The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-18

| in telling of the educational center
and center for homes, his city was and
also dealt with those of his state who
are now engaged helping develop the
state or Washington.
A Wonderful State.
eff 1 were asked to name your state
/ would term it the state of 'Wond rful
opportunity We have no breeding
D aces for crime or disease in our city
and you prohibitionists who state diff
ferent of our city either talk through
ignorance or malice and hatred In
your heart. You talk of that form
of dillema that pleased you most. The
per cent of criminality is smaller In
our city than any. city in the United
States according to the United States
census department. The proportion
of arrests for drunkenness is SIN aller
In our city than any dry town IN
the country" Here the speaker paid
a glowing tribute to the Salvation Ar
my:
Here is something ror you prohibi-
tionists. Pct it down on paper. sleep
on it tonight-prohibitio does not pro-
hibit The working man in our city
gets a. drink whenever he wants It.
The working man in dry" town
wants drink as often as do those IN
orr city, but they must resort to de-
ceit to get it. Yes they by it by
the bottle and then do not stop until
it is DONE Our prohibition friends
do not know this-no they are not III
touch with the condit1ons-the minis
ter stands on the outside of the sa-
loon and suesses."
To the Unsigned Writer.
81 find a catechism in one of your
evening papers for me to answer. If
there is one man / utterly desp'se, IL
is that detestable cur who wi write
articles and then refuse to sign ms
name to it. You prohibitionist who
wrote that list of questions-if you
are in this audience ] want you TO
stand I'D. Know he does, not have
the courage to make himself known
About six weeks ago spoke in the city
Of Vancouver, Wash. Some nave saiu
7 sailed under false colors. CTh1s
statement was made bv State Sena-
or Cotteril He said the Commercial
club of that city had not invited Rose
speak but that he used that body's
name in order to have an excise to
<Deak.) r was invited there on 'nvi-
tation of the Commercial organiZa-
ion of that city. They invited me-
How does that sound to you, you crit
ic Here the speaker read the COM
ni,nication from the Vancouved Com
rnercial club inviting him to speak In
Vancouver.
More Important Than Slavery.
81 will dismiss this little matter by
saying: If our prohibition friends will
lie about one thing they will lie about
another 1 regard the liquor question
as more of importance than the ques-
ton of slavery. That question in
volved the freedom of 100000 black
men. This question involves the
question of freedom of S0,000,00O white
men, 1 am opposed to prohibition be-
cause of its utter failure where tried
1t inspires hypocrisy in the individual!
and the man in public office. it con-
fscates private property acquired I'M
der sanction of law; it is injurious to
the pubic and a privatiOn to the ma
ton: it provides and makes pitfa Is
for the youth of our nation and cuts
down the public revenue of not only
the nation but state and municipality
without promoting the public welfare;
it strikes at our government by strik-N
ing at our freedom. My prohibition
friend, you will never succeed with |
q campaign of hatred.
Temperance and Prohibition.
Friends do not fail to- differentiate |
ntween tem~erance and prohibition.