The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04

VI VIII I1O lA4NO14Nd 0lAo -"NO IN that prohibitionists are so numerous, the national prohibition party has never cut any appreciable figure in presidential campaigns.
 The national convention meets in St. Paul in about two weeks and "good, safe man. will be chosen as standard
 bearer. The regu- Prohibition Party lation platform will Still Small Factor be adopted, which,
 besides inveighing against the liquor traffic, will con- tain generalities including "equal and exact justice for all.''
 A few months ago there was talk among the leaders of the prohibition party of nominating MT. Bryan, but when the Nebraskan was approached he made it plain that it was his fixed purpose to support the democratic ticket. It was then said that Hobson would be offered the presidential nomination, but he, like Bryan, had elected to remain in the democratic party.
 It was thought that if either of those gentlemen could be induced to lead the national prohibition organi- zation, snap, at least, would charac- terize their campaign. As it is it will be about the same as usual-sober sided and listless with total popular vote of less than 25O,O00
 A MT. Hughes will not start on A speaking tour until August and his whirlwind canvass will not begin until September the public will be spared the exciting strain of mid summer presidential campaign, such as those that have often afflicted the country in times past. A Six-week
 campaign should Short Campaign really be long Pleases Voters enough to satisfy
 both of the big parties. It would doubtless more than satisfy the average voter.
 Before the day of the rural free delivery the daily newspaper reached only the more advanced country dis tricts, leaving large part of the cleo torate dependent upon the campaign orator for enlightenment on the issues of national politics. But knowledge is so widely disseminated now and party s1iterature" is so abundant that the rural voter of today is better informed as rule than the city voter was a generation ago.
 Every intelligent citizen, whether he lives in town or on a farm, knows the main Arguments" of both the great parties, and one campaign speech is all that is needed to con- firm the voters opinion and arouse his enthusiasm. Six weeks of cam paign oratory would certainly be enough to generate fever heat. But as MT. Hughes manager is arrang- ing for campaign shorter than usual, the country has at least something to be thankful for.
 z ~ FORGE BRANDEs, noted Dan- O ish literary critic and publicis5, has been impressed, as many other observers have been, by the inconsis- tency of the belligerents of Europe, each one stoutly asserting that it is
 carrying on a war of Effect of War self-defense wi t h on Alien Races the sole object in
 view of preserving the higher things of life from being ground beneath the heel of the war rod. But he thinks the claims that none of the nations wanted war and all are fighting strictly on the de- fensive are '1fibs," mild accusation. The white race is also destroying It's prestige. The black, brown and yellow men have been called in to help daughter white men and have been patted on the back for the efficiency they have shown in battle. "This is Ia snxe toi be avenged" warns Brandes. XS However, we are becoming accus- med to the idea of clash some day