Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-07

question or national prohibitions
the two hours debate rs Go whether 1f
nor the rule -rlnt-l hN the comm ftae
would &, accepted nN the house. The
TWO hours debate was utilized more
for the discussion OF prohibition ana
prohibition than as TO whether or
rot the rule should prevail IL was
adopted. however almost unanimous
lN, by a viva Voce vote. as every one
knew it would be- Then came eight
hours debate ON the main iSsue-tour
hours allotted 20 each side Congress
man Hohson lea for the prohibition
forces and Congressman Mann, 81 Chl-
Cago, for the liquor interests. II was
a great debate at times persuasive,
earnest and eloquent, and again, ris-
ing TO the fury of a tornado u swept
;he han like q hurricane in the for
est The opposition brought out what
were supposed 70 be their heaviest
guns early i'm the discussion--Judge
Henry, of Texas. chairman of the rules
committee Mi Underwood. of Ala
hama, democratic floor leader and
Mr.. Mann. of Illinois, the republican
leader.
Underwood's Effort Strained
Mr. Underwood's speech, giving il
the best construction possible, was a
strained effort to deceive by misrep-
resentation and TO furnish material
for the liquor propaganda. Mi I'm
derwood must have been imposed
upon in the statistics that We're evil
IDENTITY given to him by those whom he
served. They did not rise to the stan
dard of being adroitly set forth. Mr.
Underwood may know something
about the tariff and kindred govern
mental questions. but his ignorance
of the whole field of temperance re-
form, as indicated by his speech, re-
veals the fact that some one has very
successfully used him.
THE best evidence of the utter UNI
reliability of his utteranCes may ne
found in the fact that the liquor traf-
fckers are circulating his speech by
the million copies They always avoid
circulating any document that tells
the truth about their business. Think
Of a man exalted to the high position
of floor leader of a great political
party becoming the mouth-piece of
she drink traffiekers in the arena
where his honorable position made
him supreme Not only did they use
him as their mouth-piece on the floor
Of congress, but they are using his
franking privilege for sending broad
cast his iqor-advocating speech.
1T may be said in reply that Mr..
Hobson, Senator sheppard and others,
use their franking privilege 10 send
cut matter combating the liquor traf-
fc. Quite true! But there is this diff
ference: The duty Of civil government
is to promote the welfare of the gov
erned. Every page sent out by these
men makes for a better citizenship, a
loftier patriotism. Every page sent
out under the frank Of Mr. Under
wood for the drink traffckers, aids an
institution that is subversiVe of good
and in every respect an
enemy of the republic.
Mann Not Sincere.
Mr. Mann opened his address with
the following outburst of virtue. !
am for morality and against immOr-
ality. ! am for decency and against in
decency. / am for temperance and
against drunkenness. am for virtue
ana against vice; / am for law and
order and against crime and disorder
/ am for the right and against the
wrong He could have continued with
perfect propriety and truthfulness and
said, j am for saloons, breWeries, dis
tilleries, and all their accompaniment;
and against granting TO the people the
right to so amend or change the or
ganic law as to get rid OF them This
by his speech and vote is exactly what
he did say.
1T is not pleasant task TO single
cut public officials and discredit them
in the public mind; but when men
called to high positions Of honor and
trust, as Mr. Mann and Mr.. Under
wood have been called by the people,
step down from their lofty positions to
become the specific guardians and
protectors of the liquor Interests
against the people, they forfeit all
right to the favorable consideration
of a decent self-respecting, home-lov-
ing public. Mr., Mann. the alleged au-
thor Of the law against the white slave
traffic and Mr. Mann the sponsor for
the liquor traffic become the Doctor
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde of the United
states congress.
There was great fitness in the
theme used by Doctor Boynton, who
lives in Mr.. Manns district, when he
preached on the following Sunday
night upon The Fan of Mann and
uttered that keen sentence that ought
to live, that no presidential bee can
live in alcohol. The liquor interests
are already trying to reimburse Mr..
Mann for his activity in their behalf
BY backing his candidacy for the pres
idency"
In speaking Of the general situation,
Dr. Baker said
THE past eighteen months has
broken the record for prohibition
progress, not only in the United states
but throughout the world. III
Russia can abolish five hundred mil
lion dollars per annum in revenue
from drink while engaged In the most
expensive war In history and yet de-
clare the surprising prosperity or her
people, it would seem that the unlted
States, which claims to be civilized
and Christian. could safely abolish less
than half that amount In time OF
peace"
John G. Wooley, Of Madison, WIS,
an address on prohibition.
The board Of directors today arr
ranged for national conference IN
Washington next Saturday at which
plans will be discussed FOR
prohibition. Representatives from the
Womans Christian Temperance
Union. National Reform association,
Temperance committee of the Federal
Council Of Churches and other organ
cations, it was announced, would be
present.
GOVERNMENT TAKES