The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
Gettysburg.

ted last week to make it dryer
yet. Who is there to say aught
against the peoples right to have
it dry if they so elect? Judging
from the manner of conduct OF
election here, and reports else
where, the recent election was
surely hotly contested. Each
side did it's utmost to get out a
large vote and the result was the
largest vote ever cast in this
county. While the majority is
not as large as desired by the
drys, yet it is large enough to de-
eide the question beyond dispute
that the voters of Darke favor
sobriety and civic righteousness.
Let there be obedience rendered
to this righteous verdict. Our
village cast fiftyfour votes dry
and twentynine wet. Bradford
gave dry majority of sixteen.
Our township gave a wet major
ity of thirtythree, and upon the
whole, taking the villages and
township together, we have a dry
majority of thirtythree. That
our township of itself went wet
does not indicate that our coun-
try cousins are in favor of inc
briefly. They voted, many Of
them, from misguided motives.
They adopted the theories which
were no part of the issue and un-
founded in reason or logic. But
the contest is over, and Bacchus
went down before the hosts of
temperance, and now those mis-
guided voters will find from ex-
perience that they were the VIC
tins of leaders of a bad cause.
This election is now among the
things of the past and we are
close on the eve of another in
volving matters of great import
ance. The ballot to be voted,
though large enough for a baby
quilt, is small in comparison with
the Importance of the issues in
volved. This fact will be agreed
to by both of the great parties,
and each will claim that the veal
of the country depends upon its
success in the election. This is
a usual contention, but history is
not a silent factor in determirl-
ing the question of which is cor
rect. Bryan finds several para
mount issues. In all due respect
for his judgment, my opinion is
there is but one chief issue and
that is the tariff or tariff revis-
ion. Both the Republican and
the Democratic party favor re-
vision, but the question to be
considered is the manner of re-
vision by each Of them. It is a
plain fact that both do not favor
the same process. If they did
then there would be no issue up
on this important question. The
| former favor revision maintain
ing the protective policy; the lat
ter, revision adopting what they
call tariff for revenue only, or in
other words, free trade. Thus
the issue is plainly presented and
it remains for the voter to say
which he desires. These two
policies have a history covering
the existence of our government
from the beginning to the pres
ent. We have had the one and
the other alternating according
to the triumph of the one or the
other party. The history has
been the same throughout. When
the protective policy prevailed
the country enjoyed prosperity,
and when the other policy pre-,
vailed hard times afflicted the
people. While history does not
benefit some people and some
will not take the trouble to look
into the historical fact, yet we
are not so far removed from oul
last free trade experience thai
there are many voters who must
recollect the sad experience o1
the Wilson tariff, how the coun
try suffered from it's failure tt
bring the, promised relief, ant
how, in the course of a very shor
time, it was consigned to tn
rubbish pile. Are we ready tt
, vote for another such expert
ment? We are close upon tn
eve Of another election to vote Oh
Ithis very question. In the ligh