Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-16
PROH| CANDIDATES
DRAWS SMALL CROWD
Hour Too Early for Salemites
Want Good Vote For
Its Efforts

The fact that candidate for presi-
dent of the United States, accompanied
by candidate for viee-president were
to be in Salem at the same time did
not especially interfere with the sIumb-
ers of the Salemites, as crowd of not
more than 200 greeted j. Frank Han.
Iy, cvandidate for president and DR.
Ira Landrith, candidate for vice-presi-
dent on the prohibition ticket when
they spoke this morning from the court
house steps at 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Hanly is an orator of the old
school, confining' his remarks to actual
facts and to arguments. He reviewed
the history of slavery comparing it to
the history of the prohibition movement
and to support his declaration of the
evils of the liquor traffic, quoted from
men of national fame.
From Judge Anderson of the federal
bench at Indianapolis, Mr.. Hanly quot
ed to show that the greatest of law
breaking in Indiana was due to the eff
forts of the saloon men to control state
affairs, that crimes were conceived in
the saloons and for that reason the Am
ef1can people Wouiu hot tVlcfate intoi
ference with the law.
Charles W. Fairbanks would say moth
ing now about prohibition, claimed Mr..
Hanly, but two years ago while in
Canada Mr.. Fairbanks said that the
liquor traffic strikes at all that the
American people hold dear, and that it
debauched men, undermining the foun-
dations ON which the home rests.
William Howard Taft was also mum
ON the prohibition cause, but did tell an
assembly of lawyers that it would be
futile to amend the constitution pro-
hibiting the liquor traffic because the
nation could not enforce it, confes-
sion Mr.. Hanly claimed, that represen-
tative constitutional government had
failed.
"We begged the republicans to put
prohibition in their platform" said Mr..
Hanly, "and then we went to the demo-
Gratis at st. Louis thinking they might
see their opportunity and we were
again refused. The president is silent
on prohibition and Charles Evans
Hughes will say nothing"
Liquor Traffic Lonesome.
DR.. Ira Landrith, the vice-presidential
HUHluet, Optutu hlo hdiL houi to'h Nish
the statement, "The liquor traffic is
getting ready to fold its tents and go
back to hell. The liquor traffic smells
of birthstone and it is homesick."
He defied any one to name a state
that had gone dry with the aid of any
of the principal political parties. Poll
tieians, he thought, were very sensitive
to vote and as soon as the congressman
or senator was convinced the people
wanted prohibition, he felt sure that
politicians would experience sudden
change of heart.
As a means of increasing the prohibi-
tion vote, he suggested that repubh-
can and democrat prohibitions just pair
their votes and then both vote the pro-
hibition ticket, thereby not injuring the
prospects of the two leading parties.
He could not see that Oregon had
the kind of people that would pass a
law permitting the manufacture OF malt
extracts with four per cent alcohol and
then unload on dry Washington and dry
British Columbia.
The addresses of the two candidates
was preceded by short talk by j. 5.
Stewart. chairman of the campaign COM
mittee, who did not claim that the pro-
hibitionists would elect their candidates,
but that strong prohibition vote would
have its effect on congressman and
cause them to look with more favor on
the proposed national prohibition
amendment to the constitution. He
thought il would not take long to make
a congressman line up on the dry side
if there was enough prohibition votes at
home to make it interesting at the next
election.
The special left promptly at $3.50 for
Albany where it will stop 30 minutes.
Eugene and Medford will each be given
half an hour and tonight, mass meet
ing will be held at Ashland.