Imperial Valley press., 1916-11-04
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Martin A. Morrison, 9Th Dis s9ries>
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II Committees: Insular Affairs, Pat
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Committee en- Patients, Washington,
-IlrG1 august 16,. la19.ea az"
mes Eh1ra J..1Iadson,
800 West Date Street,
San Diego, caIiflorhia. 80 80 ;.
Dear Mrs. N9847oP. ael1-- vi "
I received in due time your 2etter
oettho eth ultisnc, asking nay views
lfs:asrto@ the merits cf' The so-cailed
tsHo6soa Prohibition Resolution" the
same being q proposed amendment to
,tLe Constitution Of the United States.
l note your statement that yeur.
present Representative in Congress,
!T.Jh. William Kettaer, voted against
'Ste Hob5on resolution; that the Re
publican candidate against him "is q
Pgohibit.oast;" and taat you. as i
. + .ead ef the cause e. Temperance,
I aro doubtful as TO your duty in
choosine between the two candidates.
p note further your statement that
ms. Eottae, is a worker in the.
,.urcn aod deep. interested N Pro
|a:6,t:cn work. Yeu do not say so,
.bot / iuGa. thai The Republican can
d:date has aua9urecI that he viii
vote for the Hobson Resolution.
Assuming t1at nave made an ac-
a-rate statement CT the situation, il
is your clear duty to give hearty sup
pa1t to sir. Kettner. IF The RopubIi-
can candidate at heart is a genuine
friend Of the cause Of Temperance, is
a student Of the Temperance question
and has studied tn uorson Resolu-
ticn, it an intellectual imposs. bility
that he should think tina, It would ad-
vance the cause Ct temperance 10
write the language e the Hcbs9n Res
o,ation into the Constitution Of tie
United States. have TAXED 70 many
lawyers who voted for the H0baon
Resolution. I have never talked with
one who believes that It is genuine
temperance measures. They voted
under political stress exercised by the
Congressional Lobby in charge Of the
E0bson Resolution, a lobby that is
wickedly betraXipg the cause Of Tenn
'rerance fcr strictly private advan-
tage.
On December %, 1914, when tile
Hobsoa Resolution was up for action
.in the House, Z spoke ag.ins. it. l am
taking the liberty Of sending you
cory Of that address. an sending
also COPY Of Il circular letter that /
sent to my constituents. I call your
attention to aquotation fccn a mad
dress delivered by the Prohibition
Ic.udidate for President, Hon. Eugene
~. Chafin. have before me a copy
Of the Official organ Of the ProhiDi-
ton Party, The Vindicator, for Octo-
her "A, 1918, the one from which I
took the quotation appearing in my
circular letter, I beg your earnest at
\ IGNITION to the following quotation
fdom the same speech. 1t is column 2
Of page of the paper and is as fol-
lows:
. (AIr. Chafin had already given the
full text Of the Hohson Rosolution)
This only provides against the
SALE (and importation FOR 5ALE)
as you will see. Such an amendment
IS that would perpetu~te the liquor
traffic forever in this country, and
Teach home would be a saloon"
The present nominee Of the Prohibi-
ton party for President Of the United
States is Hon. J. Frank Hanly, OK
Governor Of my own state of Indiana.
I have no information as to any state
ment Of his since he became a candi-
date. On July 10, 1915, he attended
: pretended Conference of Temper
ance Workers in Washington, D. c,
On that day and at that place of the
he Hobson Resolution as d fraud upon
the temperance workers and The tenn
perance cause.