Evening journal., 1907-11-04
CROzIER'S DASH
TO THE CHURCHES
Alliance Of Predatory Cor
pOratiOnS and the Liquor
Interests Charged
ADDRESSES MANY MEETINGS

A remarkable spectacular dash to
twelve churches of the city was made
yesterday by Alfred o. Crozier. and at
each edifice he delivered an address,
appealing to voters to vote against |
license. Mr.. Crozier asserted that a /
corrupt combination existed between |
the predatory corporations and the /
liquor interests to carry the election /
for license ana IL was his conviction |
Of this scheme and his proposal to un-
mask it that caused Mr.. Crozier TO re- |
turn from New York and plunge into |
the campaign.
Yesterday he was Invited by the
pastors of the churches to address the |
people on the question, and In COM |
pany with Secretary W. Il. Hawkins
of the anu-license committee, Mr..
Crozier drove from one church to am
other making a brief address at each.
The tour started az Brandywine
Church at 1910 o'clock in the morn
ing, where his initial address was
made. HALF an hour later Mr. Cro2ier
was at Shiloh Baptiss Church. colored,
and then az the A. y, M =. Church. 1
pleading with the colored people 10
oppose license. Then he went to
Ezion. AT 1 o'clock Mr.. Crozier ap-
peared at Bethel A. NJ o. Church and
half an hour later found him at Gil
bert Presbyterian Church repeating
his message. At 2.15 Mr.. Crozier was
upon the platform at Scott Methodist
Episcopal Church. and at o'clock he
was at Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church. There waaan immense gath-
ering at Grace Church at $3.50 o'clock,
when Mr.. Crozier appeared on the
scene with a fierce denunciation OF the
liquor traffic and predatory corpora
tions. People filled the aisle. stood
up around the side of the room. and
Mr.. Crozier was greeted with out
burst Of applause. The address az
Grace closed the afternoon campaign
hut. at night at 7.a9 o'clock. Mr.
Crozier was at Asbury Church, at 8
o'clock he was az Epworth, and the
final meeting was at $50 o'clock az
Washington Heights Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
Talked to Negroes.
At the colored churches Mr.. Crozier
declared that the iiquor men are
boasting that they will carry the city
by buying the colorcd vote. That
there are those hoping that the cor
rupt combination would buy enough
colored votes so that the decent peo-
pie of the State would become dis-
gusted and would theroupon unite in
a scheme 10 disfranchise the black
voters of the State. is his firm con-
viction. In every contest Of this char
acter throughout the country the ma
tional beer and whiskey trust have
been in the fight with oceans of money
TO bribe voters and TO commit un-
| speakable frauds on the ballots. The
amount OF money which il is reported
will be used next Tuesday by the
liquor corporation lobby is sufficient 70
pay 5000 to each voter which they
think is necessary to buy in order 70
carry the election for license OF
course YOU know the methods Of the
corrupt corporation political lobby.
They would not pay the voter $500.
They would take the 5000 from the
crooked interests and pay over to the
bribed voter $40. This is the usual
method of such lobhies everywhere,
for they live upon such graft, declared
Mr. Crozier.
Appeal to Organized Labor.
At one church he said: THE splen
did membership of organized labor will
not, / believe. allow their local unions
to be made the plant tool of the cor
rupt experimentation lobby. They
resent the attempt to make them a
mere saloon annex without even ask
ling their consent These men are hon
est and Independent and cannot be led
about by the nose The only way they
can now resent the illegal action taken
/ is to vote against license and thus
help smash for all time the crooked
domination of our beautiful state by
the grating predatory interests.
Conspiracy Charged.
Mr.. Crozier at Grace Church said.
There is being formed in this State"
1 he said "a criminal conspiracy by the
rum dealers and other corrupt organ
lizations to defeat the will of the peo-
Iple on Tuesday and the right Of free
government itself is involved.
He declared that the saloon inter-
ests and the predatory corporations
have maintained a criminal lobby for
the purpose Of obtaining legislation in
their favor.
1t was the same saloon corporation
lobby that defeated the referendum
measure for the entire state after the
people of all Delaware voted for it 8
TO l.
The license forces will flood the
state with oceans of money" he as
{ serted. "and I understand that many
repeaters will be here from Philadel-
lphia. If the liquor interests win this
year, they viii win at the next cleo
tion. and they will elect a governor
who will have the appointing OF five
judges for n term of II years. VIII
You stand for that?"
At another church he said: This is
not a fight against using a glass of
beer. II is a fight for free government
and the rule of the people in Delaware.
If we can smash the political power
of the liquor traffic Tuesday we viii
promptly go on and destroy the selfish
rule Of the predatory corporations in
the state President Roosevelt Is lead
ing the fight in the nation 10 regulate
corporations and trusts and force
them 20 obey the law. That fight will
soon to be on IN Delaware.
Fell From Freight Car.
John O'Neil. living at No 1903 West
lSeventh street. employed as a freight
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