Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-07-09

else will receive consideration. This
is but confessing that this issue IS
paramount in the thought of the peo-
Pile
The way, however, to keep this
question from being an issue, and the
all-absorbing issue in the ext con-
| gressional and presidential campaign
is for the political leaders of both par
ties TO get busy and see to it that the
question is submitted to the people by
the next congress before the political
conventions are called. This is an
easy, practical method of keeping it
out of party conventions, and a
method that will find favor with all
public men who are not unduly inf1u-
enced by the drink traffic. We are
not asking any political PARTY or
candidate to declare for national pro-
hibition. We do ask that the question
be referred to the states for their ap-
proyal or disapproyal.
ITO deny it on the ground that it is
a question for the states to settle To-
cally is to assign it to a position Of
less Importance than is now accorded
to the cattle-tick, the boll-weevil,
tainted meat or the hook worm.
"a movement which for a hundred
years has rooted itself in the heart of
the church and the conscience of the
people, and which received a clear
majority of eight, exclusive of pairs,
the first time it got hearing in the
open forum of congress, does not lie
down and die at the behest of it's enc
mics. To all such we wish to say you
had as we'll try to stop the mouth of
Vesuvius with wisp of straw, or to
turn back Niagara with child's hand,
as to stay the progress of this mighty
movement.
December twenty-second, 1914
will always stand as historic date in
the calendar of the nations life. II
was the day for the consideration OF
the Hobson-Sheppard joint resolution
on the question of national prohibition
for the two hours debate as tt
whether or not the rule granted by the
committee would be accepted by tht
house The two hours debate was
utilized more for the discussion Il
! prohibition and anti-prohibition, how.
ever, than as to whether or not the
rule should prevail 1t was adopted
almost unanimously, by viva voct
vote, as every one knew it would be
Then came eight hours debate on thu
main issue-four hours allotted t.
each side. Congressman Hobson lee
for the prohibition forces and Con
gresham Mann, of Chicago, for the Ii
quor interests. It was a great debate
at times persuasive, earnest and elo
quent, and again, rising to the furl
hurricane in the forest. The opposi-
ton brought out what were supposed
to be their heaviest guns early in TIL
discussion-Judge Henry, of Texas
chairman of the rules committee; M
Underwood, of Alabama, democratic
floor leader, and Mr.. Mann, of Illinois
the republican leader.
Mr.. Underwood's speech, giving i
the best construction possible, was :
strained effort to deceive by misrep
resentation and to furnish materia
for the liquor propaganda. Mr.. I'm
derwood must have been imposed or
in the statistics that were evidentl,
given to him by those whom he served
They Gid not rise to the standard o
being adroitly set forth. Mr. Under
wood may know something about thu
tariff and kindred governmental ques
lions, but his ignorance of the who'll
field of temperance reform, as indi
Gated by his speech, reveals the fac
that some one has very successful,
j used him.
"The best evidence of the utter un
reliability of his utterances may b.