Evening journal., 1907-11-11
VICTORY TO END
WAR ON LICENSE
Pastor Hopkins Girls Fraud
at Election and Says No
Lel-up in Figh.

"Tha eyes of tho people have been
, ,opcncJ To the in.Qmty cl One liquor
lbusiuls, aud tnav Nia never be
lclosod. asserted tec ilev n. d. Hop
lltlns before % large congregation in yho
/ Delaware Avenue Baptist Church yes-
terday morning His subject was after
tho Battle" and was based ON the after
effect OF the auti-hccnse campaign.
The Rev Air. Hopkins said in part
after referring to last Tuesdays battle
az the polls
ut has been said tlat the conflict
/ is over, but that g. not true. Only
lone battle has been fought. the war
Iis still on. The no-liccnse forces hove
lwon "a great victory and are not at
IAN disposed TO stop lighting That they
Ihavc won appears from The facts ip
/ Ithc case Half the territory oi tho
iencmy has been surrendered ana when
I the condition at the opening up of the
campaign Is recalled. this seems inirac-
Iulous. There was then no strong and
widespread prohibition sentiment but
today. wnat have we? Tho owes OF the
people have been opened TO the iniquity
qf the liquor business aud they will
never be closed That which many
had come to think was a fixed ana per-
mancnt business is not az an so re-
garded now And Delaware will never
return TO the plane ON which she stood
when the agitation against the saloon
began.
Won Great Victory.
I THAT we have achieved a great VIC
tory is seen also in the manifest feel
ing which exists among the no-license
people. They are happy. while they
wanted the whole state TO go their
WAY, and worked desperately toward
that end. 60 is tifncult TO meet one
whose face Is not wreathed I'm smiles
Their efforts, they feel, were not I'm
lvaln, and the one battle has but nerved
them for future conflict. and the idea
may easily be CLEANED. that they have
not enlisted for six months. bat Tor
during the warl
"8ui the crowning evidence that the
lanti-lcense forces won n victory Of
great magnitude on November fifth,
rs made plain by the enemy themselves.
You would think the liquor men meant
to reform on election night they did
not open their saloons not many of
thcm, az least They have been adj
lviscd 20 close. and it IS reported that
they themselves arc talking Of closing
from this on. az II O'Clock: they even
propose closing altogether some of
their worse places This Is a confess
lsion from: the liquor men themselves
that their business needs curtailing.
and some modification at least 1t Is
IAN admission of the arguments made
against the traffic during the CAM
.paign; but Is also a testimony 70 our
fighting ability and a weak plea to
the victorious forces 10 cease HOSTILE
ties But cease these forces win Dc
when the enemy gives up Its sword
and comes TO the terms proposed by
the other sidel
Speaker Charges Fraud.
III we ask why was not q still larger
Victory achieved. the answer S. not iai
TO seek The arrests were just a hint
| at the corrupt. methods employed by
| the beseiged forces. Votes were bought
and we are condent that repeaters
went from one voting place 10 another
Thus fraud ana corruption limited VIC
tory Added 10 this IS the faot That
some OF what may he termed tho upnai
Icitizcns OF Wilmington and vicinity
were Influenced 70 vote for license from
business considerations win it pay "a
Danish our business? was the cry OF
the liquor dealers. and IL had it's effect
with some. They thought It would not