Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-08
Pool Issues For Purpoee of
Carrying on Natiea.
Wide Fight.
BILLION OF MONEY
- CKS MOVEMENT
~ sts 70 De Carried to Every oAaee
=, Union and TO United States o0p-
RENE court-Questions Never oefoee
Raised to Be Put Forward in gNers
to Have Prohibition DselarUd UNoon.
stitutional-SociaIism euoaboe.

NHi'dSo' jan. s--SOuHSel LOT tue Uib-
tilling interests OF the United states
Degan preparations today for carrying
oa a legal fight against the prohibition
forces TO the Ittshest court OF the lard.
Not only will the fight against prohi-
b!tion be waSeI in every state in the
Union. but = concerted attaoS ON ta..
constitutionaliry of the ,.ationa. pro-
hiblton amenument wlll be s,arleu a.
soon as the petition can - araIteu.
Inree hunared disthlers VI the unil.
ca States met in Cnicaso yestefu.,. +
IIoied tnelr lnlerests. valued III sI.vvs. n
vuv,VVo. and decided to tiSnt the uis
forces IL every state in the union al.
before the United States suprelaas
Cour, Levy Mayer was CHOSEN chiet
counseI auu Instructed " 10 " llsr
limit.
Qs.ssuons that have not been raised
bet re in the country's history will Ds
put up to the supreme court. s
one Is the coEstitutionality Of the
constitutional amendment article IT,
self, which aims at dry nation. THE
highest court Will be asked to pass
on the question as to whether thirty =
six or any number Of states can I'm
pose a rule OF personal conduct on
other states that are not included Ii
the combine.
Cites States Rights Artieis.
This attack VII be based on article
y of the constitution. which provides
that powers not delegated to gItie
United States by the constitution nor
prohibited by II to the states shall
be reserved To the states respcctive1y.8 4
Another point to be raised Is wheth-l
er the federal government can force "
state TO surrender its inherent right
to handle exclusively matters that per-
tain to the personal lihcrty Fights ~
the individual citizen OF q state.
The distillers. who closed a two days
convention at the Congress hotel, gOt'
little ray of hope when 1t was dis
covered that cider cannot be manu-
factured II the prohibition amendment
is ratified by the constitutional num-
bcr OF states required. One report from
down east, where they still have apple
orchards, was that the farmers wcras
up in arms over the possibility OF not
being permitted to make up the wind-l
falls of the orchards into cider tori
commercial purposes.
Ready to Spend Whole Billion.
Throughout the convention, however.
there seemed to be a general feeling1
that the prohibition amendment wouldI
receive the indorsement Of the thirty
six states and that the fight win havel
to be carried on in the courts.
1t is understood that Mr.. Mayer was3
told not to spare any expense as IonS1
as the billion dollars held out. In other
words. the demon rum forces havo
decided to fight out in the open. and
murmurings from the executive scs II
sions indicate ulat they contemplate
one of the biggest legal fights in thu
nations history.
The liquor barons also laid stress an
the provision of the pending dry
amendment that fixes a time limit ol
seven years in which the ratification
by two thirds Of the states shall take
place This time element. they were
advised. constitutes an unconstitution
al limitation not contemplated by mi
amending article of the federal constia
tuition. This was the point raised bX|
Senator Borah at the time the rcsolu&
tion was pending in congress.
Fear Wave Of Socialism.
One report to the convention aie
that IL the dry forces won finally thef
was danger Of the United States gotn1
to socialist party basis, or the grea
ma jority of the working classes flop
ping over to the Berger Stedman- Gers
mer standard.
This report is said to have been
compiled after survey of the political
among the working classes
who are demanding. it was stated. tha
the reformers leave them alone to III
enjoyment of their glass OF beer. Ont
spokesman for the convention declarei
Russia did not revolt until vodka wai
taken from the working classes and
Lloyd George, vino started out ;ees
totaler for England. had to modify his
drastic program when the workers d
Wales. and Scotland threat.
ened an uprising IL the rationing oi
their beverages went farther.
A prominent socialist leader WAS
quoted as saying that he was hopins
with all his soul the prohIbitioHl
would be ratified. as hsi
counted on at least 3.o0o.O00 voters
among the working classes joining thu
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