The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-05
BOMBAST AND BUBBLE.

With failure staring them in the face, th'
liquor interests in the state are making last
minute effort to gain votes of the ignorant ant
vicious element of the state, and have bought III
space in a few of the state papers, in which they
attempt to give five why all true me1
in Florida will once more reject the biggest fake
on the face of the earth on November 9Th, 1913
This advertising; which purports to have beer
paid for by the Hillsboro Protective Association
Incorporated, was sent broadcast through the
state, and be it said to the credit of the ma
jority of the newspapers in the state, was re-
jected by all but few of the Florida papers.
This advertisement sent to The Journal
and advertisement and check were returned, The
Journal pursuing the same policy in this in
stance that this paper has pursued for num-
Der of years. Years ago The Journal cut out
not only all liquor advertising, but all fake adj
vertising of like character, and has never seen
cause to regret it's policy.
However, The Journal is frank to admit that
the page which was written for the Hillsboro
Protective Association, is the work of weak
brother, whose illogical, last-minute utterances
are as wild in conception they are ludicrous
in their presentation, and can do little harm.
The Protective Association having no argu-
rnents with which to back up it's campaign, uses
bombast for bombs and burbling for bullets, and
in it's effort to back up its untenable position
makes out a splendid for the measure it
attempts to oppose
Cd Taking the five reasons, one at time,
we would call attention to the fact that in it's
opening argument the Protective Association adj
mits that we state part of the finest
nation on earth. Having admitted much, it
forgets to add that this same nation has passed
the national prohibition amendment, and that
it is this amendment that this same state, part
of this same nation, is asked to support.
60 Instead, with much verbiage, it declares
that "the fanatics want to establish here in our
home soil exactly the thing we are trying to
destroy across the ocean," AS it is the Hun
are trying to destroy acorss the ocean, and all
of his breed, the subtlety of the analogy is some
what lost-especially as it is the Hun and Hun
interests most closely allied with such associa-
tons as the Hilsboro Protective Associations,
who are making a last minute stand for the
beer and liquor interests on this side of the
water.
In reason number two, the reasoner has GER
tainly gotten himself into deep waters, and en-
tirely lost his bearings in his zeal to protect the
liquor interests of the state. However, he did
his best, will pass on to
(3) Here he boldly declares that prohibition
is un-Christian. And to prove this, he goes
back to ancient history--as far back as the time
of st. Chrysostom to be exact who lived between
the years 347-407 to bolster up his argument
rather a post-mortem undertaking, even the
liquor interests must confess
Not content, however, with this argument
reason number three AYERS that prohibition is
wrong in principle-and to prove this declares
that Episcopaans, Lutherans and Catholics do
not uphold prohibition. As to the Lutherans, the |
United States at this ime is not any too deeply /
as to what they do or do not want
f they do not like what they find in this coun-