The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
|PHELAN TO SPONSOR
|BEER AND WINE BILL
Californian Surprised by Lack
Of Nerve Shown by Other
Senator'S.
HAS NO HOPE AFTER JAN. 1
Anderson Assails Wilson and
Tumulty as in League
With Liquor Men.
HAS NO HOPE AFTER JAN. 1
Special Desp1tch to TIE Sus.


WAsHINoToN, May Ex-senator Phe-
Ian. Democrat. just back In Washing
ton from his homo in California, will
take 1t upon himself Immediately to In
troduce a bill or q resoluslon repeating
that part Of the war time prohibition
law affecting light wines and beers I'M
less some other Senator musters the
courage to do II. The Senator so de-
clared to-day. He expressed surprise
that some such measure had not already
been introduced in the Senate in view Of
the Presidents views on the subject.
Senator Phelan declared that he was
actuated by three motives-the fact that
the actual period of rehabilitation is
near an end, a desire to allay as far as
possible the unrest among workingmen
and a desire to give the wine and beer
industries a chance to turn around and
put their houses in order before consti-
tutional prohibition becomes effective In
January.
Mr.. Phelan was pessimistic, though,
regarding the outcome OF any move to
halt prohibition. The drys, he believed,
would not be fair enough even to give
thought to the considerations which
prompted him to coincide with the Pres
dents views. The members of the
Senate and the House "who vote dry
and drink wet" will never vote to re-
peal any dry law. no matter how unfair
It may be, he believes.
Many Scary Vets In House.
The situation In the House is even
worse than IN the Senate. There even
some avowed vets are afraid to think
OF touching this red hot question despite
the Presidents stand.
Professional organizations supporting
and opposing prohibition have reached
the point now Of attacking each other.
The Anti-Saloon League Is particularly
bitter toward the President. especially
William H. Anderson. president OF the
organization in New York. He de-
nounced Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor. as a
vicious anti-prohibitionist and tool OF
the brewers" and said he was the ad-
wiser of President Wilson.
President Wilson's recommendation
in behalf OF beer and wine will as re-
spects political unwisdom be classified
ahead OF his celebrated appeal OF last
fall, now that the interests he is trying
to help have exposed the inside of the
manruvre,' said Mr.. Anderson. The
vets. according to Mr.. Anderson. in
stead Of keeping confidence SPILLED the
beans"
Anderson's View on Wet Move.
This is how It happened, Mr.. Ander-
son said:
81. The brewers could not hold them
selves and violated Mr.. Gompers's conf
dence respecting the assurance from the
President he had brought back from
Europe.
''2. The hotel men had to spill the
fact that Mr.. Tumulty. the Presidents
secretary, had given them assurances OF
help from him.
80. The violently wet New York
World, reputed mouthpiece of the Ad-
ministration. chucklinS over the sup
posed discontinue of Congress-. opens
another crack in the cover OF the works
by saying and here they find the burden
adroitly shifted TO their own sensitive
backs while Senator Underwood. wet
le ader Of the Senate. said that message
was written by a master hand.
-. Final pinnacle OF assininity, the
Association Opposed to National Prohi-
hilton, the big. official. gilt edged. false
fronted supposedly intelligent mouth
piece of the vets. completes the Prcsi.
out an official statement AS follows:
"'Our advices from Paris two weeks
ago were that the President had IN :nins
to make this recommendation to IN :
Congress when it was called in extra
session,' thus heralding to the world that
the brewers and liquor interests had in.