Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-10
PARAMOUNT ISSUE
N 1916 LIQUOR
ANTi-sALooN LEAGUE AN
NoUNcEs PLAN 70 PUSH
FIGHT IN CAMPAIGN.
CANDIDATES MAY be
PLACED ON RECORD
Tariff Question to Be Compelled 70
Share Front seat-Dry Leaders Con-
fdent National Prohibition Will Win
F,naIIy--Presidentisi A.pirant. i1iu.t
>Oeelars Themselves.
Especial Correspondence

l
| Washington, March 1O.-4The sixty.
third congress, just ended put nation
wide prohibition on the political map
| there to remain until prohibition pre-.
walls turnout the country" according
| to statement put out by the Anti.
Saloon League of America. 1t is de.
clared presidential candidates anG
! parties in 1916 will be put on record.
The statement emphasizes the fac
that from now on national prohibition
I is to be one of the live political issues
| in congress and out of it. The state.
! ment of the league, coupled with the
] fact that Senator Sheppard, of Texas
has just declared his intention to press
national prohibition, along with pro.
| hibition for the District of Columbia
next session, indicates the wet and dry
struggle is almost certain to command
! much attention when the Sixty fourtt
congress convenes.
Tariff Must Share Honors.
From now on" says the statement
of the anti saloon league, such hoary-
headed subjects as the tariff will have
to share seat at least, if not take a
back seat. when it comes to the desig-
ma ton of paramount issue in future
state and national campaigns. Pro-
hibition will be an issue and big one
from now on, as aspiring politicians
VIII learn if they do not already real
ize this fact.
The injection Of prohibition into
the politica, questions of the future
Will be the result OF carefully made
plans by the Anti-Saloon League OF
America and allied prohibition or
CARNATIONS. When the candidates OF
the different parties are being chosen
and the platforms are being framed for
the presidential campaign of 1915 the
prohibition forces. welding a powerful
influence in every state in the union.
men and parties.
The recording OF majority OF eight
in favor Of the Hobson joint prohibi-
ton resolution when p vote was taken
upon it Dec. % last represented the
smallest vote which such d resolution
will get, according to the prohibition
forces, before 1t secures the necessary
two thirds to submit a constitutional
amendment for nation wide prohibit
ton to the various states. 1t is not
for prohibition in the District of
columb,s. which required but a ma :
jority vote to pass Il. had been sub
mitted to the senate at the last ses-
sion 1t would have passed easily.
Likewise the Sheppard resolution call
ing for the submission of prohibi-
ton amendment to the various states.
In other words direct vote on pro-
hibition, one which would have per-
mitted OF no evasions or excuses on
the ground that the question itself was
not involved, would have polled more
than a majority of both houses OF
congress. This the Anti-Saloon League
Of America considers not only most
encouraging situation but one which
points unerringly to what may be ex-
pected in the future.
May Embarrass Candidates.
One of the first big evidences OF the
prohibition campaign, the statement
concludes will be the monster pro-
hibition congress or convention at At
llantic City. July e-to inclusive. when
% 900 dry workers from every part OF
the nation are expected to attend and
when the movement to stir up the is
sue in the 1916 campaign will be givep
an impetus.
The assertion that the prohibition
forces will put the presidential candi-
dates on record may prove extremely
embarrassing for some of the presi-
Dental aspirants. 1t is interesting in
this connection that Senator Cummins
has already come out in a statement
that "the saloon must 60" 1t may be