Prohibition Debates Highlighted by Clergy and Politicians
A Historic collection shows Bishop Kinsolving and figures like Jefferson Davis Senator Culberson Bailey Governor Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt debating prohibition. They warn against state overreach local option advocates push for home rule while opponents urge restraint and focus on regulating abuse over use.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Charles A. Culberson
Joseph W. Bailey
Alabama
Maine
Texas
Woodrow Wilson
William Spry
Utah
William H. Tapt
Thomas Jefferson
Raham Lincoln
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Salem
Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
American Federation OF Labor
First Temree c Temperance Reform Club OF
John Quincy Adams
Roger Mills
Oliver Wendell Holmes
AUTH
United States
West
Howard Crosby
Rainsford
New York City
Jesus Christ
Christ
Savage
Absurd assumption of moral monopoly in Texas prohibition debate
The author denounces the claim that prohibition backers alone hold the moral high ground and that opponents are immoral. He argues such clerical and social tyranny intrudes on liberty, noting this tactic has appeared in U S prohibition campaigns for fifty years and praising brave resistance to protect individual rights.
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Bishop Kinsolving
Austin
Texas
United States
Maine
Sam Houston
Frank Lubbock
James W. Throckmorton
Campbell
James Stephen Hogg
Thomas H. Ball
Charles A. Culberson
Joseph W. Bailey
Cone Johnson
M. M. Brooks
Friends of
Local Option
Tolstoi
Archbishop Ryan
Rabbi Hersch
Chicago
Rev
DE. Blanchard
Portland
Lyman Abbott
Jesus
John the Baptist
John
D. J. Hartley
Little Rock
Jacob B. Meeker
ST. Louis
F. P. Reicher
Oklahoma City
Okla
Milwaukee
Prohibition Debate Calls Texans to Endure Tyranny and Fight
The author argues against state wide prohibition, condemning social ostracism and clerical influence. Citing Maine as a warning, the piece pleads for patriotism and patience, insisting local option is best and that repeal would ruin Texas self government.
Vicious Appeal to Passion Cupidity and Emotion
A column argues against political graft and emotional appeals to Texas law. It cites leaders such as Jefferson Lincoln Cleveland Bryan Roosevelt Taft as condemning the policy for causing strife corruption and lawlessness.
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United States
Texas
Jefferson
Lincoln
Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Prohibition Debate Voices From Clergy Across United States
Leaders from Rev. Paul E. Kretzman to Cardinal Manning denounce total prohibition arguing for moderation and education. Clergy, bishops, and reformers contend laws cannot force virtue and favor high license, regulation, and personal responsibility amid widespread temperance debate.
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Webb
Washington Down
Rutherford B. Hayes
Commonwealth
Nmrin Pareareas
Paul E. Kretzman
Denver
William Wasson
Long Island
Carl Bissfeldt
Lutheran Orphan Home
Lutheran Conference of Wisconsin
Bissfeldt
J. E. Freeman
New York
Thomas F. Lillis
Leavenworth
Kan
Bishop Hall
Vermont
Bishop Brown
Arkansas
J. L. Spaulding
Peoria
America
James Gibbons
Baltimore
France
Italy
Rome
Vatican
Papal
Henry Ward Beecher
Bishop Lines
Newark
N. J
Bishop Johnston
Bishop Grafton
Wisconsin
Hoffman
Philadelphia
Potter
Bishop Doane
Bishop Fox
Green Bay
Wis
Bishop Clark
Rhode Island
Bishop Perry
Iowa
Charles D. Williams
Michigan
Bishop Neeley
Tey
Donohue
West Virginia
Messemer
Nasuelly
Theophile Meerschaert
Catholic Dioce Oklahoma
Edward Manning
Bishop Brooks
Oklahoma
Monsiegneur
Harkins
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Richard Whately
Dublin
Gailor
Tennessee
Rev. Rere
J. Conalty
Catholic Tal Abstinence Societies
Executive
Prohibition Organization OF
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