The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
MANY PEOPLE ON
THE OTHER SIDE
ti-Saloon League Confront
ed by Liquor interests at
Congressional Hearings.
CHAIRMAN AGAINST THEM
FoRcIBLE REMARKS MADE BY
MR.. JENKINS.

Washington, Feb. S.-The feature of
the hearing of the anti-saloon repre-
sentatives today before the house ju-
dietary committee was the remarks of
Judge John ]. Jenkins. chairman of the
committee. TO Rev. S. E. Nicholson,
who spoke for the American Anti
saloon league. Mr.. Nicholson had
urged the adoption of the Littlefield or
some similar bill, prohibiting the ship
ping of liquor into prohibited terrific
ry. Chairman jenkins said that 80 per
cent of the bills of the kind under dis
cussion brought before his committee
We're aimed at the very throat OF the
government. Men full of sentiment
would appear there, he declared. and
urge the committee TO present bill
and ask congress TO pass law TO be
tested before the supreme court.
Unwilling to Listen.
Your argument" said Mr.. Jenkins,
us TO put it mp TO the supreme court.
We are not here TO present bills that
appear to US 10 be unconstitutional. It
is our duty to prevent, if possible, the
passage of laws that are unconstitu-
tional. / do not think that we should
listen To you sentimental gentlemen
when you try To OVerpersuade us. We
are trying TO save this government,
and don't want 70 be continually pre-
senting bills for the sake of Chris
tianity or anything else that will be
turned down by the courts. / have been
in prohibition territory and seen how
the laws were eVaded. There l saw
the men with a prayer book in one
hand and a knife for an enemy in the
other"
Mr.. Nicholson explained that it was
not his intention 10 ask the commit
tee to do anything wrong
Protest From California.
Representative julius Kahn of Cali
fornia appeared in behalf of the grape
growers and wine makers of his state
and asked the committee not to close
the hearing on the bill before his peO-
pie. representing more than 100000 600
in PROPERTY. could be heard. He said
that the Littlefield bill would prohibit
the shipping of wine from California
TO any other state, but could not pre-
vent the landing of wine from France
or any other foreign country into
American ports.
4 do not believe" continued Mr..
Kahn, that the American people are
weaker than the Europeans. l think
that we are just about as able to take
care of ourselves as are the inhabit-
ants of any country. The home is the
place TO teach temperance. Tine Ger
mans are the most progressive people
in the world, and they drink beer from
the cradle. 1t is the abuse. and not
the use. of drink that hurts"
Senate subcommittee Hearing.
A subcommittee OF. the senate COM
mittee on judiciary today gave a hear
ing on the Tillman bill providing that
upon the arrival of liquors within a
state. and before delivery to a con-
signee. they shall be subject to the
operation of laws of the state, in the
same manner as though such liquors
had been produced in the state.
Mrs. L. NJ. n. Stevens, national pres
ident Of the w. c. T. T.. said that in
Maine bogus express companies ope-
rate surreptitiously through keepers of
blind tigers. etc.
In that way, she said, it is never
possible TO trace il to the consignee
She wanted the law amended so that
the liquor might be seized at the point
of destination, without regard to the
consignee.
Opponents OF the bill appeared in the
person of George w. YOst president
Of the National Vial & Bottle Manu-
facturers' association. and William
Launier, secretary of the National
Glass Blowers association, who
claimed the proposed legislation
threatened their business, which, they
said, employs 10000 people.