Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-29

Not in the recorded history of all civilized government does
there appear such a bold and brazen insult to the public inte1i-
gence by a public, demagogue, as that of the REORGANIZATION
League platform above.
For Stokes, Bugbee, the Antisaloon League, ct al, to say that
"LOYALTY or QUALIFICATION" is the One and ONLY IS
SUE in this state on November 4th, ought to be sufficient reason for
every selfrespectng voter in New Jersey casting a ballot against
Bugbee tells you that the increase of $%4,00O0000O annually in
state expenditures by the Edge administration is not an issue on
Bugbee tells you that prohibition enforcement under the
Eighteenth Amendment is not an issue to be decided by New Jersey
c BTgb bee tells SnwyH You that Gm ,P TROLLEY LEI E = T srn and f. EL HCT nc
SUES to be decided on November 4th, when the voters OF New Jr-
sy cast their ballots for a Governor and a Legislature.
Bugbee tells you that the only issue is "LOYALTY or NULLI-
FICATION' on the LIQUOR QUESTION.
May we humbly ask since when it became an act of disloyaty
sy to violate an excise law in this state?
The Eighteenth Amendment prohibits the manufacture, sale,
etc, of INTOXICATING BEVERAGES after January 10Th next.
That Amendment leaves it to the CONCURRENT POWER of
the Federal Authorities and the STATE Authorities to define and
classify intoxicatingb beverages, and the Eighteenth Amendment like
ERs of the Federal and the State Authorities the enforcement laws
and penalties.
Therefore the Eighteenth Amendment is merely a declaration of
nft t1n 4er policy sIS on : sHmPFqSfG{ R Rs2SETsi IfEym ad the fh mf ESFoRcEl
MENT and the PENALTIES for violation EQUALLY and CON
CURRENTLY in the hands of Federal and State AUTHORITIES.
There have been seventeen previous Amendments to the Fed
eral Constitution since it's adoption.
Each and every one of those amendments provided that Con
gress should enact appropriate enforcement legislation.
The Eighteenth or prohibition Amendment STANDS ALONE
Authorities with EQUAL and CONCURRENT power to interpret
and to enforce and to fix penalties.
This exception was the 4e,e compromise psaniS+f ezae etah and secured ed by
ment provisions Of the AntiSaloon League brand. .
We once more challenge Bugbees managers, both laymen and
lawyers, to deny that we have fully and correctly stated the
Eighteenth Amendment and its relation to prohibition and to the
STATE Authorities in the matter of PENALTIES and ENFORCE
MENT.
Hypocrites and charlatans are the rule rather than the excep-
ton in politics, but we insist that Bugbee, has proven himself to be
the chief of all charlatans and the chief of all demagogues, and the
chief of all purveyors of transformation.
We submit the following quotation from Bugbees paid adver-
tisement for the consideration of the voters:
Newton A. z. Bugbee stands for upholding and sup
porting and : * 8 defending the Constitution and laws of
the STATE and the nation"
And he asks voters of New Jersey not to make this state an
other South Carolina, ignoring the fact that it was the South Caro-
lima type Of states that forced Federal prohibition on New Jersey.
The Eighteenth Amendment declares against the manufacture
or the sale of INTOXICATING BEVERAGES.
That is a SUMPTUARY or MORAL law, socaled, having to
do Will the customs and habits of men, and having no relation what
ever to the CRIMINAL laws and the CIVIL laws that SAFEGUARD
the PROPERTY RIGHTS and the PERSONAL RIGHTS o.. the peo-
pie of this nation.
But Mr.. Bugbee, the Anti-Saloon League jumping-jack, de-
clares that the authorities of the state of New Jersey viii be
Paid for b y Democratic State Commute e Jersey City N J.