The 'Dry' Candidate for Congress
A. E. Veatch, backed by the anti-saloon league, runs on a progressive platform in the Third Congressional District.
Twenty-five Republican newspapers of the Third congressional district are supporting A. E. Veatch for congress. Mr. Veatch has the indorsement of the Republican editors of Stevens county. The Ministerial Association of Colville indorsed his candidacy and a 'Veatch Congressional Club' has been organized in Colville. Mr. Veatch stands on a platform favoring the Roosevelt ideas and indorses the progressive movement. He also favors the conservation theories of Clifford Pinchot, a downward revision of the tariff and is opposed to Cannonism and Aldrichism. Mr. Veatch helped to fight and win the battle for local option in Stevens county, wiping out 60 saloons. In consequence of his work against the liquor interests he will have the support of the anti-saloon league and 'dry' element.
“Mr. Veatch helped to fight and win the battle for local option in Stevens county, wiping out 60 saloons.”
Veatch's campaign highlights the powerful influence of the temperance movement in early 20th-century Washington politics. His platform, which combined progressive conservationism with strict moral regulation of local commerce, mirrors the complex political coalitions that defined the era leading up to Prohibition.
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