Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-31

| cheering admitted another speaker.
But the telling speech OF the evening
was that of william Wehres, work
ing carpenter.
Mr.. Wehres said: ~ didn't expect to
be called upon to speak tonight I'm
no orator-only a plain working man.
/ can't make a speech. i can only tell
the truth. / have been able to ac-
| cumulate little home away out here
on the South Side. did It with these
hands. There are lots of people here
who know me, and know what / say
is true. I'm a working man, and II |
can't get work / can't live and can't
support my wife and babies Well, as
l said, I've got a little home out there,
and don't want to have to leave II
and start over again. ] know what
this prohibition question means. I've
been there. Now, III tell you.
Il was born In old Posey county,
Indiana. The first experience 1 had
with prohibition laws was with the
Baxter law. Indiana tried that and
got enough OF It In about three weeks,
that ia all the time II lasted In Evans
vile, at any rate. Then / left Indiana
and went to LeavenwOrth, Kansas. l
was there when prohibition was adopt
ed. / was doing very well at that
time, working for the post depart
ment. AT that time / was renting a
house for 1880 month. When pro-
hibition carried L rented the same
house for 81 a month, but ! soon got
out Of a Job and had to leave town. 1
wasn't alone either. Not less than $50
carpenters had to get out Of Leaven-
worth within six months after prohibl-
ton carried-and l went to Kansas
city, stayed there about three months
in Kansas city and then got a Job to
build a depot and hotel for the Santa
Re in Hutchinson. Kan. After being
there a while the men working on the
job went TO the boss and asked II they
couldn't get some beer. He said he'd
see about it, and In a little while a
barrel Of bottled beer came labeled
sugar That's the way prohibition pro-
hiblted there. 1 believe Kansas City
has Just been built up at the expense
OF Kansas. And don't believe in
building up Dallas at the expense OF
Fort Worth.
Now, there are a number of work.
ins men right here In Fort Worth who
nave accumulated little homes, lust
~ have, costing all the way from
5000 to $1,000. II prohibition Is carried
next Tuesday they will have to leave
IN an probability and their homes
wont bring them 5000. Some men say
they lust like to try the experiment.
Al I've got to say is that [ don't
want any more such experiments i'm
| inlhe' You see, I've been there when
| tle experiment was tried and that's
/ why \ m mere now. And Pm getting
100 old to trot around the country. on
( any more such experiments. Now ri
/ ttil you my experience. / left Indiana
| ana went to Kansas; was driven ont
/ OF Kansas by prohibition. and went to
| Missouri; left Missouri and went 10
] Nebraska; then went to Dakota; from
| dakota went back to Missouri: from
! Mlssouri / came to Texas about six
| Years ago and | tell you, right here
| l don't want to go any further. That's
| why I'm opposed To local option I
| know that II that carries thcrell be
| no need for carpenters here, and III
nave TO move again. and to tell the
| truth, m getting mighty tired of IT,
| As l said before, I'm no orator, and
| ! have to work for a living If didn't
! nave to work ia just spend my time
! now telling every man in Fort Worth
ana Tarr@lt county what / know
/ about this thing You see, a man
he's been through them. I've been
! through them and / believe there Isn't
II worklngman In the country who
would vote for local option IL he had
been through what ] have and knew
! what know about IT, A loaf of bread
at cents Is cheap, but its mighty
dear for the man who hasn't the 8
cents.
80 1t is, they'll tell you how cheap
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