The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-30

THE NEW sssRowLER'' PANTY.
IN. Proh,bsssonssss are to be eongras-
rfatee upon the wisdom which confined
their platform 70 one plank They would
have been entitled 20 much more praise
~ shey had left out even that plank.
BY moral persnasson and regulating laws.
but that rssrysctisn has nethlns on earth
TO DO with ths election Of the president
Of the United Stats and n nsver WI b.
accomplished ~ any such s6erts a. thoss
which have brought the party into ssd.-
eais IN the past II the Prohtbir.ooists
are not strong enough 70 elect q town
councillor who I'll favor an ordinance
ssci;shinG saloons or strong enough TO
elect members Of the legislature who
viii pass laws making II criminal Of
fsnss 20 buy or ser iis.or. how can they
expect 20 elect the PRESIDENT
They have . good example In the anti
slavery movement. which Vas not sue
cessfal with . separate political organ,-
za,icn. but grew up within the party
finally became . majority within that
parsy's ranks. Those who favor pretee-
ton dsd the same with the Republican
party and eventually acquired q con-
trolling interest IN 81 The Prohibition
:sts until this year have been disposed.
instead Of concentrating AL their ener-
giss to one purpose. 10 invite . large
number Of Heterogeneous long haired
zen and short-haired women with . va
ned assortment Of wheels 20 Join their
ranks. The result was not honogeneity
but intsrnecsne warfare Instead OF be-
ing bound together by q common cause.
their conventions we're characterized by
bitter disssnsions- The main body has
now been split In two. one half hcidins
simply TO the prohibition plank and an
ethsr forming to unite . party to which
Ne suggest the nans q the groviera"
Prohibition naturally suggests grous-
era ane the leaders Of the new party pro-
pose - work them. for their FIRST BUSH
ness wsn b .'te invite Al dissatisfied per-
ssm from the ether parties 70
aaA harmonious AGGREGATION this would
p~oducsi Woman suffrage. free silver.
anss-rnonepciy. down with this Pope"
and no beer. We presume that there II
70 - no beer. although there may Be an
exception made In favor Of small beer.
because II IN said there 10 to be broad
gauge platform with . modified proai-
hftson feature"
We are TO have. II seems. . sort OF pro-
hih,iion vhish 10 not quite prohioi,ten.
bat re DOUBT II the platform viii b broad
gauge snoaxh for tbs only kind Of prohibit
ton which wiii ever hecome successful in
. free country like the United States
that prshs5ition which prohibits a man
being compelled to drink beer o. other
liquor Il. he DOES not want 20.
We are glad that even at Prohibition
convention such 8 money plank as u pro-
posed was rejected. In a long sentence.
% long that the tail was the wrong Kind
Of . tail 20 have on that kind of q head. It
declared In favor Of ali that constitutes
sound money and wound up by insisting
tE0H IN ShAf fAsa8 NHi%A
give A. Some Of u are willing 90 have .
axea ratio by international agreement
ard come others are IN favor OF |; with or
without that agreement. but the Prohioi-
,io1ist.. who always win 60 to an sx-
IRENE ray they won't have II unless II
shall - without the cooperation OF any
other nation" Even . free s.ivsrite Of the
Telier-Tfiman-Brya an BLAND brand does
no, go as far as this. nay. not sven n vs
descend 20 the bottom OF the Nevada pit
asg by Jones ana stewsr, shan we reach
sseh Depths as ihisl
The history Of parties IN this country
shows that presidential contests have al
ways been between two great parties. ana
,hA, third party has never come within
cne-tenth % the nats body ~ ~. voters
National Republicans. iDdcpendent.. Anti
Mason.. Liberals. Free Sellers. Free Dem
ocrsts Americans. unionists. Grrennack-
ers. PceFle's party. United liberals ard
eocianss-IASar parties are stre~n sloag
TIE pathway OF time. Ike the skeletons OF
snwiss cattle who hsve sought TO bar the
way % the powerful locomotive Witch
bears the people forward to sucoesa