The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-08-11

deaVor Is one Of the greatest Dues
tons confronting US as a free neo-
pie. we favor the Inauguration Of
just and righteous measures which,
while Just to capital, will protect
and insure the rights Of labor: that
will provide for the support Of the
workingman and those dependent
on him when incapacitated by acct
dent Or sickness. and provide for
those dependent upon him when acct
dents or sickness are fatal. and take
care Of him in his old age.
The People, Not the Saloons, Must
Rule.
Another great moral and economic
question is that arising from the
traffic in intoxicating liquors as
beverages, This question has engag.
ed theattention of statesmen, philan-
thropists and other thoughtful men
for many years. 1t is a question
that ought to be settled without pas
sion. prejudice or hate, but with the
determination that the people, and
not the saloons. must rule. Believ-
ing, in the immortal phrase of Lin
lColn. that this is government of
the people, by the people and for
the people," we believe that this is
q matter appropriate to be submitted
to the people for their deliberation
and expression, And more especial
ly is this true because many thous-
ands of the people Of the State have
petitioned our legislatures for this
right. Therefore, we earnestly favor
a h ,;c~r~t l. -.
amendment to the constitution, and
the enactment by the next legisla>
ture Of an adequate and efficient
county local option law. If the sub
mission Of the prohibition amend
ment is defeated by the whiskey in
terests or otherwise, then We favor
the enactment of statutory State
wide prohibition; but we prefer that
the question Of Statewide prohibit
ton be submitted to the people.
With the courthouse at Madison,
the pretty little county seat of Boone
county, filed to overlooking, with
three hundred delegates in attend
ance, and many others unable to gain
Abundance, Judge Grant P. Hall, of
kanawha county, was nominated FOR
the State Senate Saturday by the
counties comprising the Eighth Sen
atorial district, in a convention that
was enthusiastic, marked with har-
mony and declared to be ONE Of the
best nominating conventions ever
held in West Virginia.
Standing on the rostrum in that
country courthouse, yisibly affected
by the remarkable demonstration
which greeted his entrance into the
courtroom following his nomination
by reclamation. Judge Hall, with
force and eloquence, accepted the
nomination which had been unani-
mously rendered, thanked the con-
Vention for the honor thus conferred
upon him as a member of the party
with which they were affiliated and
notified his hearers that the contest
In the Eighth district was now on
and that there would be no cessation
until the people had rendered their
verdict at the polls.
For Prohibition Amendment.
The candidate approved of the
platform which had been previously
adopted and discussed, several of the
more important planks OF the plat
form. He devoted the greater part
OF his speech to the last plank of the
platform which declares unequivo-
cally for the submission Of the Pro-
hlbltlon Amendment to the vote of
the people, and in the event of the
failure Of the Legislature to submit
this constitutional amendment, binds
the candidate to vote for statutory
prohibition.
My opponents" Judge Hall said
will probably seek to divert the
minds of the voters Of this district
from the real question at issue,
which is In the words of the platform
which you have just adopted, 80 sue
cinctly stated, The people, and NOT
the saloons, must rule
My opponents say that ! am not
sincere, but / want to tell you tUdav-t
my position on this matter. ] want
TO make it so clear and so emphatic
that they who profess to disbelieye,
may understand. ! shall 90 further,
probably, than any other candidate
III THIS State ever declared, for had
|hIs convention today refused to in
corporate in this platform the sub
mission Of the Prohibition Amend
ment, then / would not have accept
ed this nomination, for stand here
To-Day, and tell you, that you may