The Washington times., 1912-08-10
'DRY'S'' CANDIDATE
SCORESOLDPARTIES
Chain Declares High Cost Living Is Due Largely to
Liquor Trafic-Pledges Himself to Fight
Traffic in Girls.

wAUKESA, Wis, Aug. 1o--Hundreds
of persons who crowded into Cutler
Park this afternoon witnessed the in
formal ceremony which served to notify
Eugene w. Chain, Of Tucson, Ariz.,
that he had been named the candidate
for President by the Prohibition ma
tional convention held recently at At
lantic City, N. J.
The Rev. Charles 8. Mead, OF New
York. chairman of the convention de-
Iivered the notification address. >
The Presidential candidate replied In
an address in which he charged the old
parties with side-stepping the supreme
issue in the high cost of living problem
the production of liquor.
Mr.. Chains address, in full, was as
follows:
".Mr. Chairman: It Is with many
thanks that / receive from your hands
this copy Of our platform. In contains
sixteen planks and 425 words. 1t Ii so
plainly written that anyone who reads
can understand it's meaning. The COM
mittee that drafted It and the conven-
tion which adopted Il, evidently intend
ed to convey information.
This engrossed copy Is of such size
and form that II can be framed and
hung over the office desk of the Pres.-
dent in the White House and be a daily
reminder Of Its pledges to the people.
/ shall do all in my power to see that
1t Is placed there. I have carefully con-
sidered each plank, and They receive
my hearty approval. 1t is the broadest
platform and most comprehensive OF all
the issues that has been adopted by any
political party this year. 1t is also the
only real progressive platform.
One Six-Year Term.
The platform favors "a Presidential
term of six years and one term only.
This Is a most important matter. Twen
ty-six eminent gentlemen have occupied
the Presidential office. The first sever
were born the subjects of a king. the
others citizens of a great republic
Seven served. by reelection, two full
terms of eight years. o..
Not one of them added anything tc
his reputation or performed any grea
service by a second term Several hay'
| lost much in reputation and done In
finite harm to the nation by seeking q
| subsequent term. The time has come
in our history when we have too mucf
President-too much politics-too fre
| quent Presidential elections.
| 1--WE are an industrial business ma
ton of people. Our progress shouit
not be stopped one year in four to cleo
a President. Amend the Constitution
osIy the Let term the sc T and ONE
silent dignity and firm administration o
the law. Let Congress do the legis
| lating.
Follow the example of James X
other President. and whose admin
istration of four years is noted 70
greater Achievements than any other II
our history with the exception OF Lin
have been mostly noise and httl
achievement.
The Liquor Traffic.
"The master method Of destroying
the worlds greatest plague Is well de
fined in this prohibition. platform. TIL
liquor traffic Is wrong. 1t produce
crime, poverty, and political corruption
and spreads disease and death. A
laws taxing or licensing such a traffi
should be repealed. How shall we es
tablish these facts in government an
repeal these laws and have prohibition
There is but one way. All other meth
ods have been tried and failed.
''Our platform says: To destroy sue
a traffic, there must be elected
power political party which Will &C
minister the Government from tn
standpoint that the drink Is crime an
!, "That is the master method
the great reform. And II all voter
, who are with us agreed ths
the liquor traffic ought to die VIII us
ticket will be elected on November
1912. This Is the only chance you WI
have In the next four years 70 stTii
, it a death blow. II this awful CT Grim
continues four years longer u VIII nj
claim to be against IT,. but refuse
use the only method there Is to e.
"There is but one place to get T.
/ gether. where we can destroy tne iiqu'
election day. Will you meet us there
High Cost of Living.
THE platform we'll says that Il
liquor traffic is the most serious dra
|. on the wealth and resources of the n
ton It takes considerably more thu
100, 900, 900 bushels Of grain each year
make Mouor for the United state
Nearly a million men are engaged :
making and distributing liquor. Th'
support families of 100000 more.
start with. we have here an army
5000 900 of nonproducers-all consume
Of food. clothing, and shelter, Il
necessaries of life. AS a result Of tn
traffic, more than 200 900 men are In ja
n and penitentiaries. All consumers al
p non-producers. Then add to tn
~ army, court officials, policemen, Ell
y ployes and attendants of poorhoust
: jaiis, penitentiaries, insane and 9th
d hospitals for the dependent class
e caused by the liquor traffic and you W
l. have an army of nearly 100000 w
consume and do not produce any or I
necassar ries of life,
i Herein lies the cause OF the hi
Is cost of living. Destroy the liquor trs
le fic-let those 100000 of consumers
l. come producers and the problem
solved, land there Is no other
n luton. Charging Il to the tarff a
/ like legislation Is mere buncombe. T
liquor problem is the greatest econon
ID yroblem the world has ever faced. T
te solution of the labor and capital qu'
nt ton is bound up in 1t.
ot "For the leaders of all other parties
e. ignore this great question in order
get the liquor vote Is a travesty on
word statesman And especially Is II
true when they call themselves 'pl
gressive.' Where have they progress,
i, from? And where are they 'progre
10 ing to?
he Traffic In Girls.
9; "'The complete suppression of I