I am now nearly 60 years of age, I find it necessary
to reserve my strength as much as possible in order to put to the
best use my remaining years of service. I expect to remain in Oklahoma
until the constitution is made, the field is ripe for action, we want the
constitution to be an ideal one.
The Federation will not have as a member, any one voting in a license
party--Anhauser Busch will effect prohibition as soon--We will not waste
time and money in fighting Brewers and Distillers but the cause of them.
We want to prohibit the tyranny and unlawfulness in preventing woman
from a voice in the Government, Compulsory education, no games on
Lord's Day, no profanity on the highways.
There are good, loyal prohibitionists in the Anti-Saloon League, but
those who control it are generally there for the salary. Being usually
Republicans who by their ballot prove themselves to be the strongest
advocates for license, they are hindering the true principle of
prohibition. Their votes combine to perpetuate the saloon.
The great thing to be accomplished is to elect a Prohibition President,
as long as we have one in favor of license it is useless to expect
prohibition by the government. The Anti-Saloon League tacitly effects
the perpetuation of a license government and in that they have been traitors,
we warn the people against them. If anyone is a real prohibitionist
they will vote it.
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