The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-11-03

nu LII is faced with perhaps the gravest economic dispute which las
NEyX engaged attention in the history of the republic. the President
E4[ASA should have vetoed the enforcement bill passed by large ma
USS6aN jofttes through both houses of Congress, with a view to assist
DGNYSN ing the officers of the law in carrying out the prohibition act
9S If there we're any doubt as to the temper of the Nation in this
matter of prohibition, the Presidents action might be more easily understood;
but the passage Of the constitutional amendment a s o obviously the will
of the people, that it is difficult to see why Mr.. Wilson should attempt to
stand between the brewers and the enforcement of the law. Mr. Wilson
argues that demobiizaton has taken place, and, therefore. that there is no
necessity fr enforcement. But the law for wartime prohibition stands
upon the statute book, and. unless it is repealed by Congress. will continue
stand there until national prohibition comes into effect
tt s quite true a Mr.. Wilson says, that when he as in Parish he requested
Congress to repeal the wartime prohibition act Congress, however, which
represents the Nation, n which is peculiarly sensitive o the feeling of
the Nation, declined to act on his suggestion. The action Of thu President
therefore, constitutes something in the nature of a challenge to Congress
gotten. however. that the President is afer all al individual, no matter how
distinguished. and n matter how worthy of respect; whereas Congress
~ dsoovar ~ wishes o. The nson,s viii :. enstivenes Of one to which
the President cal scarcely lay a personal claim.
Now, at this very moment, when Mr.. Wilson is appealing to the whole
seems a little inconsistent to decide in favor IF a class against the manifest
wishes of the Nation, IS repeatedly decided. by overwhelming votes. in
Congress and in the country. During the late disturbances, such a $ those
in Boston and elsewhere. the authorities responsible or the preservation of
order rejoced with exceeding gladness v the fact that the closing of
saloons had relieved them of mi of the worst dangers that face IN govern
ment in days of riot 1t was the attempt of the mob in Russia to gain con-
difficult of its many awkward quarters of a hour; and it is to the credit of
Lenine. and the ct n o doubt reacted immensely to his advantage, that he
of petroerad n Moscow At tho most critical oment erhan in tho his
tory of the Bolsheyist government; and the determination and thoroughness
with which this destruction was carried through vas most unquestonaby,
largely responsible fer the fact that Lenine was able to maintain his control
Mr~wison. it is true, draws a distinct line between enforcement of war
time prohibition and national prohibition; but, as "a been pointed out
war-time prohibition is still the law of the country and its enforcement is a
duty. The drink interests have used every argument to prove that the act
ought to lapse because the va is at N end; but the raj is net at n end,
and ven if the Senate should agree forthwith to the treaty with Germany,
the fact would not be altered that the treaty with Austria would remain to
be considered.
In these circumstances it is not surprising that Congress, which knows
exactly the feeling of the country in the matter, should have replied to thu.
Presidents veto by reenactng its decision by the necessary twothirds
majority. The only result of supporting the veto. indeed, would have been
to make the duties of the Department of Justice more arduous in enforcing
the act, which would remain law n spite of the veto. There is no doubt
that tn agencies which are now attempting to evade the law would feel
themselves supported in evincng their toeraby open disregard for it if the
Congress had hestated in its duty; but this would not have removed the
responsibility of the Department of Justice for enforcement of the law, and
the curious spectacle would ave been witnessed of the officers If the law
endeavoring to enforce a law. the NEAR Of doing which effectively had been
refused them by the President with the support of Congress!
IRONIC ECONOMY
Here's a ironic display of economy: While Secretary Of War Baker was
purchasing a ham al the departments cooperative store and carrying it out
under Il arm, the War Department a also selling the town of Nitro, West
Virginia. a a lost to the government Of approximately $6OOoooO0.
Senator Phelan of California told Senator Williams of Mississippi after
that administration spokesman had roasted the Irish, that the difference
between Ireland and Mississippi vas that the former a a revolutions. for
liberty while the latter rebelled for slavery. OF course. if a Republican had
said that it would have been waving the bloody shirt"
A lot of people would like to know if, when the British Lion and thu
American lamb have lain down together in the millennial dawn, the lamb
win be on the inside r the outside after the slumber party is over.
against n outrage and then votes to help put it ovr.
Friends of the administration had criticism choked of so long that they
seem to be really surprised that anybody who is not boosting Mr. Wilson
and all his works is permitted to talk
Rule or Ruin" is a policy which neither labor. capital, no the public,
ca afford to see carried out The ground Of mutual advantage will be found
The situation appears to be reversed in Charlotte, NC, where the entire
police force threatens to quit n a body if the city labor ticket wins!
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