The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-09-14
PROHIBITION FORUM
(Contributed)
DON'T WASTE YOUR VOTE

paramount issue, the issue which other
parties feared would become the par
amount issue IL placed in the plat
forms and therefore. lodging the
freatest issue before the people, adopt-
cd Americanism, Old Glory, etc. That
brand of patriotism is like the warn
ny found on passenger coaches "this
platform is made to get in on, not 10
stand on" If you really believe in
prohibition. don't waste your vote.
Many good citizens would vote for
Hanley for president except for the
excuse that the prohibition party
can't elect a president in 1916 and II
we vote for him we lose our vote. In
the presidential election of 1912, in
New Mexico, the democrats cast 2 ,13e
votes; progressives, S,347; republicans.
1900; socialists. 1850; a good many
more than half the people of the
state voted for the losing candidate.
Did those who did not vote for Wilson
lose their vote? No, they voted for a
principle; they believed they were
right. II a citizen votes only to win.
then an election would only be a lot
terry, "A chance, a guess. we would vote
only for a man we thought had the
best chance 20 win? Is that your
idea Of the duty Of an American cit
izen? II you believe that prohibition
is the greatest issue before the coun-
try. are you a coward not to cast YOUR
vote accordingly?
The question of local men in local
nOlif1ng glaan Vaap a., .N.N. ..zI.A.--
state wide and nation wide prohibition
are of far greater Importance TO this
commonwealth than the personal am
bition of any group Of politicians or
party. The foundation is being laid
now for a DRY" New Mexico. In
the local option campaign last fall and
again in the Good Government cam
paign this spring in Tucumcari. altho
we lost in the vote. we won in the
matter of education Of the voting pub
lie, and in the matter of making pub
lie sentiment a gainst the saloon bus
mess. Both the democratic and repub-
lican parties in this county declared
for the statewide submission as n
direct result of the continual fight
of the "drys." They dare not longer
ignore this vote.
The liquor interests will work for
n support men, no matter what
their politics are, provided they favor
the liquor business. II u man is an
anti no matter whether he is n
republican, democrat or "mongrel," a
cross between the two, he will sure
get the saloon vote il he is on the
saloon side; and if the saloon is back
ing him YOU can rest assured he Is
not dry" eve if he talks "dry" in a
dry" crowd.
On the contrary many q man who
Is really dry, a prohibitionist, will
march right up to the ballot box and
cast his vote right alongside of the
saloon vote because his grandfather
was n republican from the north, or
because his great grandfather came
from Texas. Get up to date! Vote
for what you stand for today, not
what your grandfather stood for in
1861! Move up n century or SO! Come
alive! The saloon has you beat n
INLET votes for its business. If
you are against its business, why
don't you be equally consistent and
vote against it?
A recent editorial writer saws: I'VE
have been defeated in the past not by
hebrewery, distiller and saloon keeper,
but by the moral acrobats who can
balance a communion cup on one
shoulder and the whiskey glass on the
other and not spill a drop from either"
II you are sincere in your statement
that we will vote for prohibition every
time we have a chance, u only option
is to support the prohibition party.
A new condition is upon us; our
cause has become suddenly popular.
and a rising tide Of public sentiment
5 sweeping toward national and world
wide prohibition Of the liquor traffic.
Don't let the flood Of progress sweep
you along, but stand on your own feet
and be a part Of the flood. Our flag
Is a weaving Of glorious deeds of
heroism! Many a man would Law
down his life today 10 add one bit of
ulster to Old Glory's stainless stars,
but as an humble voter that same
citizen fails TO raise his hand against
that deadly curse which preys upon
and plumbers the property, health.
happiness and morals of the people
under the protection of those same
stars and stripes. What are you going
TO do?
Prohibition Central Committee.