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,r m a The Commoner v: '14 " c . .i- . , r '"- vim. j -TOIiM7f NO":. 12 Br fc i; m"- is ' i. Mr. Bryan ip Philadelphia 1 Frbiri Tho Philadelphia Public I Lodger, Nov. 19. A "plea for political unity in sup port of national .prohibition, so that a sober nation might support a sober army, was delivered by exSecretary of State William Jennings Bryan be fore an audience "which filled the Metropolitan opera house yesterday. Mr. Bryan warned both tho repub lican and democratic parties that they could not afford to ignore na tional prohibition and that neither could afford to permit the other to sponsor it alone, therefore, he de clared, ho was glad it had become a political issue, and asserted at the conclusion of his address that so much was it a part. of politics that should it be suported properly by thoso who have carried on the fight against liquor for so many years, even "brewery-ridden Pennsylvania would not vote againBt it" when tho federal amendment is brought before tho houso at tho next congress. Several thousand dollara was pledged at tho meeting. The meeting was held under tho auspices of the Pennsylvania Anti Saloon league. The opera house was crowded from tho orchestra to the itop gallery. Mr. Bryan was in oxcollbnt voice and in rare good hu mor, . Incidentally, before going to the opera house he denied in an in terview that he had had difficulty in Allontown when he spoke there. It was reported that soldiers stationed at the United States ambulance corps camp there refused to hear the Com moner, on the ground that he was a pacifist. Mr. Bryan said he had had no" trouble at all and that there were a great many soldiers in the audience when he spoke. Back to His Old Form The address he delivered yester day was probably one of his best in this city. Wlie: he spoke here three years ago at the end of the "Billy" Sunday campaign he faced an audi ence which filled the great tabernacle, but at that time it "was noticeable that he had lost something of his old , time power, something of his grip on the emotions of an audience. But he was the old Bryan yester day, the powerful and dramatic ora- MEN Tr $18.00 we hand tailor to yourmeasureanddcllverxpre& charges prepaid, a $25.00 all woo Buit or overcoat. Absolutely guar nnteed to fit or you don't cav ui ond cant. Our now FALL..WINTEH ITYLE BOOK mailed free. THE RURY TAILORS, Dept. 3 CHICAGO, ILL tor of the days of the "Cross-of-Gold" speoch. He held tho attention of every man and woman from the mo ment ho started to speak, and he spoke for about one hour and ten minutes. During the progress of his adress, an attack upon liquor on moral, economic and patriotic grounds, ho repeatedly was interrupt ed by applause. Aside from his plea for united po liticalsupport for national prohibi tion, the argument which won the favor of the audience more than any other was that which he based upon patriotic grounds. Ho declared, the nation could not afford to permit food resources to be wasted in the manufacture of intoxi cating drink. He said that, while the government has taken steps to prevent this in the food-conservation bill, the fact that the brewing of beer was not prohibited by that measure was lamentable because it has been demonstrated that twice the amount of foodstuffs go intovbeer than into spirituous liquor. "Another reason why it is lament able," he declared, "is the fact that brewers spend more money to corrupt tho government than do the distillers, and you need not go out of your own state' of Peensylvania to find the big gest criminals. People do not begin to drink whisky. They first go to a beer kindergarten and then, graduate to a whisky university. The brewery and the distillery have been such boon companions that they should die together and be buried in the same grave." WOULD BAR WQUOR TO ALL (.From the Philadelphia Press, Nov. 19. William Jennings Bryan attacked, ridiculed and argued against the,, li quor traffic on moral, economic and patriotic grounds at the Metropolitan opera houuo un hour and a half yes terday. He addressed an audience that filled the house, a great crowd having stood outside half an hour be fore the doors were opened. The speaker had a wealth of ari ecdote in the interest of the cause for which the Anti-Saloon League of Pennsylvania had asked him ' to speak. Enthusiasm is a mild" word with which to describe the feeling 'that ran through the audience when the ex Secretary of State ended his oration' with the words: "I am not willing to admit that even ECZEMA Also called Tetter, -Salt Rheum. Pruritus, Milk Crust, Water Poison, Weeping Skin, etc. For fifteen yeara I have been treating: one diseaie alone, ECZEMA. I have handled over one million cases. I do not pretend to know it all, but I am con vinced the disease is due to an excess of acid in tho blood, and closely related to rheumatism and cancer. This acid must Ira rsmavwl. Eczema is called by some people Itch, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Truritus, Milk Crust, Weepine Skin, etc. I am fully convinced Eczema is a curable .disease, and DR. 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JWtrnc$: Third National Bank, Stdtlia, or uk vour banktr toJtnd tut a&uu Sed tUa Mtkft to sema sr Miff arer (nm czaata. It will be a Iriscl act by ya. brewery-ridden Pennsylvania.,, will' vote against the national. amendment when it is submitted to hr." ' One of the most vigorously ap- plauded of Ifrr, Bryan's "hits" was that in favor of malting the civilian population of the country observe the same abstinence from intoxicating drink which is mposed upon -men in; uniform. ,: .v . "This prohibition represents the most advanced stand, yet taken by our government," he said "We! should now compel every one to wear a uniform. "It is a reflection on the sqldier to say that he shall not drink, and' allow others to do so. It is like saying that ho is not as strong as his fellow citi zens. "And that is not so. The men in uniform today are the picked men of our nation". "We should pass national prohibi tion to keep at their maximum strength the men who are making ammunition for the soldiers. "This war is turning a light upon, the liquor question that will enable some to see this economic evil as never before. "At Pittsburgh, not so long ago, 2,000 coal operator adopted a reso lution asking the federal government to establish a dry zone about their mines. They said they could turn out 2,000 tons more a day if whisky and beer were kept from the reach of their workmen. "This is net just a sentiment. It's a situation." After describing th6 manner in which liquor dealers sought to estab lish saloons about military camps, Mr. Bryan brought ringing applause by declaring: way they would make drunkards of every one of our mHlion soldiers and leave us defenseless against a. foreign foe." $5,000 FOR WAR ON BOOZE From The Philadelphia North American, Nov. 19. Five thousand enthusiastic Phila delphia's, yesterday indorsed with cheers and checks the plea of William Jennings. Brya.a that the nation be hind the American army be made as sober as the boys in khaki,. The former secretary of state, 4n a prohibition speech that appealed to the patriotism of the nation to end the liquor traffic as a war measure, go aroused his hearers that several thou sand dollars were raised to flght booze by the audience that filled the Metro politan opera house. , r "We can. not afford to .take bread from the tables of the worfd .to make men drunk 'at a tima when wo dare not allow the impairment of our men," he said. t - "Uncle Sam has decreed that sol diers who are to fight for him must be sober. -It it is good tp save the strength of the soldier at the front by keeping from him the poison of alco hol, 'why is it not good to keep a,t a maximum the strength of, the man behind him, the man who is producing food, making munitions and, -war sup plies for the soldier? "We have a million men in arms to day," he continued, and then changing quickly he asked: "Do you want to know who the disyloyal men of this nation are? I'll tell you. "If the brewers, distillers and sa loonkeepers of this country had their way, they would make drunkards of all those million men in arms and leave us defenseless before a foreign foe." Ha was greeted with thundering applause as he drove this home by telling of the experience in Great Britain when Lloyd George tried to close the saloons there. "But the liquor men of England tVCV" ', 4, I ). t I cricdv 'Let the natio'n'die first 'when the saloon ,wa .threatened. And we hare the' game breed "over here."" He recited the steady growth of Prohibition in the' country. andin cdngifeds and berated the "brawerv senators," who4, her said', had saved beer from the fate of' Whisky in the food control bill. ... "Congress did not "go far enough " he said. . "There is no reason to sep arate beer from 'whisky in the at tempt to save food. The brewers ,use twice as much grain to make beer lets the distillers did to make whisky. 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