Arizona republican., 1910-11-18

| ment of the question of prohibition forever he would vote against it for l he was certain that it would not be settled the way it ought to be set tied.
 Wait For Sentiment to Grow ! Undoubtedly prohibition would be defeated if submitted to the people at this time. There was a time when gambling in the territory could not 1 have been suppressed by the vote of i the people. But the sentiment was all the time growing against it and f finally it overwhelmed it. So, said MT. Cunningham, public sentiment is growing against the saloons. There : fore, he did not favor the cutting off 1 of its growth at this immature stage. | As to the advantage of effective prohibition, MT. Cunningham said there could be no argument That subject had long ago been threshed out and people were practically in accord. But there was a question regarding the effectiveness of prohibi- i ton. The question now was whether i attempted prohibition was the best remedy.
 
 hibition was the policy of the fed eral government whose licensing of the liqior traffic had given it an appearance of responsibility. If the revenue tax were wiped out whisky would become so cheap that it would cease to be manufactured in large quantities or sold. In conclusion, MT Cunningham said. If you settle this question today you will settle it the wrong way"
 MT. Webb replied that he had been misunderstood. He had not meant that the defeat of prohibition as a result of its submission would be the death of the principle; nor had he said that he believed it would be de- feated.
 Defeat is Not Death
 This. said Judge Baker, is not question whether prohibition is right or wrong. It is our duty to give the people the opportunity to say whether they think it is right or wrong. "I have waited patiently" he said, ito hear some reason advanced why the question should not be submitted and have only heard that it would be defeated. That would not kill it."
 MT. Jones of Maricopa added that that disaster would only mean that it would not become a part of the con- stitutiOn and referring to the re- marks of Mir Cunningham, he said the argument of that gentleman was full of blowholes.
 MT. Cunningham: T based my ar gument on that of the gentleman from Graham; if mine was full of blow holes, his was nothing but bubble"
 Would Show the East
 MT. Crutchfield said that he rather believed that prohibition would be defeated as a result of submission. He did not believe that prohibition would receive more than forty or forty-five per cent of the vote, but he said that would be a good show ing to make before the country He would like for the people of the East who have exaggerated notions about the wildness and lawlessness of the territory to know that so large a part of the people were in favor of pro- hibition. He concluded by a warn ing to the opponents of the principle of prohibition that the defeat of the proposition by the convention would result in the making of many prohi- bition votes.
 Speaking of blowholes, bubbles and other airy matters. MT. Parsons said that the argument of MT. Crutch- field was a string of bubbles Though the gentleman from Maricopa was a presiding elder his argument was not to be accepted without consideration. He could not understand the mental process by which the gentleman from Maricopa had reached the conclusion that the defeat of prohibition would enhance the reputation of Arizona in the East
 And" said he, "the brother says that the defeat of the proposition here will make prohibition votes. In that case let us defeat it and get those votes.
 Nation Must Go Dry Mir. Parsons quoted from F.. H. Chapin, former prohibition candidate for president of the United States the statement that statewide prohibition was of necessity a failure. The so- lution lay only in national prohibit tion.
 Referring to the frequent appeal the referendum in this matter and the question why prohibition was be- ing discriminated against, Mir. Par sons said that the terms of the ini- tiative and referendum have not yet been complied with, If the principle