The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-04
THE senArE's VOTE


the amendment to the Constitution
providing for national prohibition
passed through the Senate leg OF its
journey brings great deal of com
fort to the prohibitionist, much OF
which is probably jusuned, but it by
no means indicates the rest of the
battle viii be as easy, or even that
the battle can be won at all Be
cause 65-S5 of the Senate voted to
pass the buck" on to some forty
eight state legislatures and thus get
rid of a troublesome and persistent
! matter does not mean that a proport-
ion of the states will vote for the
amendment and thus make it a law.
For instance, it was noted that
both New Jersey Senators voted for
the amendment to be submitted to
the states, although no one would be
brash enough to predict within the
next six years any New Jersey Legis-
lature would ever be found in office
that would vote to dry the nation.
Other chemically wet states found
senatorial representation voting for
the amendment to so to the States.
But they were not voting for prohi-
ton; they were voting to get the i'll
fernal thing off their hands and in
somebody else's care.
I irIa
against national prohibition will kill
it 1t takes three-quarters of the
States to amend the Constitution of
the United States. There are still
left several over that number of wet
States and then there are dry States
that though they may rigidly dry
themselves may by no means be
found jettisoning their very convict
ion in respect to one commonwealth
interfering in the affairs of another
and vote to dry others. The fact
time limit has been placed on the
period during which the states may
act upon it, and u short one at that,
works only against such measure
being passed If the war lasts that
long it may be done, but it may not be
SO far out Of the marx to hazard the
conviction that the close of the war
and the return of our soldiers from
Europe viii marke the beginning ol
a new era, an era which religious in
tolerance, suchfas the bigoted feeling
against the catholics i'll Georgia, and
the general policy of few ascetics
being allowed through the indifference
of the many TO ram their IDEAS OF per
sonal conduct down the threats oil
in America.
Big things are happening i'll the i'll
ternal life of America as well as
across face of the world UneXpect
ted transitions and new and untried
pathes are opening before our feet.
Eyes that nave been squiting over
little riddles find themselves reading
with steady lashes world conund-
runs that would answer the prob
lens of an age. 1t is a period OF
learning, OF reaching out and seeking
higher answers, of delving into deep
er problems, of sounding for great
them i'll historic legislative halls, and
On the cracker boxes OF the cross
roads stores as well. Elusive ans
wers will be coming soon, INSTEAD
bases will either crumble or harden,
theory will have become vindication
or disillusion.
Important things are all about us
and as men are grasping them and
reading their meaning and their pro
mise in the binding emotions of con
troyersy over little things will cool
away from their eyes Whether a
man drinks highball or glass OF
ice tea before his lucheon, Whether
a woman goes to movie or a Sunday
school on a Sabbath afternoon Will
not be nearly SO important as that
there shall be an education for every
child ard othe than ceaseless
child and other than ccaseless
for men and women. We are still
quarrelling over old and meanly bit
ter issues while world and its peo-
pie are being made before cur eyes