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and social one, and the final set
Element thereof will be religious
and not political. The interest
and success of the question de-
mand it to be so. Those who
righteously desire its success and
final settlement do now, and
have always so regarded it.
The makers of the constitution
of Kentucky, who were the illus
trious and able men from all
parties, evidently viewed the
liquor question as a moral and
social, and not a partisan ques-
ton, for, by a provision Of the
constitution, proposed in the
convention by them and ratified
by the voters of Kentucky, it
was made impossible to hold a
liquor election at the same time
a political election is held. Is it
not safer to follow the makers of
the constitution of this question
than some candidate for Office?
This provision of the constitu-
ton is a wise and salutary one,
and without it, the local option
law would not now be in oper-
alton in any county of the State.
Under it. and the Statute made
in pursuance thereto, one hun
dred and twelve counties in this
State are under local option law.
More than three fcurths of the
area and more than two-thirds of
the population of the State, are
now under the local option law.
The time is near in the future
when there will be no section or
no citizen in this State without
the influence of either local op-
ton or Statewide prohibition.
More than one-half of the area
and more than one-half of the
population of the United States
are under prohibition. The
time is also near in the future
when there will be no territority
and citizens of the United States
without the influence of prohibit
ton. But this condition in this
State and throughout the United
States will be brought about by
the voters of all political parties
and at time and at an election
other than a political election
held to nominate party candidat-
es for executive offices.
In every county of this State,
and at every election in this
State and without this State
wherein the local option or pro-
hibition law has been put into
operation, it has been done at
elections held when the only is
sue was the liquor question and
at which election, all political
parties voted their religious and
moral sentiments and not their
political views.
The local option or prohibition
and political issues will no more
mix than will water and oil. An
effort to mix water and oil, ruins
the oil and spoils the water. The
mixing of the liquor question and
politics always spoils the politics
and defeats the liquor question.
The history of the feats of the
Prohibition Party should be suf.
ficient to con vince all of us and
to lead US to avoid attempting to
mix politics and the liquor ques-
ton at primary elections for ex-
ecutive Offices.
| would urge every Democrat,
not only in Barren County, but
in Kentucky, if it were within
my power, to follow the consti-
tuition. and keep seperate the
liquor question and their politics
and not to attempt to mix these
questions or make them an issue
in a party primary, and thereby
avoid disaster to our party.
Moreover, it is not the part of
wisdom and it is not fair to the
Democrats in local option coun-
ties to have forced upon them in
q party primary. by candidates