The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-24
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who framed our original Constitu-
ton; those who fought the great bat

who framed our original Constitu-
ton; those who fought the great bat
ties of our war; those pioneers
fought for liberty, and in the words
of Patrick Henry, for liberty or for
death Yet those who were noncom-
batants then, who never fought, who
never took part in any contest, came
forth and began to reform the gov
eminent just as soon as they could.
The same thing is repeated here in
this beautiful state of Washington.
Who are the man who came here and
made these sagebrush plains here
blossom and grow great crops? Who
are the men who go into the noun
tains and dig out the ore? Who are
the men who go into the forests and
hew out our lumber? Where they
they prohibitionists? Were they the
ministers of the country? No, the
hardy pioneers came here when there
was no law, when manhood was the
law, when honesty and decency as
the regular diet of every man. Cap
plause.) Now, when this great en-
pire has been carved out, when this
state has been made to be what it is,
when these men came here and gave
their life-blood for what it is; they
built it up.to this point, again comes
his herd of leeches. this herd of peo-
pie who are living upon this thing,
this constant agitation and they try
to reform the state which the pio-
neers carved out. This state was good
enough without any law; men were
even better in 1t then than they are
today; it shall not be ruined by nom
combatants who have nothing at
stake. (Applause.)
Again, said that you should vote
against prohibition because it de-
stroys a great industry honestly Or
gained, without due process of law.
Do you realize what this industry
that they are attacking amounts to
in the United States? Do you realize
the number of people dependent upon
it for a livelihood? Do you realize
the vast wealth involved in this
fight? The manufacturing plants of
the breweries and distilleries in the
United States are valued at more
than 100000, 900; the value of the
retail plants at more than $500, 000,-
600; the payrolls for labor in the
manufacturing plants in the liquor
industry in the United States are
5t,OGO,0O0 year. In the manufac-
tories one and in the retail plants
of the United States $49,O00,0)j. or
sos. 100000 year paid as wages
Ivy the liquor interests of the United
States. 100000 people are de-
pendent upon them for their support.
Are they going to snuff this thing out
and say you have no rights what
ever? Do you know that 1900 a
year comes into your county from the
liquor interests? Not the $4,000 IL
ccnse; l am not talking about that at
all; and you raise 10000 bushels of
bar'ey; 40 per cent of that is bought
by the breweries and distilleries or
the United States; $4,000 in cash
In this county. Are you going to
take that away from your farmers
upon whom you are dependent II 4
vely large degree? The liquor inter
ests paid the United States govern
ment last year 1884, 100000 for IL
cense fees; the various cities of the
United States received $84,500,000
from license; Seattle got 100000
and your city $4,000. Are you 60
ing to say that this is not needed for
public improvements? That that is
not needed for governmental pur-
poses? Are you going to take three
or four or five hundred million dol
lars and make good the deficiency?
II you are not, how are you going to
maintain your government?
MY friends, the worst feature of
these campaigns for prohibition is
that our friends on the other side
can not get along without Divine aid;
it is utterly impossible to win a pro-
hibition fight without enlisting the
church. Now ministers are not al
together a pest (Applause). I don't
wish to be considered as saying that
they are altogether pests; they are
not to blame for their own narrow
ness, their own bigotry, their own
ignorance; the poor ministers of the
country do not know anything about
public affairs, particularly about such
a question as the liquor question, and
they can not possibly know any