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John Sherman: “You have a perfect right to vote for the smaller Prohibition party, and thus throw away your vote, but you know very…”

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You have a perfect right to vote for the smaller Prohibition party, and thus throw away your vote, but you know very well that either a Republican or a Democratic legislature will be elected, and that there will not be a single Prohibition candidate elected.
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John Sherman
Ohio

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Sherman warns voters about the futility of supporting smaller parties like Prohibition in elections.

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