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Show GOVERNOR COX AND THE LIQUOR INTERESTS The following is a copy of a let-tor let-tor which was introduced as evidence evi-dence 'before the Senate committee which is investigating campaign contributions con-tributions and for some reasons, Gov ornor. Cox's friends have seen fit to give it the proper amount of publicity. publi-city. Geo. T. Carroll is president of the Liquor dealers of New Jersey. It is followed by a receipt signed by the treasurer of the federation. 849 Broad Street Newark, N. J. "Office of the President. Help elect men who will kill prohibition. prohi-bition. July 22, 1920. I "Cabian Bros. I "Dear Sir and Brother: ' "The organized liquor trade of ' New Jersey has set out to do its part ': toward the election of James M. i Cox as the next president of the Uni-i Uni-i ted States and it becomes my duty to call upon you for help. More than that we are going to fight as we have never fought before to keep the hirelings of the Anti-Saloon League out of 'fT;o; to eiec". Congressmen in the tv 2 vc congresi:onal districts of the qta:e who will v( te to amend the Volstead Act so as to permit the sale of light wines and beer; to elect assemblymen and State Senators who will keep New Jersey from rat-i rat-i ifying the Eighteenth amendment and prevent the passage of any law concurring in the Bolstead Act in its present form. "The nomination of Governor Cox for the presidency by the Democrats is a big victory for our interests, and it can be attributed to a great degree to the activity of our trade organizations organi-zations here in -New Jersey and 'throughout the nation. Governor Cox is a, pronounced wet and he can be relied upon to approve an amendment amend-ment to the Volstead Act as suggested suggest-ed above. It is now up to our trade organizations to stand unitedly hind the ticket of Cox and Roosevelt Roose-velt and roll up such a majority as will show convincingly that the public pub-lic will is in our favor. Are you going to help. Of course you are. "There is going to be the greatest political fight in the history of the United States. Your liberty and mine has been taken from us. Our business has been unjustly confiscated. confis-cated. The rights of the people have been seized and they are lined up with us in the mighty struggle that is soon to be decided by the battle cf the ballot. "The re.ient decision of the United Unit-ed States iWi rrme Court has thrown the question ot prohibition squarely into politics. It is the vital issue cf the campaign that is now under way The prohibitionists tried to keep the question out of the campaign. They feared the vote of an outraged and indignant public. It is up to us members of the organized liquor trade to force the fight. This is what we are doing. . "We have issued the challenge. The anti-saloon league is forced to fight. It has made an appeal for a $30,000 fund to elect dry congressmen congress-men who will uphold the Volstead Act and dry candidates to the State Senate and Assembly to force ratification ratifi-cation of the Eighteenth Amendment Amend-ment of New Jersey. There is no question about the Anti-Saloon League's Lea-gue's ability to raise the amount asked. How much can we raise? "We must have the money at once to carry on the work that we have planned. Do not think for a moment mom-ent that there is plenty of time to give between now and election. The fall will he to late. Money must he had immediately, if we are to maintain main-tain our headquarters and continue the propaganda that is necessary in the drive to win public opinion. This is the second appeal thaj I have sent you. The first you evidently evi-dently overlooked. I would not bother bo-ther you now were it not for the fact that your own interests hang in the balance just as much as mine. Let me beg of you to remain loyal to the finish. Make this your last contribution con-tribution if you will but give give j something. j "Your record; on ihe roster of j your local association and also on j that of the State League shows that i you have been loyal and regul '.r in 1 the past. Do keep that record un-J un-J sullied to the very end. I have al-j al-j ways had your co-operation in t' past; please let me !"ve it now for the Federation is to p. t up a bigger fight than it ever made before. "So that we may know at once just what our resources are may we not ask you to promptly return the enclosed card filled out with your remittance. "Jump in and help ir fight Give as much as you can afford. This is not merely a battle to save your business but one to preserve something some-thing more sacred. namely, your personal liberty, j "Yours fraternally, GKO. T. CARROLL. "President." |