The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27

!. night.
The peerless leader" had a wet day
of it in the county yesterday, but the
fact that there was plenty of old
water in the atmosphere seemed to
tickle Mr.. Chains fancy. With his
running mate, Aaron S. Watkins. he
made a whirlwind automobile tour of
the city and suburbs. Small crowds
greeted him, but he took occasion to
congratulate himself Inc his hearers
on the fact that his advent had broken
the long drought.
The first meeting was al the foot
of the flagpole at the end of Military
Park. From there the autoists went to
the Court House steps, and so OF to
the East Orange station of the Lacka-
wanna, where a twenty-minute speech
was made by Mr.. Chain. Another
meeting was held at the Orange Com
mons ~bandstand and the fifth near the
Caldwell postoffice. After meeting at
Montclair and Bloomfield Centres, the
Prohibition band wagon, or perhaps 1t
! would be better to say water wagon,
reached Newark about 5 o'clock. Din-
ner at the Continental Hotel, with Pro-
hibition leaders from all parts of the
State present, was followed by the Ora
ton Hall gathering.
John Bergman, of Orange, who is a
Prohibition nominee for Presidential
e~lector; John r.. Anderson, of Mont
clair, nominee for Congress in the Sew
enth District; Robert Burnett, of East
Orange, nominee for Congress in the
Eighth District; Alfred H. Edgerley, of
Bloomfield, and the Rev. ernest A.
Boom, of Merchantville, member of the
State Crime and Dependency Commits
sion, occupied seats with the national
nominees on the right. Mr.. Boom pre-
sided, sailing into the Republican party
In his Introductory remarks.
Mr.. Chain resembles Governor John
Franklin Fort quite remarkably. He
is an admirer of Fort, and paid tribute
to him in the course of his speech.
enforcement what Counts.
at Isn't a prohibition law that will
wipe out the liquor traffic." he told his
auditors. 1.-THE enforcement of the law
after it is passed is what will count
You had something here in New Jer-
sey recently that showed you the diff
ference between having a law and not
enforcing 1t and real law enforcement
When Atlantic City refused to obey the
laws, suppose o a had a brewer
Governor, would he a said hat he
would send the militia to enforce the
law? You want to see that men are in
office who will enforce your laws"
Prohibition and the Prohibition
party are not on trial." said the Rev.
Mr.. Boom In opening the meeting. I'm
the State of New Jersey 1t Is the Repub-
lican party with its license regulation
theory that is on trial."
Mr.. Chain was presented as a candi-
date with God behind him, and bearing
the standard of his party by divine
appointment.
II am very conservative when I say
that there will not be a licensed saloon
under the American flag in sixty
months from today. I believe you could
cut fifty months from that and say
there will not be a saloon In ten
months"
Lfkened to slavery.
He likened the liquor traffic to
slavery. Slavery after many COM
promises, he averred, had been wiped
out by a prohibition law. The same
was true of polygamy and of the lot
terry, he went IN. There could be no
settlement of the question by local
option. E
Mr.. Chain declared there couldn't be
focal option on slaves, wives or lot
t~eries," because they were all wrong.
He, attempted to show that the only
way to handle the Liquor problem
was by the continuance of the Prihibi-
ton party until it should be placed in
power. The question must. he said, re-
main in politics. Speaking of his rivals.
Mr.. Chain said hat Mr.. Bryan be-
lieved the liquor problem not a national
question, but one to be settled by local
vote.
MIR. Taft has never publicly ex-
pressed himself on any moral or re-
ligious question so far as | know" the
nominee continued. IT don't blame
him. He doesn't know any better. He
was raised in the beer atmosphere Of
Cincinnati under the guidance of Boss
Cox, a brewer"