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Show llYiOLlllIH APPEJWJFJIMISTIC FORT WAYNE Ind., Nov. 3. Old home trails were nit again today by J. Frank Hanly, the Prohibition presidential presi-dential candidate, when the dry party special train came back to Indiana after visiting thirty-four states and traveling travel-ing almost 20,000 miles since September Septem-ber 8. Hanly again turned a broad range of ' fire on state and national Democratic and Republican candidates for their silence on the dry issues. Indiana's two vice presidential candidates ' came in for particularly vigorous attacks. Fairbanks, Fair-banks, he insisted, aided in packing tho Republican national convention with liquor men so his party would appeal to t"he liberal vote. Of "Vice President Marshall he said that Ira Landrith, the dry vice presidential candidate, would, if elected, lift the office to which he aspired from its present " pitifully low estate to the proud position the fathers intended it should occupy." Unusnal optimism over the drys' prospects marked Hanly 's speeches. ' ' On this journey,1' he said, ' 'we have found a response to our plana for the cause such as no other man ever heard. Over this country wo have laid broad and deep the foundation for victory. vic-tory. "Give us 50,000 votes in Indiana and 1,000.000 in the nation this year and we will force one of tho old parties to adopt the dry plank at its next convention, conven-tion, or wc will lead a victorious fight I for a dry nation witn another party. Mr. Hanly was enthusiastically received. re-ceived. Richmond gave him a small crowd, but Winchester, Portland and Berne turned out good audiences. The Winchester meeting, held in a tabernacle, taber-nacle, resounded with frequent cheers and shouts of encouragement. 1 1 Whoopee, there they arel " shouted a man as Hanly and Landrith appeared. "Who says they are not big enough to run this government!" The crowd immediately 'took up the cry and thence until the end of the meeting the speakers were frequently met by shouts such as "Hit 'em again! and "Amen, that's right!" Dr. Landrith aroused applause by declaring de-claring that the party that is beaten this year will hold its convention first in 1920 and write a dry plank into its platform. The train will continue through Indiana In-diana tomorrow, arriving at Indianapolis Indianapo-lis for a night meeting in Hanly 's home city. |