlty OF the Intelligent people be-
llcve that the prohibltlonlsts would
rather follow single Idea than lay
aside their fnvorltc principle for u
short time In order TO join other good
citizens In nm effort Ia redeem the state
fiom the misrulc OF populism.
II seems TO us that vote by an In.
tcllIgent citizen FOR the Prohibition
ticket In this campaign would be u
gross misuse OF the elective franchise.
We can Ind no excuse for II whatever.
This IL no time 10 follow bypnths. Til.
straight road TO good government Hes
open and clear before the people OF
Colorado. and II II their patriotic duty
10 follow that road without turning
to either the right hand or the left.
The. Interests OF Colorado ~ n state
which depends FOR prosperity upon the
nrr greater than those OF any singh.
party. We have nRked Intelligent
Democrats To lay aside partisan con.
flucrHHoHr Ior 'n' 'ih' WINK hhu Join
tho Republicans In voting for good
government. and We are gind 10 b..
licye that thousands of them Will fol.
low this advice. They viii do II not
because Of amy request that may be
mnde upon them. but because they rec.
ognlsc the supreme Importance OF over.
throwing the ropullsi party. In be.
half of orr state we make n like appeal
10 the prohlbltionists.-Dcnycr i,cpub.
licnn.