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The Democratic party, if put in power, will repeal that law and will do nothing for prohibition that you will accept.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The Democratic party, if put in power, will repeal that law and will do nothing for prohibition that you will accept.”
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Sherman warns that a Democratic government would repeal laws supporting Prohibition and fail to act on the issue.
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