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Show anco of law; subordination tigaiust in-! subordination; the stateof Iowa againH the democratic ptrty. Wo recognt.e that the issue in between tho 'interests of trim temperance' and freedom and the rule of an indiscriminate trallic. Via renew our alliauco to the poop.o uf j Iowa, and submit to them ihe duterinin. atiou of the iisaue, rueogniing that the control of the next legislature by tlie : democratic pnrly means state with ! liceu ie, aud that iho control by tho re- j publican party mean continued opposition oppo-sition to the behests of the saloon power through tho iiiuiiitonsiii'u atul eu-forcfmcut eu-forcfmcut of the laws. We deuouuca the democratic pnrty of Iowa us insinuating in-sinuating in in daalings with t l.e saloon sa-loon Unie. Wo charge that party with service to the taioou and with a purpose pur-pose to strengthen Ibtt saloon grasp upon up-on Ihu homes and pol.lu of the o.ate. Wu cite in proof of this its sumuder this ytmr of the loci option feaUre- of tho uiituk of H-i'.i, timlor which last year the pretence of enuoriement by this state wits uiude, aud to which a pledge was uiven in proof for legislate legisla-te nuth nily. We clinrgi that toil abandonment of local option !s l he forerunner fore-runner of further premeditated betrayal, betray-al, and that trust in the democratic jurty will nid in the complete breaking down of the temperance legislation of the state and every towrship thereof, to the pollution arid foiet of the saloon against whatever protest of the communities com-munities now free." Thosu who are familiar with the history his-tory of politics in Iowa know that the democratic party has been bargaining with the whisky element, and till such win recognize ino correctness oi tne indictment, in-dictment, liut it n uot aioue iu Iowa that democracy and king aloohol are found linked together for spoils, la many other states where prohibition ha been an ivme the iinu has been HimiiarJy drawn, while in New York the democratic- party intrenches Itself in power through its alliance with tho ljuor interests. A week ago there was conference of state republican iesgue dliciuis with local leadors in one of the mirthurn cities of that state. One of Urn nalivts criticised the visitors for -omir.g up to orgaiiie that section while Jiew Yoik City and Kings county were permitted to wipe out the enormous enor-mous republican majority of the rest of the state. The leaguu cucretary re-I re-I plied: "Perhaps ws do; but do you know what we have to tight in New York Well. I'll tell you. It is bell aud the democratic party. Again, we are compelled com-pelled to comlmt against 10,01)0 clubs which linvo ihsir headipiartcrs in gin shops run by Tammanv leaders or their heelers. Still, again, no one can securu i:en so small a place of employment as o'l'i on the dump unless he walks up and joins a Ta m man it organization. The ring contraets ihe expenditure, Himuaiiv, of about $lUi),0(iO G'Jd t are is tu&en that every cent shall go into the pi ckets of those only who are friendly to tho C'uokkb Gham-Oii.-Kor administration. Still, again, every foreigner, as soon as he lands at the Harge office, is corraled by Tammany agent and oilered employment upon a pledge lint he will vote the ring ticket. Thcce are some of the obstacles with which we have to eootoml in New York City. Wo are organizing to crush this ring, and we ire here to ask that you not only help us to accomplish that feat, but to ro.it the gang now in control at Albany." This presents the situation in New York, under which the politics of that rl'Oit utaltt ra nnntpnllsnl tit t Vi 1'iriMnn snloous (tf Tammany, and it is a fitting cnmpnnipTfMti)rti i.yjhe one wluci lowaTtifnishes. We refer frttlils feature feat-ure of the politics of the day simply to show that tho republican party is the ono which has to be depended upon to support principle, and that the democracy democ-racy is ready to trade with any element that can give, votes in return for fii 'ors. Illustrations might bo multiplied in other liifes. The light in Wife usin over the school law eao last year furnished one, and tho 1 (Torts of tho democracy to trade with the Alliance furnish another. an-other. The held is one that will reward tho invctigslor, and the young man who shall exploro it wih an unbiased mind will determine that the rcpubli- . : . L. . ! t 1.:..- :r l can jiariy is me iimco lur null, u nu would belong to a political organization fur which he would not have to biush. A I'AItTT OF Fttl.Vf'IPLr, Republicans are proud of their party for many reasons ami not the least of l,hese is that it never shrinks from support sup-port of a principle which it heliev? s to bn fital to the best internets of the people sf the section in which it may bo put forward. The history of the party bears out this assertion, and presents a feature of politics which should ba carefully care-fully stcdied by all young inon who desire t-i get on the side of progress. The demncr.icy for forty years or mot e bas always bea ready to take up any cause that promis'td t:i win it votes, while the republican part; on the otlmr band has nevpr infused to jtiuid ot?t for tho right as seen by the bast eietneuts of loc'.ety, even ta.iugh its position threat eiied. defeat. in the last campaign in Iowa the democrats "P the cry against prohibition, pro-hibition, knowing that it would in that ws.y be aula to weakna the republicau ticket. As a rule, tiio democrats vote loget'ier for the candidatej ot their par'y no Matter what sort of a platform they may stand upon. This was true in Iova and tho whisky voW whieh left hb republicans on the prohibition issue is-sue oIec:ed. a democratic g-ivernor. This year the democrats have igain bid for tne whisky vote but the republicans stand firm. In that state the best sentiment sen-timent is in favor of prohibition and the republicans put themselves in harmony har-mony with that sentiment by upholding uphold-ing tho prohibitory clause of the state ;opstitutiou. It is interesting to read ihe iudictmetit of the democratic party in the republican platform adopted on Wednesday last. It makes tueu a forcible forci-ble presentation of democratic methods lhat we reproduce it as follows: "We havo no apologies to ofi'er the j people nor to the democratic party for ' the republican record in the conspicuous conspicu-ous issue in the stats campaign this year, in the interests of true temperance, temper-ance, aud under the laws of Iowa, enacted en-acted by ths representatives of its sovereign sov-ereign people, the saloon was mado nu butlaw in this stale. Wa charge that the outlaw bs had the patronage, eounel rfPf! ci i;ct'on of the deni-)-rti-s'io i arly; Ihst t.li? deto cratiA p.-rtr , il ins wi n po vcr Las nui.ilieu i'.e ,w, did.iid the atLority of tl.o state i aai expi-ti-cl wiii of t'ie peoi le, and! that now an appeal is inula to the electors elec-tors of the wi. jle state for ths approval of their lawless work. We recognize I ;hat the issue is law against the deli- I |