The Winslow mail., 1914-09-26
Thou Shalt Not
The Prohibition Amend
ner1t--What It Means

Of Arizona small percentage of the of the
caused the submission Of the following
on at the election to be held Nov 3rd
Ardentspirits ale, beer Wine intoxicating liquor
liquors of whatever kind shall be
duced into the State Of Arizona under any preense per-
son who SELLS exchanges gives bartea dsposes Of
dent spirits ae beer wine, Intoxicating liquor any
to any person the State of Arizona who manufactures or
introduces ino attempts to introduce the
ardent spsts ale beer wine Intoxicating liquor
any kind shall be guilty Ola misdemeano and upon conviction
shall be imprisoned for less than days nor than
two years and fined less than twenty and
nor more than three hundred dollars and for each offence
provided that nothing in this amendment contained shall app
to the manufacture or sale Of denatured alcohol
prohibition Of any kind whether applied
town, county state usually invites sufficient opposition to
accomplish its defeat The trainers of the Arizona bill have
made it SO drastic that its defeat inevitable Rnehar
who the fathers the amendment and directing the
destnies of the dy his argument accompanying
Arizona has formulated bill that means exactly what
it and says exactly what Time will demonstrate
that the proposed statewide dry amendment embodes
crystazed wisdom of all the years in dealing with this quest
ion
unfortunate for the rs that the present bill contain
ing does provisions which make it the Objectionable
of prohibition proposed in the United States
presented embodying the crysazed wisdom of ali the
years
To opponent Of the Geasnre would appear that Mr.
Rneha far from sincere in his professions and pains
to weight his bill with such features calculated
its rejection by the people of Arizona and incidentally preserve
his continuous employment by the cry brethem.
At any rate the bill itself together with Mr. Reha sub
sequent uerance in attempting to explain and hedge on
of its provisions leaves him open grave suspicion.
hardly probable that spokesman for drys
would have joker inserted in the bill unless suited his pu
pose to have so.
In the amendment formulated there okers One is
the provision prohibiting druggists from bringing into
state penalty Of imprisonment grain alcohol which reQu
site in compoundng household remedies physicians per-
scrptons In operation this provision would phar
macsts from preparing remedies necessary every and
only because alcohol had been used in their compoundng
Not content with this provision alone encompassng the de
feat Of the Brother Rnehat ecs another provision
which still Objectionable and in itself is sufficient
its defeat because of its infringement religious rights
1t would be doing justice Mr.. Rneharts mentality to
that he of the consequences that would
follow the incorporation Of this clause in the amendment He
had full knowledge OF the fact that number OF religious
nominations require for sacramenta purposes that
which nfrnges religious rights necessary in
ve the resentment of only the members of the denomna
ions affected but that of all and who believe that
the exercise Of religious rights should be enjoyed guaranteed
by the constitution of the United States The bas described
by the dys free from leaks and exceptions But Brother
inehart whense found hmselfn because Of the
igious issue involved said that although the did
church eremonia would not be nf0ced
because such not the intent Of the trainers of the amend
men Mr. Rnehart is OCCUPYING untenabe position He
declares that the amendment oOphOes for exceptions
the breath he declares that for
in church will be norced because sucwas
the intent of the trainers of the amendment He insists
portion his ar-tight would operate.
Just how much weight be given to Mr.. Rinehars
guarantee that this provision will not Reinforced is onectua
making frantic effort adjust himself to the situation
but have anayzed the bill they realize that
must be dealt with in it's entirety bill that must be viewed
intended to mean what it says and embodying the
crysazed wisdom of all the years They know that Brother
will be poweress its features from
operation though he consider ezpedent to do
A state wide law is contrary to the opinion of
who believe that the largest unit in voting prohibition
question should be county The prOhbonsts have
their all statewide election. That they have
shot the mark self evident John Dunbar editor Of Dunbars
Weekly probably speaks with inspiration when he declares that
the prohibition party of Azora is an aggregation OF humbugs
and frauds We would far app this descrpt
the rank file LLose believe that nrohbon