Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-14
PROHIBITION BY ADMINISTRATION
Only Effective Weapon Against the Liquor Evil, Says Pres
 idential Candidate Cha6n-Ended State Tour Here
 Friday Night With Meeting in Town Hall-Eight Speeches in this Section During the Day.

Hon. Eugene w.. Chain of Tucson, Arizona, candidate of the prohibition party for president of the United States. concluded whirlwind tour or Connecticut with a meeting here on Friday evening in the town hall where he had an audience of about 75, dnclud- ing two women.
 Lively Days Work.
 Candidate Chafin's days work on Friday began at Pawcatuck, where Tor an outdoor meeting he had an auol- ence of 100, and he spoke in succession before 70 at Mystic, 200 at New Lon don. 150 at Wiimantic, 25 at Baltic, zoo at Taftyille, 400 at Greeneville, near the engine house, at 7.30 p. m. At a number of the meetings he was ac- companied by County Organizer Err nest Allison smith.
 State Chairman Hohentha.
 State Chairman Emil l.. G. Hohen- fhal of South Manchester opened the meeting here with d brief reference to the state tour Thirty different meet iigs had been held and in all respect fiiI and interested attention had been aiven the speakers Chairman Ho- henthal devoted few minutes to a brief mention of the candidates on the state ticket. For the prohibition plat form he. claimed that this party had. blazed the way for numerous measures that now are found in what are called the progressive blanks in other plat forms, such as parcels post. conser-7 walton of natural resources abolition uf child labor, etc. Drink and ,debauch- cry and immortality will wreck any nation and these three evils will be extended ss long as the liquor traffic 6 perpetuated and extended. ]
 Captain Stanley a Torrent.
 Capt. Charles Stanley of California, b, rushing torrent of song and speech, occupied several minutes with a near vaudeville number. which had his hearers shaking with laughter, espe- c3ally at his lifelilfe initiation of the big bull moose. Captain Stanley. is a reformed comic opera comedian, {. Hd matted out the time for his topical songs with his foot, and breezed up the audience to an enthusiastic pitch to greet Candidate Chain.
 Dr.. chipman of New London.
 hDr B. c. chipman of New London, the candidate for comptroller on the prohibition state ticket. was, introduced after singer Stanley had finished his s'turn,v The doctor addressed a few earnest words upon the scientific req sonableness of opposition to the liquor tfaf1c. h.
 S Address by the candidats.
 ECandidate Chain was given prolong- cd applause as he rose and began his logical address upon Prohibition by Administration. He won frequent ap- plause as he spoke in part as follows: 
 Points Of Agreement.
 We are here tonight. to discuss the solution of the greatestl problem the world has ever undertaken to solve athe liquor problem.
 Now, there are some things upon which we can agree. One is that the liquor traffic Is the greatest curse the world has ever known. Another is that this curse ought to be destroyed, root and branch, in the whole world. And another, upon which am Sorry we must agree. Is that after seventy gears of the most heroic effort ever made. and at a sacrifice more costly sn time, money and effort than for any ether cause in the worlds history, we lind ourselves with the liquor traffic stronger and more thoroughly en- trenched in the national government, and more liquor consumed annually than in any previous year in our en- tire history. That being so, 1t ought to occur to good people that they may not have been using their time, money and effort in the right direction
 They've tried the pledge and they've tried prohibition and nearly every township or county between the Mis- sissippi river and the Atlantic coast has at some period, during the last sixty years,s been under some kind of