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v James Gray; ex-may Of N innea-
polls and associate editor of the Min
neapolis Journal. was the, next speak
.er. He represented prohibition senti-
ment within the democratic party, but
he had not proceeded far before one
realized that the party spirit rests
very lightly On him. All parties were
represented on the ballot cast by him
in the last election, he declared, He
accounted for the growing tendency
for independent voting by the loss of
confidence of the people in the preten-
sions of the two old parties. He paid
a tribute to the workers within the
Prohibition party for their lifelong
devotion to duty, and said that their
work in face of encouragement for all
these years peculiarly fitted and
trained them for public life.
Victor E. Lawson, editor of the
TRIBUNE, had been assigned the sub
ject: "The Politicians" He asserted
that now that the Prohibition party
had demonstrated that it could win
political battles it would have to con-
I. tend with the professional politicians.
Those out of job would join the
movement to have themselves elected
to Office, and those in power would
steal Prohibition thunder in order to
keep themselves in place. The splen-
did campaign just closed, in which
four men were elected and dozen
more made close-fnish runs, would
have the result that the republican
legislature would pass and the demo-
cratic governor would sign a county
option law this coming winter. AS
such law would mean that large
areas of the state would adopt prohi-
bition at the next election, the Prohi-
bitionists will have accomplished in
directly great deal more than many
think. Lawson also advocated that
party designations should be dropped
from the official ballot, declaring that
party prejudice is the professional
politicians chief stock in trade. No
party organized for legitimate pur-
poses would suffer by this omission.
Dean W. S. Pattee, of the law de-
partment of the university, responded
to the toast "The People," The dean
made splendid address. A republic
can in politics, still he sympathized
with the fight. for prohibition. He is
a native of the state of Maine and
said that he lived there for twenty
five years without knowing what a sa-
loon and it's attendant evils were.
Prohibition in his native state has
proven a success. He believed that
there were ample provisions in the
laws for law enforcement and the off,
Gals should be held responsible.
| c. W. Dorset, late candidate for
governor, responded to a call with
some heartfelt remarks.
The last speaker was Rev. Stanley
B. Roberts, pastor of the Bethlehem
Presbyterian church. He made an
eloquent plea for using "The Means, "
the ballot. He stated that when be
came to his present passionate there
were but two Prohibition votes there,
but that now he knew of forty of his
parishioners who voted that way.
The gathering is said to have been
one Of the largest affairs Of its kind
ever held, and was certainly an i'm
pressive occasion for those present.
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