Evening journal., 1917-10-29
prohibition scored
BY WET" orators
Congressman Gallivan, Z.
T. Flemingand Frank Mid
ney at Queen Meeting
HIGH LICENSE
IS ADVOCATED

The Queen Theatre was too small \
TO hold the crowd Of men DESTROYS
of hearing the speakers at the wet"
rally last night II was wet
crowd. and the applause was frequent
and generous.
James A. Gallivan. Congressman
from Massachusetts. advocated high
license similar 10 the law in force
in his State. as being the best aid
to temperance. He thought prohibit
ton would tempt the youth Of the
city into violating the liquor laws.
Edward T. Fleming, editor Of the
the National Herald. blamed the
/ church for prosecuting the LIQUOR
seller driving children into the
streets. and recommending that
/ property be seized without remuner-
alton
Frank Midney, OF Cleveland. Ohio,
gave a witty speech which caused
J continual laughter A. r. Saylor.
editor Of the Labor Herald. presided /
/ and introduced the speakers.
Congressman Gallavan said in |
part:
Boston believes in license and we |
have annual elections where II Is |
settled whether the ely shall be |
wet or dry for the ensuing twelve |
months i daresay some Of you may |
recall the las time In December last, !
when the voters of my city gathered |
To decide upoh the question OF wet
or dry For twelve weeks the great
ministerial campaign; the man who
goes up and down the country regu-
. lating other peoples morals, had
, been in Boston brought there on the
eve OF our municipal election and
tho slogan had been that under the
great leadership Of one Billy Sunday.
Boston was going dry l might
say right here, he is an old friend OF
mine l used TO play ball with him,
and I am not rejecting anything on
him on the way in which he gets his
money but whereas I'm 1915 the ma
/ ioritv for license in Boston was, II
. recollect, II 900 in 1916, when Billy
sunday finished his job, the majority
for license was 20 600.
p ~ would like to have you thlnk over
what the conditions will DE IN VII
mincton when you have prohinltNA 4
Won know there viii be a great deal OF
romance in getting a drink. and u mere
IS no romance there will be no auNen-
ture. That will be something -auVen-
ture in defiance Of a law Wnlcit you
don't respect There Is no temptation
!. really about the license saloon; ] mas
e NOT one-tenth of the appeal to the BOYS
r nowadays I'm the big states That the
'e moving picture show has or the caba-
7 ret and I defy contradiction. After
IFS experience with prohibition the
people Of my state demanded the abo'
iitlon OF the prohibition statute In th'
re interests OF moral, law and order; pc
y" titions were signed and presented 4
the Legislature calling for heailh
and let me tell you who headed thes'
ef petifions: Ex-Fovernors, mayors
a. riiies United states senators, clergy
III men Of every religion. college proIes
sors leading merchants and manutac
? ,urers and they came UP 10 the Stat'
House before the Legislature demand
7; inc Inc abolition NJ the law ana IN,
. iniotion Of law Of common sense aho
d. American freedom The burden OF
y ,boir testimony was that prohibition
bad failed A had increased the CYL
IL was framed 20 cure.
3 "Those leaders whom / have men
N toned asserted that decency ahe
te,onorance in Massachusetts could
he fostered and maintained only ol
wise legislation and supervision o
B. 1.-THE liquor traffic AS a result OF
b. netition. the judiciary committee o
tho legislature made a report II
B., which they called attention tc IN
p FACT that II prohibition was found ]
w nrInoiple and fruitful OF good result
'V' A. was surprising that remOnstrauce
N In such great numbers and men {
~ such eminent standing should ON
nm 10 the state house and urge th
repeal Of the law that the Oppos 10
"A. of the law today IS increasing ms ea
al, of decreasing; that very trequ' all
there is a decided contest over III
p; establishment OF a good principl
AZ, Legislation. but I'm ordinary case B
g., its found 20 work tclerably well U
old opposition gradually dies out an
To- disappears. but not so with pro 70
oO' ton in Massachusetts, the oppcs Il
% 10 this law seems steadily to Lay
- Increased. II il IS immoral and III
~ full TO sell liquor IL must be WI ~
80 TO drink liquor. yet the law seek
2l punish the seller and not the buTe
O2: In summing up the committee sai
$50. is the right Of every citizen 70 d
$50. temine for himself what he 81 o
30; eat and drink"
81; Mr.. Fleming said In part;
49, "Whatover may be the good mot "
Of the Delaware advocates of IT
So hibition, its propasationcan only
$50. considered a menace 20 the State.
the very nature of things prohbi q
65i is not only imperative. but it tends
breed the worst social condit
30 Speaking with reference 20 this su1'e
H. one Of the Judges in Maine recently
o. clared. The value of the oath b
been reduced so per cent. in THAI stu
ohs' Perjury flor which the maximum It
ons' atty is imprisonment for lifel is
500 common that it no longer attracts
-, ltention. And IL is not confined only
~ ~ the liquor element; the effects Of
~ are far-reaching and growing. Peo
''i' talk Of it-oponly without a blus
@. What good or what evil would toll
20 prohibition with that kind OF bribei
and corruption Of officials m Delawal
oqo. What with a continual connivanee
9so. the Same ofTense committed day by q
ga and year by year. as IN Name,
with n Wilmington public apathy. as
sub Maine. toward the enforcement OF
mbition lawsg What evil would resu
600 Would IL not be strange II there sho
not be bred among the people un
81. such prohibition statutes genera
25OO regard for all the laws OF the S'a,e
"Calamitous. therefore. as the r
so ages of the ovcrindulgence and aJ
r -t...... .I~fu1- arc nninfon by D