Show Borah And The Platform By L. L A A. A Hollenbeck Well Vell Senator Borah has en He declared in the senate that he would not support Hoover on that platform He said there was only one good plank In the republican platform He didn't say Bay what that plank was how how- ever He spoke principally about the prohibition plank and says itis it itis itis is a 8 straddle straddle and and it is of course ourse Nicholas Murray Butler spoke powerfully for a straight repeal plank in the platform and he was beaten Since then in a speech in New York Butler said it would be well If we could trade a thousand of our politicians for forone forone forone one statesman Our politicians are smart but we lack the states states- men Al Smith Gov Ritchie and Newton D D. D Baker are statesmen far far seeing men mell and you know where they stand Franklin D. D Roosevelt is a high grade man too It is curious how the drys in both parties have bave tried their best to defeat the wets and they produced produced produced pro pro- a straddle in the Republican can platform They will try to todo todo todo do It for the Democrats But Al Smith will be there and Gov Ritchie Ritchie Ritchie Rit Rit- chie and a host of men who do not believe in any straddle Even Roosevelt now gives notice that there shall be no straddle in the Democratic platform on the prohibition pro pro- question We have some outstanding ec economic economic economic ec- ec question to settle in this 1 country and a lot of politicians have tried to put the prohibition I I I question in the rear But of all outstanding Issues the prohibition tion Issue stands out In front like a great champion fighting for the elimination of the worst policy that was ever put upon the American American American Am Am- people It makes me think of David fighting Goliath the champion of the Philistines There were great issues between the Is Israelites Israelites Israelites Is- Is I and the Philistines but it all turned to a pivot Goliath I was the pivot for the Philistines and David was the pivot for the Israelites I Many issues are before us but prohibition is the pivot The man who temporizes and straddles will willbe willbe be erased Prohibition has corrupted corrupted corrupted cor cor- this country old country old and young and the officials have been corrupted too It has put a premium premium premium pre pre- on graft and rascality It Itis Itis Itis is a public sore that has been tolerated tolerated tolerated tol tol- too long The fhe day of reckoning reckoning reckoning reck reck- is at hand and the to find it out |