The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-16
Will Question Congressional
Candidates on Their Tenn
perance Beliefs.
WANT AN INTERSTATE LAW
PASSED BY CONGRESS WHICH
WOULD PREVENT SHIPMENT OF
LIQUOR INTO DRY coMMUNi-
TlES-RtlL PENDING.

Indianapolis, June 1.-THE Anti |
Saloon league In Indiana is going to
sound out the congressional candi-
dates on both tickets this year on the
question of where they stand on the
temperance question. The main point |
on which the candidates will be quiz
zed is whether they are for or against |
a bill to prevent the shipment OF
liquor from one state into dry terri |
tory in another state. This is ques-
ton that would come before congress
rather than before the legislatures of
the various states. because it is a
matter involving interstate commerce,
with which the states have nothing
to do. A bill has been pending be-
fore the house for long time to pre-
vent such shipments. but it has never
been brought out for vote. The An
ti-Saloon people have blamed Speaker
Cannon for this situation, as they say
he has prevented the bill from COM
ing before the house for vote.
This, Of course. will be a part of the
work of the national organization of
the Anti-saloon league. but the league
organization Of each state will be ask
ed to help push it along.
Cause Of the Action.
That is why the Indiana organiza
ton proposes to put the question to
the candidates from this state. AS the
law now stands there is no way to
prevent shipments Of liquor from one
state into dry territory in another
%otn o1t If
bition states have laws under which
such liquor may be seized by the To-
cal authorities the minute it arrives
within the states borders. Much liq-
uor is shipped in this way under false
labels. Sometimes it is shipped as
sugar or as flour or some other arti-
Gle which is legal under the law. The
Anti-Saloon people hope to put a stop
to this class Of shipments.
There is no telling at this time what
the various congressional candidates
| will say in answer to the question,
! but it is expected that some of them
| will side-step and not make a definite
answer If it can be avoided. The an
ti-saloon people say they will not put
the question to the candidates for
United States senator, because they
are satisfied with them and their at
titude on the temperance question.
| Rest for 5everidge.
| Senator Beveridge will leave Wash
ington as soon as congress adjourns
and will go to his summer home in
| New Hampshire for six weeks or so
before coming to Indiana for the CAM
paign. Mrs. Beveridge and the two
children left Washington several days
ago for the summer place. This is
the regular summer program of the
Beverages. They go to New Hamo-
shire for six weeks. Before he was
married Senator Beveridge went each
summer to the Maine woods where
he spent the time in fishing and hunt
ing and in rowing like the devil up
and down the lake." as he explained
one time. Much of the time spent in
the woods was devoted to literary
work, and some of his most important
writings were brought out of the
woods. A year or SO ago, however, he
bought a summer place in New Hamp
shire, and since then this has beer
his vacation place.
Before the Indiana campaign opens