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Show STILL ON IP, ! KEYNOTER SAYS Prohibition Convention Listens to Results of Dry Era and Future Plans LINCOLN Neb. July 21. Faced with "semi-official Information" that neither W. J. Bryan nor "Billy'- Sunday Sun-day would be Available for . national ticket, the prohibition party forgot nominees nt tho opening of 1L convention con-vention toda and sweltered through two hours of xpeech-maklng In an tm-ventllated tm-ventllated auditorium, Speakers fpent Iho morning session In praising their own party anel declaring de-claring that the Democrats and Republicans Re-publicans did nothing cu their conventions con-ventions but "throw stones at each other." It was made absolutely certain to ihe delegates today by friends of Mr Bryan that the Nebraakan win not accept the nomln it Ion if It Is offere d hlui. Delogntr-s apparently were reluctantly re-luctantly coming to the conclusion that his wishes must be roapocted anel It was -aid he would not be placed In nomination. "Billy" Sunday's statement in Hood River. Ore , last nigh that ho "wag atlsfled with Harding" was considered consid-ered as eliminating him. Lenders rremeel corlaln, however that a canelldate would he chosen anel Henry Ford was being mentioned in many quarters. VlrTil HlriShR'Wi national committee chairman, opeucel the convention with i speech which was non-com mltt.il on the party's future presidential plans, but Aaron S Watkins. kevnoter. uiged that a "powerful ticket bo placed In the field." About 200 delegates and 300 visitors were present Platform and other usual committers commit-ters were appointed and started Immediate Im-mediate work. LINCOLN, Neb. July 21 "We are still on the map and our mission 1 not ended," Aaron S. Walklns. keynote speaker at the Prohibition party's presidential Mar convention told the delegates at Its onenlng session here this mornttig. "We must place in the field a ticket of real presidential size land make a campaign that will win ' the- respect of all thinking men and women." Mr Watklns said that the prohibition prohib-ition question was not settled nnd I would not be "until tho machinery of government is attached and the lawbreakers law-breakers surrender unconditionally " The experiment of even partially enforced prohibition," ho saiil, "has I been so eminently satisfactory and th' I demonstrations of moral and Inrlustrlal 'Improvements so convincing that mll-' mll-' lions of halter6 between two opinions have been convinced bejond a shadow I of a doubt.' Mr Wat kins ran on the Prohibition ticket in 190S and 1912 as its candidate candi-date for the vice presidency. He if professor of English In a school at iGermantown, Ohio. The prohibition keynote speaker emphasized em-phasized the Interest of the prohibition party in omer questions confronting the country He declared that "the j whole country desires the league of nations." and that It would financially be adopted, but he characterized Pi ident Wilson's course- In handling I It as having "too much the flavor of autocracy-' and said his plan could I not be adopted "vlthout radical revision" re-vision" .M'.iiit PROHIBITION ( In prohibition Mr, Watklns said W hen we inquire of the leaders of the two major parties whv an Ironclad Iron-clad prohibition plank was omitted lfr.uu each eif the partv platforms, wo are blandly Informed that the question Is settlod Years ugo when we pleaded plead-ed for such a plank, they said that it never can be settled, or at any rate. P is too soon to make the fight. Now 1 it Is too late to mention the subject I wonder when would haM' been the psychological moment that the question ques-tion of prohibition would have been, ; strictly up to date. "Tills is subterfuge of course. Merely .setting down a group of figures does ! not solve a problem and a declara- tion of n ir loo not conquer a na-jtlon, na-jtlon, neither does the passage of a ilaw, statutory or constitutional, settle any question Prohibition is not sct-tled sct-tled and will not be settled until the !moh1nory of government Ik attached .and the- la breakers surrender uncon- optionally. "Every refusal to declare for iaw- nfon ement simply encourages the wet forces to believe that the present I wave oi enthusiasm will recede and i 'lhat the p. ..pie will soon forp.d Then 1 1 he fight ran be renewed with aomci Ihope of surresq. Hence, the silence of I thos- plat forms is a wet silence and 'will be so interpreted Neutrality ls now atl Impossibility One side or the i "'h. r is defeated, and the parUeo that permit such a result have simply to! take the path of allegiance. "There is but one party In the field Whose platform have never been v. eat her-vanes and whose policy has always been a constructive one Our doctrines have been the political his-i tory of the United States, written pro-' phetlcally. The -tepa of" progress that our statesmen demandeel as justice and predicted as the inevitable, other par-! lies Ignored, ridiculed, opposeel and' flnall) accepted without quotation marks or the least of credit RISEN ABOVE FACTION "We have risen aboe faction, class or blind partisanship and have been tho champions of the average man, the party of the whole welfare of the nation. We have asked not for cavil I but for information. 'Who is my neighbor?' And wo have seen In every 'Injustice a demand and in every heart-i heart-i break a call to service, and we hae vtood true to our convictions though the political heavens might fall, "We are still on tho map and our mission is not ended We are hired for a du s work, enlisted till the war Is ended, and "there remaineth yet much land to be conquered.' Our 'work has always been a double one; ! To formulate the real political Issues land stand for them till enacted into l.i w and to instruct and Inspire In tho developments of high Ideals and sound civic conscience so that law will be enforced. and matters of life and character outside tho realm of statutes shall be made real by tho moral forces of the nation. "We still have great reforms awaiting await-ing for adoption and great twentieth oehturj problems yet to be solved "We do not face a bold, defiunt and despotic liquor power as in years gone by, but so long as leading statesmen sidestep the question of law enforcement enforce-ment an. governors and legislatures plan for the nullification of the national na-tional const I f ii t Ion ao lone- u t f m r,r.r-- ance men sleep in their tents and wet I forces plan midnight attacks, so long w ill the. great dominant issue of our party be a living question RESPECT LAWS "We still demand as in former years that parties and officials .-.hall respect the laws and thlr own oathes of office, of-fice, or if they have conscientious objections ob-jections to loyalty, honor and decency, that thev step aside and turn over the task of law enforcement to their friends of the cause Former liquor se lling places all over the land ale ho-I Ing held Intact, with fixtures and possibly pos-sibly liquor, In expectation of the tlmo when Indifference and tolerance on the part of the officials will change to positive friendship "in mans cities the law is openly Violated and offiolals who are dry irt sentiment are withheld from enforcing the law by the fear of the; party boss w ho h ill not risk the ullenatlon of any consiek-rable number of voters. Parties Par-ties are suspicious of each other and will neglect a plain duty for fear the opposite- party will gain a temporary I advantage While we are thankful for the progress made and hopeful of i the final outcome, we cannot ignore plain facts nor build false hopes. "Our motives for hating the liquor traffic arc becoming stronger year bj vear The testimony of science Is more crushing and tho demands of business are more exacting than ever before. The experiment of even partially enforced en-forced prohibition has been so eminently emin-ently satisfactory, and tho demonstrations demonstra-tions of moral and industrial improvements improve-ments so convincing that millions of halters between two opinions have been convinced beyejnd a shadow of doubt. Empty Jails and decreasing I prison population. Increase in collection collec-tion and bank deposits and a halt in the alarming growth of Insanity, all these and more are now speaking In triumphant tones of a better day already al-ready upo us. LEGAL WEAPON "Our mothers, sisters and wive?, who have been seeking the ha Hot as a 1 gal weapon with which to beat off: the moral and social wolves from tho' door of the home, must still find us true As we were their earliest politl-' cal 1'rbuidv;, so u o must stand by this reform until the victory is finally com-! pleted. While we retain the right as individuals indi-viduals to use our influence against any and nil evil habits and practices, wo must not scatter our forces or weaken our position as a party on the real political Issues. "We mus! ila. e la the field a ticket of real presidential size and make n campaign lhafw ill win the respect of all thinking men and women We must be radical in doctrine but dignified in manner, and above all, we must bo optimistic and aggressive with no opol-ogles opol-ogles to any man for our faith, and no foar of an- one except the Lord and one more victory will be add d to the long list now standing to the credit of the unlv political party that was ever defeated " oo |