The evening leader., 1918-11-02

Because real man does not need to be prohibited from
doing what is bad for himself and his community. We
are state part of the greatest Nation of the Earth
Why is nation great? Principally because we are
not governed by Ty1Tany but instead we know enough
to govern ourselves. In brief-FreedOm of Thought
Liberty of Action. We believe in the sacred rights Of
Self Government The Constitution of the State Of Flor
ida wisely designed ater the greatest constitution the
world has seen the Constitution Of the United States OF
America Our present constitution embodes the right of
Sef-Government. Article XIX, which the cranks
seek to amend is the sacred guarantee that each county
the States shall govern itself according to the wish of
the majority of each county without outside interference
from anybody else Cast vote against the amend
ment and you will preserve that solemn guarantee and
right of Home Rule for every county, vote for the
amendment and you will forever destroy that safeguard
Article XIX of Constitution should not be amended
is representative Of true living shining DemOcra
cy Amend it. and you enthrone Autocracy and with it
it's crimes and intolerance "What fools these mortals
be-The fanatics want to establish here in home soil
exactly the thing trying to destroy the
Our boys fighting, suffering, dying on the
wartorn battleeds Of Europe to uphold the democratic
form of government the system that gives the people
Local Option and while they away, the hypocrtes
trying to mpant Autocracy and Despotism at Home
This is preposterous.
Did YOU ever stop to think what Prohibition really is?
Prohibition is unchristian in character and wrong in
principle No has lived will live to prove that
Prohibition is Christian in characterize prove that Pro
hbition is right in p1lnePe because it is not Ins Is
# it were all believers in the Christian religion would
be Prohbitionists Epscopalans Lutherans and Catho
lies would uphold Prohibition They do not. They be-
lieve in Temperance but not in Prohibition The found
es of the Christian religion did not believe in it. Christ
did not exemplify it. He drank wine himself and
factrad it for others drink John Wesley called Ger
mented liquor Natures noblest cordial" See "Weseys
Place in Church History page 202, and "Tuernan's B
ography," volume III, page g.
John Calvin received wine in part payment of his salary
Geneva. See life Of Calvin by Paul Henry page 269
Rev Thomas Coke First Methodist Bishop, Rev. Francis
Asbury, known Father of American Methodism,
ton, St. Chrvsostom CA. D. 347-407 in his "Homly to
the People Of Antioch" says "If you should shout,
would there wine (because of drunkars), you
should add, would there iron because of
derers would there night because of thieves;
would there were no women because of adlteres.'"
Prohibition is wrong in principle because says, Use is
abuse, intemperance is drunkenness drunkenness is
wrong therefore Prohibition is right "Alcohol is poi
son. all alcoholic liquors BOOZE all booze is bad"
Some people who drink drink to excess therefore
eybody should be denied the right and opportunity to
drink" Common mpels the thinking to reject
the baseess logic Of nrohbton If this baseless logic
to be applied to all things you should be prohibited
from buying automobile because some people are
reckless drivers You should be prohibited from drink
ing coffee because it contains caen, which is poison;
from smoking cigars or tobacco because nicotine is also
poison Do you think that if liquor is poison the fore
most physicians the world would prescribe it to
pneumonia patients who the very edge of death?
Liquor has saved many life recently in this terrible cpl
demc of influenza. Many of our loved would
have left u.s. had it not been for the udcous of IL
quor statements from prohibition doctors and cranks