Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1920 — PROHIBITION TREASURER QUITS [ARTICLE]

PROHIBITION TREASURER QUITS

Says He Will Support Cox and the League of Nations. Indianapolis, Oct. 9. —Orin Jessup of Indianapolis, state treasurer of the Prohibition party, today sent his resignation from the treasurership, to the state chairman, Charles M. Filmore', because, he said in his letter, “I have decided to cast my vote whener I think it will have the greatest weight for the league of nations.” Mr. Jessup is a real estate man, head of the Orin Jessup Land company. • . Mr. Jessup’s letter to Mr. Filmore follows in part: “My dear Mr. Filmore: “Please present this, may reSignation as state treasurer of the Prohibition party, to the executive committee. I have decided to cast my vote where I think it will have the greatest weight for the league of nations. “I have been thinking as the campaign progressed, up to this time that *it mattered not which presidential candidate was elected, the league would be adopted in some form. But now ’ that Mr. Harding has come out In such plain language that no one can misunderstand and says he is against the whole leaguS, I deem It my moral and patriotic duty- to vote for the Democratic nominee, who Is just as plain in his language that he is for the league. I decided the league of nations was right before it was made a campaign issue. Almost the whole press was for it, including Republican papers, at that time and now that it is a campaign' Issue the Republican press has no influence upon my opinions whatever; If It was right before it became a campaign target It Is still right i "My sympathies, as you know, have

always been Republican, but I not put party before principle; that was why I have always voted the Prohibition ticket. Mr. Fllmore, you know that prior to the national Prohibition convention my opinion was that the Prohibition party had served its purpose and I was in favor of delegates voting to abandon the party and openly voiced my sentiments many times. The country is “dry,” the nation has seen Its effects and no power on earth will ever bring back the old saloon days. “Then again I advocated the elimination of a state ticket for there was plenty of ‘dry’ men in other parties for us to vote for. I did not object to the nomination of Mrs. Cula J. Vayhinger for senator as I never did like Jim Watson’s ‘dry’ speeches In ‘dry’ cities and ‘wet’ speeches in ‘wet’ cities in the campaign of 1908. I never like a straddler on any moral issue and I was led to believe that Tom Taggait was always ‘wet.’ But when I saw Tom Taggart’s straight ->out from the shoulder promise to do everything he could to maintain the Volstead law and in language that could not be mistaken and now that Cula J. .Vayhinger has withdrawn from the race there is not a single straw for me to hang to. So therefore I can not think of remaining an official nt the party. I would not be true if I did when my decision is now. firmly made to not vote either the ststo or national Prohibition tickets in November.”