The Prohibition Home Protection "Bait."
By Editor
DR. MCDONALD, the leader of the Prohibition Home Protection party in California, having been accused through the S. F. Examiner, by a writer signing himself "Prohibitionist," of an intention to lead the party "into the Republican net," defines the real intent in that journal of the 6th inst. We extract as follows:— "Let me refer 'Prohibitionist' and your readers to the national call for the county conventions to be held on February 22d, which reads: 'We hereby pledge ourselves to each other that we will entirely separate ourselves from the Republican and Democratic parties, and from all parties not opposed to the liquor crime.' I think that is explicit enough, and leaves no room for doubt. But since the process of leading the Prohibition Home Protection party into the Republican net has been spoken of, it may be as well to let our would-be capturers know what they will get us. "If 'Prohibitionist' is well informed about his party's plans he will know that we will make a stand, not only for prohibition, but also for the enactment and enforcement of an intelligent national Sunday law,—believing that Sunday is an institution so beneficially connected with our social, business, and moral life that we cannot dispense with it without sacrificing the very best interest of the community and the highest welfare of the whole people. "This is the bait which we will put into our net for the purpose of catching the votes, not of Democrats or of Republicans, but of all citizens who are patriotic enough to desire their country's good."