The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-07-08
CONGRESSMAN DON'T
GET SOUSED BY NOON
REPORT TO THAT EFFECT is
FALSE. 1T RARELY HAPPENS
BEFORE 3 IN AFTERNOON.

error must be charged against Con-
gresham James A. Gallivan, of Mas
sachusetts, who in the course of an
address at Boston on the horrors of
dry regime, spoke in part thus:
Il have seen men in congress when
Washington was wet, under the iii
fuence of liquor at midnight; but
since Washington has been dry have
seen them under the influence of
liquor at MONDAY"
Now, in taking account of Mr.. Gal
livan's error, no one will be so bold
as to question his veracity when he
tells of seeing some of his associates
in partially picked condition at
high noon. Our quarrel must be with
the general impression likely to be
conveyed by such a statement. The
implication is wrong, false, improp-
err, unjustified. A careful investiga-
ton yields the following:
Many, if not most, of our congress
men do not get out of bed until mid
day approaches. The sessions begin
at II and the accepted program is
to give oneself time for toilet and
breakfast before repairing to the
CAPITOL Only hardened sinner
would SO hasten matters as to accu-
mulate even a small souse by noon.
The truth, we are reliably inform
ed, is this: Congressman begin show
ing the effects of liquor about 3 or
A o'clock in the afternoon. That is,
such congressman as like liquor, or
who are so unfortunate as not to be
able to carry it well.
How Drouth Affects Capital.
Washington has been nominally
dry for several months, and its expe-
rience may be Illuminating to sections
not SO familiar with the effects of
drouth. Let wise and well-informed
resident Of the city tell it:
''To begin with" we learn, many
congressman have private stocks that
they accumulated before the lid went
down. But even if they weren't fore
handed, they don't have to go thirsty,
although whisky that comes by the
underground route costs ST quart.
"The perfect secretary to a con-
gresham now has a new duty, in ad-
dition to his other chores of writing
speeches for the Record, answering
kicks from constituents, and distrlb-
uting garden seeds. If he is an ideal
secretary the self-effacing kind who
never forgets a detail, he will see to
it that there is always well-tilled
bottle in that little special cubby-
hole in the congressman's desk. No
congressman likes to ask anyone to
go out and hunt up cOntraband elixir
for him; it would be extremely coarse
work on a secretary's part to make
his employer instruct him to hunt a
boot-legger, after the congressman
had voted to make the country dry.
Hence, the new demands on secre-
tary for iniative, tact, and considera-
ton for his employers peace of
mind.
Most of the new supplies OF Whls-
XIV come from Baltimore, and are
brought in by gentlemen of color,
who take their chances of being
caught by dry detectives who are
waiting for them on the Maryland
line. Just to show you how ingenious
these smugglers are, let me tell you
of a trick they played not long ago.
How Smugglers Work.
ga murderer had broken loose, and
the district police were very anxious
to catch him. One day someone tele-
phoned the police that the jail-break-
err was hiding in a swamp at con-
siderable distance from the Baltimore
Washington underground route. I'm
mediately the hue and cry was sound
ed, all the available sleuths' from ev-
erywhere were summoned to the
hunt. On that single day, liquor val
ned at $4,000 was muggled into
Washington.
Glow do the boot-leggers work
This is how. Someone in an office re-
ceives a telephone notification like
this: The milkman will be around at
2 o'clock The word is passed along
the line, and the 'milkman's custo-
mers are all awaiting him at the APP
pointed hour. Perhaps he carries
suit case; likely as not he wears a
harness under his clothes well pro-
vided with pouches or pockets for
bottles.
'The stuff that fellows sell is
frightful, quick-action dope that Of
ten reeks of ether. Old, favorably-
known labels do not count for any
thing any more; maybe because part
of the contents is removed, and the
bottles filled up again with dope. l
have seen bottles from which the bot
toms had been cut, and later replac-
ed. l saw a fellow, after taking a
second drink of this stuff, crumple
up and take the count, remaining to-
tally oblivious for two hours.
cover the line in Virginia they are
making fearful and wonderful whls-
ky in h1lne-rigged stills. 1t is strong,
raw, crude and ugly, and its effects
are appalling. 1t makes men crazy.
We see some of it here in Washing
ton They call all of this homemade
liquor odd hen whisky
Who knows but that we may have
stumbled accidently upon an eXpla-
nation fo:. many of the recent curious
doings on Capitol Hill?
Mr.. C. w. WILLIAMS, OF
BRONWOOD. PASSES AWAY