Evening journal., 1917-10-08
License Advocated
BY editor WItILE
Offers $1,000 to Anybody
Who Would Disprove
His Statistics
TAKES UP ARGUMENT
OF BILLY" SUNDAY

A crowd that overflOwer into the
street filed the Queen Theatre last
night, and applauded a stirring anti.
prohibition address by c. A. Windle,
editor of The Iconoclast," OF Chicago.
In the boxes were many men active
in professional and business life. and
a large number of women were in the
audience. Motion pictures showing
prosperity IN the mOonshine section
OF the Southern States. and an or.
gan recital provided entertainment
preceding the address.
Mr. Windle was introduced by Rep
resentative William NJ. Connolly, who
reviewed the legislative action upon
the local option bill by which, he
said. the two lower counties forced
the license election upon the city OF
Wilmington" Among those seated on
the stage were State Senator Thomas
+. Gormley, Representative J. Z. Nc
Nabb. DR.. Thomas o. Cooper and A.
Z. Saylor.
Mr.. Windle, in challenging the
drys, twice invited anybody present
TO come up on the platform and re-
! fute his statements II they could.
( Nobody accepted the invitation. In
the course of his speech. he saidi
81 never quote many figures. but
/ the figures / do quote you can accept
as official, and ! agree 10 forfeit 10
| the Anti-Saloon League Of this city
the sum OF $1,000 II they can prove
| that they are not correct.
prohibition will not help business.
! You vote Wilmington dry and you
will change nobody's appetite; you
| can vote a town dry but you cannot
vote a man dry, and unless you vote
the people dry. why they are going
| to Chester and they are going TO
/ PHILADELPHIA and the merchants in
those towns will offer TO pay their
fare. You will lose their tradei they
will get what they want to drink and
the money is spent in Chester and
Philadelphia and will never return
to this city
other people vote for prohibition
| because they believe in temperance
and they imagine that temperance
and prohibition mean the same thing.
Our friends imagine there Is no diff
ference between temperance and
prohibition: they are badly mistaken.
I am not here to attack temperance.
Temperance has TO do with your con-
troll Of yourself; IL is right, 1t can
be defended, IL cannot be attacked.
prohibition has to do with the other
fellows control of you; Il Is wrong
It. cannot be defended; the principle
is monstrous. Prohibition is Imposed
bv the other fellow without your con
sent in spite of your protest and WIZ
the force OF the policemans cluo
Temperance implies moderation. Pro
hibition Is wrong.
} "As a matter of fact the Drys laoo
) under the dillusions that everybod
needs prohibition. I want every per
, son who thinks you need prohibition
for Yourself to stand up. Now "
have some Drys present. but the.
don't think they need prohibition 10
themselves; they want it for you
They assume the right 10 decide 70
themselves and also for YOU Cal
e there be a greater insult TO your in
telligence. Prohibition is an insult f
your manhood.
prohibition Is based on the theor!
that everybody needs a guardian. ]
everybody needs a guardian. who Il
competent 10 act and guard tn
guardian while they are guarding
, you? II anyone is going TO act a
! your guard make them go into cour
> and get the appointment in a regula
way and put up a bond for the faith
i full performance or attending TO you
10 business. If they refuse TO put up
Is bond don't let them attend TO you
2 business.
s MANY prohlbitionists ask, what
you get when you spend your none
p at the barr Well, you get what yo
e want. and that Is all anybody can q
s for his money; that is what the dry
a get for their money when they bu
l. chewing gum, iewelry, etc. So l0rg 2
a il is their money and they get wins
a they want it is nobody's business.
"There Is such a thing as religion
a lntoxlcstlon. I have not thin
d against anybody's religion. have see
+ Billy Sunday somewhat intoxicated o
10 religion. l have seen him take OF hl
4 coat, his collar, his cuffs, and | hay
seen him take Off his outside shirt q
on top Of the pulpit and yell, Com o
lyOu whlte-llyered enemies and ] wi
show you where TO get or What di lei
ence does II make what you take II so
get drunk, whether IL Is religion. his
tory or old Wilson, Nobody. wcu
y want. to abolish churches becauso
that kind Of intoXication.
a prohibition hysterla is an intox ca
n ton, too, and that is what ails some o
. our dry friends. They have become IN
. toxlcated on the prohibition quest on
4 When you meet a man thoroughly IN
: toxicated on prohibition hysteria, %
q nrst thing he tells you Is that scvent
per cent. OF insanity IL due 10 drink IN
y that Is why he wants to destroy III
e liquor business. How does he know
& that seventy per cent. Of insanity Is du
Is 20 drink. There are four types Of IN
. sanliay known 10 the medical world
% the cause Of first three are unknown
we know tho cause OF paresls. tn
IS prohibitlonlst hears OF a man goin
N crazy, he visits the hospital ward an
l. SAYS: rs Bill Smith confined here !
d your Institution? Yes. Did he drink
Oh YES, he drank frequently. Inc pre-
hibitlonlst writes down in his It'll
book, booze did It, No need OF furlhe
investigation, the matter Is settled. SUI
pose the answer is no. Bill did no
n drink: then the prohibitionist wants !
\ know n his father drank No. Did NJ
~ grandfather drink? No. Then did nj
great grandfather drinks Yes. the
N booze did II. And 10 IS upon statisuc
ln gathered I'm that manner that they Das
RS their claim that seventy per cent.
W insanity is due TO drink. ~.