The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-06-11

am Sidu lIldI am mere. am GLAD
that you are here. / am dry and |
hope you are dry, if you are not you
will be before many months. l hope
you are going to put forth your best
efforts to make Garrett county dry by
tremendous majority. Baltimore is be-
coming the whiskey camp of America.
He discussed the question of how the
liquor traffic was kept before the
public. 1t was through five big lies of
| the devil, by which he deluded and de-
ceiyed the people. 1t was red hot
arrangement of the liquor business.
Alcohol is poison he declared. He
quoted the testimony of a number of
prominent physicians, who declare that
alcohol is not necessary in the prac-
tic of medicine, as was formerly be-
lieved.
Some people claim that prohibition
does not prohibit. He compared the
theory of regulating the liquor ques-
ton with prohibition. He dealt in cold
facts, gave telling Incidents. and vivid
illustrations on the subject He de-
scribed the partnership business ex-
isting between the whiskey seller and
the public. He quoted the words of the
President of the Liquor Dealers AS
| ISOLATION, claiming that the Govern
ment was in partnership with them in
the sale of liquor, because it licensed
them to do so and received part of the
profits in the shape of licensed fees.
He asked the audience if they were not
ready to dissolve the partnership and go
out of the business.
He referred to trip he made through
Kansas, the State where prohibition is
and has been a success. He spoke OF
its great prosperity. In one town he
visited the lookup was used for storing
ear corn, not for the imprisonment of
the.man with corn juice in his stomach.
He described a trip ne made through
the State of Maine; of signs of pros
perity and the absence of the saloon; of
lSlNillS Tic CAdlt IlSOIl WIFI OIilN Il
inmates; of one county, a wet county,
in his home State, West Virginia, which
furnished l27 prisoners for the State
penitentiary at Moundsville.
This is to be a hand to hand conflict.
A house to house canvas. A campaign
of personal effort. Sit down by the
siJa &c ,,o,,r poiorbLor .rJ h,,-o , lo.4
to heart talk with him. Public meet
/ i1g are all right They create onths ST.
asm. Arouse the community and do
good, out this campaign upon which we
are entering is one of personal work,
house to house visitation. 1t should
have the strongest and most earnest
support of every man and woman in the
| county.
He closed his address with an earnest,
pathetic appeal to those present to do
everything they could do TO win out by
tremendous majority. To get at
work Immediately and keep at work I'M
til the polls close on election day. He
asked most earnestly, 'Is there a man
or woman here tonight who can not
win at least one vote for Local Option?"
The entire address was full OF pathos,
humor and logic. It was a strong pre-
sentiment of facts that cannot be sue
cessfully cOntradcted 1t was listened
to with great interest and repeatedly
applauded. 1t was a magnificent,
telling and enthusiastic opening of one
of the greatest campaigns started in
Garrett county.
Miss June Huntington recited ap-
preciatively telling temperance story,
and quartette sang IA Saloonless
Nation in 1920.
Attic close of the meeting a number
of voters met and decided to arrange
for the organization of the working
forces of the county. A committee
composed of Messrs. DR.. Moore. A. D.
Naylor, R. E. Jones, S. T. Jones and
Rev. Issac Alternately was appointed
to prepare call for meeting at the
auditorium at Mt. Lake Park for June
IT, This call will be found in another
column of The Republican.