Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-18

nominee for governor of Pennsylvania
and the committee today upheld their
stand by indorsing all other democrats
state candidates except Bonniweh.
eonnissll Fails to Appear.
The candidate had been charged by
Custodian Palmer with being the tool of
United states Senator Boles Penroso
republican. and the liquor interests
and Mr.. Palmer quoted John Stnnott, u
big distiller and president Of tho Whole
sale Liquor Dealers Assoc lation, with
saying thar Sinnott had brought Bonni-
well into tho contest, Bonniwell was no.
tilted to appear here today, but he did
not. He answered the Palmer charges
few days ago with denials. The COM
mittec decided today that as the nomi.
nee had not appeared the charges so
made are true
Palmers speech was made. he said In
an effort to awaken the public TO the
secret methods being used by the brew
ers to control politicians and public
opinion through the press of the coun-
try.
1T is time that the people Of this M =
ton and Of this state awakened" Mr.
Palmer declared, by messenger. Sc
Cretly. without allowing the people 10
know tho truth. the organized huuoi
traffic of the state. through it's "ecret
conduit. seeks to fool tho people into the
belief that the democratic party Il
lighting for personal liberty: when as a
matter Of fact. Its candidate is the in
strument and tool Of This same liquor
traffic. With the truth told. no harm
can he done, the people. and the truth
must he told.
Agrees to Offer Proof.
Let me say 10 you. az an illustra
ton OF the lengths TO which these in
terests will go. that tho facts will soor
appear which will conclusively show
that twelve or fifteen German brewers
OF America, In association with the
United States Brewers Association
furnished the money. amounting to sew
eral hundred thousand dollars. to buy a
great newspaper in one of the chief
cities of the nation: and its publisher
without disclosing whose money had
bought that organ OF public opinion in
the very capital Of the nation. In the
shadow of the capitol itself. has been
sghting the battle Of the liquor traffic
That money was placed there under
methods and by contrivances cleverly
designed to keep secret forever who
II was that put the money into that
great newspaper and the purpose for
which il was there. Now. I say to you
that when this traffic. doomed though
it is, undertakes and seeks by these
secret methods to control party nom
nations. party machinery, whole poll
teal parties. and thereby control the
government Of state and nation, 1t il
time that the people knew the truth
and it is time that we as Americans
as Pennsylvanians. and as democrats
stand for the truth. no matter who
gets hurt in the process.
And I say another thing which IL
appropriate 10 be said at this time in
this great hour Of the countrys emery
ency, that the organized liquor traffic Of
the country is a vicious interest be-
cause it has been unpatriotic: because
1t has been pro- German in its SYM
pathies and its conduct.
Saengerfests Accused.
why. you and know perfectly well
that ii is around these great brewery
organizations owned by rich men, al
most all OF them OF German birth and
sympathy, at least before we entered
the war. that has grown up the soci-
cites. all the organization Of this coun-
try intended to keep young German i'm
migrants from becoming real American
citizens. It is around this saengerfests
and the saengerbunds and organizations
of that kind. generally financed by the
rich brewers. that the young Germans
who come 10 America are taught to re-
member first the yatherland and Sec
ond America You remember the expos
ure of the German American Alliance
brought out first by Mr.. HulTnes in
Pittsburgh. and afterward in congress
when the senate Of the United States
revoked its charter because of its dis
loyal conduct. It was a German whisky
alliance. and everybody knows it. I
know that these great interests have
actually been willing 10 finance great
newspapers for spreading German prop
uganda and sentiments in this coun-
try"