Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

oaths, and under the laws of the
state, and more than this no reason
c, P. ADDAMs.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The National Liquor Dealers Jour
nal in its latest issue seems TO be
very greatly concerned over the ind
(thirty- eight later were foundl, all
in the lavatory which adjoins Room
ala" in the House office building at
Washington. Its article is >. headed,
goes on TO say, Washington, the
dry capital of the United States, can
to-day, boast of the finest barroom on
earth"
nine bottles" with the thirty eight"
/ later found, and with all siXty-seven
hlled up again. were put up Tor sale
even at retail the seller would reap
. a magnificent fortune from 1t. And
then If the words the Journal puts
into the mouth of the janitor be true.
and between the first and last of the
month 1 collected about three barrels
of empty whisky bottles in these here
marbled halls how crushing is the
indictment that ought to be passed
District of Columbia Dry Bill. Be
cause, forsooth, there are men who
will violate the law, If indeed this
then it is the lawmaker that is to
/ be condemned and not the law
| breaker.
Now we do not know just how
large the vote against the enactment
of this law by Congress was, but we
do know that l2S Congressman voted
against submitting the national pro-
hibition amendments to the states.
Dealers Journal on the question. We
would not affirm that all these 12S
Congressman like their DRAMA" and
We are willing 10 admit the .Ict'~-
statement that certain CongreSsmen
are outwaru4y u! u. ...,.....
wet and may not be suffering
from the liquor shortage that has al
! fected the laymen since November l
/ last" But might it not be that they
have at least shown the good sense
| TO treat the people of Washington
! selves, If they really helped to pass
/ the dry law? And might IL be a
talr average TO say that l2S Con-
gressmen like to pull at the bottle at
of the citizens of Washington. have
the legal right TO bring il in for
their own consumption? And is there
! any law forbidding them to consume
ii in thei- own offices and deposit the
| empties in the lavatory on the fourth
ll9or' next next Room A? And then. be
! there are their clerks. presumably of
! like tasteT with themselves, who
might help I'LL the barrels with emp
ties. And stu, further there be many
visitors to call upon these Congress-
9nen. and these 127 are the ones the
| liquor people will be most inclined to
! visit. and who can tell how many. IL
! not all, of these bottles were brought
| into the building by these liquor lob
! byists to quench their thirst in the
! midst of their laborious efforts in the
| hot fight on their hands to stave off
| national prohibition? The sixty seven
Z bottles claimed to have been found
I would make about half a bottle
| apiece for these 12S Congressmen:
| but IL they had to share with their
| clerks and the lobbyists. we can
/ easily see what drunken orgy there
must have been in the House office
building during the month in uues-
! ton! How comes Ii that the thing
was kept quiet for so long. and now
only the inoffensive empties brought
before the public for castigation in
stead OF the revellers?
Or even if the janitor's words be
| true q take 1t that If you were to
go to Washington and try to find the
| particular 1anitor, he would be very
emphatic, IL you found him, in his de-
NAL of so saying. He would think
more of his job than to run the risk
| of dismissal for such talk)-I say,
| IL even his words be true, that in one
! month he collected about three bar
rels of empty. bottles in these here
| marble halls, wouldn't that be a
mighty big stock for a saloon to
carry II II desired to satisfy the
thirst of 12s thirsty Congressmen for
that the finding of three barrels Of
| emDtV bOttlea n month In the Ia