Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-25
THE PROHIBITION NOMINEE.
John G. wooiley Makes Short Address
His Views on the Campaign.

John u. Wooiley Makes short Address
His Views on the Campaign.
John G. Woolley, thu Prohibition
nominee for President, addressed
crowd Of possibly 800 at the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore railroad
station Friday afternoon. The meet
Jog lasted about 10 minutes, ths Pro.
bibition special train on which Mr..
Woolley and his party travel making a
short stop here. A wagon decorated
with red, white and blue bunting
served as the platform. George W.
Todd. president Of the Prohibition
League, called the meeting to order
and introduced Samuel Dickie, editor
OF The New Voice as chairman. Mr..
Dickie In turn presented the Presi-
Dental nominee, who under the ad-
verse conditions of what seemed an
unusual quantity of the noise OF shift
ing of cars and changing Of an engine
bell, made a good impression on the
crowd. His line of thought was that
with reference to questions concerning
the tariff or the Philippines, it was
hard for a man to know what step to
take for the best interests of the
country, but be ought to be governed
by what is right and it is possible for
L,
Some people think Mckinley ought to
be rebuked for his attitude or the
canteen and that the quickest way to
do it is to elect Bryan; then again
others think the election of BRYAN
would bring panic or disaster and that
the way to prevent that would be to
elect Mckinley. But, said Mr.. Woolley,
whether you vote for Mckinley or
Bryan you vote for the saloon traffic,
In his opinion the dominant issue is
that of moral integrity, and he urged
his hearers to do what God told them
to do in the matter of voting, win or
lose, for IL God cannot save the world
il Is not the fault Of the people who
are assisting to do it.
David Ferris. the Rev. Alfred Smith
and N. W. Bard we're among those on
the platform.
After the meeting the special train
bore the campaign party to Newark
and later to Baltimore. From Balti-
more the party will go to New York.
While on the way from Chester to
this city Friday afternoon Mr.,
Woolley gave a reporter of The Gazette
some views on the campaign from
Prohibition standpoint. He said:
1.-The campaign, so far as our party
is concerned, is the most hopeful we
have ever had, l think. There seems
great deal of apathy in the other
parties, but ours is thoroughly alive.
We have struck only two discouraging
places in the east, Trenton and Ches.
ter, discouraging in the sense that we
did not seem to have many people
around. In every other place we have
had great crowds and very earnest
hearing. In the South, where we have
lad very little movement heretofore
there ia positive movement now.
"We have had absolutely courteous
treatment, especially from the press.
The old party press has treated us as
well as if there was hope of our sue
cess.
'Of course our movement is a moral
one and therefore moves slowly; the
people have to be educated. One of
the hopeful signs this time Is that we
have gotten great many young men,
SONS of Republicans and Democrats
who come to us with the approval of
their fathers. because their fathers
know that Democratic and Republican
politics will corrupt the young men,
whereas Prohibition politics will up
lift.'
Mr.. Woolley spoke of the fact that in
the last campaign, Mckinley received
a coed many Methodist votes, and
although some of them may still stay
with him, yet added Mr.. Woolley,
I'VE have recovered all that we lost
and are gaining fertilizer than we ever
did. We will certainly increase the
vote OF 1896"
lie locked forward to a time when
the Christian public will proclaim a
change and overthrow the liquor
traffic.