The Irish standard., 1908-03-21

I f1Sh: CIR prohibition in Georgia, Okla
l'"na, Alabama and Mississippi, the
| states which recently enacted it, md
tho leagues members belong to each
| of t:G h;e parties. Nevertheless, there
| is IL fair presumption that tho political
proh'biii,nists will poll 4 vote this
year which will touch a mark not pre-
viouSly approached.
T''o proposed National party. or
Hnarsts Independence League, spread
out over the country, is something of
mystery. 1t will probably have
| larg" following. AS the leagues cam
dlda'o for mayor of New York city in
1908, MIR. Hearst ram Mayor McC.lel-
lam closely, although Mcclellan had
given reasonably good governments in
| Nc" f"rH' and was supported in that
year by thousands of Republicans, who
| deserted their own candidate and vent
| to Mcclellan in order to insure the. do
| feat II ll.arst. In 1906 Hearst VAS
| the ctn'li',;ltc of the league and o. The
Democracy for governor, and all of lis
ticket Mrlc elected except himself. He
was defeated because the Republjcans
had thc wisdom to nominate Hughes,
and also because OF Hearsts Demo-
cratic rnt mics in his own town turned
against him and cast Republican bal
| lots With any other man than Hughes
| at tile head OF the Republican ticket
| in 1906 Hearst probably would have
swept tnc state. He carried many Re
publican strongllolds in the interior.
This makes the Hearst party in 1905,
| If Ecn,s1l himself should be it's candj-
date, something of a. menace to the
Republicans i'm "a fcw close states.
Hearst would undoubtedly poll a heavy
vote IN The present sl1ake-up among
the big Eartics. His advent as a can
| didntc, which is expected, will give the
chmnaign of 1908 a peculiar interest
| for the country.
Moro than once a. minor party had an
| important influence in presidential
campaigns. The first of the third"
parties appeared back in 1892, and that
party Wns the first OF all the political
organizations which adopted the nat
iona! delegate system in its conven-
| ton. The reference here is to the Anti
Masonic pnsty. At that time there was
| a strong prejudice among many FER
| SONS agninst tho Masonic fraternity be-
| cause Of a belief that some members
| Of IT," order abducted and murdered
| William Morgan, II Mason who was
| about to publish a. book exposing the
| secrets "t the order. The prejudice OK
| tended into politics and resulted in the
| nomination of a. presidential ticket in
| 1892 llcI.4"d by William Writ, who lad
beer attorney general under Monroe
| and J"iin Quincy Adams. wirt's party
carried one state Vermont, but 1t did
| not ::ffcut the national result as Jack
sons lead over Clay in the electoral
college was long. Except as d local Or
| gani%a:Ion in a. few states the Anti
| Masonic party disappeared soon after
the canvass Of 1892. 1t was one oc the
coalition comprising the National Re
publ;cans, The anti-Jackson Democrats
| and the u7llIifiers, which united in 1884
| in opposition to Jackson, and which
| adopted the Whig name.
A party which attracted greater at
tent;on than this one appeared eight
years later. 1t was the Liberty party,
| which. Was headed by James G. Birrey
Its object was to shape and direct
public sentiment which would result
in an emancipation Of the slaves. IN the
'Tippecacoe and Tyler, too craze of
that year Birney's party was forgotten,
| but it had Il larger influence in 1914.
| In the !S4O canvass Birney received
only 1000 votes in the country at large.
out Of total of about 100000 Isl
1874 Rirney who was again the candi-
date, was re-enforced by the blunders
] OF Clay, the Whig standard bearer.