The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
bition who are members of the House will oppose the resolution with their votes
 Wilson's Attitude

oppose the resolution with their votes | Wilson's Attitude
 | The opponents of the resolution find con-
 solation in the well known position of President Wilson toward the subject. The
 President is opposed to the injection of
 the question of prohibition into national politics. He is a local optionist, and has publicly declared that he is opposed to | the issue of prohibition being thrust into political campaigns; for being purely a | moral question, it eliminates party lines
 and tends to destroy party action, and
 sinks every other issue into the back | ground.
 l This position has been taken recently by | over 60,000 farmers of Texas who have | signed statement to the effect that they ! will not vote for candidate who makes prohibition the issue, whether he is for
 or against it. They declare that great | public questions are lost sight of in the
 intensity of the fight over this single prop
 osition. It is believed that the farmers | or Texas have simply concluded to follow the lead of the President.
 | It may be that if the President assumes | an attitude against the question of Drohi-
 bition being brought up now because of the fact that it will seriously interfere with the administra tion's programme of trust legislation and the rural credits bill all or which must yet receive the consid- eration of the House, the judiciary com mittee will hold back the Hobson resolu- ton until after these bills have been dis posed of. It would be perfectly consistent Tor the President to throw his influence against the question being taken I'D by the House until after his legislative pro- gramme has been completed He has dis posed or the question of prohibition before Tor exactly the same Tea son-that it inter- Ierred with the consideration of other great Issues, and prevented party action
 Those who desire that the fall elections may be held before they have to make a, record Tn the House on the subject are passing their hopes for such consumma- ton on some influence that will hold if pack until Congress can adjourn
 Ihere are many members of Congress WHO seriously contend that there is A good ground for believing that the resolution may be adopted and submitted to the va r1ous states for their approval. At any rate they say that if Congress should turn the resolution down upon the first vote upon the question, there would be enough changes in the personnel of the
 rouse ana Senate, as a result of Con sress refusai to pass the amendment, to insure It's passage on it's next trial.
 frovlded the amendment was passed bv congress and adopted by the state legis-
 0S' '''i" Nhcichy Hldue PIlectlNe. Con- gress would find upon it's hands ap other problem of great magnitude. which would be equally difficult of solution mat would be the providing of revenue to nil the enormous gap made in the re sources of the government from cuttine on the liquor tax. Whisky and tobacco and other smaller internal revenue items prlng to the treasury in the neghborhood or S'4o,oO0ooo annually. Of this amount the revenue from liquor is over one half