The Washington herald., 1915-01-04

having chosen politics instead OF re-
hgious teaching for their weapon,
they proceeded to use it with al
their might And having once tasted
the sweetness and delight of politi-
cal power, they could not be satiated
until they had enough of it
This is a well-known human trait.
against religious domination in poll
tics. and this rebellion is now spring
ing up all over the country.
For a time the cloak of prohibition
as a moral question had served the
Church-politiCiRns well enough tO
cover up their work, but the people
are waking up, even II it is a little
late.
The sweet and gentle apostles of
temperance of the olden days have
become the arrogant, domineering
mendacious prohibition politicians OF
today, men who will descend to the
lowest depths of political chicanhry-
depths that even the lowly ward heel
or has not yet reached. We can readily
imagine the newly-found delight with
which they pull the political strings
and watch the cowardly politicians
dance to their music.
Style OF Campaign.
The campaign the Prohibitionists
are now engaged in is one of vilifi-
cation, Misrepresentation, eXaggera-
ton and plain. ordinary lying. The
proofs of this assertion are easily OBJ
tanned. ! give here a few samples
of their methods.
Statistical ExAEEerations.
The most astounding statements
are made in their speeches, tho most
incredible statistics are exhibited in
their publications, and neither the
halls of Congress nor the holy pre-
CinCts of their own churches are
sacred enough to protect them against
the carnival OF mendacity which is
brazenly Eesorted to to prove their
case before the people.
As evidence of this We need only
point to their chief apostle, Repre-
sentative Hobson, of Alabama, who
outdistances all competitors as "stat-
istical expert" for the cause Of Pro
hibition. In A recent editorial The
Washington Herald gives a sample
of Hobson's exact scientific invest-
cations"
Accordingly, Mr.. Hobson said on the
floor of the House that the beer tax
CduSNS -sppJ utdAHS CNtlg
day in the year, or 1000 deaths an
nually As the total number of regis
tered deaths, according to the census
report Of 1912. was only $4,000 from
all causes, the utter absurdity of
Hobson's figures and his plain inten-
ton TO mislead. to humbug somebody
become at once apparent
He stated Furthermore that there are
0nn ha
ards in the country, 100000 heavy
drinkers, 100000 regular drinkers and
"unestimated'' millions of occasional
drinkers, and all this in spite Of the
fact that s. per cent of our population.
as he says, are now living in dry
territory under prohibition.
Mr.. Hobson also makes the admis-
sion in his speech that he mailed un-
der his frank more than 1900, 900
speeches and letters on prohibition in
less than a year. This involves an
expense to the government Of $4,000. a
neat little sum for the people to pay
these hard times, considering especial
ly the character Of the information"
which they get for it
Another Hero.
Former Gov. Patterson, Of Tennes-
see. who made a number OF addresses
in favor of prohibition in Washington
last month, chiefly in churches, is an
other example of the reckless orators
employed at high salaries by the Pro-
hibitionists TO humbug the people. He
has q smooth, oily and persuasive
style of delivery and can easily con-
vince anybody who knows no better
that black is white. He employs that
favorite method of the Prohibitionists
Of taking a molehln of truth and by
exaggeration making
out Of It a mountain of lies.
According TO his statement the city
of Washington is sunken in the deep
est mire Of debauchery, not that he
saw a single drunken man while he
was at the National Capital, but sim
ply because Washington has not yet
come under the sinister influences of
prohibition. It is sincerely to be hoped
that the members Of the House and
Senate will think twice before they
will bow down before these un-Chris-
tan, uncharitable and un-American
church politicians, and allow their
votes to be Influenced by them, and
by their methods, which generally
consist in padded petitions, wild re-
against impossible and
lneXisting conditions, and threats OF
-eprisals against those who dare to
rote against their ideas of morality.
And here we may well ask why the
of the District of Columbia
should not be allowed to decide this
question for themselves by giving
hem an opportunity to vote on it at
/ special referendum election, au-
horiZed by Congress.
Manufactured Illustrations.
One of their most contemplate
ricks is carried out by means Of
illustrations. In one OF
heir publications is found a photo
rraph headed:
The Drunkard's Home.
The picture below shows the fol-
owing scene: A wretched room, tables
nd chairs upset-a woman in re-
umbant position, with a drunken
husband bending over her with up
ifted arm, ready to strike-two small
hildren PROSTATE on the floor at the
eet of their drunken father.
Now, it must be plain to anyone
7ho is not a hopeless idiot that no
amily would permit a photographer
o take such a picture of their dis
ress. The plain inference is that
hese people were hired at so much
er head TO pose for the artist"
his is a sample prohibition trick.
Trick No. 2.
A pasteboard sign, bearing in large
etters the sign
SALOON
} nailed to some unoccupied shack
house In front a woman, with
child clinging to her, is kneeling be-
ore a man who has her by the throat