The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-27
ASSERTS PLATFORM
IN SHARP CONTRAST
T0G. 0. P. POSITION
Methods Adopted to Achieve
Temperance Are Complete
and Tragic Failure
RAPS HOOVER DECLARATION
likens Republican Attitude to
Circus Stunt of Riding
Two Horses

Seagirt, N. j., Aug. 27.-(R-Declar-
ing the Democratic platform and the
candidates have fairly and squarely
met" the prohibition issue, Governor
Franklin d. Roosevelt, the Democratic
presidential nominee, asserted Satur-
day that President Hoover and the
Republican leadership stand convict
ed of trying to evade and confuse the
ISSUE
The methods adopted since the
great war with the purpose of achiev-
ing a greater temperance by prohibi-
ton have been accompanied, he said,
I'm most parts of the country by COM
plete and tragic failure"
Roosevelt was the guest of Demo-
cratic rally arranged by Mayor Frank
Hague of Jersey City and other state
leaders. The nominees speech was
the second in his road campaign. The
first was at Columbus, Ohio, last Sat-
urday. With him Saturday were Mrs.
Roosevelt, and their two younger sons,
Franklin, Jr., and John, both school
boys.
Referring to the acceptance speeches
of President Hoover and Vice Presi-
dent Curtis. relative to prohibition.
Roosevelt alluded to the 1880 guber-
material election in New York State.
He was reelected to a second term
that year.
Like Circus Stunt
In that year. he declared, there
was a party that tried to ride two
horses at the same time. The Repub-
lican party had one foot--its candi-
date for governor-on the wet horse
and the other foot-the candidate Tor
lieutenant governor-on the dry
horse. Unfortunately the horses in
sisted on going in different directions
and the party fell to the ground be-
tween them.
This year. he added. "the Republic
can national leaders have tried the
same circus stunt. The answer OF
the voters throughout the nation will
be precisely the same"
The present Republican leadership,
Roosevelt asserted, stands convicted
of trying to evade and confuse the Is
sue. The honest dry will honor more
the honest wet than the shifty dry
and the -prohibitionist prefers
the four-square dry to the uncertain
wet" he said. "All will join in con-
demning a fearful and timid practice
of evasion"
The Democratic presidential aspir-
ant declared Hoover's acceptance
speech proceeds deliberately to mis-
represent the position of the Demo-
cratic party. He says our opponents
pledge the members of their party to
destroy every vestige of constitutional
and effective federal control OF the
Oiquor) traffic
II have the right to assume that
the president read the Democratic
platform and, on that assumption
charge that this statement was made
to mislead the people of the country
and assert a mere reading Of the
nlain. uneQuivocal provisions of the
Democratic platform will sustain thai
charge"
Opposes Saloons Return
The Democratic platform, he said
expressly and unequivocally opposes
the return of the saloon, and with
equal emphasis it demands that there
be federal control of the liquor traf'
fic to protect dry states"
Roosevelt lkened the Republican
convention to the ancient oracle Of
Delphi who, when partially Supplied
by the gases from volcanic crevice
uttered strange and incoherent words
which the high priests interpreted.
I'm June, the Republican oracle sal
in Chicago" he said. There was 9
fume of heated oratory and wher
the convention was over the people
asked the high priests of the part.
what it all meant.
1.-THE secretary of state (Mr. Slim
SOM explained in the choicest phrases
! Of Republican diplomacy. Senator
Borah spoke out in fortnight fashion
4 and said it sounded wet to him; Pres
ident Butler (of Columbia university
said the words were dry.
x suspect that those who wrote thu
rlank thought it would sound dry X
{ the drys and wet to the vets. Blu
+ 10 the CONSERVATION of the higf
4 priests it sounded dry to the wet
4. md wet to the drys.
1.-THE Democratic convention" TIL
hndidate for president continued
fairly and squarely met the issue. I
0opted by an overwhelming vote {
ank so plain and clear and homes
hat no one could doubt its mean
g."
History Offers Guide
1.-THE experience of $50 years ha
y shown us that the proper means o
Regulating the use of alcoholic bev
rrages sis through the states, wit
pntrol by the federal government
nited to that which Is necessary /
5tect Tie stated"
This I submit" he continued, II
principle embodied in our De
bratic platform; and I state fur
n 3 that 1t Is not the principle state
ls&he Republican platform or in tn
eches Of acceptance OF the tw
didates Of the Republican party
3 called the Republican platform
hk On prohibition "a dense clou
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