The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 10, 1915, Page THREE, Image 3
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? "I am in favoi
thorough believer
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ana oeiicvc ui<ti c\
munity which c
If
t should have the ri
of the regulation <
license." May 1,
I then Governor of
statement to the
Secretary of the
New Jersey.
P?*Aei/1onf Wllcn
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May 1, 1911, President Wi
the following letter to the Rev.
Saloon League of New Jersey:
"I am in favor of local optii
government, and believe that
cpnstitutes a social unit should
the regulation or of the withho'
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j tible to being made parts of a
I ... been made'the subject matter c
party organization and party ac
political action in every other fi
"They have thrown ever
the background and have made
long years together. So far as
I" consent to have the question of
cal parties in this State.'
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I programmes of the highest com
and of the nation ought to be I
n 1 rassed for long periods by mak
which is essentially non-politica
nature."
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I posed to every princip
!. I government? Does
Does it not mean sacr
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with sfrirf- regulation
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Have principles?
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WOODROW WILSON
OF LOCAL
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or local option, i am a
in local self government,
rery self-governing comonstitutes
a social unit
ghtto control the matter
:>r of the withholding of
1911, Woodrow Wilson,
New Jersey, in a signed
Rev. Thomas Shannon,
Anti-Saloon League of
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>n's "Shannon" Letter (
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Ison, then Governor of New Jersey, wrote
Thomas Shannon, Secretary of the Anti3n.
I am a thorough believer in local self- Mi
; every self-governing community which m,
have the right to control the matter of
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d are social and moral, and are not suscepparty
programme. Whenever they have
>f party contests they have cut the lines of Or
:tion athwart, co the utter confusion of tei
eld. ' """ D?
y other question, however important, into
conservative party action impossible for
I am concerned, therefore, I never can a s
local option made an issue between politi- r ^
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his matter, i do not believe mat party 0v
sequence to the political life of the State
;hrust on one side and hopelessly embaring
a political issue of a great question
,1, non-partisan, moral and social in its
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(I WILSON'S FIRM AND OK
HELD FOR YEARS. WHJ
prohibition unalterably op>le
of democracy and good
prohibition really prohibit? a<
ificing large revenues for dis- r
erring this method together
and proper control? d<
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AL OPTION LEAGUE
lerican soldiers who, on the field o
r FOR THE RIGHTS OF SELF
of their toil and sacrifice. Let us <
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nt at oparzanourg, tu ivxuryuu u/?u
sacrifices more than a hundred y
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OPTION
"My so-called'Shannon Le
defines my position with regar
issue, not only as it was when
letter, and the letter to Mr. <
was, at any rate, intended to b<
sistent with it."?May 14* 19
from the White House at W
Woodrow Wilson, President
States, in defining his unaltei
tion and unchanged position
absolute belief in the democrz
of self-government.
General Haldeman's Lettex
Wilson
"The Louisville Times, W. B. Haldeman, I
ay 5, 1915. My Dear Mr. President: Statewide
ide an issue by two of the candidates for the D
mination in Kentucky, and m that connection tt
being used to impiy that you approve of this pri:
mces which are declared to fit the present Kenti
1 the other hand, the socalled Shannon letter is
mpt to prove that you stand for local self-goven
imocrats to observe.
"If you feel that the situation warrants, I she
statement of present date from you as to your g<
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e question presented by these letters, sucn
ach to clarify our local situation and do much tc
viously intended by the Shannon letter.
"Your obedient s<
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?he President,
["he White House, Washirigfofl,"
ALTERABLE OPINION WHi
IT DO YOU THINK?
Dispensaries pay hundreds c
ollars toward the reduction of ta
ind, good roads and general imprc
Des prohibition pay? v
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: OF SOUTH CARI
f Cowpens, January 17 th 171
-GO VERMENT AND CIV
emulate their fortitude and vir
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i trie many ovum ksutuutiu puts
ears ago. Times have chang
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Grogan is or
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rashington by
of the United
rable convicregarding
his
iric principles
to President
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Editor, Louisville, Ky.,
e prohibition has been
emocratic gubernatorial
le socalled Grogan letter
nciple in certain circumucky
political situation,
being used in an *atiment
as a principle for
>uld be pleased to have
eneral attitude toward
a statement would do
) emphasize what you
?rvant,
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xes. the school
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who made
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