American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-10-22

Harrison, Oct, Is - Governor
Brady closed his campaign In the
north here last night to a crowded
house and his address was more
carefully prepared than n other
he has delivered. In discussing the
temperance question he said.
"My friends we are confronted
with n new issue In the politics In
this state, a moral Issue involving
the welfare and happiness of onr
men, women and children and The
Integrity and efficiency OF our poll
tical system. | refer to the problem
o before us OF solving the saloon
and the liquor traffic business. ]
have said that the liquor question
Is primarily the moral issue. Every
body knows II Is m evil,
~ appeal to all the loyal repub-
licans to tell me how long our party
could live II Il got the reputation
of standing for wrong and lmmor-
atty? How long could It endure as
a great institution II everybody be-
Iieyed II was operated to protect the
saloons? The strength OF this party
depends upon there being full agree
ment among the party leaders on
questions fundamentally moral wher
the party should stand oyerwhelm-
ingiy for the maintenance of those
principles of government which
favor honesty, industry and sobriety
among men and against those influ-
ences which corrupt our youth, de-
crease the usefulness of our men
and inflict unhappiness on our
ONE On no other basis can
parties be of service to good gov
eminent and on no other basis can
they continue to exist Principles
OF morality should be the founda-
tion Of parties and honest disagree
ments upon policy the issues upon
which they win or lose. II Is bet
ter for the usefulness and integ-
rity of great political parties that
their issues should be matters of
morals.
"Ali parties are supposed to stand
for morality. They were primarily
devised to deal with the settlement
of honest differences OF opinion as
to how desired social and moral
standings are to be achieved, not to
BATTLE the expressions of existing
when the forces of self-interest aud
immortality try to force them selves
into the community of a party or II
government IL Is essential that
moral issues shall become party is
sues.
"There Is no other way to safe
guard the ideas for which the com
munity stands. We can not allow
the self-interest of a minority to
seize a part of a government, we
dare not when that minority Is a
league in favor of evil, the liquor
Interests must not be allowed to
usury the machinery OF govern
ment for the protection of them
selves. They must not be allowed
TO make an Legitimate use OF party
machinery
since they have forced upon us
this struggle for the protection of
our party aud our government We
raust accept the saloon question as
a political issue ana fight it out
before the people.
AS a private citizen with she
right to his own honest opinion.
believe that the evils OF the liquor
traffic and the power of the liquor
Interests can not finally be put down
without closing every saloon IN this
state. This is my person Judgment
after studying the experience of
other states. Yet II had the
power To coarce my own party into
a declaration against the wishes OF
a majority Of It's members. I would
not do SO. II, as governor. / could
force the legislature To pass a state
wide prohibition act without being
certain that my party and a majority
of the community were behind me.
j should refrain from doing so
1T Is no use TO have a law upon
the statute books that can not
be enforced. 1t only breaks down
the force OF the law. You can pass
a law and enforce it with an indif-
ferent majority behind 1t and an in
minority against 1t. But
there is a fierce fighting min
ority bent on breaking the law YOU
must have the support of an earn
est vigorous majority whose en-
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