The Delta independent., 1894-08-15
rHs PROHIBITION VOTE.
Every Citizen who wnntA Good 6overn-
inrnt Should Make His Ballot Count.


fncnt should Make His Ballot Count.
The linen and women who feel in.
clined TO vote the Prohibition ticket
this fall should beware lest they fall
under the condemnation of the servant
who, having received one talent. went
and digged in the earth and hid his
lords money.
The elective franchise Is sacred
trust which each person who possesses
II Is In duty bound to use to the best
advantage of the state. No one has a
Fight 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
hibitibn 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 give no good account of the
talent intrusted to him.
We believe that practically all the
Prohibitionists are in favor of good
government. Notwithstanding we think
they are in error in advocating prohi-
bition. They know that the populist
party has been disaster to Colorado,
md that Its continuance In power
would prolong the injury already In.
fiicted. They know also that the votes
they cast for the Prohibition ticket
will indirectly be cast for the Populist
candidates. Their action. therefore,
will be favorable TO perpetuation OF
bad government, and instead OF help
ing will injurc the state.
No person has a right to follow an
idea which for the time being. at least,
cannot be realized, when by SO doing
he works n public injury. Whatever n
Prohibitionist may say about the evils
of the liquor traffic. he must admit
that the regulation of that traffic or its
prohibition Is n matter OF detail, and
that 1, is of small Importance COM
pared to the establishment and main.
tenancc 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 and promote material pros.
perity, than to encourage govern
ment characterized by disorder and \
spirit of anarchy. with at the same
time all the evils OF the liquor traffic
at work.
Prohibition cannot be established by
voting the Prohibition ticket this year
A vote cast for II under existing cir
cumstances would only tend to make
n majority of the intelligent people be-
lieve that the Prohibitionists would
rather follow single idea than lay
aside their favoritc principle for n
short time In order to join other good
citizens In an effort to redeem the state
From the misrule of Populism.
The interests of Colorado as a state
which depends for prosperity upon the
maintenance of orderly government
are greater than those of any SINGLE
party. We have asked intelligent
Democrats to lay aside partisan cen
sidcrations for the time being and join
the Republicans In voting for good
government. and we are glad to Ne
iicve that thousands of them will fol
low this advice. They will do II not
because Of any request that may be
made upon them, but because they rec
ognize the supreme Importance of over
throwing the Populist party. In be-
half of our state we make like appeal
to the Prohibitionists.--Dcn Repub-
lican.