Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-16

i from those fEureS-the only way 10
tell where you are going is to see
I what direction you are aiming in. II
you study those figures you viii find
1 what tht sovereign men Of Oregon
lwill do with the whole liquor busi-
ness when they express their moral
sentiment in 1910. (Applause.)
! A distinguished editor of this state
addressed Company NJ In Salem some
I months ago Qaughterl. He said
I ne did not have the drink habit
because he was free born
I American citizen and did not want
TO be tied down by any habit which
Y he would have to acknowledge as his
master. He said that a. man who
tried TO punish whiskey was sure TO
Z be punished sooner OF. later by
whiskey and that the habit OF drink
T ing was simply an evidence OF lack
Of brains. daughter and applause.
I Now. agree with Colonel Hofer
in that splendid address to the boys
OF Salem. (Applause.)
7 ! am here to maintain that It has
/ been proven by experience that It IS
as demorali1ing TO engage in the
manufacture and the sale OF liquor
rs It is to drink liquor.
I A voice: Yes.
+ Dr. Wilson; Il is as dehauChing
T 10 the man and as dangerous 10 the
public health and morals of the COM
munity to engage in the traffic
{ Colonel Hofer advises the young men
Of Salem not to get the drinking
habit. I advise all the men of
I Oregon not TO sell ii or TO so into
T partnership with its sale by casting
a balloto against prohibition. IL is
as bad to sell Il as IL is 10 drink It,
I (Applause.l But while the loQuor
power has been defeated at each
time. let me call your attention 70
the fact that out OF thirty-four cOun-
ties in Oregon twenty-One Of them
have voted dry as counties, Out Of
the remaining wet counties there are
eighty-five precincts that have voted
dry as precincts.
Our local option law has been test
ed in the Supreme Court, every
clause OF it. and it has passed their
scrutiny IL has been put to the
test all over Oregon, and IL has been
satisfactory TO the majority OF the
people who have sustained il with
Increasing maiorities
Then Colonel Hofer asks me the
question why the constitutional
amendment then and why additional
legislation. and / address myself to
that important subject Because.
while four fifths Of the territory Of.
Oregon has voted dry. we have found
out that In the city OF Portland
there is what they call the Wholesale
Liquor Dealers and Brewers Ass0-
citation. and that when county or
city or precinct votes dry they have
a way Of sending bOOrlegging agents
there who sell liquor. with the I'M
derst0uding that ii they are arrested
this great powerful millionaire or
sanitation viii so their bail. furnish
them attorneys, defend them 10 the
utmost, see that they do not go to
Jail by eNerting this powerful in
fluence. and pay their fine IL they
are fined. These are the men who
get out red tickets. who dehauch our
politics and disgrace our citizenship.
who carry the long knife for every
judge. district attorney. mayor.
sheriff police officer. who does the
duty that be is sworn under high
heaven that he will perform By
virtue OF his office. These are the
men who watch TO put their plant
tools into office; these are the men
who send their wagons right now
over into University Park. and all
these dry precincts. and call from
door TO door and ask for orders in
violation Of the local ODticn law.
these are the men who had the
knife our for every officer who has
made a mark doing his duty 90 help
ing on great moral reform, these are
the men who teh8uch our legislature: .
these are the men who corrupt our
courts; these are the men who ad-
Vertise iu our daily papers and buy
up columns. column after column Of
space to advertise their whiskey rs
a boon and a blessing and their beer
as q medicine and SIS s help 10 old
people. to sick people. 10 babies and
TO nursing mothers daughter and
applNuse.l These are the men who
have done more 10 corrupt and de-
hauch the young manhood Cf Oregon. I
more 20 corrupt our politics, more
to defy the law. more 70 spread .
anarchy. mere 20 make the people 4
think that we cannot enforce in .
America the sovereign peoples will, .
because they the supreme anarchists. Z
say. We will not obey your law"
these are the men who have got 20
be Ennihilated as an organization be-
fore Oregon can get In the hanl
wagon and move with steady trend 4
up toward the highest civilization
(APplausel
There Is another thing which Is
presented. a hint that the state ought 4
not 10 vote prohibition on Portland 4
and Salem snd the other cities Why, .
bless vOur life, there are only a few
wet cities left. and those wet cities .
are peculiarly our own.
Now. lsg me show you, Salem Is .
the capital Og all Oregon; q has a
university there that belongs 10 all .
the Megho1Isss % OreEOns its capital /
building and its Institutions are sup
ported ty the votes Of the taxpayers. .
BY the voters of at Oregon; and 4
Portland 6 the metropolis % all Ore
EOn; it Is the place where the hOlest Z
farmer and mechanic and the towns
people Cf Oregon are destined 20
send their children % make a living .
whether they want 10 or not Thts
state Of Oregon. my friends. Is one
State. IL there Is a cclditioa u 1
thinsS In Portland that is dehauch- Z
tnE 81 manhood that sets GaAth-sr8ps 4
a.