Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1888 — What the Third Party Wants. [ARTICLE]

What the Third Party Wants.

Hon. Albert Griffin, of Kansas } Chairman for the Anti-saloon Republican National committee, has set to work to condense the programme of the Third party and to Jlrrief way its hopes and plans. Every conscientious Republican will do well to read what he says, and here it is: If we can defeat the" Republican party this year, by drawing from its ranks enough zealous temperance, men to enable the saloon party to triumph; and if the Republican party becomes so, cowed that it refuses even to kick, and straightway gives up the ghost; and if its members prove to be devoid of human nature, and conclude to kiss the hand that sffiote them; and if woman suffrage does not prove to be “an old man of the mountain” on our shoulders: arid if a majority of the people suddenly become indifferent to the tariff, currency, immigration, labor, land and other questions, about which they now care more than they do about anything else; or if we are able to make the supporters of both sides of other questions believe that we favor their views; and if enough of these antagnistic elements can be welded together under our leadership to constitute party, we will surely win. And then, and in that case, if our legislators are uniformly wise, and our officers zealous and efficieut; and i/no new set of misguided en thusiasts, rejected officeseekers, cranks and marplots are led by our success to follow our example, and break our party to pieces, in order to use the fragments in the building of another, before we shall have done our perfect work, we will wipe the saloons from the face of the earth—as soon as we can and everything will be lovely—with us on top* The Republicans of the senatorial district composed of Carroll, White and Pulaski counties have nominated as their candidate John O’Conner, an Irishman and a “reformed” Democrat. He is an able man and very popular among all classes of peopje, and despite the' large democratic majority of tJiei district his chances for election are excellent, fle was formerly a railroad man and had touch to do do with tne construction of the Air Line railroad and at that time became well attd favorably known to many cxtiseus of Jarfper county.