Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-13
Prohibition and Anti Saloon League.

Prohibition and Ant-Saloon League.
 MT Editor: Your paper contained the following item from Kansas City under a recent date:
 "A new campaign for national pro- hibition legislation, in which an effort will be made to enlist every temper ance league and anti-liquor society in the United Staees, was outlined here today by Charles J. Hall, who with Eugene W. Chain, former presidential candidate of the prohibition party, is on 8 speaking tour in support of the movement.
 "The movement will probably mean the death of the prohibition party" said MT. Hall. There will be no need for that party when one of the big parties has been forced to put the pro hibttion provision in it's platform. We do not care anything for the name of the party. It is prohibition we want, and all prohibitionists will be absorbed in the first party that declares for na- tional prohibition
 MT. Editor: True it is that a thing called by itself "Anti-Saloon League in the United States has gotten thou sands of unsuspecting people on the run after the old game of local option, which has been tried for fifty years and has been found wanting.
 Now, this league, after humbugging the people with old, local option the OEdI0S 1OT II1Leen years, IS U 1ti7 htW tack in connection with it. You will notice they always say they will try for local option or they are makin g an effort to get law passed that will allow the voters to vote on the ques- ton in wards, districts, villages, cit ies, towns, states etc.
 Now they are making an effort to enlist the prohibition party, and are willing to turn hell upside down and wrong side out in order to get it; but it remains to be seen if they get it. To be sure, they did get John c. Wool ley a few years ago, and this year they have gotten another of our weak ones E. w. Chain. as I see by this mems item, to train with them. There is only one reason I can account for this and only one-John c. Woolley was at tracted to this band wagon when he saw a bag full or shining gold eagles and no doubt Chaffin has caught sight of this bag also. The bag is in theii band wagon, and it is full of shining sheckels, and no doubht will tempt many more before another new year rolls around.
 You will notice, Mir Editor, that this man Hall says: "The movement vii probably mean the death of the prohi- l bition party. There will be no neet for that party when one of the big parties has been forced to put the pro 1 hibition proyiso in it's platform But there will be great need of 2 prohibition party until this "Anti-Sa- 1 loon League gets one of these great l old parties to put our plank into $heil 1 platform. Therefore 1t behooves every ] man, woman and child who hates the 1 liquor traffic to vote with party ant work for a party that has this plat 1 form already therein, instead of fol l lowing a crowd of bunco steerers wht proclaim in one long breath the follow l ing insulting statement to Almight! 1 God and His true church followers oI l this earth:
 | We are the church of God in actioi and have changed licensed hotels il 1 New York state from ten rooms f l twenty rooms and have therefore mad 1 them respectable We have preache, l in 5000 pulpits in the United States | and have collected nearly two million
 of &"
 Now, MT Editor. my claim is this l Any man with horse sense knows tha a thing that calls itself the church 0 God in action" and goes about enlarg ing it's own heIls, is lie and a hum
 bug and bunco steerer. Church c God, Forsooth!
 This it the most brazen faced. in
 sulting devil of this century. Nothin
 ever known to beat it for hypocris
 and bunco dealings.
 Barnum said: "The more you hum
 bug the, people, the better they like it.
 It does seem so.
 Yours, for the prohibition party an God in His kingdom.
 IT. l.. HUNTINGTON Yonkers, Jan. ', 1914.