, 1923-02-04

gins with the unit; that is, an indI-
vidual or an individual home with its
family circle. wherein with comfort
and prosperity, love and happiness
will surely reign. And, to make this
individual home such a place Of com
fort n happiness, it must have first
consideration and it must have sacred
rights n be protected in these
rights. Those individual rights must
not be invaded nor trampled under
foot excepting only wherein such in.
vasIon is indispensable to the general
welfare CT the community"
He concluded his address with this
stirring appeal which reveals his
heart and mind as that of a true
American in spirit enlisted in the
battle with the enemies Of darkness
VIII would destroy what the Amer.
lean business man has built up. IL
country second TO none in the his
tory Of lie world:
Let US strive Tor harmonious.
! equitable. free, liberty-Ioving Amer.
lea, wherein no government pole y
no party program shall cver appeal
to one class or one section IF uur
people or our country to seok ID
vantage over other sections and
other classes. let our motto be.
United we stand and from such unity
let fairness 10 all go forth A con-
clifton of MIND among one element OF
u people that would produce such
results that part of us may regular
ly dine in luxury at the Ritz Carlton,
while we envy u nclEhbor II he has
for himself and his family only a
Christmas dinner OF hog jowIs and
cabbage. Certainly, capital and labor
are essential in the ndu of bust
ness Of the world. If they must work
jointly, then they should jointly en-.
joy the results thereof.
This improved condition in the
policies of government that I believe
are essential will not be the result
Of one mans effort. The public press.
h public speaker. the citizen great
and small, must mite in n common
effort. Here in this great city of ours
We have elements OF strength which
need but harmony of action to be
most powerful to this md. Among
other clements tho greatest are the
means Of publicity. dissemination Of
arguments and facts to the public.
not only in this. but in many OF the
other large cities of our country. Let
us not feel so aggrieved at an occa-
sional difference of opinion with this
vast publicity interest that we will
shut u eyes to the great good that
has been in the past anc may be dc
rived in the future from this ource
I regret only that brief time has
not given us the opportunity to delve
in the details. TO make plain the CON
dition which demands our attention,
and to redress the grievances, and in
vasion of u rights. / do hope the
Lord may give mo the tongue Of the
learned, that I shall know how to
speak n word in season to him who
is weary. Let us not depend alone
upon u %neighbor. but unite our ef.
forts to demand tho return Of our
government to economic practices.
promoting justice and protecting lib
erty. And, TO this end. demand Of
every lawmaker. state and national.
that he return to sincere respect for
the two great charters-the Bible.
and the the Constitution of the
United States"
After the address, in keeping with
the custom of the Public Forum,
nIHgfinnH NN-pFa aaIraA a-1
Ex-Governor Haskell was asked:
"Do you consider tho Eighteenth
amendment unconstitutional. as Il
menace TO personal rights and lib
erty?"
He answered: II emphatically do
consider the Eighteenth amendment
as distinctly in violation Of he prin-
ciplcs of our Constitution prior to
the adoption OF this amendment. I
feel justified in speaking for prohi-
bition, as I am much older in its sup.
port than many OF the radicals OF
today. I nave never missed an op-
p~ortunity to advocate prohibition. In
my native state of Ohio. back in the
last century. and again in Oklahoma.
in drafting the constitution OF that
state, my every effort was put forth
in behalf of prohibition. Hence I feel
that those Of less experience in the
advocacy OF prohibition should hest
tate to c~ritlClso my position when I
say that even for n good purpose tho
principles Of U government should
not DO tramnlcd undcr foot in the