Evening journal., 1894-08-21
SURVIVAL OF TIE FITTEST.
REV. DIR. HOWARD DEFINES HIS IDEA
OF POLITICAL POLICY.

with Three Successive Defeats and on
It's Ruins the Prohibition Party WIN
Arise-pIeeting OF the League.
a largely attended meeting Of the VIII.
mington Prohibition League was held
last evening in the Y M g A. Hall After
prayer by Rev. Dr.. Howard, President
George w Todd stated that the object
or the meeting was to perfect arrange.
mtnis for the rally Thursday evening
He said that the Auditorium had bsen
engaged and John q. Woolley would
speak on the relation of the Christian
voter to the saloon and where he should
be found. Mr.. Woolley, be said, is the
most eloquent speaker on the party
platform to-day. In the afternoon he
would speak at the Harvest Home given
under tue auspices OF the Stanton w. C.
I. U at Marshallton grove. Mr. Todd
urged that every member OF the league
make 1t g point to get all friends and &C
quaintances TO attend the evening meet
ing. The Christian Endeav0r societies
should also take a part in making
the meeting success as Mr..
Woolley Is the national lecturer
of that organization. Mr.. Todd
spoke briefly and Interestingly on the
Justice of the cause aad met the claim
that the Prohibitionists were throwing
away their votes, by saying that the
same might be said OF the unsuccessful
party at every election. The party had
nothing to do with msjoritles If tine
votes were cast all right God would
look out for the result. For many years
Noah cast away his work, seemingly,
and the majority was against him,
but when the ark was builded and the
rain fell, Noah and his family were the
majority.
Kew ]. H.Howard was called upon and
spoke briefly. He said that since the
Prohibition day at camp, he had received
great deal Of advertising in the Repub
licsn papers IN this city aud through the
Peninsula he. thought It had done the
cause material good, although some very
unkind things hsd been said sbout him
and the other participants. He had been
described as an ex Rebel and an ex-
Democrat, two charges which could not
rest against him. 1T was bad enough to
have been a Republican, said he.
Dr. Howard defined his position clearly
on this question. He said: Il am tired
Of hearing temperance speeches from
men who dare not vote the Prohi bition
ticket. and have no confidence in the
minister who talks and votes In different
lines If we're in a church and a minis
ter l knew was not Prohibitionist in
vote, was to begin talking on temperance,
l would take my hat and leave
BE described his idea of political
policy ss. being the disintegration of the
| Republican party. Said he: 1T is Only
though the dissolution Of the Republican
party that Prohibition can succeed OF
the Two great parties the Republican
party is the aggressive one and three
successive defeats of its national ticket
means it's disintegration 1t cannot
stand defeat. The Democratic Darty is
conservative and can stand defeas
Every time it is knocked out II
comes up smiling again II is here
10 stay. Therefore If the Republican
party is defeated its clean members
would naturally come TO the Prohibition
party Then the issue would be saloon OF
no saloon, and of necessity the clean
Democrats, no longer having the excosC
of party, would be forced to follow
There are hundreds, yes thousands OF
men to-day, who not having found that
Improvement in business they expected
under the present government, are about
ready to transfer their voters TO an
other party. They know that undei
Republican rule they can expsc. little Il
any improvement and only need the force
Of argument to make them Prohibition
lists
Rsv Robert Watt also spoke He sal,
that the outlook was never brighter 70
tie Prohibionist party and sgreed will
Dr. Howard in his line of policy. H
cited an instance of one of his laymen
The speaker had cornered him IN arGu
ment when the laymsn said "Mr Watt
believe that what you say is right an,
that the Prohibition party is right, AM
If the Republican party loses this time
, will come with you" 81 extended IN
hand to him." said Mr. Watt, "snC
assured him that l would nut have {
waste even 4 pea green emile on him. q
Il was a certainty that his vote wOul
! be with the Prohibition party hereafter
as It was simply an impossibility for th
Republicans to win | advised him {
: have q share in the credit and begin hi
reformation at once
The league then proceeded with bus
ness and elected Ashton r. TRtum 8
chairman Of the Thursday evening
' meeting. Messrs. Perry and WSllac
4 were appointed chief ushers, aud Charlie
. Caldwell, William Shumer, Fred G. Ml
: Call, w H. Edwards, r. NJ. Morris
= Samuel Steadman, Peter Overdeer an
Eogar Coates as assistants. They wi
meet in the Auditorium ticket Office at
+ o'clock p. m. Thursday.
Next Monday evening a regular meet
ing Of the league will be held in I. b
q A hall, at which George h. Goebe
2 of Philadelphia, organizer Of the Juni'
i League, will be the speaker.
The W. G. T. u, of Stanton, will no
e a harvest home In Marshalltoi
I Thursday. In tho morning Rev. Robe
Watt will speak; in the afternoon job