New Britain herald., 1924-06-05
LIQUOR CONTROLLED
 PARTIES ASSAILED
Prohibition Keynote Address Puts
 Blame on Public

i Columbus, O., June 5.--When th' national conyention of the prohibition party was called to order today, pr James Gibbert Mason of New Jersey in the opening prayer, asked divine guidance in this crisis of our natior and party, when the wicked wal strong and corruption prevails in higf places"
 Delegates representing sS state' had reported present" half houi before the convention opened. The. came from Indiana, Ohio. New Jer' sey, Coloradp, Wisconsin, Illinois Maryland. Kentucky, New York Washington, West Virginia, Connecti' cut, Michigan. Iowa, Massachusetts Florida, California, Missouri, Alaba, ma and Mississippi.
 The Pennsylvania delegation of 1i was the largest The others varied from one to dozen in number.
 A big sign in the front of the build ing invited the passersby to enter.
 A hare dozen spectators filtered into the hall just before J. A. Murray, Nebraska, vice chairman of the na- tional committee, rapped for order, Approximately 100 delegates were in the body of the convention.
 After the opening prayer. the off, cial call was read, credentials were handed in and H. P. Paris, Clinton, Mo, was installed as temporary chair man. William F. Narney, Rockville Center, N. Y., was made temporary secretary. Mir. Paris then started his keynote address.
 Paris Address
 Law will continue to be Aouted "so long as the people continue to cast their votes for liquor controlled par ties" and as the last two administra- tions have handled prohibition and were found wanting" election of the prohibition ticket, the only one which has ever stood for law and or der is necessary to the extinction Of the liquor traffic" Paris asserted.
 Casting ballot for either the re- publican or democratic party was throwing your vote away" Mir. Paris diminished those who desired a sim cere enforcement of the 18th amend ment. For once let us quit voting our prejudices: let us carry our re- ligion with us and put it into the bal lot box. The moral and political challenge Of the present hour is the need of God and righteousness in the field of politics.
 "The churches of America, through their voting membership. can have anything they want Of the national government, if only they will upitedly demand it Our great republic will sink unless NC bring forth fruits meet for repentance by taking our God and religion into our politics and eleeting a party 10 power which has the fear of God and not the fear Of man, before its eyes. If those who favor our case will espouse the same at the ballot-box and elect the pro- hibition party's candidates, America will have a sure enough regime Of law enforcement that will show every. body that prohibition will prohibit !"
 Constitutional prohibition under the late lamented President Wilson was openly houted and the non enforce. ment thereof became an open scan. dal," Mir. Paris said. Tt was only upon the insistence of the people and tremendous pressure brought 10 bear upon congress that Mir. Wilson's ef- forts to slave off the day of prohibit ton, were defeated.
 Distillcr Honored.
 "Arain, under the more recent lamented President Harding, the man who had made millions as a distiller was made secretary of the treasury and responsible, 'head-oyer-ail' for the enforcement of the prohibition law. Do you wonder that with Mel Ion as secretary of the treasury and head of the prohibition unit, the dis tillery where he made his money is still operating and by all reports never had closed since we have had prohibition and that whiskey valued at thousands Of dollars, has been re- moved therofrom and furnished to bootleggers'
 Tn the present administration, why is fl that almost simultaneous with the presidents joining ihe church, he pardons one Of the worst bootleggers in all America, after he had been convicted? Is it not be- cause the liquor traffic votes as unit. while the church divides.
 'If a certain famous-perhaps I might say infamous-president of one of the large universities of this coun- try has his way about the matter of platform 10 he issued by the repub- liosn party. and gets q plank declar- ing for modification cf the volstesd act. some mighty good people are eo- ing 10 find themselves out of ro- liticai home. God moves in mys- tnrious WAY his ponders to nerforul'