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mwIWI j. The Commoner S VOL. 18, NO. G w. vr" Dry Forces Issue Call for Service IfWrftrn Wbe Nebraska State J-ofiraat, May 'SO Tbo 'day forces of Nebraska have Ssanod a fjafia to MTtit;. Tltiy are setting; tro make an assaoltt m tbe Whr&tatorta'is HItm this fall, and jhev are be ll .'filMitnR oaifly tjsci Improve positions by securing uw mvomncm w n,uc imm raaiorjai at Kami for 8&-are. Tbey point 'Mil that 'German-American alliance rl7ifflfnTKf!fi 'o&ortod the rata who 'defoat wd waMonal prohibition ratiiftcation at the recent iMmfitm of the iitnltM legislatore, and .ask that the jmambood Trf ftibe Malic awaken fto the importance of 1Jho ftssno do be 'iidttiod IJhSs fall Here 4s the will : Hfatuttoi, Nob., May 2'A, H'flll'g, -To the People oT Nobrujftra: .State prohfhftion in Nebraska 3s a success. Wo minAce prohfbttion permanent and poiiprttTtialjc Vtn benefits ttbe national prohibition awonflTmmit must be adopted at the 'earliest pos sible Qncymont. 'SHhe dry forces of Nebraska are :pnaUly 'disappointed and hufmlMatod on account (T llho action of Uho governor and Uhe -eighteen wdt wnmrtrors fn preventing ratification of tiihe na ftional probfbftion -constitutional amendment at ftbe irooont rf?rooial srsfrton .of ftfho Nebraska Bogia Sftltmro. 'Congress sab-nutt'tod to the IlogJslatnros ot ftikid iflatos ibe 'constilintional aroeud.im'nt for aatifftcaticm, but the .governor and ttbe 'eighteen wot 'ficmitttorii scorned fto bo more -winning to please r ttbe apmtai-Atttttaiatai .all'lanco which privately 'endorsed tboni lin UJic ami7)a'igTv, fllian tt&cy wcire Jbo fOTfliit unoTjjJl .'unfl jmltrtoWc 'fiDoinoiit ol Hie Uicnrro fT cihrnsHca m voted In tfavoT ot ro IWWItJin Thy ii'ftOO'C) anaftoiTlty, "'ttOm utu7D (& NcjJn-ajflca ai'e OaJIiy jmpporlilng Wis ffirwflflcnjl iln Hflu wory writ :ajfl nggottr7i (to vln HJbo -wifir, rairfl ;aro roppowod too ocmtluinlwg for imo iftay mxyro tUbam d moodHiiaay tihe -waste (of Sfottfl tjrtutiin (to ftJho TaJltio rnT moarty I'OO.'O'OO -(JWD iKivwiiallly iflhut 3s Hiding -worse itftian ii-ajftoa Wy JWid 'Gornian nrcww. 'Whe )poop1o ot 'fcnraska foliOodt lto nJlio G-cfr.niansA.TOorhia'n laJUlia-nw twotoIti fa'filnguinia dlcWing mum ti;o rotfDao dn NoWiJfcft wlio Ihy Wliolr Tvrttu numralt We ffood UJliaJi 'ijhcmiia ibe wohig tto ioiir 'riflfJwr, ?to tj Wft!ftoa j0T 00 wi mriult win .aiKtlhor .day ritiliory .xund (do W 5iwt ko (flmitroy G(mrua-nyte .jfljroirgost .'lOHy in '"ttttiP ifrijy -wuy o Bniiwe rtJito vmunoftWon ot Wio nifttlmnitt Urttiftilon lamumdmont :at m aert wiwHlwn ,ot ftilio Qn0lfAiiiuro lis tto .olodt m ovflraftp wnfl mumAimii ift tilho IliiiAnttnrro wlo w 0 '"Wo nQQinun tto woiy Writer an Ncflayjjjfca ;and fto wvocy voulOnm lli.o state l0 Cra Ms Jwnll. 'OUio vununuitlim tuiio national ToS Wlon iunioiiitaioiM; ds tiho Honull Sshud zin WdtoSEa fflelft tkUiwo xwo Holt -oil two oars ,ttgo .and Z. giiutD aniU idlodt .a wovmtnor .and Uoglslotors Will WUi&i01ft IflllD QJauor IbUiitHQHB .us ;a tII SroCtS.l13l,D Uil,nn,Dtllm (,T ,dl iS 2S tfilm hiuoobrkcv; mmtinoo (to iitmiQ ,ns .oa-nSSw nrall two aqtpma tto tfiio dry 9ovoob J WoTmSS-n 32?' unotllWtUly tto .HDD tflhttt mion WTionSSftnS; HouWlUtuP who will Umiop tfalfih TwitJh imim?.Hm tilniam. Willttiuftca hi a.or .oifwwuSiS oS" 19VirwnwiftiptiUflc.ifinQla8. UUi wKda m SS? irb ailuwmsr acna witdhoraCt. IRtmSo? S 'TOfih our firnttuo tto 1id tSutuvo J a,Zr. 3K!KKii'gKiv idiot jraDDDmmroK Bty W. "ffi. 'Ilthoniptum, nroainoitt. ' C. CC. (Cteowdn. A. C. HDiiparaou. HMonibors tnaiaiilvo womniietoo Itey JSL m. (Ottnmn, jmumrimonlimit. - WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPEKANCB UNION, By Mamie Claflia, president. - - DOUGLAS COUNTY DRY COMMITTEE, By J. Dean Ringer, president Earner E. Thomas, manager. SPEAKERS' CLUB, ' By A, G. Wolfenbargier, president, x Frank Harrison, ma-nager. y DRY AUTOMOBILE CAMPAIGN, v- By W. T, Graham, president. OMAHA COMMITTEE OF FIVE HUNDRED.-. NT. LANCASTER DEMOCRACY JIEETS From the Nebraska State Journal, May 26. At the regular meeting of the Lancaster Oonnty Democracy held at the Lindell hotel Saturday night, resolutions were passed uphold ing the stand talren by President "Wilson in hrawdling the Trar problems- and pledging the loyal support of the organization to every plan and suggestion of the President, The resolu tion ifolloTrs: "The 'Lancaster County .Democracy hereby ex l!pd 1io President Wilson, our great var presi dent, 3ts Ihearty congratulations upon the mas terly manner in Ttfhich be Is bandling the ar and -war nroblems. We pledge Mm our un-s-worrang .and loyal support In bis every plan :and 'suggestion to make the vorld safe lor dem ocracy, "'The Lancaster County Democracy club is proud -of the progress .that Nebraslra bas made under 'stole prohibition of the liquor traffic. We regret that at .the recent special .session of the NobrasTra legislature the national prohibition -constitutional amendment ras -not ratified, ana th5s 'olnb pledges its support to the nomination and election of 'democratic candidates for sov 'ornor rand members of the legislature -wbo wWl waito and vote for the ratification of the nation al probibition amendment Immediately Tupon the assembling of the legislature aert January, "'We favor the immediate enactment by oon gross of .a bill prohibiting the use of srain, fruit ot 'other foodstuffs In the manufacture of beer w -wine or other substitutes 3n order to oon :serve our food .supply :and nse it lor the -winning of the "war, ''We favor the oo-operation of the municipal rand sftate -governments to assist President Wil son .-and bis .associates in preventing profiteering, "'We oommend to .the .-careful 'consideration of the voters of Nebraska tbe .suggestions and plans irocontiy announced Thy former IMaynT Charles W Bryan outlining plans wbereby the Mate and Bocal 'governments in Nebraslca oould mpploment the -wqt of President Wilson in pro tooting the people of Nebraslca against profiteer ing, and jwc -assure Mr, Bryan that this -.club -will 'oo-.oporate in snaking a practical application of itbe a-emedies -wbidh The suggests. sm.1 Roaster Oonnty Democracy pledges Stecflr to assist in the nomination and Election of emooralts to office -wbo 511 aSSl? SSSiSJ Resident Wilson in Ms oon duct' of the tS?SS3 (lmS legislative IS i wocutive program -wbidh 3has for its OTtfect e supplementing of fthe practical plans of Se Jrosiflimt for nning nbe ar and protectinc people of KAntte against all 12 l Voiding MHte, SLtlonr?frL 'ot tflm tamo tan uandi. wl - " (aattlnaor 1 I Why Sec'y Daniels Made Navy "Dry" IFrom intervieir idtli Secretary Josephus Daniels, Sunday School limes, Sept. 9, 1917 i One day, shortly after I iad become secre tary, a gentleman came Into tie department to plead for the restoration of a young relative of his, who had been dismissed Xrom the navy for intoxication- I showed Mm Uae record, -which proved that this young officer liad not only beea drunk, but bad at the sauae time made a public exhibition of himself. I explained that there was no course to be pursued bat to act firmly and finally in approving the coart martial -vrhich had recommended the young ofDcex's dismissal. When I made it plain that the young man must inevitably pay the penalty, -this gentleman protested earnestly and with asuch feeling against what he insisted im the Injustice his young relative had received at the laands of the navy. "Now that he Is the product of your sys tem said my visitor, "yon 3iav tamed him out in disgrace." He then went torn b lell me the following story ol the young man's life. Said he: VI am a Friend, a Quaker; -and the boy's lather was a Quaker, He -was a little shaver when his fatheT died, andlthe lad canw into my home, and has always been tto ne as a son, I never even had so much as a glace -of wine in my home, and when the boy left for Annapolis to enter the naval academy Has Aid not inoir what the taste of liquor was like, 1 gave Mm to the American navy, pureeartei, unsullied, believing absolutely in the oli-ssaloned Quater Ideas In which he had te&n. ;raii. "In the seven years yon IkaTe Ifeai Mm In lie navy you gave him wrong iieaaB aJbont drinking. Ton taught him that it was aB agM lor a gentleman to have his ifcoddy, Tn Jtegalized the wine mess. Ton had a ode Chat asaAe a youth feel that he was naTrow-m3flsi. II Ibe turned down his glass at the ita.1ble;-TNrt :ow that my boy has been ruined by ysoa a4 ypur system, the navy Hcks Mm out, and jpnts .a stigma on Mm."" Much more than 1Ms he said, but HMs Is the substance of Ms .strictures. Me was a .strong man, and Ms feeling dtor tthe yath whose drinking hail wrecked Ms Mfe was ipathetically deep and genuine. When be wenit du, I -oould not Ihrow off a stinging sense -of Jastice an his accusation. AH day St hanntea b tthat in the discharge of my official (duty I iad been recm pelled to approve a decree for wMch a navy practice was largely responsible. 3"or days I was oppressed by tfee ftbonght that every young man in Iflre 3ravy asany asoaoing irom homos lake IGhat 'described by m& Quaker visit or, was subject too isitmHaT tfceiatafin. As time whent by there were aneare onrt mar trals not many, but enongfr ft afti to zmy pro Tound -convection libat iibe M " Qaatetsr haS pointed out nnerrlngly ftbe ipaitlh ff (duity- I 3nrew Tery weH what tibe tomftos of he wine mess order meanlt. 2 oonnffeea ttbre (cost. I Anew Chat many officers in tibe araTy. ttemperate, SSS? ' tas wnawaea ats 3Gin'g itemmr's s, -watbont fear amS wih-ont apnoa-ch, 0S mJ?! 3tl s St biltireTy; fflhey wotfd Pession fto Hbj world, ihirVSS ? to foraOT onlia be assailed atJ aBBWdtoaitoa tOnlt he protest SiKL ?? i 2 as tfeare tempted mot Wla, M 5 aa intft flora! fit i coould ma 2teJ?"5S P16 ftoran 3 Ibrealfc. Some Soo?SS SJS? e o rcons'iaered 'Sbff?1 3lanV tto ttalre Ate KL 5t Uj4,