Arizona republican., 1916-09-24

or which is to enforce or strengthen a good law it already has. does not de- serve a good law stand for the kind Of Americanism that cleans up it's own yards and stands for a clean, upright. sober citizenship before telling Mexico or Germany or any other country to Keep off the grass. Any half dozen resolute men can clean up any town In America if they act wisely and eourageously and keep their counsels to themselves. Any officer of the law In this country who violates his oath or office and refuses to do his official duty IS a common liar and blasphemer. ana ought to be turne out of office | and be denied the right to associate with respectable people
 Either of the old parties are as bad as we will let them be and as good as We can make them. The Democratic | party would be dry and the Repuhli- can party would be out for prohibi ton If the decent people in both par ties would quit scrapDing among themselves and get together and de- mand what they want
 TWO years ago 1 was in your city speaking in your campaign for state ] wide prohibition. 1 am back to say l that as an American I have been prouder of your state wide prohibi ton and your courageous application | Of 1t than l have been of statewide prohibition anywhere elseNin this re- pubic. l do not want to see you lose what you have gained, but I don't want to see you stop there. As long as there is one spot of wet territory in this country your state can never be entirely dry. The only way is to clean ! up this nation, from Washington D. C. 1 to Washington state.
 One of the first rules of hospitality 1 IS that you must return all calls that are made upon you. We southerners have been waiting ever since 1865 to return your visit, and if you don't clean up your northern slavery we are going to come up here and do it for you.
 Polinu on Local Issue
 Speaking at the Y. M. C. IA. stadium, Daniel A. Polling, associate president of the United Society of Christian En- deavor. said:
 Arizona is in a fight to vindicate her honor. Before the prohibition amendment was weakened by the de- cision of the courts it had completely vindicated itself. The will of the peo- pie had been effectuated. The simple question now facing Arizona is: Gan free and patriotic citizens have what eiOS NeSnt. IS utInOCTdcy III lnls great new land a failure?"
 The nation watches Arizona Yol
 speak not only for yourself in thi: election. The whole country waits fol | your voice. In these trying times ! when the whole world waits as nevel before for the message of America before we can do our level best ol even approximate it. we must destro, | the chief menace of our institutions ! the surest and most insidious foe o | our government. We would better de | eide to submit the question of licens ing thieves and murderers to a vot
 of the people than to agree to leav
 the matter of opening liquor shops i these free communities to an annua
 election. If my boys were under con
 sideration I would rather license pick II pockets and thieves on the streets C
 the town where my family lives tha
 to legalize open saloons. The thief wh
 robs my son and stays him, can go n
 farther. The liquor traffic takes hi
 money, takes his life, spells his char | acter and damns his soul
 Local option on this proposition
 the state that has previously estat | lished prohibition is high treason. ! Arizona knows what she wants ar
 really wants it, she will confirm ht
 action of two years aoo and strength
 en her prohibition law beyond tt | power of any court to nullify her wi | by killing the local option amendmel
 beyond resurrection and by electir | the amendment providing for tot ] prohibition Arizona must not com
 promise prohibition by failing to giN
 it a square deal"