The Brinkley argus., 1912-09-13
Won
How The Whiskeyites Won Throughout Arkansas
 Tuesday.


 Not for generation the state election Arkansas caused such an excitement and interest Tuesday last
 For past each state election has marked inc sweeping of some whskey into the dry col mn year people have patiently worked planned and result the temperance sentiment has grad y grown until whskey voted out of sixyve of the counties growth of the mo cense sentiment resulted in the under the Initiative and Referendum Law of the state-w wide prohibition Act No. 2.''
 Realizing their life and death struggle the bned whkey brewery and saloon interests of Arkansas sody for the fight and with countless thousands of dollars command they waged the bodest and most strenuous campaign made Tn the interest o whske the history or Arkansas
 They maintained an organization Rock under the dis guse of Local Option League" published paper called Facts had costly engravngs made of of nation wide and popularity with the most nsdeous arguments accompa nyng prominent mems pictures purpong to be be their presson avog the whskey mans fight and contention They had pictures of Wm Jennings Bryan Roosevelt Taft and Gov Marshall Indiana These pictures and were made plates and this whkey organization bought thousands upon inches of and all of the country city that they could buy from in order influence the voters in their behalf. The unsuspecng public who may have been fooled and i ueced lining with the wskey crowd because of these published reports sentiment of other political leaders may realize just they imposed upon from the following letter written the Commercial Appeal of Memphis by Gov Tho Marshall Indiana The whskey crowd realizing that the Com erca Appeal territory thoroughly spent siderable money in placing their phony advertising in 1t
 Marshas letter and the Commercial Appeals published show the whskey crowds methods thoroughly By methods many good fooled into voting with the whiskeyites and against sate-w wide prohibition
 Just they winked good white into voting against statewide prohibition by voting for local opton they thousands thousands of negroes voting whiskey under the Grandfather Clause It weeks before the election that the whskeyes playing that game and the results the polls verified those
 Gov. MARSHALL USED No SUCH WORDS.
 To The Commercial Appeal:
 My attention has just been called to cartoon of my self which appears in paper advertsement In hand printed statement which by inference is made appear uttersnce by The words aEe.nOt mine
 have in my life. made speech the subject of prohibition have expressed opinions relative to the liquor traffic other than such opinions have applied the controversy between the Democrats and Republicans the of Indiana with reference the size of the ton unit have been, and now, local self-govern- ment Democrat and would think of advising the people of Tennessee of any other state what they should do their local conditions than would wise the people of Great Britan.
 wish you would be kind enough to give the name of the who inserted this advertisement Surely didate for office should not be compelled subject of advertising space in the newspapers.
 you will give my letter publicity, and appeal to you Southern gentleman to withdraw the advertise ment Very truly yours,
 THOS. R. MARSHALL. Governor.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 9, 1912 The Commercial Appeal printed the advertisement to