Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1916, Page 5

T DO LR T O L LT L e THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1916. [ W||||||||||||||llllIlmllll"lllllIllllllllllllllllllll [l Y i [{1]] Why Nebraska Should NOT ‘Adopt State-Wide Prohibition 1 No person or group of persons in Nebraska has at any time failed to recognize the fact that intemperance is an evil. No sane man defends intemperance, nor does anyone advocate the intemperate use of beverages. The members of the Nebraska Prosperity League are opposed to state-wide prohibi- tion because, looking facts squ rely in the face, they find proof on every hand that pro- hibition does NOT promote temperance; that it does NOT accomplish the things its advocates claim it will accomplish, but on the contrary, produces conditions favorable to the growth of intemperance and other serious evils. ~ ; If state-wide prohibition would accomp- lish all the things its advocates claim' it will accomplish, or any number of them, then it would be nothing less than crimi- nal to oppose prohibition. “On the surface the promises of prohibition are alluring, but in the test of actual ex- perience these promises become Dead Sea fruit, and turn to ashes on the tongue. For the parent.it is of the gravest import- by the evils that follow in the wake of state-wide prohibition—evils and temp- tations far more numerous and worse in form and results than any that exist in Nebraska under our existing local option, high license law. So-called “joints” are part of every-day life in prohibition states. These “joints™ are presided over by dissolute characters, both male and female, and spread crime and debauchery to every part of the state. Here is food for thought: 4 ance that he consider well the tragic fig- - ures of the wreck of young lives caused // KANSAS sentenced boy inmates Oct. 1, 1915: Reformatory " Total for Kansas NEBRASKA sentenced boy inmates Oct. 1, 1915: (No Reformatory) ~ These “joints” are schools of crime, and with their insidious temptations have - wrecked the lives of countless Kansas boys and young men. The fearful evils that follow-in the wake of prohibition constitute a menace to every home in Nebraska in which there is a boy. No man having the best interests of the people of this state at heart, will vote for prohibition, which is sure to bring the terrible “Alley J oint” evil to this state. Let Us Profit by the Experience of Kansas How to Vote Against Prohibition . These squares appear at the TOP of the general election ballot. An X marked in the square opposite number 301 is a vote AGAINST PROHIBITION. Polls Open Untill 8 P. M. Under the Law / Tell Your Neighbor Yes 300 D Shall the above and foregoing amend- No ment to the Constitution be adopted? The Nebraska Prosperity League W [11] ""IIIEM‘E L L L T e Ty O T O L T T T