The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-01

1t in. Here the traffic fiourishes IN
spite of all that has been said; in
spite of all that has been done
Now, friends, there is one concern
in the land that has stood out hon
estly, fairly and squarely against the
liquor traffic, and that is the Third
Prohibition Party. They have been
the only consistent fighters, from the
standpoint of the church. They have
fought the thing year in and wear
out and fought a losing battle
Their vote has not increased but
decreased. These people are hon
est in thir convictions but they are
mistaken. The prohibition party has
not been able to poll one vote for
each saloon in the land. 252.OOO
votes were cast in the United States
at the last general election and
there are 275,OOO saloons in the
country What would the statis-
tics be if you included all the drug
stores and blind pigs? The pro-
hibition party is suffering and per-
ishing from two diseases, one is
dry not and the other is dissention.
1t is dreadful the dissention that ex-
lists within their ranks.
Let me read to you what Mr.. ZONES
said, the man at the head of the
prohibition party, about prohibition
as it is today. This is a report he
made over in Oregon: Charles r.
Jones of Chicago, National Chairman
of the prohibition party who is in
Olympia on his way from Seattle
to Portland, said: Every known
method of dealing with the liquor
traffic has been tried except that of
National Prohibition and all have
proved a failure" Now this is
from an honest man at the head Of
the Prohibition party. You notice
this, If local option prohibited or
prohibition prohibited, it might be
another thing, but, and this is what
Jones says, The consumption of
liquor last year was the largest of
record despite the increase of pro-
hibition and dry territory during
the last five years" This from a
man who knows what he is talking
about, and 1 agree with him. They
say that the country is dry in name
only. l wish here to tell you some
thing. Two weeks ago in my home
town / made this statement: "The
people of this country don't want
prohibition. During the last 2S
years they had seven general elect
ions and they had chance to vote
for prohibition if they wanted il
and they demonstrated that they
wanted the saloon. They voted the
democratic ticket and the republi.
can ticket and if men wanted pro-
hibition why in the name of common
sense didn't they vote for prohibi
ton? They didn't vote for it be
cause they didn't want it. In the
state of Idaho there were $4,000
votes cast by men and women, cas-
} at the last general election. How
many of the $4,000 voted for pro
hibition? Only 1000. The figures
at the state capital will tell you so
Take them right here in Canyon
county. How many votes did the!
: cast here? l am told about 5000
votes. Out of the 5000 men ant
, women who voted, how many votet
;. for prohibition? Only 1926. Tha
:. shows that the people don't wan
prohibition. They had their chanc
|, to get it and they turned up the1
nose at 1t. They have ridiculed II
:. They have called the prohibition
:, orators a lot of cranks and fanatics
The church has closed its doors
prohibition workers simply becaus
they don't believe in prohibition
they don't want it, they have vote
. for some other system that is sin
: ply a makeshift. Now, some wi
= ask, How about the Anti-Saloo
League?
We are told that the anti-saloo
league is a federation of church:
against the saloon; the church
action against the saloon; | thin
that is a pretty fair description, b,
mind you It is not the church
action against the liquor tratiic
much as against the saloon Inc
should modify the statement D.
cause there are thousands OF u
churches that are not with them.
But mind you It is not In acti0
against the liquor traffic In u
United States, for there Is goVer'
ment at Washington that has NJ
been touched and won't be toneh'
by the anti-saloon league. The
are breweries and distilleries oV'
the land by the hundreds and thou
ands and that matter has only bee
touched In n local way here, the