Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-30
Prohibition Candidate For
President Delivers Short Ad-
dress on Party Issues
SPEAKER WAS WELL RECEIVED
X. w. Brown, of Ames, Prohibition
Candidate for Governor Introduced
Mr.. ChaAn--old Parties Criticized
for Failure to Make Prohibition a
National Issue.

Prohibition doctrine was pored In
to a large assemblage on the court
house lawn after the band concert
Wednesday night, when Eugene w.
Chain. Of Chicago. prohibition candi-
date for president, spoke. The band
concert drew an immense crowd, part
Of which remained for the speech max
Ing.
Mr.. Chain was introduced by K. w.
Brown, OF Ames, prohibition candidate
for governor. Mr.. Chain spoke for
about thirty minutes. He was greatly
Handicapped by hoarseness and during
a part Of the first few minutes he was
talking he could scarcely be under
stood.
Was We'll Received.
The presidential candidates appear
ance on the platform, following his in
PRODUCTION. was greeted with loud
cheering. despite the fact that the pro-
hibitionists OF his audience were great
ly in the minority.
Judged alone by his speech of last
night Mr. Chain is apparently not of
the radical type Of prohibitionists. AL
tho he criticized both of the great par
ties for "dodging' and "sidestepping"
the liquor question for political pur-
poses, his criticism lacked the sting of
denunciation peculiar to most prohibit
ton speakers.
Compares the White Plague and Drink
Mr.. Chain said this country was be-
ing swept by two great scourges. One
was the white plague" consumption,
and the other was drunkenness. The
government is doing all it can to pre-
vent and stamp out the first, which
year." said the speaker. "The other
plague we call alcoholism, and we
know the remedy for it is to stop the
manufacture of alcoholic drinks.
IF by putting three lines on the
constitution we could stamp out con-
sumption, 1t would be done In a mo-
ment. The second scourge of alcohol
ism could be stamped out by three
lines on the constitution, but 1t Is not
DONE" "Why?" he saks. Because If
either of the great parties put such an
amendment into its platform neither
could be elected"
Prohibition Political Issue.
Prohibition is and always will be a
political issue, the speaker said The
only way it can be secured, was thru
a political party organized for that
purpose, and the only way to secure a
discontinuance of the liquor traffic will
be to make a party issue of it.
Why Prohibition JAILED.
Because prohibition was not a par
tisan effort Is the reason, Chain ex-
planned; that 1t failed in Iowa twenty
odd years ago.
-.rhe people OF this state presented
to Iowa a baby, called constitutional
amendment" the nominee said. Then
the people went home and folded their
hands. This new baby had neither
father nor mother. Neither the repub-
lican nor democratic party would claim
it, and without father and mother
it was an orphan. It's lot was the lot
Of most orphan !babies-it was raiseI
on bottle. And the bottle was filled
with whisky and the kid died. You
will never get prohibition until you
have party behind it. The first thing
you need is q prohibition mayor, coun-
ty attorney, sheriff and Justices to en-
force the law. You can not get them
otherwise than thru party
Advocates Closing Oistilleries.
The total humiliation Of the liquor
traffic, and the closing Of every dis
tillery, was advocated by the speak
er. He said the question Of prohibi-
ton conferred in the effort to prohibit
the manufacture Of liquors. He, said
that majority Of both the democrats
and republicans believed that the
liquor traffic ought to die.
The belief that they were throwing
away their votes is what prevented
many from not voting the prohibition
ticket, the speaker said. "The prohi-
,bitionist,' he said, Votes for what he
wants, and doesn't get it, and the 9TH
ers vote for what they don't want and
get it, You are afraid you are NOT go
ing to win, and you want to win be-
fore you do right" he declared.
He implored his audience to vote its
convictions on election day and to put
its principles in the ballot, that the
country may be cleaned UP and quar-
antined against the great disease of al
coholism.
Speaker in Bad Voice.
Mr.. Chain is no doubt an orator,
but he was so 11oarse that no flights
of oratory marked his address here.
In company with Mr.. Brown, Mr..
Chain and others rode about the city
while the concert was IN progress, and
at the state holiness camp
Both Mr. Chain and Mr..
Brown were introduced, and each
spoke for a few minutes.
Mr. Chain departed for Mason City
and Clear Lake this mornings where
he speaks this afternoon and even
ing.
HARDWARE MEN TO PICNIC.