The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-14
THE FIRST INTER UNCONVENTIONAL
TEMPERANCE, PUBLIC MORALS And
Law ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE

subject. address: History of Prohi.
bition Effort" discussed by Rev. w
G. Alexander. ID. D., Dean Of Morris
Brown A. M. r. University said: y
mlttee assigned me the above subject
II was doubtless to- stir our Coloret
youths to note the struggle which Il
took to clear a highway for them, Il
arouse our own race masses to tht
FAR reaching character of prohibition
and to urge our race leaders to equal
activity and cooperation until thu
whislSey conspiracy shall be utterly
destroyed.
II is to be regretted that man Great.
ed with. such remarkable possibilities
hedged about so aatonishingly, with
such remarkable ideals set before him
should so shamefully and disastrously
fail that his creator should repent
his creation.
Prohibition however. is almost as
old as man, for man had scarcely
looked out upon the face of nature
when agencies of evil led him away
from the path which represented not
only his well being but his very eS-
istence. The lucious grape. the juice
Of the grape, sweet waters, spices
aromatic, berries, fruits and hun
dred refreshing and exhilerating es.
aences should have brought from his
heart nothing but the deepest graft
ituhN anu thahfAhHitlnB. link Oh
great prophet and q mighty religious
Leader like Noah, wine PROSTATE ano
in disgrace, Ephrain and the Temple
priests wine soaked and a curse"
II remained therefore for the Hon
Richard P. Hobson, Of Merrimac fame
TO launch the beginning Of the end
in a prohibition bill in Congress, De-
Ssbase brought sg e C CONGRESS sss ErsS
newspaper leaders, religious and edu-
cational leaders, lobbyists, men repro
senting all grades OF talent and
wealth, over eighty congressman par
ticipatcd in the debate on both sides
agreed that prohibition select ten
speakers and the whiskey conspiracy
ten another Elijah and Boal contest
/ prohibition was represented by Hob
son, Campbell. KellyH Huling. Thomp-
son, Webb, Powers, Lindberg and
stephens. The whIslSey conspiracy was
represented by such members OF Con-
gress as Mann. Cantrill. Barholt, Hen
Try. Barchfieid, Volliner, Underwood and
Morrison. One writer says in fiery
eloquence and oratory, he was re-
minded OF the day OF Daniel Webster
Calhoun AM Clay. While all produced
an array 0. fact In defense of their
even with this the leaders halted
though they were apparently sure und-
ed BY the Invisible spirits Of such he
roGs and heroines as Lorenza Dow
John y. Cough, Joseph Cook Murphy
Francis, d. Willard, Frances Ellen
others Of an illustrious temperance
line. The leaders left this scene dis
appointed but not disheartened they
resolved then to sound the bugle call
to the American nation and summon
them to battle with the slogan.
4IfNaI Ia
the civilization and perpetuity Of the
American Nation and must be destroy
cd
! 1t Is to the credit OF prohibi, Ion
leaders that they placed the whiskhy
conspiracy before the ration as fcS
lows: In 1903 ard 1901 established u
Y. 8. Manufacture distilled liquors
sonages engaged 77.fSs Capital inves-
ted 1914, 900; wages paid s45.250,-
O00; cost Of material used $96,696, 00l
value product 1914 $50, coo. When
these figures were reno by the Am.
erican people, they saw for the first
contending. but this was not all The
VIII. key conspiracy had also as III
aid and the bettora. a staff of medl-
torneys. some stateamen In the seats
OF the mighty and paid lobbyists with
out number.
The what and the why Is easy tc
answer. These men camouflaSed about
heath Of whiskey," Estate rights
tlmperiaIlsm." revenue" vested in.
terests," "t0nfiscation" and personal
liberty All this that the whiskey
traffic mil 1t continue their enrich
ment, wkila their riches tied tis
lhangman's knot about the neck d.
our sons, filled jails ana aim house.
with our unfortunate and poor, crest.
Cd houses OF vice and III fame eand-
ing the thxill OF horror, disease de.
vastation nnd death throughout the
land Il 81 very reliably said that tht
whisky hy.i Is responsible icr 81
per cent ~ its pauperisTn. lS-fives
tenth per cnss's Of lta child misery
rs per cent OF IFS insanity, N PEI
crit 81 ~ divogces, 50 per cent u
IS crimes and In 1919 wbiskey cost