Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-22
PROHIBITION PARTY
OPENS ITS THIRTEENTH
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Continued from Page u

| beat the Republican party to it by
| eight years and the Progressive party
| by thirty-eight years. We have OPP
| posed polyg'amy since 1876; the Dem
| ocratlc party never opposed that in
stltutlon IN national platform or CON
| Vention. We have opposed the white
slave traffic since 1862 no other po-
litical party ever opposed that insti-
tuition in either national platform or
convention. We have advocated uni
: form marriage and divorce laws since
1883; no other political party has
ever championed that issue in ma
tlonal platform or convention.
Stood for Income Tax
I'VE have stood for income tax
since 1896; the Republican party new
er favored it and the Democratic
party not until 1908, or twelve years
thereafter. We opposed child labor
IN l9o8 and thus beat the Progress
SlVes to 1T by period of four years.
We favored the conservation of nat
ural resources in 1908 and thus beat
the Democrats and Progressives by
four years.
AS matter of fact, we have pre-
ceded every other political party of
Importance, Democratic, Progressive
or Republican, in the championship
of every vital issue during our fifty
one years of history. Haven't we
| been some party? What would the
American people have done without
us? Where would this country be
today had it not been for the exist
ence of an organization which was
brave enough and pure enough and
strong enough to give birth to ideals
unpopular and seemingly weak in
their incipiency but all-powerful in
whatever else we may remem-
Der, let us remember this-that we
have stood for national prohibition
since 1869 No other political party
has ever championed that issue in
national platform or convention.
mot only have we been the first to
champion practically all of the fun
damenta1 questions of the last half
century as they are recognized today
both in statute and constitution, but
we have been the first upon the firing
line whether by referendum or party
prohibition, war prohibition, or ma
tional prohibition.
For example, the Prohibition party
called a convention of 1000 delegates
in the state Of California in Novem-
Der of 1913 and launched a campaign
for California dry against the eager
protests of the conservative non-par-
tisan forces. This campaign was
conducted, was followed by a second
campaign and by third campaign.
In the last campaign California rat1-
fed and at the same time defeated
! the Rominger wine and beer bill by
an overwhelming majority
Tells of Work in 1918
After mentioning several other
state campaigns, Chairman HinshaW
continued: GIN 1918 the. Prohibition
party it was in conjunction with the
National Dry Federation that launch-
ed a campaign for war prohibition
after the same had been defeated by
the interposition of the chief execu-
tive OF the land. We got chambers
of commerce, commercial CLUBS,
oranges and church organizations all
over the land to petition both houses
of congress for this measure. The
Prohibition party it was that fur.
nished the man in the person OF
Charles H. Randall to frame the war
prohibition bill which passed both
houses of congress and became law
The Prohibition party 1t was that
furnished the man in the person OF
Mr.. Randall to become the author OF
the law prohibiting the transporta-
ton of liquors and liquor advertising
from wet territory into dry territory:
THE Prohibition party furn1sn atea
the paper and printers ink in the
campaign for ratification in 1918
which reached a million and forty
seven thousand homes. The ProhlDl-
tion party it was that adopted the
slogan. War prohibition in TINS seS.
sion of congress and rat1ncatlon OF
the federal Amendment WITHIN
Twelve months The slogan IN It's
two-fold sense was realized. There
were others more conservative VINO
said the slogan was unw1se and I'M
possible of achievement.
"The Prohibition party 1t was tnaC
in the spring OF 1s2o mace me suati
! ment. All parties should adopt prom
bition planks in their national plat
| forms This year We accordingly sent
1852. 600 communications from natloIld
| headquarters to that many local
| etata and national leaders to this END.
| Hare on the table before me is a part
| of the result. We have gone througa
! them and they represent something
! like 500. 900 people
: ANTI-SALOON LEADERS
/ READY TO CONSIDER PLANS
| WASHINGTON, July 21.-Anti-
! Saloon league leaders were gather
! ing in Washington today for meet7
| inc of the league executive coullcll
Which will consider campaign plans
M Ernest Cherrington, general man mar
| aoer of the Anti-Saloon league, sala
! it is uncertain whether the leaS ue
will declare against either preslden-
! tial candidate. A-i
Dental and congressional ~ cam
! paigns," Cherrington said. I0 t1Ia
| there is no basis fol. the report 6 Inae
we will declare against either Gov
| ernor Cox or Senator HARDING.
sHEpARD & GLUcK COTTON LETTER
! NEW ORLEANS, July 21.--The nearness
! Of the July condition report and the knowl-
edge shat it must be bearish compared ooth
| with last month and last year, was respon-
| sible for considerable selling out Of long
cotton today sind a reactonary tendency
! which increased following the reading of
! the weekly crop reports They were mod
| cratey bullish, Indicating continued crop
improvement and confirming bearish i'm
| pressOns regarding what has happened dur
| ing private bureau reports on condition and
| until the pending bureau day is out Of the
| way are inclined to think that the mar
! ket will not advance as readily as it has Of
! late.
! poStpOnement until next Tuesday.
| In order to bring the resolution to