Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1909 — BRYAN'S LIQUOR PLANK [ARTICLE]

BRYAN'S LIQUOR PLANK

Believes the States Ought to Settle the Question For Themselves. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 10. —William Jennings Bryan declares that somebody has been faking the story that he wants national prohibition. An article in the Commoner reads: “Mr. Bryan does not expect to see prohibition a paramount issue in national politics. If it ever comes it is not likely to be in Mr. Bryan’s day. “Mr. Bryan may, however, be truthfully credited with a desire to assist in securing for the several states absolute and exclusive control over the liquor traffic, including control over all shipments of liquor as soon as they enter the state. It will be interesting to see how some Democratic editors Will explain their opposition to the good old Democratic doctrine that the state ought to be allowed to attend to its own business.”