The Washington times., 1914-05-14
LIQUOR MEN SCORE
HOBSON AMENDMENT
Samuel WooIner. New President.
and Others Declare Prohibi-
tionists Exaggerate Facts.

Criticism of ConGrPssman Hobson
Of Alabama marked the opening OF the
,c-imc Of Samuel Woolner, jr., of
icoria, III. newly elected president of
the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association. who was today chosen at
the New Willard in the final session ot
tho nineteenth annual convention held
here durIuG Inc IasL three Gays.
Cong C.sI'"u t'ouS"h Statements
that 100 PERSONS an TINS country utc
Iroln alvol,vI c;,,a year are iaIse ana
uauCiouS, dcCIarCu the new president
IN hls remains UcIOrC the COnNehlloh'
The ngurva are statements mat are
based on IcCorus wnIci ahc no account
OK axe or amy OJner causes ol u''''h
AMI cannot u" rcIrcu upon.
Such grossly cAaSSC- dtvu statements
ar raj, uIuus upon JnCir lace. an!
attempt 10 prove sucn nSures MouIu
CiSCountCuanCC utterly any aIIeihiI ma
n,IEul bc mauc 10 nurt cur interests
he other officers Ol me "s"OIi'''ioii
elected tvuay are:
C,corcc dempsey, OF Boston, first
vice presiucnt; Inarlcs IL. Herman, oil
Cbicag go. second vice pTCSluSil, bSNi"
\ DuugnerIN, OF PniladclL hia. IA
treasurer. ana Joseph Dc0hr, n IIhCih-
natl, Ohio, secretary.
The memucrs uI the board oI 'ohl'o'
elected TOR two years are: Morris T.
wcstayilnc,. uT CInc,nnau, chairman
George Smnit, OF Philadelphia; EeoTSe
q; Benz, oI ST PAU, Mimi; /. GIuCkem-
heimer, OF PIItsDurgn; NIlIalE r. iluI'
of PEORIA, IT.; A. =. Mahon"A, ol LIVER
cit, Mass; IL. +. CcllarluS' 81 C"iCii
naII. =. NJ Babuitt, oI Louisville. n.y.
Sic Froipcrc. of Cincinnati. and Emh
Nathan. Of St. Louis; Henry j. haiteh-
bach of New York, was clecte" 10 inc
goard for term oi three Years.
Cincinnati was selected for the next
convention. si,,,r or tho
rcs1IrItions adopted by the executive
committee to be presented to the PeoPIe
of the United States by the asSociSIioIi' sSI
/ a. Strasser George {. dempsey, Hiti Nun.
son g. shaw. Charles II. Herman, OilEer
-" INN r. A. Hugo, and Victor
a; o;Shsughnessv presented the resoiu-
ion as follows: National prompltioh
would be a curtailment OF tho sos eEeIsh
rights Of the individual states 10 p5o-
vide for the health, morals, pupllC oIuei
and convenience of their communities
Would Be Interference.
National prohibition would be con-
stitutional interference with the rl%ilts
and liberties of the people, and all eA-
perience demonstrates that the great
mass of our citizens would not tolerate
such legislation.
The Constitution of the United States
should not be weakened by having IN
corporated within il a police rule which
would bC hateful to the. people Cf me
Union
National prohibition would outlaw
a recognized and lawful business, re-
ccntly declared by the Supreme Court
Of the United States to he such, and
would constitute destruction CI lawful
property. and in the absence 3f prCEl-
sion for compensation, would be in de-
hsnce of justice.
The National Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers' Association of America believes the
property interests it represents are i'm
portant in the consideration by national
prohibition. because once the power of
confisca ton by constitutional amend
ment is conceded, the constitutional