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Show I Knowledge Is the Sura of Experience. I Prohibition Is Repudiated. l Business Men of Ogden in Good Company. Sympathy and sentiment might eas- j M Hy prompt anyone to Indorse prohlbl- m tlon. But analytical consideration of M the subject invariably shows the fall- H acy and unwisdom of the plan. H All snno thinkers admit the evils M which arise from excesses. Prohibition is emphasized Intcmper- M The great leaders of men, statesmen M and religious thinkers, are opposed to fl the principles' involved In sumptuary, H coercive laws because of the despotic M rule which they represent, and because M of their debauching and degenerating H ouecto. i cioucands of the strongest H men in the United States and the M v.'orld have recorded themsolves In op- H position to the Intolerant spirit rcpre- M sented by prohibition. Below will be found carefully com- H piled list of only a few of the many M great men, honored by states and the j nation, who, after painstaking Inve3ti- M gatlon, have openly declared their an- H tagonism to laws of this character: H Hon. William H. Taft, president of H the United Stales. H Hon. John Qulncy Adams, sixth pros H Ideut of the United States. H Hon. Thomas Jefferson, third presi M dent of the United States. H v Hon Andrew Jackson, seventh 'presl- H dent of the United States. H Hon. Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth H president of tho United States. H Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty m sixth president of the United States. B Hon. Jefferson Davis, president of B the Confederate Sates. H Hon. Samuel J. Tllden, statesman m and candidate for the presidency in H B Hon. David B. Hill, governor of New m York; United Statos senator, congress- H man and statesman. i Hon. William Spry, governor of l Utah. H Hon. Frederick W. Plaisted, gover- fl nor of Maine. Hl Hon. Emmet P. O'Neal, governor oi H Alabama. H Hon. Samuel Blease, governor of H South Carolina. H Hon. Thomas Marshall, governor of M Indiana. H Hon. 0. B. Colquitt, governor of H Texas. H Hon Malcolm W. Pattersonr ex-gov- M ernor of Tennessee. H Hon. Horace Boies, ex-governor of H Hon. Georgo W. Peck, cx-govornor H ) of Wisconsin. H f Hon. W. D. J elks, ox-governor of M Alabama. H Hon. William Eustis Russell, ex-gov- M ernor of Massachusetts, Hon. Horatio Seymour, governor of H New York, 1S53-5 and 18C2-4; member H state legislature, speaker, candidate H for president 1S68. H Hon. George Sutherland, United States senator, Utah. H Honv Joseph W. Bailey, United M States senator, Texas. H Hon. John II. Bankhead, United M States senator, Alabama. H Hon. Charles A. C(llbor6on, United M States senator, Texas. Hon. Joseph F. Johnson, Unitod M Slates senator, Alabama. H Hon. Charles A. Towne, ex-Unltod M States seuulor. H Hon. Charles A. Dana, noted journ- M alist and philosopher. H Hon. Henry Watterson, noted journ- M ailst and philosopher. H Hon. George Harvey, philosopher, M ' editor Harper's Weekly. H Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, reprcsenta- H , tivo in congress. H Hon. A. J. Sabatb, representative In M congress. M Hon. Richard Bartholdt, reprcsenta- fl , tivo in congress. fl Hon. Champ Clark, representative In fl congress. M Hon. Rufus Hardy, representative In H congress. H ' Hon. Choice B. Randell, representa- H k tivo in congress. H ' Hon. Albert S Burleson, representa fl j tlve in congress. M ( Hon. George F. Burgess, reprcsenta- M , tlve In congress. H Hon. John H. Garner, representative H in congress. H Hon. James E. Slayden, representa- H j tivo In congress. H J Hon. Oscar Gallaway, representative H in congress. H Hon. Alexander W. Gregg, represent- H'f ative in congress. Hl Hon. John M Moore, representativp H in congress H Hon. W, Richardson, representative H , in congress. j Hon. Henry D. Clayton, rcpresenta- H tlve in congress. M A very large number of the most em- 1 , inent divines In the United States have B declared their unequivocal opposition 1 to prohibition. The following list com- ftVJI prebends only a small number of those H whv havo publicly announced their an- H tagonism to measures of this charac- M Cardinal Henry Edward Manning. H Rev. Henry Ward Beechor, noted dl- Hj vino and author. H Monseigneur Hawkins of Holyokc, H Moss, H Archbishop J. L. Spauldlng of Peo- ' H rla. H Archbishop Messmer of Mllwaukep. H y Bishop Potter of New York. 1 Bishop Webb of Milwaukee. Bishop Charles D. Williams of Mich- H lgan. Hj Bishop Lines of New Jersey. H BiBhop Johnson of Texas. H Bishop Grafton of Wisconsin. H , Bishop Hoffman of Pennsylvania. H Bishop Hallf Vermont. H Bishop Doane of Now York. Hj Bishop Fox of Wisconsin. H Bishop Clark of Rhode Island. Hl Bishop Brooke of Oklahoma. Hl Bishop Perry of Iown. H Bishop Daniel Tuttlc. senior bishqp H Episcopal church of the 'United States. Bishop Gailor of Texas. H Bishop Brown, of Arkansas. , M Bishop Neely of Matno. Bishop Donohue of West Virginia. Bishop Thomas F. LIllls of Kansas. Archbishop Richard Whatoley bf Dublin, author and scholar. Archdeacon Frederick WUHam Fnrar English clergyman and author. Rabbi Charles S. Levi of Peoria. Rabbi Hlrsch of Chicago. Rabbi W. S. Friedman of Denver. Rev. Dr. J. H. Parkhurst of Now York. Rev. S. Tarker Cadman of Brooklyn. Rev. Lyman Abbott of New York. Rev. D J. Hartley of Little Rock. Rev. Blanchard of Portland, Me. Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden of Ohio. Rev. Elmer I. Goshen of Salt Lako City. Rev. Arthur Wilson Higby of Ohio, Rev. William Wasson of Long Island. Isl-and. ' ' Rev. Dr. Rainsford of New York. Rev. Dr. Nash of Brooklyn. Row Dr. Lohrman of Decatur, 111. Rev. W. C. Helt, ex-superintendent Anti-Saloon league, Evansville, Ind. Rev. Leonard W. Snyder of Ohio. Rev. T J. Mackey of Omaha. Rev. Jacob B. Meeker of St." Louis. Rev. J. M Caldwell of Tampa, Fla. Row J. J. O'Brien of St Louis. Rev. Paul E. Kretzmann of Denver. Rev. G. W. Hodge of Pennsylvania. Rev. Dr. Howard of New Haven. Rev Ernest De Witt Burton, University Uni-versity of Chicago. Rev. L. H. Lorenz of Columbus, O. Rev. Cyrus Townsend of California Row Wallace Short of Sioux City. Rev W. I. Slnnott of Alabama. Rev. William Lively of Alabama. Row Dr. Slnde of Alabama. Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby. Rev. W. E. Collett, general secretary secre-tary Charity Organization Society and for a number of years head of Stata Prison Association, Denver. Rev. A. M. Young of the Connecticut Children's Home. Rev, L. F Kearnoy of Zancsvllle, 0. Rev. A. L. Lelnlger of Zancsvillo, 0. Rev. J. J. Hermann of Zanesvlllo, 0. Rev. Henry Frincke, Monroe, Mich. Rev. George H. Klnsolvlng of Austin, Aus-tin, Tex. Rev. Sidney Smlta, dean of St. Paul's. Hon Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell), author au-thor and philosopher. Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P. Dr. Felix Adler, professor social and political ethics, Columbia university. Hon. Arthur von Brlesen, president Legal Aid society of New York. .Major Holman F. Day, Republican leader and scholar of Maino. Pn. John A. Andrew, war governor of Massachusetts. Hon. N. W. Johnson, Internal rev-enu rev-enu department. Hon. Arthur Brisbane, noted journalist journ-alist and eminent philosopher. Prof. R. H. Chittenden of Yale. Dr. J. S. Billings, director medical museum and library, Washington, D. C. Gen. Francis A. Walker, president Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technolo-gy Prof. Richard T. Ely, University of Wisconsin. Prof. Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard Prof. Seth Low, president University of New Orleans. Prof. J. E. Seibcl, Chicago Zymo-lechnlc Zymo-lechnlc Institute. Prof. Joseph Zeislor, Northwestern University. Prof. Adolph Cluss, Vienna. D. W. Welsh, Johns Hopkins. Prof. Willis King, Northwestern university. Pi of. Henry Davy, president British Medical association. Prof. Charles H. Alvord, Agricultural Agricultur-al and Mechanical college, Texas. Dr. Sidney Hllller, English pathologist. patholo-gist. Dr. Alexander Bryce, author of "Laws of Life and Health." Dr. Henry I. Bowdltch of' Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. Dr. C. J. Hexamer, president National Nation-al German Alltarico Hon. Carroll D. Wright, ex-commis-slonor of labor. , Hon. Frederick W. Lehmann, solicitor solici-tor general of the United States. Mojor General Leonard Wood of fho United States army, Major General Duval, commander I United States army in the Philippines, General Ransey, commander United States army, department Luzon. Rear Admiral Robloy D, Evans, Unitod Uni-tod States navy. Hon. Clarence Darrow, sociologist and lawyer. Hon. Dan Voorhees, statesman. Hon. Frances Murphy, noted temperance tem-perance orator. Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, statesman. Hon. Thomas N. Doutnoy, rioted temperance orator. , Hon. Oliver Wend,ell Holmes, poet and philosopher. Hon. Roger Q. Mills, statesman. Hon. John Stuart Mill, English philosopher. phi-losopher. Count Leo Tolstoi, philosopher and eminent author. Hon. E. R. Mqnsfield, American consul con-sul at Lucerne. Hon, Charles Dickens, noted author and scholar. Hon. John Stuart Blackie, Scottish classical scholar. Hon, Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and statesman. Judge F. M. Simonton, Tampa, Fla. Judg"e McDonough, Fall River, Mass. Judge Coleman, formerly of supreme courtrAlabamaT " " ' Judge Walker;ofT Aiabsfma. Judge Georgo '"Claflc-of Texas.' Hon, i Hillcry E. House, mayor of Nashville, Tenn. Hon. E II. Crump, mayor of Memphis, Mem-phis, Tenn. Hon. T. C. Thompson, mayor of Chattanooga, Tonn. Hon. J. B, Blilnrd, mayor, of Tope-ka, Tope-ka, Kan. Hon. John Taylor mayor at Valdos-tn, Valdos-tn, Ga. Hon. William J. Gaynor, mayor of New Yorlc City. Hon. Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago. Hon. Martin Behrman, mayor of Now prldans. ' ." Hon. QyriiB W, Davis, mayor of Wa-tervllle, Wa-tervllle, Me. Up ' Hon. Fredr A. Buss,e, cx-m'nyor of Chicago ' Hon Brand Whitlock, mayor of Toledo To-ledo and author. Hon William Glasmann, mayor of Ogden, Utah. In addition to the above, nvre than two hundred thousand manufacturers and business men of the United States have signed resolutions opposing prohibition prohi-bition as being inimical to mornl uplift up-lift and high stundards of manhood, as well as demoralizing to business interests. Review Press, Peoria, 111. |
