The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-24
EVENING
SPENT WITH
LECTURERS
NATIONAL PROHIBITION WORK
ERS OUTLINE PLAN OF CAM
PAIGN AGAINST MANUFACTURE
AND SALE OF LIQUOR.

The brigade of workers for national
prohibition swept down upon Ardmore
yesterday and held the town in cap
tiyity for one day. Talks We're made
at the High school yesterday after
noon and at the Christian church a
meeting was held last night. The
main auditorium of the church was
full and the gallery was half filled
with eager listeners. Miss Bucking
ham, the prohbitionist soloist, sang
beautifully and effectively and her
portion Of the work adds much
strength to the brigade.
Eugene w Chaffn of Tucson, Ariz.,
made a speech. outlining the plans
of the national prohibition party.
This plan is to elect members Of con-
gress and a president who are favor
able to national prohibition and then
enact legislation which will bring
about the result, without referring
the matter to the states to put ma
tional prohibition in the constitution,
The first law he outlined would be
to prohibit the sale of liquor in the
District of Columbia and in the ter
ritOries of the United States; the
second law would be to prevent eth
er the expectation or importation of
liquors; the third would be to pro-
hibit the use of the mails in trans
acting any business with reference
to Intoxicating liquors; the fourth
would be to prohibit interstate com
merce in liquors, and the fifth would
he to place an internal revenue tax
of $4,000 on every gallon manufac
tured and leave the same machinery
which the government has now to
enforce the revenue laws. This, said
Mr. Chaffin, would put the liquor
business down by laws passed by
the federal congress, and would not
require the states to adopt an amend
ment to the federal constitution.
Mr. Chaffin said the country had
always had a double standard OF
morals, slavery was right at one
time and wrong at another slavery
was right in a portion of the country
and wrong in another portion and
the same condition prevailed at one
time with polygamy He also stated
that the national prohibition move
ment was gaining a great moment
um that within the past year more
people had come to the movement
than had come in the thirty years
previous to that time. lie said New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
and Wisconsin manufacture nine
tenths of the liquor in the United
States. These, he said, are republi-
can states, and would probably al
ways remain so, and he urged the
democrats to put a plank in their
platform demanding national prohibi-
ton.
]. c. Hall of Los Angeles was
the second speaker. He told of the
absence of former Governor John p.
St John. The governor had gone
to his home in Olathe Kan, to cele-
brate his eighty second birthday an
niversary, and would not be back
with the brigade for a few days.
Mr.. Hall made a strong speech.
1t was brimming full of wit. He
kept the crowd laughing and drove
home some truths about the liquor
business that were listened to with
intense interest. He gave the news
papers and politicians and preachers
credit for being towards. He said
some of the doctors of divinity need
their divinity doctored before they
could get on the right side.
The ministers of the town were
well represented at the meeting, and
occupied seats with the speakers of
the evening. The visitors are men OF
national reputation as lecturers and
the evening with them was profitably
spent.