Graham guardian., 1914-10-02

take care of himself"
Mr.. Wright is full Of just such
mental gymnastics. In his argument
in the State publicity pamphlet. page
10, he quotes me as saying Arizona
is the youngest and most prosper
Gus S,a in the union" said moth.
ing of the kind. He now says that
in my argument in the State public.
ity pamphlet stated that the amend,
ment would absolutely prohibit the
introduction of liquor into the State
in any guise." Of course | did not
say this Then he varies it by say
ing under any pretenSe," and did
not say that.
Just what object Mr.. Wright has
in misrepresenting my language |
am at loss to understand.
Mr.. Wright says there is no rela-
tiOn between the saloon itself and
crime and insanity, but the reiation
is between the consumption of liquor
and crime and insanity. In Mr..
! Wright's view the saloons do not
deal in such nasty stuff as booze.
All the insanity and crime are due
to drink bought anywhere else but
in the saloon The saloon is sort
of side door to heaven, and the sa-
loon can do no wrong. If this view
is any satisfaction to Mr.. Wright
let him entertain it. | would not
deprive him Of the pleasure.
He also nurses the delusion that
secret drinking is more demoralizing
than open drinking, and that there
will be more drinking where each
is compelled to order his booze from
without the State than there is with
10000 open saloons in the State.
He ought to know, what every
body else knows, that the demoraliza-
ton of drinking is of two kinds; one
from the effect of the liquor, which
is just as bad when the liquor is
consumed before the multitude as
it is when it is consumed behind the
closet door; and the other is from
the example set to others, and in
this the decentralization is wholly due
to the man who drinks in the open.
If liquor is made difficult to obtain
thousands of people will be deferred
from ordering it. They will not go
to the trouble to have it shipped to
to them from abroad, and that is
the reason why Kansas is getting
along with an expense of SIPS per
capita for liquor, whereas Missouri
spends nearly $4,000 per capita under
Mr.. Wright's boasted regulated
sale"
might say for Mr.. Wright's in
formation that | did not draft the
amendment; that the amendment
remains today just as it was adopted
by the State convention; that ever
since its adoption we have been ac-
cumulating information from the
courts with reference to its legal in
depreciation; that as rapidly as |
secured this information | gave
it to the public. because that was
the proper thing to do.
1t does not pay to be dishonest.
The worst form of dishonesty in
this world is to conceal information
in order to deceive the public that
trusts you. 1t is my duty to give to
the public the fullest and most COM
plete information as to the probable
Interpretation of the dry amend
nent by the courts, and this have
done.
Mr.. Wright also owes a duty to
the public. He is very fond of ask
ing questions. How would it do for
him to answer some himself?
Did he write the so-caled eight
year amendment"
Did he attempt to deceive the
public into the belief that they could
have Statewide prohibition for eight
years if this amendment carried?
Did he intend to cut up the pres
ent unit of local option into pre-
cincts and subdivisions of precincts,
so as to increase the number of sa-
looms by dividing the territory?
Did he intend to disfranchise the
people for eight years and call it
local sef-government?
How large is the largest unit that
Mr.. Wright would call basis for
local self government?
What is his smallest unit?
By what authority does he deny
the State the right to be called
social unit for the purpose of self
government?
Why not the nation a unit for
self-government?
Did Mr.. Wright ever hear of
states rights?
Did he ever hear of those ques.
tions that are national because they
affect the nation as a~whole?
Did he ever hear of states seced-
ing from the union because of diff
ferences between these two social
units of government?
Did he ever hear of county Sc
ceding from a county?
What is his definition of local
option unit Of government?
Now let Mr.. Wright stop his per-
sonaIities, which have nothing what
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