Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-28
Opening Address Of Hon. Morris Sheppard, Candidate
For United States Senator at Creenvile Yesterday

tons out of the transaction MOI
one will for moment ere it the !
idea thar the men whom he claims 1
would have been CstmcisCd contrib /
uted more than an insignificant por- /
tiOn OF the colossal slush fund Wal- |
ters mus have gotten toccther lie
claimed that the Committee hal 40
power or authority TO ask these
questions; had he been in sympathy
with Democratic principles he would
have from the standpoint Of enligh.-
encd public policy made s complete
Statement. of all the contributions 10
his fund, as well as expenditures Tue
Prohibition Committee beaded by
Thomas H. Ball. made such 4
statement, and so did the Anti
Saloon League without the slight
est hesitation, each having ex-
pended less than $4,000. II
is evident that Wolters was either
ashamed or afraid 10 have the finaa.
cial details OF his cawpaien exposed
TO the light. | do not believe the
Democrats of Texas will reward MIR
| WolteIs for his reputation OF ono
Of the soundest and pnrest of party
principles. No campaign MANAGER
of either Republican or Democratic
candidates for President would dare
take the position in the Nation that
Wolters has taken In Texas on this
subject, II would be absolutely fatl
10 thc candidate and the party in
whose interest It might be taken.
Mr. Sheppard said that he had no
concealment to make of his opposi-
ton to the liquor traffic. He said
that he was against II because hc
considered II the chief enemy Of civ
ilization. because II dealt in one o.
the deadliest of all poisons whose
growing use threatens the vitality
and stability of the nation. because
of immense economic and moral ldss
II ontailed because II was already
producing ninety Ter cont OF the
crime, tho lunaCy, the vdgabondgge
in the United States, because nf the
hearts 1t had broken, the ambitions
lit had destroyed, because 1t was the
chief source Of the white slave trade
and the social evil because H. re-
sardel 10 as the chief enemy OF the
mother. the wife the child. thu
home Tie said that the liquor trait
tie was especially anxious to have
men In the United states senate anG
house of representatives Who would
be- fayorahly DISPOSED in IT'S behalf.
because It was ENJOYING enormous
fayors az the hands Of the federal
government. import aud excise taxes
boirg so arranged that the tralfi' Is
enabled 90 make outrageous aud
enormous profits
Mr. Sheppard said that lac hal in
PRODUCED tWn hills 10 prevent tha in
tcrstate shipment Of Intoxicating u.
qucrs. except for personal use, the
first being along the line of the Hep
burn-Dollivcr hill. the second being
The result Of conference of PROFIT
bitionists in Washington from eycrv
section o. the Uaion, including gov
ernors iidvps. lawyers. clergymen
and business mon. He said that IT,
and webb Of North Carolina Wee
designated 10 int-oi1Ce this bin m
Congress. and that this was the bin
THAT Wolters was so bitterly cri',-
csinp tie said that the oonstitu-
iional phases Of the question OF r'--
ulatlng interstate liquor shipme0's
presented many difficult problems.
some Of which wore Yet uns9lv n ,
and that the people Of Texas woIll
certainly not cntrps' the further Is
lposition Of this question TO Ja'nh
VOTERS He said that he wodld az
soon risk a lamb IN the Jaws Of q
fanished wolf MS . give any phase
of the prohibition question into tho
Keeping Of VOTERS MIR Shepa ord
said that several years $40 he lr-
gan 10 urge federal legislation on
this subject introducing bill
against federal liquor licenses IN
prohibition communities. and labor
ing Tor the measure prohibiting c.
o. D. shipments whi,h finally he.
came a law
, Rcturnirg 10 the tariff question
Mr. Sheppard said that as Texas WAS
principally a farming and ranchinc
2 state u would he especially interest
S Inc 10 note tho relation OF the farm
{ or 10 the tariff. He said TINT the
! protective tariff falls most heavily
- on the farmer because 81 not only
] subjects him 10 the domination Of
G monopoly. bat interfored materially
p with tho sale Of his products abroad
{ Most Of the farmers products have
s outgrown the home market. Ills
. LARGEST product, corn. has an annual
4 Weld Of o million bushels, valued AZ
4 a billion and n half dollars; The ont.
. nut exceeds the home demand b. -
. million hlshcls and this excess he
4 must sell abroad. Cotton follows,
/, with an annual value approcching