Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-26
DREEN TO TIRE SOUTASIDERS
Warm Talk Made to the Second
Ward Voters.
NO PROHIBITION FOR THIS MAN
Republicans Candidate for MsyOr says
He VIII DO More for Personal
Liberty Than Merely Drag
and Buster.

John Paul Breen denounces the story in
the world-Herald to the effect that he ad-
vocated prohibition in Iowa back in 1882,
as false. and the man who wrote It either
is dishonest or a fool. This occurred at a
meeting held at the hall at Eighteenth and
Vinton streets, at which Mr.. Breen, II. b.
zimman and many OF the candidates talked.
MIR. Breen took zip the World-Herald
charges and denounced the statements as
false. The bill providing for the submits
sion of a prohihltory amendment in Iowa
he said was passed by the legislature of
1880 and the amendment was ratified and
went into effect in June. 1882. The pro-
hibiton fight was over and the law was
in effect he said before he began his race
for register of deeds in Webster county TO
which the world-Herald referred.
Mr.. Breen said he had never advocated
prohibition and had never made a speech
in favor OF prohibition. but on the other
hand he had voted against the amendment
when submitted in Iowa. His brother he
said had never been his law partner. and
in fact was never a lawyer, the World
Herald Notwithstanding.
Matter of Personal Liberty.
The republican candidate for mayor as
sured the audience that he believed the
mayor of a city like Omaha should be a
man who realized this condition and who
was broad enough TO understand how to
handle the questions which we're bound to
come up. He believed in amusements and
as mayor of the city he would rave the
same respect for the liberty of others tina
he has now.
He told the people it was up to them tc
safeguard their personal liberties b. calling
to their aid men OF power who did more
than blow and bluster. for. he said. the mar
who struts around blowing and biuffine
about personal liberty is not the kind OF
man who will save them when the big
fight comes. He called attention to thS
fact that one who had stood by them and
had helped to safeguard their liberties was
now asleep on the hillside, and that man
he said. was not a blusterer. He belonged
to the class of men. he said, who Is always
on hand in the big fight, and 1t is thai
class, he said, who do the big fighting fol
the people.
Democratic Pledges.
Mr.. Zimman called attention TO tn,
pledges of the democrats three years age
and their pledges at this time. He tolC
them how Mayor Jim's backbone had gon,
back on him when he was told to take tn,
screens out of saloons and he said II hat
been this way all through the three year,
he had been in office. Governor Shallen
berger, he said, had lied to the people O
Omaha and South Omaha and the state
for he had taken his beer at a meeting O
Germans during the campaign and had lie,
the people to believe he saw no objection
to this practice, and yet he had signed tn
s O'Clock closing law.
1t would not be possible for the saloon
Keepers to violate the daylight saloon law
no matter how many promises Mayor Dahl
man made. because IL the mayor did per
init its violation he would be removed from
office under the Sackett law by Governo
S~hallenberger.
The only remedy, he said. is for the pee
pie of Omaha to elect republicans to offic
and two years from now the party ma,
secure the repeal of the law.