Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-31
CHAFIN WOULD USE
GUNS If ELECTED
PROHIBITION CANDIDATE TELLS
HOW HE MIGHT ENFORCE
"ANTI" LAWS.
ANSWERS TAFT'S STATEMENT.
Declares Republican Nominees Declara-
ton on Liquor Statutes Is an
Unsound One.
HE CITES THE PoLYGAMY LAW.

Ell PASO, ILL.,, July 25.-Eugene ".
Chain of Chicago, candidate for the
presidency on the Prohibition ticket, in
addresses delivered in Woodford county
yesterday, declared he will, if elected
and finds it necessary, use the regular
army and the navy to enforce anti-liquor
laws.
"If l am elected President of the
United States on the Sd of November"
declared Mr.. Chain, 'have a Congress
which will pass a prohibitory law, and
there are any communities that refuse
to obey the law and the civic authorities
are unable to enforce it, | shall use the
power conferred upon me by the con-
stitution and call out the militia, the
standing army, and the navy and en-
force prohibition on every inch of terri
tory under the American flag.
Il think l can make as many speeches
as Mr.. Bryan without as much effort or
exhaustion" said Mr.. Chain. after his
strenuous day, ''and, incidentally, l am
not going to overlook Nebraska in the
campaign"
Mr.. Chain devoted much of his talks
10 dissecting and replying to an utter
ance of William III. Taft, and what the
water wagon candidate" said was of
decidedly more sensational nature than
expected.
Calls Taft Statement Unsound.
"Here is a widely quoted statement
made by Mr.. Taft, Republican candidate
ct was made by him on page 46 of his
book, -Four Aspects Of Civic Duty as
follows: Nothing is more foolish, moth
ing more utterly at variance with sound
public policy, than to enact law which,
by reason of conditions surrounding the
community in which it is declared to be
law, is incapable of enforcement
LET me tell you that no man who was
ever a candidate for the presidency ever
that basis Mr.. Taft would have opposed
the enactment of the fifteenth amend
ment to the constitution because the peo-
pie in the south were not prepared to
enforce the law giving the colored man
the right to suffrage Sentiment there
not have the opportunity to vote It has
been dead law for many years. Of
course Mr.. Taft would advocate the
immediate abrogation of the fifteenth
amendment
Polygamy Law Is Cited.
eff Mr.. Taft had been a member of
Congress when the first effort was made
to stamp out polygamy in Utah he would
have opposed it because the sentiment
in the community was in favor of plu-
ralitv of wives. But the men in Con-
gress, acting upon exactly the contrary
doctrine from that here announced by
Mr.. Taft, passed a prohibitory law
against polygamy,- although nine-tenths
of the voters in Utah were in favor of
the practice.
'If it should reach the presidency and
find such a condition of things again, of
course he would no: advocate the stren-
uous measures Of the past generation.
upon this principle, Mr.. Taft would
allow gambling in all our great cities
and not try to prohibit it, because much
of the public sentiment in the communi-
ty was in favor of gambling, and so on
through the whole category Of offenses
against the moral law.
There never was a more vicious prin-
ciple announced than this statement
quoted from Mr.. Taft"