Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-21
ATTACKS BOTH
OLD PARTIES ON
LIQUOR QUESTION
Hinshaw, in Keynote Speech at
Prohibition Convention,
Condemns Silence.
FINAL. CEREMONIES FOR
OLD JOHN BARLEYCORN
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told the delegates they had come together
to .'select burial lot for John Barley
corn. The other political parties, he
said cont of respect 10 Johns relatives
have voted that he shall lie in state Tor
ano,ber four wears 10 bc viewed 10y the
American people. II,
.sThe Democratic platform is silent,
the Republican platform Is silent, tue
prnhibition national chairman continued.
oIarding owns brewery stock, he Is not a
nrnhibitionist Mt heart. Cox IS wet. lhe
future is before us, the campaign is upon
Us. -. A..
We want TO do the wisest thing, the
best thing for the prohibition movement
and for the country. 1t was our ierVent
wish that every political party would TINS
wear fall in line with the Constitution oil
Tho United States, with the congress
of the United states, with the supreme
Cont of the United States, and recognize
openly and avowedly the settienent Oh
tins question. The other parties nave
failed What shall we dol
Turning to measures other than pro-
h,bition which the party had championed,
Chairman Hinshaw said, as we assemble
here for the thirteenth time IN htty-one
,,ears we do so with a realization that we
bsye had part I'm more than one battle
and for the solution of more than one
nrohlcm While We have been party with
Al eve single 20 the solution OF one great
nroblcm We have at the same time AIMED
- tho solution and reached the solution
of many problems.
For examnle. we stood for woman
suffrage IN 1872. which was forty years
Icfore the Progressive Party was born
and lorty wears before any other party
assumed the same position. We advocated
civil service reform the same year and
thus prcceded the Democrats by four
wears and the Republicans by twelve
wears We championed the direct cleo
tion Of Il. :. Senators IN 1877. The Re-
publican Party never champloned that
ISSUE and the Democratic Party not until
400 or twenty eight years thereafter
"Ne favored two-cent letter postage
In 1872 and thus beat every other poltical
mart, to that proposition by the space
NJ s,Steen wears We stood for information
"A arbitration In 1876; the Republican
nartv ala not advocate il until 1904, or
iuentv-cirht wears thereafter and the
Progressive Party not until 1912, or thirty
six wears thereafter We opposed lotteries
and gambling IN 1876; no other political
marty ever opposed such In platform or
in convention.
we went after the land grabbers and
speculatnrs in 1876 and thus beat the Re
publican Party t. il by eight years and
the Progressive Party by thlrty-elght
wears. We have opposed poiygamy SINCE
iS76. the Democratic Party never opposed
that institution in national platform or
convention. We have opposed the white
slave traffic since 1876; no other political
marty ever opposed that Institution IN
either national platform or convention.
We have advocated uniform marriage
and divorce laws since 1888 no other
political party has ever champloned that
issue in national platform or convention
We have stood for income tax since
1896: the Republican Party never favored
il and the Democratic Party not until
1905 or twelve years thereafter. We
oppoSed child labor IN 1908 and thus
beat the ProgressIves 10 IT by a perlod OF
four wears We favored the conservation
az natural resources IN l9OS and thus
heat the Democrats and Progresslves by
four years.
As a matter of fact, we have preceded
everv politlcal party of Importance,
Democratic. Progressive or Republican,
IN the championship of everyvital issue
during our fiftv-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 II not been for the existence
az an organization which was brave enough
and pure enough and strong enough to
give birth to ideals unpopular and SEEM
inglv weak in their ipciplency but all
powerful in their onward and conquerIng
march.
Whatever else we may remember, 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 conven-
tion.
mot only have we been the first to
champion practically all of the fonda
mental 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 action IN most cam
paigns for state prohibition, war prohibi-
ton. or national prohibition.
For example. the Prohibition Party
called a convention OF two thousand
delegates IN the state OF California IN No
vember OF 1913 and launched campaign
for California dry against the eager
protests Of the conservative non-partisan
forces. This campaign was conducted.
was followed by a second campaign and
by third campaign. In the last campaign
California ratified and at the same time
defeated the Rominger wine and beer
bill by an overwhelming majority"
After mentioning several other state
campaigns, Chairman Hinshaw continued,
"ln 1918 the Prohibition Party it was in
conjunction with the National Dry
Federation that launched campaign
for war prohibition after the same had
been defeated by the interposition of the
chief executiveof the land We got chambers
Of commerce, commercial clubs, oranges
and church organizations all over the land
90 petition both houses of Congress for
this measure. The prohibition Party it was
that furnished the man IN the person
OF Charles III. Randall TO frame the war
prohibition bill which passed both houses
Of Congress and became law. The
Prohibition Party it was that furnished
the man in the person of Mr.. Randall to
become the author of the law prohibiting
the transportation Of liquors and liquor
advertising from wet territory into dry
territory.
The Prohibition Party furnished the
paper and printers ink IN the campaign
for ratification in 1918 which reached a
million and forty-seven thousand homes
The Prohibition Party IT was that adopt
ed the slogan War Prohibition In this
session OF Congress and ratification OF
the Federal Amendment within twelve
months This slogan In Its two-fold sense
was realized. There were others more
conservative who said the slogan was