The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
Dust Liquor,
Campaign Cry
OF HOke Smith
Georgia Governor May
Be Presidential Candi-
date on Temper
anCe Wave.

Hoke Smith. OF Georgia. IS a candidate
for the Presidential nomination on the
Prohibition ticket.
There can be no doubt OF the astound-
ing fact. 1t is not a barrOOm vision.
Members OF the New York delegation
spread the report broadcast al the Capt.
tOl today and waved aloft copies OF a
New York newspaper which described
in detail the GeorgIan's boom for the
job.
Hoke Smith. whose mountainous bulk
mas thrice forced upon him the un-
sought offer OF q job as walking dele
gate for the Brewers union, has Jared
the ramDarts OF temperance 10 their
very base by climbing laboriously 10 the
tOpmOst pcInt OF the fort Of prohibition.
With cTOquet mallet in one hand, he
skaters beer bottles and with a tennis
racquet In the ether he beats whisky
Ilasks into loo indivisible fragments
Hoke on the Job.
Hoke is on the job. From the tenn
perance Businesses OF prohibition
Georgia he views the remainder OF the
United states with mournful eyes and
mediates a reform. No longer shall
champagne run like rivers on the Great
White way OF New York. No more
shall the gentle benedictine soojhe the
dyspeptic stomach after dinner Hoke
is on the works.
Clear spring water IS the thing. Be
hold the platform on which the Ceor-
gian viewing the world from the alti-
tudinous height of newly acquired
virtue may ask the votes Of millions
Water to drink. Wine to drink in
secretr'
on such a platform. the eloquent
HOke. flushed with gubernatoriai trl-
umph. can strut his big way before the
Il
laws of the United States:
Wine taken in pablic is a misde-
meanor."
Hoke does not do things by halves
His campaign will be a hummer He
viii travel in a bathtab. call for order
and mound the speakers desk with. a
sponge. and hang placarded pictures Of
himself on every spring house in the
rural districts He Is practical politi-
clan. He does not consult his personal
views on prohibition. If the country
wants It. Hoke wants 1t. Hoke wants
the country. Therefore, he wants what
the country wants. He has not
achieved a reputation for statecraft for
nothing
In the ranks of the whisky. beer. and
wine manufacturers there Is lamenta-
tion. not to say malediction-
''Hoke has deserted u.s." thew say and
drop their tears into their stems who
would have thought il? Hoke was our
meat"
Learns the Lesson.
But Huke, OF his own voHtion, has
wavered and surged and lunged into
the temperance camp He has been
Knocked down and mauled in the face
by the prohibition wave in Georgia He
has learned a lesson. Prohibition. TAX
en- at its food tide. will float a man TO
unlimited dignities and hOnors There
fore. he has trusted his sylph-like form
TO the flood tide. and the food tide
R~oaning beneath its burden, has had
its speed somewhat checked.
In the meantime the world stands
agape with wonder. crying for a drink
or spirits TO revive il. The announce
lnent has come with inconsiderate sud
denHesS-
Hoke Smith, his coat of. with no
signs of thirst, his eiaut-like meas
urcmsnts dominating the horizon. ex-
tends his hand to Carrie Nation and
begs for lessons on how 10 wreck sa-
looms from New York TO San Francisco.
HUkp is naiiffrfan