Evening journal., 1917-10-22
NINDLE AGAIN
RIPS PROHIBITION
Challenges "Drys" to Show
Scriptural Authority for
Their Position
DEFENDS RIGHTS
OF INDIVIDUALS

wanted to crowd into the place last
oight to attend the mass meeting held /
there by the license forces. Before the
soors were opened more than ono
hundred people were standing In front
Of the theatre waiting to get In and I
by the time the meeting was ready TO |
begin every seat in the house was oc-
cupied.
C. A. Windle, OF Chicago, who has
spoken in this city before during the
present campaign was the orator at the
"wets" meeting and he kept his audi
tors keyed up to a high pitch OF en-
thuslasm by his remarks. Mr.. Windle
was asked several times to read ex-
tracts from the copy Of the address Of
D. r. Anderson, who had been the
speaker at the dry" meeting held In
The same theatre in the afternoon. lie
was supposed 10 have been handed a
COPY OF Mr.. Apdereon's address before
he went on the stage last night.
Mr.. Wlndle said II was Impossible
for him to read any Of Mr.. Anderson's
address, but that he was the Judge OF
whether there was anything In II That
was worth answering.
Inc CRUSH 10 ktl illV Aho hhNoNA'
was 80 great that all could not be ac-
commodated so an overflow meeting
was held at Fifth and Market streets.
This was addressed by Howard II. Cald-
well, OF California.
Among other things, tho speaker
charged that certain manufacturing in-
terests Of this country wish TO deprive
che laboring man Of his whiskey or
A.. - s..sr.n tl,tf ION ms m
able the worker 70 live on less and In
order that the manufacturer may thus
be better able TO keed down the wage
Bcale.
In this connection the speaker ASSERT
ed that certain "purianical practical
preachers are aiding and abetting the
capitalist in this effort and are advis-
Ing the working man TO be content with
what he gets in this world, as he will
reap his reward in the next.
The feature meeting. however, was
The one held IN the theatre. Mr.. Windle
announced his subject as the one the
drvs refused 70 debate, prohibition OF
the manufacture and use of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage Is wrong In prin-
riple. un-Christian IN character and
powerless as remedy for intemper-
ance."
81 am the attorney for the prose
mtlon." he exclaimed, "but the attorney
for the defense Is not present. 1he pro-
posd debate. said. had been prevented
bv the "triclery'' Of tho "drys' IN rc
fusing TO debate the question which hns
been proposed and lastly by insisting
4 upon having "the last word when de
tending the negative OF tho question
whereas they had denied that opportuR
Itv 10 the "wets' when the latte
were TO defend the negative Of another
question which had been proposed
Prohibition and temperance arc
diametricaily opposed" +" sad Mr. VIM
die. He devoted some time TO set
ting OUT this thesis Later he launch
ed into an exposition Of what he
termed individual rights" The
principle OF prohibition, he said. is
similar 20 that Invasion OF individual
rights" which would be found IN an
attempt 70 dictate what we should
eat. whom we should choose for a
wife and how we should worship.
The crowd. apparently. was in
thorough sympathy with the speaker.
A noticeable feature Of the meeting
was the absence OF women. The au-
dience was apparently composed en-
tirely OF men and the people applaud
cd heartily the ealiies OF the speaker
ae he grew sarcastic over what he
declared were the policies OF the op-
ponents OF license in their attempts"
TO carry on prohibition.
MANY people think prohibition has
lust started. he said. "As a matter
OF fact, many who have been trying
20 keep up with the band wagon are
49,. 49, ,~o F,fIourfpg q funpraI
procession
At one point In his address he de-
clared no prohibitonst wished pro-
hibition for himself and called upon
any one who wished prohibition for
himself TO stand up. No one stood
MIR. Wlndle aroused considerable
amusement by his description OF what
he said were the attempt Of the pro-
nloiuonists to enforce prohibition.
ne provoked laughter by quoting
STATISTICS 70 show, as he said, the in
crease In the per capita consumption
OF Intoxicating liquors since the time
ing dry" 'esn 81
Mr.. windle evoked applause nv
declaring that prohibition was
dangerous 70 the church and produc-
ing staustcs TO suppors his state.
lnNh" tAaN hbtn NAME and Kansas
oldest and strongest Of the proh,h,
zion States" had much smaller men,
berships than several wet" States
Mr.. Windle provoked enthusiasm I
quoting John Wesley, founder
Nfethodlsm. TO show that drinking
intoxicating liquors In moderate qua
titles was not wrong" He also quot
from John Calvin, founder OF Presl
% terlanlsm: Martin Luther, said 10
the founder OF Professionalism" Thon
Coke, the flrst Methodist bishop;
Rev. Francis Asbury, father OF Me
odism and founder Of Asbury NJ.
Church, and diametrically opposed
the position taken by the Rev. Geo
White Dawson, present pastor OF
bury NJ Z. Church, in support Of
"a contention that prohibition Is
Christian in character"
In support OF this latter thesis,
Windle also quoted from the Bible
3 show that st. Paul and other w
known religious characters were
prohibltionists. He also quoted cert
& passages TO show that wine 8