South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-13

other states however and in the right direction The
-drysr have be Discouraged at least
where the subject has been voted on, Louisiana
which recently turned the amendment down, bidding
fair at forthcoming special session 20 correct its
bluuder The resolution ratify carried in the
Louisiana house 90 to It was rejected il the
ate by a tie vote of 20 20. one seat vacant
which will be filed at special election quite
certainly by a prohibitions. and then a special
session Of the legislature August called for the
purpose another VIII be taken.
Louisiana was OF the states that the liquor in
terests felt thai they could securely
had tolerated times past. Through years
had Witnessed calmly the most vicious sexual
debauchery in New Orleans Until very recently gam
bling considered evil that could be elimin-
ated. Louisiana has changed durins the last few
years.
on the same day that Louisiana took ITS memorable
the senate of Arizona. the land Of sheep
skin chaps and looping COW ponies. unanimously voted
TO ratify national prohibition.
The liquor interests to head the amendment of
oy the states rights argument. but Mississippi
state Jefferson Davis Virginia the Of Robert
T.. Lee and StonewaH Jackson, South Carolina, the
state Of John q. Calhoun Kentucky. the of
Henry clay and John C.. Carlisle. heard that argu-
ment gave it consideration by ratification the
amendment declared their conviction that the liquor
traffic s. federal matter and that safe
while it maintains national power. bullies govern
ments times of crisis. and eXacts from the tax
payers the whole the price of msdoings
I'm every state that rolerates it.
The same people who appealed the south the
name of states rights appealed the north the
name OF sectional prejudice declaring that this was
movement of the south to force It's ideas of morality
upon the north. the state Massachusetts which
has sat the mead OF the northern table for many
generations reached sisterhood across the
Potomac historic leader the south. Virginia
eh,U F,fe Of -frT,ff
prosperity together, YOU and l."
Then the trade" fell back upon Maryland and Ken
lucky. the states of famous brands of whisky where
"puranism" has ever been held shabby thing, and
Maryland and Kentucky declared that this the
very best Of puritansm and they wanted They
ratified. SO did Delaware, another state. So did
Texas by every test of the impotan states
in the Union Texas content simply with rati-
hcation it remembered the times when the liquor in
terests defrauded il past all endurance and its lesis
lature enacted state prohibition.
The dry states testified success of their local
prohibition policies by fastening raufy, except
the case of Nebraska. In this state the legislature
In special session prevented from ratifying by
small group of politicians all of whom had been en-
dorsed 10y the German-American alliance. and who
took advantage of the fact that the governor fail
ed include prohibition i'm his call south Dakota
made ratification by unanimous vote.
The Georgia legislative session is still this
year and lis action will be favorable.
Is Indiana to be relegated to the i'm this
ment. bound political party cowardiy to an
nounce its stand and by doing, hoping bring
together the opposing forces-then to double-cross
one the other? That is what the silent plank in
the Indiana republican platform means, : all
it means incident to which the "drys' may rest as
sured that unless there least enough dry"
democrats in the assembly, force the republicans
to it, the "drys" will he the the double
crossing.-the they would otherwise have
gotten it "a months after the double dealing
1916.