Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-16
A Prohibition Field Day.

A Prohibition Field Day.
"prohibition looms over the East,
raw. clarence True Wilson, D. d.,
General Secretary Of the Methodis'
Roard Of Temperance, Washington H.
IL DIR. Wilson has just returned from
many thousands of miles OF automooie
campaigning in the West.
"There Is one meaning to the crush.
ing prohibition victories OF Tuesoay'
he stated, business men in the Wess
fought to the last gasp to free lesiu-
mate trade from the incubus OF tne
,;ouor traffic. They have seen wnat
~ oh,hition will do. The license sys-
tom will be voted out of every remain
;rg wet state in the West and South
with clock-like regularity and SUNRISE
certainty. Next comes the East. once
, the Fasteners discern the truth IN re-
gard to prohibition states through tne
| fo, of liquor lies, they Will turn on the
saloon as the Westerners are doing.
"The present demand is that the led
or,, government Danish the trade from
all federal territory and stop the pres
a,+ iniouitous use Of the mails to Gre
ate a drug appetite. Liquor advertis-
;rr and solicitation MUST GO! the
man who gets in the way of this re-
form, no matter who or what he 49,
VIII. ALSO GO! We stand today IN
Washington city WIFI
swords appraised.
The Board of Temperance, winch
has summarized the prohibition land
Glide mentions some Of the most re-
.ru.h,e features Of the sweeping VIC
tory as follows
There are a number of amazing Tea
,ures TO the story of prohibitions won
derful day on November 9TH. Montana
and south Dakota took look across
,he line at North Dakota and gave a
startling majority to prohibition. "A
! lead of 10000 in Montana and OF 2S'oOo
in South Dakota, both Scantlly popu-
lated states, is almost incredible. Ne
hras ska. with the example of Kansas
before her eyes, gave $4,000 majority
To the drys. The Nebraska campaign
was remarkable in many ways. Inc
nerfect and unselfsh cooperation OF
the Anti-Saloon League. the w. Z. l.
.Ir the church organizations and pro-
hihition party leaders resulted In
nerhaps never been equalled even Dy
political party. The immense Hla!olItS
! of "a. 600 votes in Michigan was dlrect-
| Nv due to the excellent organization VI
the Anti Saloon League, to the VlsoI
Gus advocacy of prohloltloh NY 'ne
business interests of the STATE anu "
the enthusiastic cooperation OF news.
papers. The victory OF AmenoIhen'
No. ." in California has not yet ap-
peared in the general news dispatches
hut it is definitely claimed py the ory
headquarters. This law VIII WIPE W.
all public drinking places and II Is no'
vet certain that Amendment NO. j.,
nroyiding for total proh1bltlon' mas ho'
carried.
Another surprising result Is the ap-
narent certainty that the former wei
ma iority of 100000 in Missouri HAS
dwindled to a scant $4,000, with Kan
sas CITY and jackson county favorne
nrohibition for the state. The latter
,os,lt is probably due to the constant
i offorts of the Kansas City Star, and inc
addition of a st. Louis paper TO tne
div ranks would undoubtedly win INT
state.
F, No other state ever gave more EN-.
rha+ic approval to policy than die
+ Washington on November 9TH, Wher
overv county Joined in rolling up an
amazing majority against the WEI
amendments which were intended te
weaken the prohibition law. Washing
! TON cities. which in 1914 rolled up
wet majority, reversed themselves
COMPLETELY after demonstration o.
tho excellent business advantages OF ne
license. Idaho voted a similar con
fdence in it's prohibition law by put
ting the policy into the constitution
The prohibition victory will prooaolS
be by at least to /. -
The effort to repeal prohibition II
Arkansas was heavily rebuked py th'
voters, and in Arizona the attempt +"
overthrow prohibition by local optior
amendment seems to have been smotn'
cred. It is also probable that Arizona
carried by a substantial majority tnf
amendments to the prohibition law
which are intended to exclude aoso'
lutely liquor from that state. Oregon
may also>have passed "bone dry'
amendment to it's prohibition act, but
this is not certain. The beer amend
ments" in Colorado and Oregon re-
ceived scant courtesy from the voters
The seeming election of Sidney
Cats, Prohibition-Indepen II
Florida, is a dry victory. Cats be-
came a candidate for the Democratic
nomination as a leader of the resent
ment against the effort of the Demo
cratic machine to control the private
opinions of participants In the primary
Cats evidently won the Democratic
nomination. but was jockeyed out of it
He will go into Office as the first gov
ernor ever elected by the prohibition
party, which gave him the nomination
after his unfair treatment by thu
Democratic machine.
The only two defeats for prohibition
were in Baltimore. where 1t wa:
swamped, and in Iowa, where a wei
Republican governor was elected il
opposition to q dry Democrat. It il
mot, however, by any means certain