Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
FIRES FIRST GUN FOR
PRohIsITroNIsTs,
DELIVERS FINE ADDRESS
AT OPEN AIR MEETING
Declares Prohibition Party 10 Real Pro-
gressive Party-Diseussss Platform
and New lssues-Mssting Delayed BY
Late Arrival Of Speaksr-Gain In
Vote Predicted.

The prohibition campaign in Mar
shall county opened Monday evening
when Rev. Aaron S. Watkins, vice pres
idential candidate on the prohibition
ticket, addressed large crowd at an
open air meeting on the court house
lawn. Mr.. Watkins delivered fine ad-
dress, combining himself principally to
the party platform and the issues OF
the campaign.
Owing to train delay Mr.. Watkins
did not reach the city from Des MONIES
until shortly before s o'clock, and the
meeting, scheduled for 1880, was not
called to order until S:l5. Rev. ~ L.
Elicit acted as chairman.
Real Progressive Party.
The prohibition party" said MIR.
Watkins. represents the only real pro-
gressive politics in America TO-DAY.
The party. he added, was founded on
great moral basis, and no party Is
really progressive that has not mora!
foundation on which to stand.
"A really progressive party said MI.
Watkins, must have moral basis. -
real progressive will not go back M
teen twenty or forty years to get ms
foundation. Today one party talks
about Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson and another party talks about
Abraham Lincoln and his policies.
While we recognize these men as great
statesmen, We also recognize that they
are long dead. and that their policies
are also dead
Up-to date Issues.
Mr.. Watkins said issues were con-
stantly changing, and a progressive
party must advocate real up-to -date
issues or it had no claim on the title
progressive" The prohibition party,
he declared. had placed up-to-date, Nv
ing planks into its platform. which de-
handed the attention Of every voter.
This platform, he asserted. was the
most progressive in the field today.
Death Of the liquor traffic, said the
speaker. was the basic principle OF the
party, and while the most prominent
reform, advocated. it was not the only
issues advanced Many people. he SAID.
are under the impression that the pro-
hibition party stands only for the pro-
hib;tion Of the manufacture and sale OF
Intoxicating liquors, but this is not the
| case.
Civil Service Reform.
/ MANY great reforms have been
started by the prohibition party. con-
tinued Mr.. Watkins. and one OF these
was the civil service reform. which he
declared was born in the prohibition
ranks.
| "Other parties adopted the reform
advocated it in party platforms. and
! -
said Mr.. Watkins. He pointed to the
great good resulting from the reform
! and said that many other reforms ad-
vanced by his party had found favor
with the greater parties and were
eventually adopted.
| Mr.. Watkins discussed the platform
of the party and compared 1t with
! those Of other parties.
Watkins Convincing Speaker.
Mr.. Watkins is a forceful and con-
vincing speaker Monday nights visit
was his second to this city. He ap-
peared here four years ago, when a
candidate for the vice presidency for
the first time. Upon that occasion he
spoke in the east court room before a
small crowd, bad weather preventing
MANY from being present. Those who
heard him then were impressed with
his earnest and convincing manner
and took advantage of his appearance
here last evening to hear him again.
Mr.. Watkins is making a strenuous
campaign, making several speeches
several times daily. At Knoxville,
where he followed William ]. Bryan on
the platform. he was greeted by one OF
The largest and most enthusiastic au
diences that has attended a meeting at
Knoxville this year.
Predicts Greater Vote.
7, his address. introducing Mr. Wat
kins. Rev. O. D. Elicit predicted that
tho prohibition vote this year would
greatly exceed that Of any previous
presidential year.