Arizona republican., 1910-10-29

' hOl uSSIe HedTIHB- A recess was l taken for three quartrs of an hou,
 in the course of which Superintend- ent Burke of the Anti-Saloon League
 and the other speakers arrived. The committee when it reassembled | had not been informed that anybody
 wished to address the committee on the other side MT. Burke arranged
 the speaking campaign for the prop
 osition and introduced Dr. John Wix
 Thomas who spoke briefly urging the propriety. of referring this matter to the voters. He was followed by c.
 H. Davidson who after a discussion of the merits of prohibition from both the economic and moral points of view insisted upon the right of the people to be heard on this question which was sweeping over the coun- try, gaining momentum as it pro- ceeded
 The next speaker was Miss Gil- christ in charge of the Associated Charities though she appeared as the representative of the w. c. T. U. Her address bore upon the relation between alcoholism and pauperism. based upon her experiences and ob- servations in the course of her off cial duties. An impassioned speech, an appeal to the democrats was made by w. D. Bell.
 The principal address was made by Rev. Robert s. Fisher, who said that the question was the greatest before the American people; greater than the tariff and all schemes for taxation for they were intended to meet an expenditure of a billion dal- lars annually while the expenditure on account Of the liquor traffic amounted to a larger sum.
 He described the progress that had been made elsewhere and the grow ing determination that liquor must go.
 The speech making was concluded by Mir. Burke whose manner was az gressive. He demanded the submis- sion of the question under the pledge which a majority of the members of the convention had given to support the principle of direct legislation. He frequently referred to the fact that one of the members of the commit tee. MT. Keegan, had a direct inter- est in the liquor business and, he stated, if submission should fail the committee could act upon no other ground than that it was friendly to the traffic or that its members fear ed the political power of the sa- looms.
 When the oratory was ended, the committee rose without indicating -Ix,, the character of it.
 A MONSTER PETITION.
 It was opportune that on this day there should be received petition on the subject of prohibition from the w. c. T. l.. It was offered in the convention in the morning and was as follows:
 To the Representatives of the People
 of Arizona in Constitutional Con-
 vention Assembled:
 Gentlemen
 Knowing the open saloon to be the curse of thousands of our sisters. bringing shame and misery and pow erty to them, and knowing also that the open saloon is the cause of three fourths of the crime, insanity, and poverty in our territory, and knowing that the awful danger of drunken ness threatens our children so long as the open saloon is allowed to ex- ist in Arizona: and
 Being convinced that little relief will be afforded If the matter is left to the legislature because of the interruptions character of the saloon business and it's influence with legislatures;
 Therefore. We. the women of Ari- zona, helpless and without the bal lot to protect ourselves or our chill dren, do hereby respectfully petition you to incorporate in the constitution as. presented to the people an article the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the state of Arizona.
 It was from the women of Arizona and signed by 3200 of them. Some of the lady clerks of tho convention attached their names to it after it was offered and at the committee hearing MT. Burke further added several hundred names to it. The original petition formed a great roll. nearly six inches in diameter and