The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-09
THE ANTI SALOON LEAGUE
WOULD HAVE SOME :
MOISTURE.
REAL PROH|bS. SORE.
Two Factions At Loggerheads
AM Showdown Is Imminent
Paid Performers Protect
Their Jobs In Georgia, Mich
can. West Virginia and Other
Pr0ii o, States

L Is becoming more apparent every
Gay that the Anti-Saloon League does
not want absolute prohibition. This is
evidenced by its opposition to bone.
dry bills now PENDING in various
state logig' etgres. OHcials of the
lea r. haze demonstrated that their
iie' is against the saloon. and they
y. lot officially look" when persons
smrggle liquor into states for their
own use. by this attitude, they have
created dissension among real pro-
hibitionists and II Is believed that an
open break between the two factions
will soon become reality.
In West Virginia and Michigapy pro
hibltion states, the "bone.dry" fight is
being waged furously.
a dispatch from Charleston. w Va.
10 the Pittsburgh Times states that
the present West Virginia dry law IL
inadequate and has no. checked the
legal liquor sales, and as n result.
Senator Ben Rosenbloom has indi.
Gated that he will ask the legislature
10 submit the question OF prohibition
10 the people again. two years hence.
May Vote wet"
Senator Rosenbloom IL IN favor OF "a
"bone-dry" law. believing that. de.
prived OF liquor. citizens will soon
vote wet"
In Michigan. according to the Lans
Ing Journal an argument is on as /
how dry is the "bone-dry" Macarthur
bill. now before the legislature, or how
much moisture there Is in the Wiley
moist bill"
The Journal quotes Grant Hudson.
superintendent of the Michigan Anti
Saloon League, as follows: -
IF one reads both bills carefully
and will digest each perfe lily, one viii
discover more moisture In tks Mlsar-
thur alleged bone-dry bill than in the
one proposed by Representative Wiley.
= There is no question in my mind hut
that the Wiley so-called moist bill will
pass beth houses."
The Grand Rapids Herald remarks
He (Mr. Hudson) begs the question
when he says that ii is impossible TO
make Michigan bone dry because of
the fact that the constitutional amend
ment specifically permits the use OF
liquors for medicinal, mechanical
chemical. scientific or sacramental
purposes None of those who dis
agree with Mr. Hudson's moist pro
jet are proposing to violate this con
stitutional promise for the importa-
ton of liquors for these five specific
purposes"
"Dry" Leader Disguised.
Even one of the prohibition leaders
| OF Georgia, Congressman William
Howard, has become disguised with
the paid reformers of the Anti-Saloon
League.
Because of their failure to support
complete prohibition, they have in
CURED his wrath.
Gus J. karser, Washington cores
pondent, tells about it in this story tc
the Cincinnati Times-Star:
Con gresham Howard of Georgia to
day sent a telegram of complaint &c
the PRESIDENT of the Georgia Anti
! Saloon League bitterly arraigning
MeSsrs. Cannon and Dinwiddie of the
f anti headquarters here for opposing
the amendments preventing shipmen
OF liquor or transmission of liquor ad
refreshments into dry states. If We
i fai. 10 get prohibition legislation" h,
J wired 1T caa be traced TO the effort:
+ of these gentlemen here. Candidly /
locks as if they want 10 have prohibi
ton doled out in broken doses SO as Il
r,nr.,nt11nta themselves in fhair inhS