The Washington times., 1917-02-20
HEARINGS ON DRY |
BILL COME OEND
Vets Expected to Ask for Ex-
tension of at Least One !,
Day.
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l NNOAeAh1C4 AVN ~ AA9N = o8C1
delivery. I went to the mayor Of the
city and he said Il was all right"
Congressman Hilliard, ~dry" mem
Der of the committee, who comes from
Denver, has made frequent reference
to the working OF the Colorado Law,
but he did not cross question Mr..
Proebstle. In fact, Mr.. Hiilard left the
room soon after Mr.. Proebstle began
to talk about Colorado, although some
Of the other members of the COM
mittee expressed curiosity about
Denver.
Method In Dry Denver. :
The brewery workers represents. /.
tive began to unwind q long string Of =,
figures showing the permits" issued ,
in Denver.
what do you mean by permitsf'sj
asked Congressman Burke.
81 mean permits to get liquor and !
beer" shouted Mr.. Proebstle. you
go to the clerk of the court and get
a permit to bring in liquor and you
can bring in anything from Q quart to
a carload. That's the way the Colo
rado law works" The witness said
the permits ranged from 1000 to TO-
900 q month in the city OF Denver.
States" said the witness. why
there isn't dry State in the Union"
Mr.. Proebstle said the State Of Kan
sas has had more divorces on ac-.
count OF liquor drinking IN thirteen
years than twenty-five wet States"
Insanity, poverty, and drunkenness.
he said, were on the increase In the
Suniower State.
AntiITreatin< Bill In Kansas.
They have just introduced an anti<
treating bill in the Kansas legislas
ture," he said. That's to keep min,
ors from being. treated to LIQUOR
They need It"
Returning to Denver, Mr.. Proebstls,
said he wanted to remind Mr.. HI
lizard that ION one Of the principal
streets In that city saw q place
tillery for $1475. The fellow called
1t a patent cooker It had Q CO.
pacity of three gallons of whisky" (!
The prohibition bill In Ohio. Mr.
Proebstle said, was familiarly known
as 'the bill to give a life job to the
Anti-Saloon League leaders"
at am of q race 5000. 900 strong IN
this country" said Mr.. Proebstle. I'VE +;
are temperate, law-abiding people. :
good citizens. We are not drunkards.
In my country we go to church and
then go with the preacher and get q !
glass of beer with our lunch There is
no harm In beers
'sWhy, when I was in Denver I
rode to town with q mine owner from
Cripple Creek. It took him two min
utes to get q quart. His friends took (;
three drinks each and were paralyzed. )
Two Of them had to be sent to the
hospital"
Talks ef Revolutien.I
During q discussion of labor's at.
titude on prohibition, Mr.. ProebstIs /
aroused Congressman Gould by say 1
ing: VI
"If we conhscate property now I
and throw laboring 9nen out Of en-
ployment, don't expect any sympathy !
ten or fifteen years from pow, when
we start to confscate everything
for we are the producers Of this coun-
try. II you deprive the workingman
of his liberties and rights you may !;
expect revolution"
"I object to this talk about revolu-
tion," said Mr.. Gould.
"I do not say there will be revo-
luton; hope it will be evolution"
said Mr.. Proebstle. "But history
shows that when men have been de-
prived of their liberties revolution
has always followed 1t Is history"
How would you regard q union
member of Congress who votes for
this bill?" asked Mr.. Gould.
81 would regard him as q poor rep
resentative of labor If he voted to
throw his fellow men out OF work."
said the witness.
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