The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-10-19
SAYS EX- Mel N Be 4
R. A. Mack. Former Dry"
Campaign Manager, Charges
Prohibition Leaders With
Fostering a "BoOtIeggers'
Amendment and Declares
They TerrOrize Lawmakers
and Ministers.

Ohio "drys" are al loggerheads.
The insurgent faction lead by r A.
Mack is charging the Anti-Saloon
Leagus with Introducing a bootleg
gers" amendment and with brow seat
ing public officials and ministers.
Mack was formerly Hamilton coun
ty campaign manager OF the League
A dispatch from Callipolis co. to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says:
Warfare has been instituted Re
tween the Ohio Law Enforcement
League, Of which Rudolph A Mack.
of this city, is the head, and the State
An-i-Saloon League, the dineronce be
ing created by the terms OF the proi.i.
b.tion amendment To be voted Gil "a
November AT the convention III Co
lumbus at which the amendment was
Written, Mack endeavored Vainly To
have It cast in strong terms, asserting
! that it was q convenience for bootleg
gers and other Illicit sellers OF liquor.
Assertion is made by Mack that the
| Anti-Saloon League leaders thrOt;ied
resolution which he presented 10
| the committee which prevented the
Importation into Ohio of liquor All
had other stringent clauses. Recent
! ~ the league Of which he is the head
formally opposed the pending amend
! melt as a sham.
IN return the Columbus temperance
politicians have assailed him as g
I friend of the "wets," and are en-
deavoring tv break up his organiza
ton. Among the members of the
! State Committee was Rev. A. z. Boots
of Miamitown, Hamilton county, who
! signed an agreement. not TO resign Oh
to accept employment from the Anti
Saloon League during the campaign.
J Attacked II From Pulpit.
This clergyman also attacked The
! pending amendment from the pulpit
and signed statement for publica
tion declaring that the amendment
opened the door to bootleggins on {
i Wholesale scale. His position was in
= dorsed by his congregation. Recent!
, he resigned from The Mack organiza
|, ton alleging that there was misun
/ derstanding.
II now IS asserted by Mack tha
$. Rev Mr.. Boots was browbeaten by the
Anti-Saloon League and that threat
were made that he would be opposed
at his conference, which is Of th'
Methodist church, if he persisted in re
naming with the other organization
That's the way thev tcrrOrize then
|. ALL" said Mack, "Congres5men, legis
lators. ministers and all are made t
: Jump through a hoop"
The head OF the Law Enforcement
). Association has the signed statemen
: of Rev. Mr.. Boots, which contains tn
: criticisms of the so-called bootleggini
: amendment.
! Other Reasons Cited.
The records of the congregation a
> Miamitown also will show that tn
g minister vigorously assailed III
l amendment and said il would caus
/ Christians who supported it to han
their heads in shame later. EXplana
ton is made that il was with know
edge of what would be attempted tha
Mr.. Mack caused his associates to sig
i, the pledge 20 stick fast together
'"The fight will go on nevertheless,
he said. There are on our membe,
ship rolls 175 Christian minister:
some of them MethOdists, who are OF
posing this cheating proposal, the fla
II dishonesty of which I exposed at tn
convention in Columbus"