South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-23
SAVING THE LIQUOR POWER AND THE IN
NER-EDGE OF DEMOCRACY

Just the worm-eating methods of the liquor
crowd. that is alan undetermined way of enacting
separate law the Culbertson amendments to the
prohibition bill that we're voted down: this at
in part with that one calculated the wait
ing period to January 1919 particularly considered
such was the Hemphil bill introduced the senate
and killed by that body yesterday BY the clever ma
neuverinss liquor gang, made issue this
time from what formerly regarded dry
source The Cubertson amendment designed TO
keep the saloons and liquor manufacturers in exist
ence and active through campaigns including
county and state and the for adoption Of the
constitution 1t would have kept up the
very heels the 1918 assembly hoping meanwhile
the liquor could elect such control that
body that would Immediately repeal the prohibition
law leaving it effective possbiy than week. The
Hemphin bin would have kept the brewers and dis
tlers anyhow. only until 1919, but
for all time. until it repealed
Plainly. there be safe letup in the fight TO
get rid Of the demon least until the pres
ent entrenched school politicians retired
been consigned TO the junk-heap and their places
hled with other of humanitarian enlighten-
ment.-less susceptible TO the humbuggng walls of
self-centered vice and greed The Hemphill bill was
measure. primarily calculated save
the brewery and distillery properties. It's primary
purpose preserve the liquor interests foot
hold I'm Indiana politics as a part and parcel
perhaps both the old parties political machines;
an influence which. seemingly we still have politicians
SO purblind TO think they get along with
out
on, yes il written i'm the proposed bill that they
shall not sell their vile stun i'm Indiana but behold
them, AS entrenched troughs the feeding of
'bnd-pigs' these too TO become attachments to the
party political machines: they presage a system OF
political corruption fades the present conditions
INTO insignihcauce And that bin should emanate
from the democratic side the chamber; besmearing
The already dirty face of democracy-none clean.
the opposition that 10 the prohibition bill
when before the before, The party saved its
face. but left il, by means, Lily White. Evident
IS leaders. like Sen. Hemphin. heard such
q thing as a Wilson democrat or stopped TO reflect on
what Wilson democrat means. 1t means a demo
crat. whose democracy, far as partisanship goes
stops az Indiana way in. but
TOR those democrats-he may never have stopped 10
dgure out-AIr Hughes would have carried Indiana
by 10000 last fall. instead 5000, and there would
probably have been democrats IN the assem-
by. except hold-overs az all
why. Simply because through democracy's eight
years power the liquor had become as
Isolated with democracy the latter had
come be popularity regarded. among democrats
themselves virtually political machine OF the
former and the mixture Of liquor and politics has
1een growing woefuuy unpopular time has rolled
along There a good 2Ooo democrats in St Joseph
county and probably 5o.ooo the state-wilson dem
0cTats.-who decline openly attach themselves e