X 3 J, t 0 l. S n 0 H ;..UJ'' 1 ~r1(:n1 No.Lsnc:r £ I: t - ~ v 7 c ~ • , .t 0 3 ':! 'a EA DS ATE Volume 25. No. 7 WESTERVILLE, OHIO, JULY, 1924 $1.00 Per Year MORE INFORMATION ON CANDIDATES' PROHIBITION RECORD

In our write-up of candidate·s in the last issue of Home and State, we said that a prohibitionist and votes consistently for hibitionist, he supports all bills for its ef .. if any error had crept in we would gladly correct. ¥l e are glad to report very few all dry bills. We think he has an oppon­ fective enforcement. complaints. These were that we had not repeated rumors that they considered well ent, but do not know who he is. District 18 founded. They may be right. But we have further investigated these reports and can District 8 Marvin Jones, Amarillo, has been a not see our way clear to make any change whatever. Home and .State can not give Daniel E. Garrett, Houston, a life-long member of Congress for several terms-is currency to campaign rumors. In case of rumors, if any doubts arise, we prefer to prohibitionist, one of our leaders in the a life-long prohibitionist, and supports all give the candidate the benefit of the doubt. fight to make Texas dry, and votes con­ bills for effective enforcement. In this issue we give a lot more information on the campaign. We have at­ sistently for dry enforcement bills. Was tempted to use the same extreme care to be correct. No other issue of this paper corn­ Congressman-at-large in 1916 and elected FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ing out before the primary, we can not make correction. vVe earnestly hope no errors from his district in 1920. will be found. Since going to press with the previous District 9 issue, Hon. E. B. Ward, of Corpus Christi, FOR UNITED STATES SENATE also a candidate of the Farm Labor Union. J. J. Mansfield, Cofumbus. Judge Mans­ has announced as a candidate for attorney Hon. Morris Sheppard comes up this We have no record of him. £eld voted against the Eighteenth Amend­ general. Our personal acquaintance with year for re-election. All know him to be District 2 ment, but supports bills for enforcing the Mr. Ward is limited but from such infor• one of our truest men-life'-long prohibi­ John C. Box, Jacksonville. A life-long Volstead act on the grounds that prohibi­ mation as we have he is one for whom the tionist, sponsor for most dry legislation in prohibitionist; a good and strong man; tion being in the Constitution no one can prohibitionists can well afford to vote. Congress. One of America's great leaders. one of the leaders of the present Congress honorably swear to uphold the Constitu­ As stated in the June issue, the other Mr. Davis, Commissioner of Agricul­ on the question of immigration. tion and refuse to support measures for its candidates are Hon. J. C. Wall, at present ture, is also a candidate, sponsored by State Senator W. R Cousins, Bronson, adequate enforcement. Assistant Attorney General, Austin. Hon. Farm Labor Union. We do not have his is opposing Mr. Box for re-election. Sen­ District 10 Dan Moody, District Attorney, Austin, prohibition record at hand. ator Cousins has been state Senator for a James B. Buchanan, Brenham, voted and Hon. J. M. Melson, Sulphur Springs. FOR CONGRESS number of years. He is a good man, has against the Eighteenth Amendment, but Home and State endorses all these candi· Hon. Harry M. Wurzbach, Republican, always been known as a prohibitionist, bu~ now supports very generally bills for its dates. is the only Congressman from Texas who in the state Senate has not always ':oted enforcement on grounds similar to those can be relied upon by the liquor forces. with the prohibition forces. of Judge Mansfield. THE JUDICIARY ' Practically all the otht:rs have come District 3 District 11 FOR CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME around to where they support dry legisla­ Morgan Sanders, Canton, Texas, was Tom Connally, Marlin, was elected to COURT elected to the present Congress, is a pro­ tion. In some cases this is not from per­ Congress in 1916 and has become one of Judge C. M. Cureton, of Bosque county, hibitionist, and supports dry legislation. sonal conviction favoring national prohibi­ its strong members. He is a life-long is now Chief Justice, and stands f r re­ Hon. J. :!-I. Beavers, vVinnsboro, is op­ tion so much as upon constitutional prohibitionist and always supports bills for election. He was formerly attorney gen­ posing him; is a life-long prohibitionist. grounds. They take the honorable posi­ its better enforcement. eral of the stat~' , Ah"·ays a pr0hibitioni~t District 4 tion that national prohibition is in tl'!e· District 12 he has rendered faithful and distinguished Sam Rayburn has been in CQngress Constitution, and that when they take Fritz G. Lanham, Fort Worth, elected services for prohibition. since 1912, votes consistently for enforce­ their oath of office to support the Con­ to Congress in 1919; prohibitionist and Judge W. C. Wear, of Hill county, now ment bills. So far as we ~now he has no' stitution, they are honor bound to sup­ member of the Supreme Court, is or,posing opponent. votes fer all bills for its effective enforce­ port any reasonable bill that aims to se­ ment. Judge Cureton. He is a life-long prohi­ District 5 cure better enforcement of the Eighteenth District 13 bitionist and good man. Hatton 'VI. Sumners, Dallas, Texas, has Amendment. In this they are correct. Guinn Williams, Decatur, elected ' to Judge R. H. Buck, of Tarrant county js ·been in Congress. since 1912. Votes con­ \Ve do not have at hand the list of all Congress in 1922. Life-long prohibition­ also a candidate. While we have known sistently for prohibition enforcement. candidates opposing them for re-election. ist, supports all bills for its enforcement. Judge Buck for several years, we do not Should the next Congress be Democratic, Since they have taken the stand they do, Member of Board of Managers of the know that he has taken a very decided we understand that Mr. Sumners, by the we have not felt under the necessity of Anti-Saloon League of Texas. stand on either side of this question. keeping in such close touch with each dis­ seniority rule, will be chairman of the Ju­ District 15 FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF trict. We mention the names of those diciary Committee. 'This is very impor­ COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS few we recall as in the race against the tant as all dry bills come before that com­ John N. Garner, Uvalde, has been a present incumbent. mittee. Since Volstead's defeat it .has member of Congress for 22 years, and Judge 0. S. Latimore stands for re- The voters of the several districts are been held by a wet. risen to the leadership of the Democrats election. He is one of the old-time "war­ capable of making their own choice. Rev. C. S. Fields, of Dallas, is opposing in the House. His ability is recognized horses" for prohibition, a high-class, Home and State feels that, all things be­ Mr. Sumners. He is a Methodist by all. He was opposed to prohibition, Christian gentleman. ing equal, the present incumbent should preacher, a life-long prohibitionist from but since its adoption votes for bills in­ receive favorable consideration for the precinct to nation. tended to secure the better enforcement of FO~ STA.TE TREASURER reason that every member of Congress District 6 the law. C. V. Terrell, of Wise county, life- long who supports dry measures are under the Luther Johnson, Corsicana, elected to District 16 prohibitiQnist. fire of the organized liquor outlaws. They present Congress in 1922. He is a splen­ C. B. Hudspeth has filled several terms would like to sec them defeated purely- as did Presbyterian layman, life-long prohi­ in Congress. Was an anti {eader in FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT a matter of revenge, eve!l if a dry man bitionist, and splendid man. So far as we Texas, but has consistently voted for pro­ OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION went in their places. While the outlawed know has no opponent. hibition since going to Congress. Prof. S. M. N. Marrs, life-long prohibi­ traffic maintains this fight, ·we feel that it District 7 District 17 tionist. is our duty to hack up every man in Con­ Clay Stone Briggs, Galveston, has been Thos. L. Branton, Abilene, has served gress who votes ·with us. a member of the last three Congresses, is several terms in Congress. Always a pro- FOR COMMISSIONER OF l f, however, in any district, the citizens AGRICULTURE believe that they have other and good rea­ Hon. R. E. Sparkman, Ellis county, and sons for supporting an opponent, who is F. H. BURMEISTER Gco. B. Terrell, Cherokee county. Both also dry, they arc competent to do so. Vve understand that ] udge F. H. Burmeister of Christine is candidate for the these men are high-class, Christian gen­ The candidates are: State Senate against Archie Parr. Parr has been the great friend of the liquor traffic tlemen and life-long prohibitionists. They District 1 through a long service in the Senate. Probably no vote he ever cast was favorable are men of the highest honor. Eugene Black, Paris, has been in Con­ to prohibition. He hates the •vord. gress since 1914, has voted consistently . Mr. Burmeister, though an anti has rend.ered most valuable service to good gov­ FOR LAND COMMISSIONER for prohibition and its enforcement; is a ernment in a fight for a clean and honest ballot, even when saloons dominated S0uth Hon. J. T. Robinson, of Morris count;, member of the Banking and Currency Texas. Since the adoi)tion of state prohibition we do not recall a vote he cast against is a good prohibitionist; has been in office Committee of the House. the effective enforcement of the law. He supported every bill in the last legislature for years, and is held in high esteem by all. Hon. B. B. Sturgen, Paris, is also a can­ designed to secure better enforcement of the law. J. E. Binkley, of Graham, and vV. L. didate and life-long prohibitoinist. Dur­ We have a very high regard for Mr. Burmeister as an honorable, honest, patriotic Sargent, of Fort Worth, are also candi­ ing the hard fight in other days he was citizen. vVe believe that every friend of good government in that district should get dates, but we are not acquainted with .one of our leaders. in behind his candidacy to put him over. That district has been misrepresented long their record·on this question. Hon. J. J. Murray, Sulphur Springs. is enou~h. , ,(Concluded on Page 8} Page Two

this age, leading the exodus of the nations the director told m~. a relatively small GREAT VISION OF WORLD PROHIBITION MOVEMENT TO from the liquor bondage towa~d the prom­ number of cases of alcohol psychosis, but ised land of complete sobriety. they are on the increase. Happily, tt1e BE GIVEN AT THREE-DAY SESSION AT WINONA LAKE Through the entire conference there Greek wot:han remains perfectly sober, , will be that same devotional and prayer~ drinking, in most cases, only water o~ . America, Moses Nation of This Age, Will Be Presented as Leader With ful attitude that always attends all gath­ coffee. erings of the reform forces of tb.is coun­ Foolish to Wait Other Nations Looking to Her for Guidance; Time Ripe try, and i11 charge of the religious part of Although the evil at present is not great .. for Real Effort the cot~rence program will be such men it would be foolish policy to wait till the , as the Rev. Dr. George vV. Young, Paul havoc wrought by alcohol is as dreadful aEST OF WORLD IS BOUND TO FOLLOW DRY EXEMPLAR E. Kemper, Robert L. Davis, E. S. Shu­ as in other parts of Europe. It is time to maker and F. Scott McBride. Howard dra,. the attention of the population to Progress of World League Against Alcoholism and Its Program for Future H. Russell, Arthnr J. Barton, Arthur J. the danger and so· far nothing has been Will Be Subjects .of Conference; Noted Men and Women Are Davis, Frank B. · Ebbert and Boyd P. done. About 10 years ago ~ · physician of Doty will sit as chairmen over the ses­ on' Speaking Program Athens, Dr. Vlarianos, published some s~ns. articles on alcoholism in a Greek Review The conference ·means much for the but did nothing to organize a real fight By H. Larimore J. progress of the world moveme~1t. against the evil. A few months ago a new Back in 1916, at Indianapolis, the na­ Women's part in the great forward move­ Social Hygiene Review, Hygeia, was tional convention of the Anti-Saloon ment will be represented by Ella Alexan~ RESTORE 27 ALCOHOL PERMITS founded by three Greek physicians. It . League of America declared, in the midst der Boote, Ida Wise Smith, Elizabeth has a wide circulation and has inscribed of European disturbances in the world Tipton Stanley and ,Cora Frances Stod­ on its program the fight against alcoholism. . war, for world prohibit:on. Then came dard, and Miss Stoddard also will bring Twenty-seven of 118 Philadelphia a c; well as against tubcrculo:>is and malaria. America's participation in that war, to~ to the attention of the gathering the part Alcohol Dealers Who Lost Per­ I had several conversations with these gether with the closing days of legislation scientific temperance instruction is to play mits Again Doing Business· men who are well disposed to support in the conquest of the world. bringing into effect both wartime a·nd Some two weeks ago the federal pro­ and if necessary to start a movement constitutional Little Pussyfoot Johnson, who has made the n~tional pr~hi~tion. hibition authorities revoked the permits against alcoholism. It docs not seem pos­ effort toward world prohibition could be fight against liquor a far-flung line, will of 118 denatured alcohol dealers in Phil~ sible to begin with a total abstinence made until after Armistice Day. tell how followers of both the cross and adelphia and vicinity. Last week Mr. movement which would not be understood. This position of the Anti-Saloon League the crescent in Oriental lands are lining Blair, Commissioner of Internal .Revenue, and would at best gather only a very f~w was reaffirmed at its convention in Wash~ up against the liquor traffic. What the ordered Revenue Collector McCaughn, of adherents. It is thought better as a first.~ ington in June, 1919. Immediately fol~ American government is doing, has done .Philadelphia, to restore 27 of these per­ step to do as they did in America morej . lowing, the Anti-Saloon League being the and purposes to do in suppressing law mits. than 100 years ago and to constitute a prime mover, the World League Against violations will be told by Major Roy A. The whole nation has been flooded with general Greek league against alcoholism Alcoholism was organized in Washington. Haynes, federal prohibition commissioner. alcohol from Philadelphia, Early in the which would publish pamphlets, send ar­ · That n~w world effort has functioned very Gifford Gordon will tell how an Australian winter over 400,000 gallons per month ticles to the press, organiz~ lectures. satisfactorily. Its accomplishments and has been impressed with the success of were put out from that city on permits. After this first work of education has ·been its establishment of offices and lines of American prohibition, and how his own The revocation of 118 withdrawal permits accomplished it will be possible to think contact in nearly all the quarters of the country is ripe for the prohibit'ion effort. two weeks ago resulted in a monthly re­ of a definite abstinence society. But per­ globe make an interesting story, but a To Speak For College Men duction of 100,000 gallons. haps even now some total abstinence story for ar.other time. For the college men of the world Ira By action of Commissioner Blair the 27 groups may be foundeci in the schools. In the aftermath of war, with recon­ Landrith will speak, urging the develop~ firms reinstated are permitted to with­ struction just past its beginning, the Here the example of Jugo-Slavia with ment of a trained leadership for interna­ draw 68,675 gallons. The responsibility World League Against Alcoholism held whom Greece is on very friendly terms tional statesmanship. The Anti-Saloon for this state of affairs rests primarily will be a great asset. its first world convention in Toronto, League of America will be represented by with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. As a result of my conversations with the Canada, in November, 1922, and drew del~ its new general superintendent, F. Scott Mr. Mellon has unde.r him 'the Internal egate!i from many lands. Impetus to the redactors of Hygeia it was decided that I McBride, who has the world vision, and Revenue Department, presided over by movement was given in that great conven­ shall have to lay down in their paper the Wayne B. Wheeler, it$ legislative super­ Mr. Blair. Mr. Blair has under him the tion. It was decided to hold the regular program for the Greek League against intendent and general counsel, Ernest H. prohibition unit, presided over by Com­ conventions of the League every three alcoholism; the editors will endeavor to Cherrington, general secretary of the missioner Haynes. Mr. Blair also has un­ yea:t:s, with such conferences and sub-c-:-n­ collect addresses and in a few months I World League Against Alcoholism, will der him Revenue Collector McCaughn. vcntions in the meantime as might be nec­ <> hall, if possible, return to Athens, give a tell of the world movement. Moving pic~ Mr. Reuben B. Sams, divisional chief of essary. lecture on the movement, after which the tures, worked out by James K. Shields, enforcement, and Major William G. Mur­ Such a conference will be held at Win­ new League will be instituted. Thus a William J. Herwig and David Hepburn, dock, prohibition director of Pennsyi­ ona Lake, Incl., July 18, 19 and 20. new country, where till now there has will present the lawlessness of liquor, vania, are able and conscientious servants At that conferer.ce u.ere will be a two­ been no thought of the movement against whether licensed or outlawed. of the government in the work committed fold message-dealing with finishing the alcoholism, will be enrolled in our ranks. Sam W. Small, one of the oldest men to them, but the manner in which they are job in America, then.: • makin.:; this na­ today in the fight against John Barley­ being ridden over roughshod by the tion the chief exemplar to the rest of the coni and his allies, will draw a word pic­ Treasury Department at Washington is BISHOP LEONARD ELECTED world, and the direct message of world ture of America, as the Moses nation of most disgraceful. prohibition of and far itself. New York Anti-Saloon League President It is admitted that the progress of Come3 to Buffalo Area of Methodist world prohibition is hindered to the ex­ Church from San Francisco tent that prohibition fails to function PIONEER EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE IN GREECE properly in America, yet it is argued by The board of trustees of the New York the leaders in thought and reform that the Evil of Alcoholism Not So Widespread There as Elsewhere in Europe, Anti-Saloon League met recently and re­ greatest vision that can come to the But Attention of People I~ Being Drawn to organized. They elected Bishop Adna church in action against the saloon is the Havoc That May Be Wrought W. Leonard, of Buffalo, president. Bishop world vision, and that America, having Leonard has been located for the past put constitutional prohibition into its (By Dr. Robert Hercod) eight years in San Francisco but has been charter, stands as a leader which all the recently transferred to Buffalo. While a Athens, May 20. there the heat was already oppressive. In rest of the world is bound to follow. pastor in Seattle a dozen years ago he Athens, the beautiful city at the foot the restaurants I saw many people drink- There has been much progress in world was head of the Anti-Saloon League of of the Acropolis, which recalls to us the ing mineral waters and if wine was or­ temperance reform since the international Washington and was a factor in\ swinging most brilliant period in the history of art, dered it was by the glass and not by the convention of the vVorld League Against the northwest states into the dry column. is now' more preoccupied with political bottle as in other parts of Europe. Alcoholism at Toronto, and readjustments The New York Anti-Saloon ~eague is made necessary by the war also have gone questions than for the fight against alco- However, among some dasses of the to be congratulated on its ability to se­ on. That progress w~l be to_ld to those holism. I was there during the honey- population there is much drinking, result­ cure this kind of leadership. who attend the Winona conference. moon of the new republic, everywhere on ing in deeds of violence, impoverishment The July gathering also will consider the walls were to be seen posters with the of the family and innumerable family. trag- TWO DELEGATES FINED ways and means of bringing the world words, "Long Life to the Republic" in edies. And since a few years ago n1.ore Joseph A. Mandell, Chicago alderman prohibition message more to the fore. which sentiment f heartily concurred. distilled liquors have been consumed, and district alternate to the Democratic There v:ill be three days of information, Is there alcoholism in Greece? From there is especially. a kind of whisky, national convention, was fined $10 by planning and working out of a future pro­ my own observations and the information "ouzo," which is said to have very dan- Federal Judge Henry C. Clayton for gram. I received from competent people the evil gerous effects. Many of the Greeks emi- transporting liquor without a permit. The program as arranged contains ad­ is not so widespread as in central or west- grate temporarily to other parts of Eu- William H. Cavanaugh of•Brooklyn, Man-· '' dres·ses by notable churchmen, including ern Europe. Between meals the princi- rope where they learn to drink and bring dell's brother-in-law, also was fined $10: · ' ' three bishops, Thomas Nicholson, James pal beverage of the Greeks is coffee, the back the evil habit to their home country. Cannon, Jr., and William F. Anderson, so renowned Turkish coffee. The people sit It is in Greece as a few years back in Dr. F. Scott McBride, General Super~ from that angle the church will be rep-' on the terraces of the cafes slowing sip- Italy, the population, originally sober, is intendent of the Anti-Saloon League of resented. A jurist, Hon. Richard J. Hop­ ping from their little cups of coffee and it being slowly contaminated by the bad ex­ America, tells of a motto he heard dow'n t kins, who has watched the enforcement of is very seldom that anyone is seen drink-· ample of central Europe. In the great south-"Cut out the moonshine and scat• ' ' law in Kansas, will speak from experience. ing wine or beer although when I was lunatic asylums of Athens there are, so ter the sunshine." Page Three DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIO_N -BLASTS ALL ·HOPES OF ·sEER ADVOCATES By Wayne B. Wheeler, at Convention Hall, New York

"All wet signs fail in a dry presidential yeafll" The widely advertised boasts of The Child Labor Amendment is the only question now pending which is affected the wets that the New York Convention would adopt a beer platform and nominate by any state rights doctrine. The traditional position of Democracy may be invoked a ·wet candidate have proven as empty as all the other vaunts of the liquor interests by those who are opposed to this proposed amendment but the very states which have, since the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment. historically, been ·the champions of state rights are the most ardent defenders of the The Democratic Convention, like its predecessor, the Republican Convention at Eighteenth Amendment. / If consistency is a jewel, then the wets have only paste Cleveland, has adopted a. platform plank declaring in favor of enforcement of the law. gems in their crowns. It is utterly silent on the question of beer, even of the 2.75 per cent variety. It bitterly Defeated in their attempt to secure the approval of their beer plank campaign, arraigns the Republican administration because its enforcement of prohil5ition was not the representatives of the liquor interests have fought hard to secure the nomination more effective. It almost goes so far as to- make a campaign issue of the leaks in the of a wet candidate. The press has declared that liquor was being used to influence dikes against the flood of liquid refreshment, if the strength of the language used in the votes of delegates to this end. The hospitality of New York has been resented that plank is any criterion. by visitors because it had a wet string attached to it, too often. \Vhile the spokesmen of wet organizations issued statements declaring that no dry When the resolutions committee called for those who des-ired to speak for or candidate or friend of prohibition could hope to carry some of the wet eastern states against pn)hibition, there was no answer from the representatives of the wets. Those where a Smith, Sitzer or Ritchie or other standard-bearer of the wets has won an who sought the inclusion of a dry plank in the platform presented their views. The election, those candidates who have taken definite stands in favor of prohibition or of Anti-Saloon League did not ask for a dry plank to be inserted in the platform but sug­ law enforcement are branded in these public utterances of the wet organizations as gested that a plank calling for law enforcement would be appropriate and helpful. "impossible." The wets rallied on the following day and through W. H. Stayton, head of the All this is quite at variance with the pronouncements of the very candidates wh()' Associa'tion Against the Prohibition Amendment, asked the committee to favor more are being most actively supported by the wet group. When a beer and wine organi­ liberal interpretation of the law, permitting the sale of beer. Mr. Stayton could not zation sought to secure speakers at a Town Hall meeting, it found not only the drys fin.d arguments to fill the ten minutes allotted to him by the committee and announced refused its invitation,_ with a single exception, but every wet, including Governor that he would not require that amount of time. His direct app-:.al was made in these Smith, declined to say a word in p-ublic in favor of the return of beer. words: "Wouldn't you like to have a nice, cool glass of beer and he summed up his r' Leaders of both political parties recognize the fact that the overwhelming majorily argument by requesting the committee to take that course which would bring the of the American people are earnestly resolved that there shall be no weakening of the largest number of votes to the party. The committee heeded this portion of his. Jaw against intoxicating beverages. The party whi<:h commits itself 'to such a stand remarks and ad-opted a law-enforcemen plank. will ensure its swift defeat. The recent primaries where this question was at issue Hail States' Rights Reference gave the drys a victory two to one. Each election since the ratification of the Eight­ A casual reference to "States' Rights" was hailed with jubilation as a victory for eenth Amendment has seen this question tested in congressional and senatorial el~c­ their eause. Probably they feel that even small favors ~re gratefully received. In tions and has seen the dry majority in Congress increased. The will of the majority view of the fact that "States' Rights" is a time-honored Democratic doctrine, it is still prevails. difficult to see cause for wet thanksgiving in its mention even in a platform plank. Can't Elect Wet Man It is still more difficult to see its relation to the enforcement of prohibition. No man whose position on any moral problem is doubtful can be elected this year Forty-s)x of the states exercised their state rights in ratifying the Eighteenth in America. The people are demanding that their officials have clean hands and that Amendment, providing for uniform prohibition of the beverage liquor traffic. Forty.. , they shall owe no allegiance or loyalty to any interest except the general welfare. five of the states have exercised their state rights in adopting codes to enforce that This automatically bars from consideration those who have proclaimed themselves as uniform prohibition. No state has a right to adopt legislation which will defeat that friends of a "liberal" interpretation of .the law or the nullification of the Constitution. prohibition, according to the Supreme Court. State rights is not an issue between the The moral fibre of Americct has. not lost its quality. That both 'the Democratic and wets and 'the drys. The enforcement of the fundamental law of the land is the sole the Republican party know this full well is demonstrated by their official position as question between these two factions. In the battle over that point the wets found their stated in their platform planks. Their candidates must stand four-square upon 'those cause was a total loss. Their phrases about state rights a.re as dust thrown in the utterances. eyes of their supporters to' blind them to the completeness of their rout. The forecast for November is "Fair and Dryer."

ing her ideas. She has administrative \VETS AROUSED THE WRONG WOMAN and organization ability. BISHOP URGES ROUND TABLE Mrs. Peabody summoned the directors 1-Iow 1\irs. Henry W. Peabody, of Boston, Became Interested in Promoting of her missionary boards and frankly told Bishop Burge Asks Government to Enforcement of the Dry Law and the Wonderful Organization them that while she was then and always Appoint Conference on Local would be interested in foreign missions, Option for England She Has Established Within a Short Time she could not see any hope of carrying Christianity to other nations until the Much of the trouble with which the liq­ Amendment some time ago issu·ed en­ hands of her own people are clean, and A story by Warren B. Wells, special to uor traffic had to contend was due to the graved invitations for signatures to its the New York Herald-Tribune carrying that in order to save the rest of the world, 1 stupidity of those engaged in the business, petition for a modification of the prohibi­ she believed it to be the duty of good a London dateline, comments upon the de­ prompted by selfishness and greed. Those tion law. In Boston this organization Americans to save America first. There­ mand of Bishop Burge of Oxford that who are now fighting to re-establish the turned to the social register in order to fore, she put prohibition ahead of her for­ the labor government appoint a round ta­ traffic are being bumped on all sides be­ secure a mailing list. From that register eign missionary work. cause of their foolish action. it picked a name that shone forth of the ble ..conference to discuss licensing and re4 Here is a case in point. first magnitude. If wets had known the Formed Her Lines form. One of the greatest supports of prohi- result, the name would have been passed Then she swept the country and gath­ Mr. Wells says this demand has put the bition enforcement is the Woman's Na­ by. This name was Mrs. Henry 'W. Pea­ ered together Mothers' Congresses, Par­ liquor issue to the fore in the political life tional Committee for Law Enforcement­ body, who lives on exclusive Beacon Hill. ent-Teachers' Associations, the General of the country. Federation of Women's Clubs, the great a committee representing at least 10,000,- But although Mrs. Peabody now lives Bishop Burge has introduced in the missionary organizaitons of the church 000 American women. It was this com­ in Boston, she was born and reared in House of Lords a liquor popular control and all women's societies willing to battle mittee :which staged the recent great con­ Kansas and Kansas has a dry record. bill. This bill will undoubtedly be de­ for the furtherance of the prohibition vention in Washington, with such well Mrs. Peobocly is the widow of one of feated. When it became apparent 'that ' known ,'vomen as Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. America's greatest merchants and finan­ cause. the bill was headed for defeat Bishop Harding, Mrs. W. H. Taft, Mrs. Hughes, icers and before her marriage was a mis­ Her committee raised the slogan "Save Burge suggested that the government ·ap­ Mrs. Herbert Hoover, and others equally sionary in India. At the time of the ar­ America" and from that time on, the point a round table conference to discuss prominent were sponsors. rival of the wet invitation she was' presi­ Woman's National Committee for Law· the measure. The Bishop's measure is This National Committee reaches out in dent of the Federation of Women's Board Enforcement has' been active in the fur­ backed by 22 of his colleagues on the . other states and sections of the country of Foreign Missions of North America. therance of prohibition enforcement and Episcopal bench and would apply to En­ and its call to arms is heard by millions She Replied will continue to be active as long as the gland the scheme of local option already of women. It is a potent factor in dry When her secretary gave her the appeal attitude of the wets makes it ·necessary in force in Scotland. law enforcement. from the wet organization, asking her to for drys to organize. It is proposed that a compulsory vote As to Mrs. Peabody pledge her cooperation, instead of throw­ And so the dry cause and the country be taken every three years on three alter.. The head of this national committee and ing it in the waste basket, she replied. can thank this particular wet organization natives: (1) That the present system re­ its directing spirit is Mrs. Henry W. Pea­ She did not pledge her cooperation, but for bringing hto active service in prohibi­ main unchanged; (2) That saloons be body, of Boston. How she became in­ she did pledge her opposition. Wets tion work Mrs. Henry W. Peabody. closed altogether, and (3) That they be terested and the fervor of her leadership asked that she secure ten signatures for owned and managed by lhe state. A vote is told in an interesting manner by Mable their nullification program and instead, favorable to prohibition would be final in Potter Daggett in Good Housekeeping for she promised ten protests against it to be Dr. Schaumann has laid before the Fin­ that area. In this respect the Bishop's July, and shows the result of a tactless sent to Congress in defense of the dry nish Diet a bill to suppress prohibition proposal goes iurther than the local op­ error on the part of the wets. amendment. and to replace it by an alcohol monopoly. tion law of Scotland. o'~e of the numerous wet organizations Mrs. Peaboqy is full of ideas. She is This provision has little chance of meet­ Both Lord and Lady Astor are reported · for the nullification of the Eighteenth also no amateur in the matter of promot- jag with success in the Diet. to be in favor of the bill. - · • HOME AND STATE The wets flamboyantly announced that they would For a World Vision (Established 1!>03) get something done for them at Cleveland when the H.c­ Qffi.cial Organ Anti-Saloon League of Texas It is comin~~ more and more to he realized by the pro­ publicans met in national convention. 'The wets said hibition forces of America that this country can not Published First of E::>.cn Month by that there was strong evidence among the rank and file stand in isolation as a prohibition country. · The aclot . THE AMEIUCAN ISSUE PUBLISHING CO. of Republicans of ;: desire for a weakening of the Vol­ 130 South State St., \Vesterville, Ohio tion of constitutional prohibition was such a Luge enter FOR THE ANTI-SALOO:--J' J_.EAGUE OF TEXAS stead act and the permission of wine and beer as bev­ prise, such a fundamental change, that it has placed EDI'l'OIUAL 0J<'lnCE-G03-4 Slaugl!tcr Dldg., Dallas, Texas erages. But the n.epublicans gave :.i :::!!! no heed. Then America in a unique position, for this country already the wets declared they would go to N cw York where ERNEST H. CHERRINGTON, Editor has :1ad to enter treaties with friendly nations in the in­ -=------H..EV. ATTICUS WEDD, State Editor they felt sun~ of a favorable reception. But the Demo­ terest of nnintaining our own sovereign right to uphold Entered as second-ciass matter a( the postoifice at =w::ce-s-:-t-ei-.v--:·i:-::ll-e,---;;0-., crats in national convention turned them down just as under Act of March 3, 1879 our own Coastituti )ll, and besides, America is such a the Republicans had, and both the I:cr::.lll)iicans and leader among the nations that its influence iJ tremen­ Subscription Price--$1.00 a Year in the United States Democr<:.ts declared for enforcement. All letters should be addressed to HOME ANn STATB, Dallas, Texas duously far-rcachirig. Prohibition has been in the Co:Jstitution more than OFFICETIS OF THE ANTl-SALOON LEAGUE OF TEXAS Adoption of prohibition in the United States com­ four years. The people arc satisf1ed with it. They wapt President-Dn. J. C. HARDY Delton pelled the serious attention of every country on earth to Vice President-J. L. SMITH . . . Amarillo it continued and enforced. The failure of th<; \\'Cts to prohibitio:1. The making of an organic change in the. Second Vice President-Dn. · L. D. GRAFTO:'< • Austin get any sympathy whatever at either national convention Recording Secretary-JUDGE GEORGE SEHGEA:-

federal governmeni, e~pccially its judicial WHAT THE CURRENT · MAGAZINES ARE SAYING ABOUT~~.1 branch, to deal with so widespread a MEANS IS FOUND GUILTY question as pro,hibition; it has shown that PROHIBITION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT I state and national gove~·nment machines He and Jarnecke Are Convicted of (Reviewed by Emma L. Transeau) ( mus.t operate harmoniot<.~ly to put into Having Conspired to With· effect a police policy declared to be na­ ------draw Liquor Illegally tional but affecting individuals so widely. the new treaty as "an aiel to prevent, but (Hearst's International, July, 1924) Only where the need is national should BUTLER-THE FIGHTING QUAKER not a remedy for liquor smuggling"; and the nation seek to extend its scope of ac­ vaston B. Means, forn1er agent of the the New York Times, which thinks the Department of Justice, and his secretary, By Mary Roberts- Rinehart, Who "knew tion at Lhe expense of local responsibility result will depend upon "the honesty and Elmer Vv. ] arnecke, on June 30 were con­ /. him when"- to local opinion. victed in New York of having COllSpifed the competence with which the agreement "The Revised Statutes of the United The title after Mrs. Rineh~rt's name is is carried out by those entrusted with its with bootleggers i~egal;!y to withdraw a clue to the story, which is composed States pfohibit the use of the state courts execution. They can make a failure or a in enforcing ~the criminal laws of the whisky from distilleries. The jury wag largely of incidents in which the writer, success a'S they choose." out only one hour. The prisoners were during the war, vi s ite~l scenes where Gen­ United States. Therefore, the aid of the district attorneys and courts of the states given immediately into the custody of the eral Butler was in action, at the head of United States marshal and taken to the (The Living Age, June 14, 192..J.) is foreclosed until Section 256 of the J u­ his marines, and these incidents reveal DRY FINLAND Tombs. the characteristics a1d qualities v>'hich led dicial Code is amended. The earlier The testimony of a French Good Tem­ stages, however, in the process of bring­ The indictments, returned against them to his selection as Direct or ot Public plar, A. Daude-Bancel, who visited Fin­ in 1923, charged Means and J arnecke with · Safety of Philadrlphia. ing an offender to trial, Congress permits land with the tourist party after the Co­ to be taken with the aid of the state mag­ having entered into a conspiracy to re· Ma~ or Kendricks, after his election on penhagen Anti-Alcohol Congress, is that istrate. Therefore, Congress has author­ move 50 barrels of rye whisky from the a clean city ticket, wanted some one for prohibition in Finland is a success. ized state ]uclicial officers and magistrates Sam Thompson Distillery- in Brownsville, Director of Public Safety who had three He relates in detail l:ow several mem­ tL aid the enforcement of the federal law Pa., to a warehouse in Pittsburgh. Gov· qualities. He must Le "a fighting man, bers of the party slipped aw.:ty from their in the preliminary stages of prosecution. ernment witnesses testified that J arnecke an hot.est man, and a man who would ap­ official entertainers, and-purely by way The federal statute, however, is permissive had been given $15,097.60 wit'h which to peal to the public imagination so as to of sociological study, of cours!.!-v;ent on only, aml not mandatory. Therefore, the pay . the tax and remove the whisky and elicit its support." He chose Gen. Butler what we should call a gumshoe hunt for a rragistrate, if there is Lo state law inhibit­ that Means received $5,297.60 of this on his record, and it is t.ome of the high drink. Eithe~ because their identity was ing his action, has a power, but appar­ money. lights in the making of this record which suspected, or because the law is really ently no duty, under the federal act to The whisky according to witnesses, be· Mrs. Rinehart here sketches. One of very well enforced, their quest was uni­ ccme to the aid of the federal enforcement longed to ] ohn W. Hubbard of Trenton, these is his address to the 2,000 marines formly fruitless. . . . At Viborg, a sea­ officers. N. ]., a steel magnate, and friend of Sec­ sent to Quantico in 1922 to guard the port of sixty thousand people and a great Case in Oregon retary of the Treasury Mellon. He ad­ mails: meeting place for Baltic Sea sailors, the "The legislature of Oregon, although mitted during the trial that he had desired "If you're covered a.nd put up your arrests for drunkenness of all nationalities it has a prohibition act of its own, has to obtain the release of the liquor for bev­ hands, you'll be alive. If you're covered average only ten a day, and the percen­ acted to transform this privilege under the erage purposes and that he had given and don't put up your l1.1nds, by God, tage of · alcoholics Tn public institutions is federal law into a duty under the state Charles W. ] ohnson, former Uniontown, you're m:::.rines." only 3 per thousand as compared with 333 law." Pa., brewer, the money with which to ob­ The marine corps, Mrs. Rinehart tells per thousand in Paris. Mr. Chamberlain cites other wa'ys in tain the release. ] ohnsori told the jury us, has been Smedley Butler's religion, which state courts may aid the federal that Means had promised to help him, ever since his introduction into it as a (] ournal of the American Medical' Asso­ government in-- its task. One depends claiming influence with Jess Smith, friend sixteen year old lieutenant over the ciation, June 14, 1924) upon sections of the Volstead act which of former Attorney General Daugherty. ''hard-boiled old sergeants," who taught SOME OF THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS . declare a common nuisance any place Means admitted having entered into ne­ him its ways. OF MEDICINE where intoxicating liquor is manufactured, gotiations for the removal of the whisky, An illustration of his abll1ty to elicit The address of the president of the sold, kept or. bartered; another on that but contended that he had done so in his support is the ~ay he brought in strag­ American Medical Association, delivered section which gives the right of action to capacity as an investigator to obtain evi­ glers from a grilling march. As soon as at the Seventy-Fifth Annual Session, in a person injured by an intoxicated person dence against big bootleggers and influen­ he heard of them he 'vent back and joined Chicago, in June, contained the following or by reason of the intoxication of a per­ tial men suspected of violating the prohi­ them, on foot, as he had been at their reminder of. the physician's duty to the son, against the one who sold him the bition law. He swore that a letter signed head. Not rC'cognizicg him, they told public: liquor. by President Harding, authorizing him to him they had quit. "A marine never "We are trustees controlling the medici­ make an investigation, had been stolen quits," he. replied, and by sheer imparta­ nal use of narcotics and alcohol, and the from him March 31, by department of jus­ tion of courage and cheer as he hobbled obligation put on us is peculiarly one of FIND DRINKING DECREASING tice agents while he was assisting the along with them, telling them stories, honor. It is not a question of the advisa­ Brookhart committee in investigating the stopping them once an hour to take off bility of these laws or of their irritating department of justice. their shoes and rest ti:JC'ir feet, he brought and burdensome restrictions. It is not a Social Workers Declare Benefits of them in. question of wet or dry. It is more even Prohibition in United States His solution of the ut:clerworld problem to the safety and well-being of the nation; than a matter of obedience to law. We are Wonderful that the settlements heartily approve the would b•.. to make the police force a ser­ are put on honor in utilizing the privileges -vice, like the army anfl navy. Divorce it efforts of those who are striving to en­ that are given us in the prescribing of Striking effects of the prohibition· re· from politics. Give the man pride in the force the Eighteenth Amendment; that all narcotics and alcohol. It is a weak man, gime in the U nitecl States were brought service, and let their officers, not politi- the authorities are called upon strictly to or a ·dishonest one, who, when he realizes before the delegates o£ the National Fed­ . cians be their authority. enforce all laws passed to OJ:erate this the peculiar character of his obligations, eration of Social Settlements which con­ amendment as the law of the land, and under these laws, will hold them lightly." cluded its convention at Toronto, Ontario, (The Literary Digest, )'u-.e 21 , 1924) that the report of this inquiry shall be June 25. In its report on the effects of given the widest publicity through the CANADA TO HELP DRY THE prohibition the Federation made careful press and all other agencies available. BORDER SUGGESTS HELP BY STATES observation of facts regarding experiences Much interest was shown in the Chi­ The signing of the treaty between Can­ in the neighborhoods of many settlements, cago situation and applause greeted every ada and the United States for the suppres­ Writer in Ba~-Association Journal especially on the question as to whether allusion to Mayor Dever's public service sion of the rum and drug traffic, by Sec­ Has Plan for Assisting Federal there is more or less drinking. Far less in raising the issue of law or no law above retary Bugbee: and the Bon. Ernest La­ drinking was reported except in a few that of wet or dry. pointe, Canadian Minister of Justice, al­ Officials in Enforcement cases among youths and in a very few in­ though failing of ratification by the Sen­ stances among women. Amendment of Section 256 of the J ucli­ ate, is regarded by, part of the press as Family life is improved almost every­ FRANCE ALSO .SIGNS UP promising good results. Both the Ot­ cial Code of the United States to the end where with more and better food and that more effective enforcement of the tawa Citizen and the Buffalo News agree clothing and better relations between hus­ Reaches Treaty Agreement With United Volstead act will be made possible by the that the smuggling of rum and "elope" band and wife, parents and children. States to Stop Illegal Bring:ng use of state enforcement authorities/ and will be "a:n unhealthy outdoor sport in the Steadier work and better wages were In of Liquor ncar future." The Montreal Star is q?otecl state courts, is urged by ]. P. Chamber­ credited to m~n who had been irregular lain in an article which he publishes in as saying: in labor and earnings with less neighbor­ A rum running treaty similar to that in the ] une issue of the American Bar Asso­ "The treaty is a positive acknowledge­ hood disorder, noise, street and home force between America and Great Britain ciation Journal. ment by Canada of her responsibility. brawling. has just been signed by the United Until such an amendment is made Mr. We can not as a nation sit with folded These statements arc more significant States and France. Just a few months Chamberlain argues that the federal gov­ hands and assume the Pecksniffian atti­ because made by people who live among ago the wets were predicting that Euro­ ernment must continue to perform a task tude that the enforcement of the prohibi­ the people of whom they repor . with no pean countries would never agree to such for which it was never planned. Discuss­ tion law of the United States is no concern other purpose than to state facts and with treaties and that the mere advocacy of ing the operation of the Volstead act from of ours and that we therefore have no re­ frankest admissions of whatever increased them by the United States might bring the legal point of view, he says: sponsibility in curbing the illicit runn~ng evils and lawlessness were observed. us into internatic.J al complications with , "The Eighteenth Amendment has in­ of liquor across the border. Canad1an After carefully striking the balance be­ our neighbors. As a matter of fact, all deed opened an interesting field in the rum-runners are not a class of whom tween the better and worse effects of pro­ the countries haye readily signed treaties operation of our dual scheme of govern­ C;:.~-.,. · iJ proud." hibition, the federation unanimously con­ with very little discussion ancl there has . .1uung ment. It has brought into sfrong relief cluded: the less optimistic papers are been 110 war such as the v,·cts secmcJ the inadequacy of the organization of the ,the Brooklyn Eagle, which looks upon That practically full enforcement is vital fearful \Vould come as a result. Page 'Si~ · •

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.I WET NULLIFICATIONIST,S FAIL TO FIND HOME IN EffHER PARTY

The wets have been ignored by both jority of the delegates would stand by his tion itself. Every mode else is re..;o­ 'destructive tendencies of the Repub­ the Republican and Democratic parties. proposal. In tl~s he proved a false lution. The laws of the United States lican party• .}'heir. tearful pleadings for the ·insertion of prophet for there was no effort wha.tever must be executed." W c condemn the efforts of the Re­ ~:a beer plank in the pa!'ty platforms availed made to open the fight 0-~1 the convention A platform plank urging law obedi­ publican party to nationalize the func .. 'them nothing. They find themselves floor. ence and law enforcement will appeal tions and duties of the states. without a party home. Last week the Wheeler Appears Before Committee to the ,friends of constitutional gov­ vVe oppose the extension of bu;eau­ .Demoaatic convention adopted the plat­ \i'\Tayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon ernment. Refusal to adopt such a cracy, the creation of unnecessary bu­ llonn committee~s enforcement p 1 an k League appeared before the committee and plank will please only the enemies .of reaus and federal agencies~·an~ffice­ :which reads: made a statement in part as follows: majori·ty rule and law enforcement. hdders. The Republican administration has Any beer and light wine plank The committee and convention foltowed \Ve demand a revival of the spirit of ~ed to enforce the prohibition law, would be repudiated by the voters in c 1 o s e 1 y Mr. Wheeler's suggestions. local government essential to the pres­ 'is guilty of trafficlcing in liquor per­ over ninety per cent of the terri.tory of Through the New York newspapers Stay­ ervation of the free institutions of .our : mits and has become the protector of the Hation which is dry under state ton asserted that Bryan and Whee1cr con­ republic. :riobrtors of this Jaw. and local laws. Congress can not le­ trolled the committee but that the temper No Grounds for Wets' Rejoicing ' The Democr.rtic p:trty pledges it­ gali-ze what the states have prohibited. of the convention was different. His es­ Nothing but a wet imagination can read lelf to respect and enforce the Consti• The Eighteenth Amendment placed timate of the sentiment of the convention into this declaration any support of the tution and aU hws. an obligation on Congress and state is on a par with ,his estimate of the sen­ Democratic party for the proposition to The ltepubllcan plank reads: legislatures to make prohibitinn uni­ timent oi the voters of the nation. He modify the Volstead law to bring back We mast have respect for law. We form and efficacious throughout the represents a noisy but extremely small beer. minodty. must ha-.e observance of 1aw. \Ve nati011. This obligation would be re­ General Counsel Wheeler of the Anti­ must have enfor-cement of law. The pudiated by any beer proposal raising Woman Appears for Wets ~al.oon League aptly says: "The wets, wry ~ce of the government de­ the al-coholic ·CC!mtcnt higher than that M.iss Emelie Sweeny, president of the defeated in their plea .for a beer and wine ~d." upoa this. The substitution of permitted in over three-.fourths of the Amedcan \Vomen's Council of Justic~ plank, are groundlessly happy over the prinfe will for public law is only a.n­ states. A beer or wet plank wotdd also appeared before the committee with a state's rights declaration which is only a otther name for oppression, disorder, spell defeal for any party. resolution for 2.75 per ce.nt beer and leav­ booby prize. Everyone knows this has no anardry :md mob rute. We no not ask for a dry plank be­ ing the wine ·question to care for itself. relation to the wet and dry issue. Evuy govemme:at depend3 upon cause legislative issues are fought out Het· organization is compo.red of severai "The solid Democratic South exercised dte loyalty and respect of its citizeDs. in Congress and state legislative dis­ thousand Missouri \Vomen with headquar­ its state's rights by unanimously ratifying v-noJations of the law weaken and tricts. , A national dry platform will ters in St. Louis, the home of the An­ the Eighteenth Amendment. F-.rty-six of threaten govemment itself. No hon­ not secure the votes of wet Congress­ heuser-Busch Brewing Company. the forty-eight states in the Union fol­ est guwaame:nt can condone such ac­ lowed this time-honored democratic doc­ men. BishQp Cannon Heard tiou on the part Of its citizens. The trine by ratification. The people will expect the Demo­ Bishop Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Repahliaa party pledges tbe full "Any exercises of national power under crats to adopt a strong law enforce­ Church South, also spoke before the com­ stte:~gth of the government for the the Eighteenth Amendment prohibiting ment plank. It will he appr0priate mittee with Mr. vVheeler. Wheeler did maiatmance of these principles by the liquor traffic is no invasion of state's and helpful t{) meet the challenge of not fail to tell the commi,ttee that the the cmfmrcanem of the Constitution rights." a wet minority that the Eight-eenth House Judiciary Committee at Washing­ ad ail !a"'ft.. Amendment 'and the laws enacted pur­ ton gave three days to hearing 2.75 per Without Party Home Wets F'md Atmosphere Chitty suant thereto can not be enforced. cent beer arguments and that the wets The truth of the matter is, wets ar~ Wet leaden made a de.-;perate effort to Law enforcement is the foundation could not get one-third of the committee · without a party home. They are denied get a beer plank ·into the Republican of 0rdedy g0vernment. The only in favor of reporting the beer bills. an abiding place in both parties by the pmrty platform. Defeated, they moved on platform pelicy consistent with the VIets Take Comfort in States' Rights declaration of party platforms. They are to New York and opened headquarters. Democratic prjnciples is a declaration Plank political waifs and are as neglected as a They fdt that the atmosphere of that city mangy dog. No organization of red­ for the enforcement of laws enacted The liquor interests are now claiming 111ro'111lel he more congenial than that of blooded, law-loying Americans ha:s any by the required constitutinnal ma­ that the Democratic platform gives them Olbio and they also ex;pected substantial use for an outlaw. jority through their chosen represen­ recognition in the states' rights plank, aid from. AI Simth and his Tammany tatives. which says: g;;Blll3. For weeks wet leaders ha¥e been HOLD BREWERIES FOR TAX As Andrew Jackson, the great We dema·nd that the states of the es:pbhniag • the Democrats ·ho:w easy it Democrat said, "No amendment can Union shall be preserved in all their ~be for 1hem te win in November Collector Fred L. Vvoodworth has be made in the Constitution except in _ ·vigor and power. Tkey constitute a '1ftft they to declare for modifi.-catiom of seized two Detroit breweries, the National the mode pointed out in the Constitu- bulwark against the centralizing and the Vefstead law and for beer. They had Products Company and the Liberty Bev­ it an outtiued how 1lte wet vote of the erage Company, both of which stand con­ COIIIIIIIUy woufd go to the Democratic party victed of brewing real b~:;e.r. The collec­ if mnly t'bt: party woutd -come to the aid IMPORT ANT COUR·r DECISIONS tor contends that while the law prohibits of 1tlte beer thirsty. Eut it did not take Edited by Boyd P. Doty the brewing of beer, if a person neverthe­ ihe:se wd leaders tong to discover they Attorney World League Against Alcoholism less violates the law he is required to paJ1i wae ab~t as we!come around the con­ the tax of {>ix dollars a barrel, aud it is Ytellll~ in New- York as a well-developed to collect this tax that he has placed an CI.W PEOPLE V~ NINEHOUSE June 2 of one is the evidence of the other, no lsep­ of smaJlpox. attachment on the breweries. Illega'l Transportation- One May be aration by election need be made. Peo­ St~y~ Sagga.ts Wet Plank GUilty of Even if He has no Property ple v. Graviec, 210 Mich., 559." , The sub-o:mmtittee of the rommitr.~e on in Liquor. Illegal Possession-Taking The court asked th~se questions: rlfS(0)1amQ!Is gave Capt.:tin Stayton. chief of TRIBUTE TO FATHER MATHEW a Drink Vlhen Offered by Another Does "Was defendant guitty of unlawfully tllte A~ocia.ltion Against the Prohibition Not Constitute. transporting whisky?" Ammdment, a chance to be heard. and he The Father Mathew Man, a temperanc.e Defendant owned and operated a taxi­ "Was he guilty of unlawfully having . OCII1ll!irre:d whU the wets wanted. He sug­ publication of the Catholic Church, in a cab in the city of Muskegon and the night whisky in his possession?" ges'fe:& tt·u~ adoption of the following: recent issue contains the following ad­ of June 21, 1923, responded to a call for The first question was answered in the 'Tfr~ era. $We the adoption of the dress by Superintendent Tope of the taxicab service, carried a man a11d a wo­ affirmative and t1 e court said in reference Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League: :Pf'cr>hmiti~n act h

Mr. Strassburger's fame and conse­ Knows No Bounds Mrs. Landes to Severyns in which she J( - quence · are less extensive and of much The province of British Columbia is over the province connected with boot­ said that the patience of the general pub­ later growth, for he 6d not emerge from wet-liquor sales being under government legging." lic was about exhausted because of the obscurity until the liquor interests in­ Charles E. Tisdall, mayor of Vancou­ belief that there was collusion between control. In spite of the fa~t that ample dorsed his ambition tc• be a delegate-at­ ver: "We must do something at once. members of the police department and large and he attained that exalted post provision is made for distributing liquor Conditions :1rc deplorable. In every mail criminals, or else that the police depart­ by the expenditure oi $60,969. But he legally, moonshining and blind-pigging is I get letters from wives complaining that ment was so inefficient that law violators , made up for his lack of distinction by his fl'ourishing and drunkenness is increasing their husbands :1re coming home drunk neither feared nor respected it. activity, and shared -with Docter Butler at a tremendous rate. after they spend their wages at the clubs." Following her action in getting rid of th~ curious attention of the convention Here is some interesting testimony Major R. J. Burke, member of P·rovin­ Severyns, Mrs. Landes issued a proclama­ cial Parliament, in an address before U1e tion declaring the existence of an emer­ crowds. from public officials of the province re­ The absence of th~ills in the early con­ legislature: ''The bre\vers of British Co­ gency and placed herself at the head of vention situation made the apparition of lating to the experience of the province lumbia are poisoning the people." the police force, nami11g Captain Bannick Mr. Strassburger a precious boon to the with with government control system. Andrew Blygh, justice of the pea~e: as her first lieutenant. Her drastic ac­ reporters, and they mc.:.de delighted use of Dr. Ernest Hall, a police commissioner "Vancouver today is more wide open tions came while Mayor Brown was at­ the canned statements and interviews of Vancouver: "The government has set than ever ~--·ore." tending the Democratic conventio~ at issued from his busy· ueadquarters. A out on a policy of alcoholizing our people Nor has the license ~stem resulted in New York and it was predicted that publisher himself, he knew how to lubri­ for profit; a policy of saturation rather increasing the prosperity ·of the people of should he delay his return long enough cate the machinery of publicity, and no than control." the province. It is rather tending to im­ there would be a real house-cleaning. reporter escaped from his presence with­ The Hon. H. H. Stephens, M. P.: poverish them. A Vancouver newspaper There has been an exodus of bootleggers, out a typewritten document bearing upon "Never in the history of this province declares: "People are leaviing British Co­ gamblers and other such fraternity. The the Strassburger mission. He offered (British Columbia) was bootlegging com­ lumbia because of the financial conditions ·orders of Bannick are that every patrol­ specifications, too, in a plank demanding parable in murderotts results to what it is · here which are materially weakened by man wi11 be held responsible for any open ~·more liberal inter}i)retation of the Vol- today. You can trace violent crimes all our dail:y draia for liquor." lawles-sness that prevails on his beat.· Page ~ight HOME AND STATE

a majority of doctors and druggists who - 1\N IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - now have them, if only it was used. Make QUEBEC'S BEER EXPERIMENT No subject before the American people is more important than law enforcement. no mistake in selecting your next comp­ I am announcing to your reauers the organization of a committee formed for the troller. Special Privileges Granted Brewers purpose of putting information on this question before the American people. Our Hon. Pat Mopldcn of Collin county has Increased Profits and Whisky purpose is not to deal with the question of prohibition. We leave this to the A~ti­ Saloon League. spent twelve years in the comptroller's Sales Increased Also department, having been appointed orig-, We will deal with the general question of respect for law and its enforcement. inally by the old prohibition war-horse, The name of the committee is "HOLD FAST AMERICA ASSOCIATION" The advocates of th:! proposi~ion to le­ Hon. W. P. Lane. He is a life-long pro­ _(Sec Rev. 3:11) and is composed of the following; galize the traffic in beer declare that the hibitionist, and thoroughly acquainted with President-Dr. J. C. Hardy, Belton, Texas. manufacture and sale of beer will result conditions mentioned above. Secretary-Arthur S. 11athis, Dallas, Texas. in incr~ased temperance and sobriety, Hon. 0. B. Baker, Milan county, has Executive Committee-Hen. Morris Sheppard, United States Senator; Hon. Guinn that the sale of beer by the glass will been a member of several legislatures, is a Williams, Congressman; Dr. C. C. Selecman, J uclge vV. Erskine Williams, Mr. Geo. lessen the consumption of illicit spiritu­ prohibitionist and always supports bills W. Carroll, Judge M. A. Childers, Dean E. D. Jennings, Prof. ·H. A. Ivy, Mr. Henry ous liquors. for its effective enforcement. Nix, Rev. E. A. Maness, Ph.D., Dr. R. W. Adams. This same argument ·was aclvanc..:;<.: in Ron. Tom Bell, Bowie county, is a The committe.c announces as the first publication, a volume entitled "HOLD the province of Quebec and the voters newspaper m~n, has always been a prohi­ FAST, AMERICA,'' by Atticus \Vebb, }.;LA. Though long-time and still with the were persuaded to adopt a char:ge _in the bitionist, but was editor of a paper in Com­ Anti-Saloon League this volume will not in any way deal with the prohibition ques­ license laws whereby beer would be per­ manche owned by the wets and supported tion. It gives a most thorough analysis of the causes of lawlessness, a-nd in a com­ mitted to be sold in licensed premises by prehensive way suggests the remedy. James E. Ferguson. Under Ferguson's the glass. administration he held by appointment the Among the subjects discussed are "The Carnival of Crime," "The Encouragements These are the facts resulting as shown position of Assistant Purchasing Agent. to Crime," "Ti1e Cure of Crime," "Prison Reform," "Capital Punishment," 'Our by the annual reports of the QueLec liq­ Hon. S. A. Terrell, of McLennon coun­ Courts," "Lawyers," "Our Educational Agencies," and a number of other subjects. uor commission: ty, is son of H: B. Terrell, former comp­ The volume will be in the very best style of binding, printing and paper, and will In 1920-21 beer consumed amounted to troller and anti. We do not know the po­ con lain nearly 400 pages. It is expected to he ready for delivery about October 1. 6,409,189 gallons. This was befor..: beer sition of S. A. Terrell-on this question. The price will be $2.50 plus postage. Advance orders from readers of B:ome and was permitted to be drunk on the prem­ A. }. Smith, of Hask~ll county, is also State will be accepted at the special price of $2.00 plus postage. Orders should be ise-s by the glass. In 1921-22 th·:! amount sent to the undersigned. candidate. \Ve do not know his attitude of beer consumed increased to 22,321,- to the prohibition question. . \Vithin our knowledge this is the-only book in print covering this question. 348 gallons. This was after the change No reader of Home and State should fail to read this book. It will tremendously in the law became effective, giving the strengthen the machinery for enforcing the prohibition laws. brewers wider: license. This is but the beginning. Our purpose is to mobilize friends of good govern­ ALCOHOL AHUMAN UA_BILITY In 1922-23 the total amount consumed ment to seriously attack the general problems of lawlessness tl1at face us. Further . further increased, reaching the figure of announcements will be made later. Dr. Fisk Declares Even Moderate 22,576,357 gallons. Address-Arthur S. Mathis, Secretary, 408 South Ervay Street, Dallas, Texas. Use is Foe to Life; Raps Consumption of Spirituous ~iquors Did "Light" Liquors Not Decline It is interesting to note that the sale of MARTYRED FOR PROHIBITION Alcohol as a beverage is the foe of spirituous liquors did not decline with the This booklet on the W. H. Anderson case of New York, by his brother, C. H. C. longevity, declared Dr. E. L. Fiske of increased s~le of beer. In 1921-22 the sale Anderson, of Dallas, Texas, was mentioned in · the last issue of Home and State. New York spe.aking b~fore the national of hard liquors amounted to $15,050,819.- Since then orders have been received from eight or ten states. Some order .them in conference of social workers at Toronto. 19. In 1923 these sales increased to $19,- lots of 100 or more for distribution. The liquor interests was attacking prohibition in Dr. Fiske declared that alcohol in any 698,971. These figures show that while general when they attacked Superintendent Anderson. If you are a friend of the form is a distinct liability to the human the consumption of beer increased 255,009 cause you should read this hooklet. Every fair minded man should read it. system. gallons, the sale of hard liquor increased The man who prosecuted this martyr to prohibition has had his salary raised He declared that an examination by $4,648,152. from $15,000 to $20,000 and Governor Al(cohol) Smith approved the raise. N uf Sed. leading actuaries, statisticians and medical The brewers' profits increased tremen­ Mr. Anderson is not financially able to furnish this booklet free. Send him 10 cents men of two million insured persons had dously. In 1920-21 before the change in for a copy, or order a dozen or more and distribute among your friends. proved that the mortality among drinkers the law brewery common stock \vas sell­ '~~-. _,'\ddrcss-C. H. C. Anderson, 805 Delaware Street, Dallas, Texas. is increased proportionately to the quan· iing for $15 a share. In 1922-23 with the tity and character of beverages consumed. change in the law effective which resulted One of the most recent and carefully in increasing the beer sales, the common conducted studies on life insurance risks stock was selling for $185 a share. LIQUOR ·SMUGGLING covering 286,000 lives showed, Dr. Fiske A great deal I1as oeen said in the public press concerning the enormous ainount Such is Quebec's experience in grant­ 1 said, that the excess log~vity of total ab­ of liquor smuggled into our country. 'Every now and then a bif of information reaches ing special privileges to the brewers. stainers over moderate occasional users of us that lr1dicates that the reP.orts of liquor smuggling are very much exaggerated. alcohol, was 19 per cent; over daily users Statistics compiled by the British Board of Trade show that in 1913 a total of of beer 33 per cent; and over daily J..tSers 10,089,937 gallons of spirits was exported from Great Britain to various other coun­ MUCH BETTER FOR CHILDREN of spirits 66 per cent. Claims of oppo­ tries. In 1923 this had dropped to only 7,209,390 showing a decline of 2,880,547 gallons. nents to prohibition, D.r. Fiske added, These figures apply to the total export to all countries. Evidently Great Britain is not have been based on a heterogeneous mass Result of Drouth in Washingtqn sending much liquor to America. The newspaper reports of liquor smuggling is prop­ of death records and statistical formulae Inures to Benefit of Little aganda for the liquor interests pure and simple. applied to meager and extremely question­ Folks able data. "There also have been misleading state­ It is disclosed in the report of the hu­ RUM RUNNERS ARE FORCED TO SMUGGLE UQUOR BACK ments in circulation as to the innocuous­ mane ·bureau of Washington st-..te made ness of light wines and beers," continued public by Harry L. Parr, secretary, that INTO BRITAIN Dr. Fiske. "There no longer is room for only two cases of children frequ~nting · Reports that British rum runners are unable to dispose of liquor off the American doubt in reference to the toxic action of "billiard rooms ..:and saloons" were coast and are now beginning to send their goods back across the Atlantic and .smuggle alcoholic beverages so weak as 2.75 per brought before th~ juv~nile courts of the t~m into the country along the Sussex and Kent coasts, was featured sensationally cent by weight. If 2.75 grams of alco­ state in 1923, whereas 198 cases were in the London Express.-Special cable to New York World. hol are taken in this form the well de­ brought before t~e juvenile court of King fined and measurable depression in men­ county alone in 1913. In 1913 many chil­ tal and physical processes is not far short dren came to the courts by reason of J. M. West, of Harris cottnty, is in the MORE INFORMATION ON of the result found when 21 to 28 grams of drunkenness of parents who did not pro­ race but we do not have his record. alcohol are taken in solutions varying vide for their children, but in 1923 no CANDIDATES' RECORD For two-year unexpired term..--W. M. from 14 to 22 per cent. such cases were reported. (Continued ' from Page 1) W. Splawn, a prohibitionist, of Bell "The question of prohibition as a mat­ According to the report of the proba­ FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS county, is a splendid gentleman-and thor­ ter of social expediency or social welfare tion officers, no child was broug1lt before oughly equipped for the place. .Three are to be elected on this Com­ is a problem for sociologists and states­ the juvenile courts in \Vashington in 1923 mtsston. For regul.ar six-year term, Clar­ men to settle, but it can not be settled because of the use of tobacco or drugs, FOR STATE COMPTROLLER ence E. Gilmore, of Van Zandt county is right unless there is a full and clear un­ while in 1913 50 persons . were brought This i3 one of the most important of­ derstanding of the actual effect of alcohol for th.at cause alone. In 1913, the year for re-election. He is a prohibitionist and .fices in the state. It is generally believed on the human organism." before the submission of prohibition in a very fine man. J. C. Mason, of Taylor by the best-informed that the state ~ comp­ vVashington, more children were brought county, and Ed. E. Weaver, of Bowie troller could stop the present outrageous The Nordic Abstainers Congress which to court because of lack · of parental con­ county, are seeking this same office. V'l/ c record of liquor .prescriptions if he would. unites the abstainers of Sweden, Norway, trol than for any other cause. In 1913 do not have their record on the prohibi­ The law puts this authority in his hands. Denmark, Iceland and Esthonia, will sit only 5 per cent of those brought to the tion question. The proposition before the public is to at Christiania from the 6th to the lOth of courts came because of that alb•gation. For four-year unexpired ter~n. W. A. select a man who has the courage to do it. August next. Nabors, of Wood county, Lon A. Smith, The editor of the Home and State firmly No liquor for beverage purposes is pub­ of Travis county, and R. E. Speer, of Tar­ believes that evidence h'as already accumu­ The beer keg writer will never reach licly offered for sale in the United States. l=ant county. All are prohibitionists. Mr. lated abundantly to revoke the permits of the \Vhit~ House. And prohibition not yet five years old.

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