The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-10-31

WT1LkuSS ana Wish TO state
that I most heartily agree with you
in recognising the great danger to
our civil and religious liberties in
the attempt of the Roman Catholic
church to obtain control in America
I go further and recognize that the
other great menace to our peace and
prosperity and to the welfare of the
nation is in the organized liquor
trust; and strange as it is, these two
are very closely allied, as by far. the
largest per cent of liquor dealers
are Catholics and a comparatively
small per cent Of Catholics are OPP
posed, by their votes ct least, to the
liquor traffic.
1t seems rational and the only
way possible to free this country
from the above perils is for the pat
riotic voters of the national to ally
themselves with the Prohibition par
ty organization and force our enc
mics to divide among the four other
parties and thus by our united
effort, carry our principles to victory
at the polls.
In 1876 the Prohibition party put
in it's party platform, the plank re-
garding the separation of Church
State, and it is something Of dis
appointment to our party leaders
when the men who claimed to stand
for these principles cast their bal
lots with parties that would not
recognize the principles they claim
to advocate.
The old Republican party is split
by two factions that will probably
be fairly divided SO that the chances
are SO to q hundred that Mr.. Will
son, the Democratic nominee will be
elected. Should he receive even less
than the usual Democratic vote, he
will undoubtedly carry a sufficient
number of States that he will have
the largest and probably the required
number of electoral votes to make
him our next President. In fact,
the evidence from political leaders
is all States of the union point to
this as fOrgone conclusion.
l believe the Roman Hierarchy
recognizes that their attempt to
again put Mr.. Taft in Office is fail
ure, and they are now making every
effort, as they usually do, to be with
the party that wins, that they might
use our national and other officers
to further their own political de-
signs under guise Of religion.
Under these conditions, what will
it profit our patriotic voter to cast
his ballot either for Mr.. Taft, Mr.
Roosevelt or Mr.. Wilson? Neither
Of them are favorable to the highest
patriotic ideas. Neither Of them will
do anything against the gigantic
liquor trust, although two of
them claim to be champions of the
people and against the other trusts
not SO large.
Under these conditions, it seems
to me the only rational and patriotic
action that our best citizens ought to
do in the coming election, is to unite
all their energies in every State, for
the Prohibition national party for
the reason that the Prohibition par
ty is the only party that stands for
the purest and truest principles and
civic righteousness.
You will not find a Catholic as a
candidate on it's party ticket in any
State of the union, but you will find
them by the hundreds and thous-
ands on all Of the other party tick
cts. now can one, who is true
patriotic citizen, advocate the voting
of these old party tickets? You
must recognize that it is the party
that is elected to power, while the
individual is simply elected to Office,
and if elected they must do their
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