Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-28
State Ticket VIII Be Named With
Belief It Can Win Against Four
Other Parties In Field.
TWENTY THOUSAND ARE so
FAR PLEDGED TO VOTING 1T
Necessity Of Having State Officers K
Back Up Prohibition Amendment
Is Urged by Speaker.

sertion Of George q. Pendell, state
prohibition speaker, at W. G. T. U. hall
last night. Pendell hurled defiance at
Salem ministers who recently passed a
resolution asking that the prohibition
party put no state ticket in the field.
He declared it would be cowardly to
take such step, besides being poor pol
itics He asserted that in case the dry
amendment carries in Oregon, prohi-
bition men should be in office to en-
force it. That there is possibility OF
the prohibitionists winning was indi-
Gated by his statement that 10000 vot-
ers Of Oregon have so far signed
pledge to vote for the prohibition party
nominees in case enough signatures are
secured to insure election. They have
also pledged themselves to vote for the
dry amendment. That 10000 names
Il be secured during the next few
months and 10000 before election day
was the prediction of the speaker.
II the prohibition amendment carried
declared Pendell, it would be the legit-
innate offspring Of the prohibition party
and should be taken care of by it. lie
said the republican, democratic, social
list and progressive parties would dis
avow responsibility.
Many Ministers Absent
The ministers Who adopted the reso-
luton favoring the elimination Of
prohibition state ticket were conspicu-
GUS by their absence at the meeting last
night. Those who we're present were
heartily in favor Of the ticket, When
the speaker compared the resolution
makers to the little girl who looked
at the new baby long time, and said;
"Mama ] think the baby is awfully
nice but I don't think we need it,"
and said it illustrated their attitude
toward the prohibition party, minister
present said;
''That only speaks for half Of u.s. "
From this the speaker concluded
that only half the ministers Of Salem
favored the elimination Of prohibition
parsy tisksG
Thousands Of dollars has already been
spent in the campaign in getting the
people to sign pledges and to decide to
have on ticket would be to turn traitor,
Pendell declared.
West Is Landed.
That the prohibition party alone
stands back Of Governor West was the
statement Of Pendell, He declared that
tho governor had been fighting with
his back against the wall ever since he
took office and members Of his own
party were against him. It was his
idea that If the prohibitionists had
West as q candidate for governor there
would be no talk on the part Of Salem
ministers Of keeping ticket in the
background.
Pondell contended that IL was very
poor policy to seek to avoid friction in
the way proposed by the ministers here,
He said the withdrawal OF the ticket
would have the opposite effect.
The methods Of the interests in CON
trolling political parties received atton'
tiou. He declared that they would have
about six good men out for an office to
split the vote and get soidly back of
the machine candidate. He said II was
the same story from the election Of
township officers TO governor.
says Roosevelt DOdgod.
How Colonel Roosevelt lodged the
prohibition issuo in Chicago was told.
Peudell said the chief Bull Mooser au.
swered questions as to tho tariff, negro
problem ard other things but when n
man up in the gallery asked about
prohibition the ex.presldent said' "You
20 to-" hesitated a second, and then
finished, ca primary school. " Fear Of
tho enemy II he sprung the more siren
nous word alone kept It back, as tho
oloncl felt that way,
That the liquor interests will have
noted speakers here from all over tho
country was predicted, Even Clarence
barrow, who sold out the labor men Of
Tho country in tho Mcnamara case,
would likely be here at $500 a night
said Pendell,
Every Worser Needed.
The speaker pointed out the necessity
Of having state ticket in the field to
aid in the Oregon dry campaign and
meet the flood OF oratory and literature
provided from the big fund Of tho sa'
loon interests Every speaker Of the
prohibition party will work for the
state amendment, declared Pondcll, who
said lint II Jesus Christ we're on earth
today he would choose the prohibition
party.
Following the address, pledges 70 vote