Evening journal., 1907-11-04
"WETS" FINISH
WITH BIG RALLY
George Muller, Miss COuzins
and Sheriff PenneII Speak
at Opera House
THE THEATRE WAS CROWDED

With meetings in tho Opera House
yesterday afternoon and last night the
license committee closed its campaign
in Wilmington. The speakers we're
George Muller. who is in charge OF tho
license committees educational cams
paign; sherin w. M. Penneil, OF Cum-
berland county, Maine, and Miss
Phoebe Couzins. Of Washington. Both
meetings were presided over by Wilbuu
Sasse, OF the Business Mems Protective
Association.
Mr.. Muller. who Is regarded as the
best campaign speaker the license
forces have presented, was greeted
with applause He asserted that cam.
paigns on the license question In othaa
states hereafter will be fought on the
open lines like that in Delaware. 10
marking a new era. Speaking Of the
anu-license advocates and their meth>
DDS Mr.. Muller said
These pretentious exponents Of vir.
tue and religion are nonsensical ana
they win not enforce the law. When
1t comes to enforcement, they Wiz
throw off all responsibility and len
things go wild. and as a result. an
manner Of infamies will exist. Theses
people have concocted this scheme 10
throw the country into bankruptcy so
they can pocket the assets The liouop
men are angelic compared to them.
Someone by the name of crozieu
has written long, disconnected. senses
less letter as an appeal to the work.
ingmen, in which a lot OF figures are
given"
Returns His Thanks
In his closing remarks Mr.. Mullen
returned thanks 10 all with whom. ha
came in business contact while In VIII.
mington. He said the license commrn
tee had never asked OF ordered him to-
do an unclean. low. or mean act
throughout the fight He said ali the
matter he had given for publication
had been written with facts a. the
foundation. He also thanked the news
papers for the courteous, straightfor-
ward, and upright manner in which
the editors, business managers and re-
porters had treuted him while here
and In his daily contact with them. He
asserted that the men OF the press
were men Of whom the city may wen
leel proud FOR they surpassed any no
had ever met before.
Sheriff Pennen spoke Of conditions In
Cumberland county, Maine. at tho ar
ternoon session, and he was followed
by Miss Couzins, Of Washington. She
Is weil-known advocate iof woman's
suffrage, and public speaker of note.
She Is an invalid, and sat in a chair
while she delivered hertaddress Sof an
hour.
Miss Couzins Speaks
! Nffao Enumfr. ,1t.....n
tions that exist at present IN States
where the prohibitory law is in opera
ton. In prohibition Iowa, she declared.
that since 1900 over 10000 had left the
state and the school attendance had
been lessened by thousands. since 1eoS
ten Iowa bankers committed suicide.
Miss Couzins stated she had lived IN
Kansas for some time and had made a
study OF its prohibirory laws. She
found that in hotels empty whislrev
bottles could be found in almost ever,
room She had seen boys follow men
into pharmaceutical dispensarles =
commonly known as drug stores. win
lcorlSscrews. offering to draw the corlr-
from bottles OF whiskey they had oh.
tained through taking oath that thew
were suffering from some malady. An
these boys asked in return for the use
OF their corkscrews was a drink OF
rum.
Every man who obtains, ,liquor irons
these dispensaries," said MISS Couzina,
must swear that he has some disease
The result OF this Is that truth Is fe,
nored and that there is no respect Tor
an oath.
Drunk Just the Same
You may vote for no LIQUOR. ON
Tuesday" continued the speaker. sbud
, there will be just as much liquor drlnI5
: as before" She referred to the boot,
leggers and speakeasies."
She called attention to the report Oh
5 Mr.. Yerlxes, internal revenue cornmis-.
> sioner, who had stated that many pat
! ent medicines contained a largo ner-
centage of alcohol Many of the so,
/ called ''favors" or extracts sold In
r prohibition localities for favoring pies
! Miss Couzins declared. were composed
! chiefly of alcohol. and in Maine the~e
was enough of these fiavors sold in
! one year in some, localities to flavor,
t all the pies in the neighobrhood for
!. five years to come.
r She held that rum did not do mean
D as much harm to children as lax par-
: entail influence. She said There ars
. just as many good women as GOOD
men. and more. There are lust ,as
many bad women as bad men, ana no
less"
In conclusion Miss Couzins said. ~
command you in your voting next
Tuesday to be true as men and stand
Z together for your personal liberty and
for the sake OF your families"