Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
HANLEY URGES SPROUL
[By the Rev. Michael ]. Fanningl

[By the Rev. Michael J. Fanning1
Ex-Governor Hanley,. of Indiana,
late presidential candidate of the
Prohibition party, is taking an ac-
tive interest in the Pennsylvania
his paper, The National Enquirer,
there appeared two signed editor
ials over his name well worthy of
the attention of every dry voter ia
the state.
Under the headline mo. Equivoca-
tion Here" he quotes the ratifica-
ton plank found in Senator Sproul' S
personal declaration of principles,
and adds: This rings true in it's
every line, word and syllable" He
then calls attention to Judge Bon
Unveils seeming subserviency to the
will of the liquor forces, and adds:
This presents a clean-out issue
on the question of the amendment
in Pennsylvania-an issue so clearly
drawn and so decisive in character
as to leave every elector in the state,
who desires to ratification of the
national amendment, and the end
of the liquor traffic in America, no
Ichoice-he must either vote for Mr..
Sproul, or by his ballot imperil the
fate of the amendment, certainly in
Pennsylvania, and possibly in the
nation"
Under the headline: IAN Un-
paralleled Situation" he calls atten-
ton to the fact that the Prohibition
party in New York and in Ohio in
governor, and contrasts this wise act
with the foolish policy of the leaders
of that party in Pennsylvania.
Following a paragraph in which
| he characterizes Senator Sproul as
a, satisfactory dry candidates; Judge
Bonniwell, as the agent and repre-
sentative of every interest in the
state opposed to ratification; and
Doctor Fithian, as worthy in every
essential of heart and mind of the
great office to which he aspires; he
adds:
ever, can avail nothing for the tenn
perance cause under such circum-
stances. Every vote cast for him
will make Bonniwell's election more
nearly possible.
prohibition voters ought to do in
Pennsylvania what they are doing in
New York and Ohio-join the forces
that are battling for the amend
ments ratification under circum-
stances that hold assurances of VIC
tory.
'The National Enquirer is con-
vinced that Doctor Fithian should
Withdraw and thereby clear the way
for the support of Mr.. Sproul by
the third party prohibitionists of the
state"
True, every word of it. Every
intelligent prohibitionist in Pennsyl-
vania, who is not bigot, will say
amen to this clarion call from their
national leader to enter the camp
where victory waits. They owe
something to Senator Sproul and
| should be quick to realize, and
prompt to pay it. Had it not been
| for his voluntary, unexpected. and
from the viewpoint of personal sue
cess on his part, unnecessary declar-
ations, prohibition and its twin re
form, woman's suffrage, would. cut
but sorry figures in this campaign.
Owing to his fine courage which
led him to strike out on an untrod-
den path, fraught with danger to a
political aspirant, his fearless declar-
atoms in favor of these reforms,
now accepted by his fellow candi-
dates and other leaders of his party,
have virtually become the platform
of the dominant party in this state.
This means their ultimate victory,
sand that at an early date.