Evening journal., 1908-10-14
POLITICAL

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ton OF our homes mothers. wivos and
children from the blightlng influence
and rapacious greed Of the nefarious
liquor traffic demanding as a. does The
sacrifice of our boys and young men by
hundreds 90 it's Unsuitable appetite, hesi-
tlting not 20 send them TO drunkard S
HELL In exchange for few paltry, dirty
dollars; and not satisfied with this, is
awful and disastrous work demands also
your Pifl and my girl, running their IN
souls and degrading them to a. namelcss
career--n career worse than death tsclf,
for nothing but filthy lucre.
The Prohibition issue unquestionably,
In my judgment the paramount issue In
this campaign. This question. oven when
considered merely from its financial eide
alone, entails an actual waste ia our re-
public " over two billions, two hundred
and seventy-ivc millions Of dollars an
nually. being four times as great as the
total expenses OF the entire United
States Government This question viii
not longer wait II must be satisfactorily
settled In the near future. The people
are demanding A. The much vaunted
Tariff and Currency issues sink into ut
ter insignihcancc when compared with
a., Other veXatious public questions now
demanding a solution Will be more than
half solved when this important ques-
tion is once settled
There rs On every political campaign
the bone OF contention" and the theme
Of discussion by an parties who are striv-
ing for the possession OF the reins Of
lgovernmeut The Democratic party Is a
Islngle issue party The Republican party
| has always been and is now q single
issue party a plethora OF words, large
/ ~ meaningless 10 the average man who
attempts to read them, does not change
the fact.
Every year since the whig party wen,
out Of business and the Republican party
displaced f. there has been one question
as q dominant issue before the country
ITO discuss.
For a quarter Of q century and more
the alleged issue has been humhug and
a bugbear it is not a moral issue. but
eyes of the people to the true issue, IL
has deceived the masses, it has covered
mp the pollution and corruption that were
I matching out hroods OF traitors ana an-
Iarchists in the saloons OF our land. every
month and every week Of every passing
year.
/ In the struggle for n blind issue TO COM
l iinue the political contests for the spOils
of Office, the Republican party ana the
Democratic party have gotten so fear
I fully near TO each other with so little 10
contend FOR between them, that the he-
publican who reads the Democratic plat
l form or the Democrat who reads the Re-
publican platform, without seeing the
headlines, would each one smillingly, as
]
so delightfully."- express his own personal
conviction and never discover the diner
lence.
There Is. however. one great difference
lhctwccn the old parties which every one
viii concede; one OF them has job and
the other one wants IT, I am frank
enough 20 say I am unable 10 discover
any other difference. They are both rum
lparties.
The government. dhe Republican
lparty) sanctioned by many christian peo-
pie at the ballot box, is compromising
with iniquity: conscnting 10 the viola.
fact as well us in history.
The government Is the bulwark OF tho
lnatiuns worst foe. The government is
1.-The enemy OF every man. woman and
too scVcre2 Listen Eight sovereign
states say, I'VE want prohibition of th,
liquor traflc" I'VE want no saloons
lThe government saws lby granting per
Units 20 the citizens OF those states e
sell liquor; "lf lQuor men want TO sci
whiskey 20 your sons and brothers ane
husbands. we will let them make drunk
iards OF your loved ones in spite of yoi
for the consideration OF the paltry sun
OF twenty-five dollars revenue"
All the good men i'm an parties CLAIM
10 hate the liquor business, but they al
ways lose their vote by voting for wha
they don't want year after year, an,
they often get what they vote for hu
never get what they wan, Everyone
knows that we Americans get what W.
want when we get votes enough. whcth
er q is tariff or protection," 'free sil
ver' or gold standard. We now hav
! saioon protection Instead Of home pro
lection. because the saloon gets vote
enough; and 2i6.0o saloons IN this ma
ton testify TO the truth Of this state
ment. We shall get the votes 10 stol
this when good men, Democrats and Re
I ipubhcans. say by their votes what the,
say with their mouths they want, wha
they talk about and what they pray FOR
/, Ny competitors I'm this race for Con
= gressional honors are both good men a
a good men so, but they do not reprcsen
% the best ciuzenship. the highest hope
n the most ardent desire or the best lauda
Z BILE ambitions of the best people Of Della
T. ware They are not saloon keepers. hu
x are silence keepers on the LIQUOR ques
tion. and every man who casts vote n
a. either ~ them is guilty of completely s
4 that sycnnhantic silence one OF ihei
y may be elected. hui neither Of them d
, SERVES ~ be. 7 may not be elected br
I deserve 20 be-, not for anv personal rea
q sons. but for inc principles which I an
4 permitted 10 represent.
s These men stand IN the market place
), political harter offering the integrity
Z our sons and the virtue Of our daugl
Il ters for sale 10 the highest bidder t
t their silence. on this important question
! success. The homes Of Delaware cam,
Z be protected from the ravapes Of N
2 liquor traffic by the policy OF eithl
: Rarty represented by them, but it can ]
stands for the home and against the 81
n loon I stand for civic righteousness an
: FOR law endorsements and desire 20 hay
. o share IN advancing the interests
e the moral revolution now breaking ov'
a our land.
IS II IS with extreme pleasure that 7 a.
r cept this nomination at the hands
J. your convention and ] shall spare J
efforts Tor ultimate success in my car
II vass OF the intelligent voters Of the sta
i OF Delaware. and when this campair
d shall have ended. the victory OF OF
Y cause will be assured or the rcspons
D. bility for the further continuance Of n
If villainous LIQUOR traffic IN our mid
D. with its train Of ruined homes. hear
lr aches woes degradation and death. VI
~ rest upon the intelligent free voters
n this Commonwealth as never before
- our history.
W I have the honor TO be
- Your most obcdient servant.
= William IL Havrkfn.