The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
Resents His Attack Upon Pro.
hibition and Its
Party.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC DENOUNCED
Keen Words by Champion of Tenn.
perance on the Proposed Measures
of the c. P. A.

Tho following communication is SELF
explanatory:
To the Editor of the San Francisco Call-DEAR
SIR: In behalf of your many anti saloon
readers, thank you for the liberal space given
me. in reply to Mr.. Edoff's recent exhibit of his
California Protective Association.
THE CALL is true to label: it "speaks for ALL"
Not only for the vaunting whisky Goliah, with
his hundred millions, but also for the marrow,
contracted, intolerant, bigoted, selfish and
opinionated' David, with only his despised
little sling.
Mr. Edoff's attempted reply in last Sundays
CALL is manifestly no reply at all He lodges
the main question entirely and refuses to dis
cuss 1t in any way. He admits that twould be
absurd to attempt to defend. the whisky
traffic, when everybody admits that it is wholly
lndefensible. There can be nothing said to JUS
THY the wholesale destruction which it entails
upon the public and SO, Mr.. E., to make a show
OF answering, sneers at prohibition and the
prohibition party. He is afraid to stand up
like a man and face the terrible indictment
placed against the liquor traffic, which he re-
presents.
But why does Mr.. E. attack prohibition aud
the Prohibition party? There was not the
slightest allusion to either in my letter. The
reason is simply this: The one thing ON earth,
in hell, OF in heaven, that Mr.. E. e. Co. do ac-
tually fear is precisely what he affects such q
naughty contempt for, namely, prohibition
The traffic always fights it and does its very
worst, in every possible way, to prevent it and
| to evade or overthrow 1t wherever it has be-
| come the law OF the land. For example, right
+ here in Berkeley there has been a wholesome
State law in force for many years forbidding
| the existence of saloons within mile of the
university grounds.
II is the acknowledged law of the land, and
yet Mr.. Els people have persistently and def
/ antly trampled upon it all the time Who has
! furnished these anarchistic criminals with
| their liquors all these years? Mr. E. and his
associates have done so, and thus been parti-
ceps criminis in lawlessness and rebellion
| against the State. The whole truth is the
liquor traffic is thoroughly selfish, lawless and
| despotic. 1t assumes to dictate to political
parties, to Governors, Legislatures, courts, Su-
pervisors, and even to the Federal Government
itself. 1t thinks itself bigger and stronger
than the State or the United States and pro-
! poses to take the government of this country
into its own hands.
suppose Mr.. E. will turn his nose skyward
when he reads that, and answer it with an
other handful of mCd at something or some
body; but the statement is true just the same,
and he and all the rest of the horde of bosses
know it is true.
Why are Mr.. Z. & Co. so anxious to have the
license raised, and SO increase their taxes two
or three million dollars? Is that business
proposition on their part? What other busi-
| ness wants its taxes increased? Not one on
earth. Does the c. P. A. propose this "increase
of revenue" as donation to the public?
Not one of your readers is foolish enough to
believe il.
The C. P. A. offers this bribe to the public for
| good reason.
| For the same reason that Coils P. is said to
| be so benevolent at times when the interests
| of his octopus are ENDANGERED
And the same reason that the infamous
Louisiana lottery offered millions of none
| right and left to any Government that would
| tolerate its rascally existence.
That reason is the traffic's own conscious
ness of guilt-that it has forfeited all right to
exist, and that the American people is awak-
ening to the terrible character OF this most
deadly enemy that is surely enslaving and
destroying the commonwealth.