The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-28
PROHIBITION PARTY
APPEAL TO VOTERS
The Goal for Which They Have
Striven Now Nearly in Sight

Montpelier, Oct. 28-The, State
Prohibition party have issued the fol-
lowing appeal to voters:
1t has been a principle of the pro-
hibition party to only name members
of it's own party for public Office.
This year, the goal for which the
party had striven for nearly half
century was in sight; the national
prohibition amendment to the cons
titution of the United States, and the
party was ready to clasp hands with
any one who was ready to support
that amendment.
1t is 70 come before our Legisla-
ture in January next for ratification
and we are ready to support men of
either great party for the Legislature
who are solidly for the amendment.
1t transpired that the Republicans,
with the neighborly assistance Of
local option democrats, found them
selves in unavoidable possession of a
candidate for governor, not the ex-
pressed choice of a majority of the
republican voters at the primary
| 7104 more votes having been cast for
the candidate for governor than for
the candidate OF candidates for any
/ other state Office on the republican
| ballot.
This candidate for governor is said
not to have, at all times in past years,
acted in strict harmony with the re-
publican party in the state.
He is the declared opponent of the
national prohibition amendment and
advocate of lcgalizing the drink evil
by way Of the local option method.
We have never seen republicans
point with pride" to him as a con-
spicuous example of party loyalty
and exponent of republican princip-
les.
The balance of the candidates fol
state offices on the republican ticket
were said to be mainly for the amend
ment and, so far as they were for it
were acceptable to the prohibition
party, and, after consultation will
some of them, all but one were piac-
cd on the prohibition ticket, no op
position having been made.
We were urged, on grounds of ex
pediency, ID adopt the head of tht
ticket also The arguments therefor
were very friendly, adroit and inter
esting but as we did not know mar
lin the state less representative of oul
principles, we nominated the demo
cratic cand. date for governor, DR.
I William B. Mayo, of Northfeld, whs
had openly declared himself for th'
national prohibition amendment
Subsequently, after a conference o
the leading republican nominees, tn.
the republicans named on our ticket
exercising their undoubted right un
lder the law, notified the secretary O
Estate that they elected to appear OIL
the republican ballot only, and th
prohibition ticket was then filled, be
low the governor, was tried, true ant
capable men of the prohibition part:
and now stands as follows:
For Governor, William B. Mayo o
Northfeld; Lieut. Gov, John NJ. Per
ham of St. Johnsbury; State Treas
urer, Scott NJ. Farnum of Lyndon
vile; Secretary of State, Chauncy E
Beeman Of St. Albans; Auditor O
Accounts, Stedman C. Wheeler 0
Waterbury.
! Our platform stands for the ma
tional prohibition amendment; win
ming the war; equal suffrage; uniform
marriage and divorce laws; with som
less prominent planks and for an am
endment TO the primary law so n
party will again, by the assistance o
members of a sister party, find itsel
in such {, "fx" as the republican
find themselves this year, thus com
pelling many loyal, republicans t
openly declare: II shall vote fo
Mayo"