The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-06-27
KENTUCKY DRYS
FOR AMENDMENT
Statewide Prohibition Federation
Urges Adoption Of Constitutional
Change as Safeguard Against Possi-
BILE Failure Of National Amendment.
REVENUE FROM LIQUOR
is DECLARED FALLACY
Representatives Of Every Dry organi-
ration, Without Regard to Politics,
Sign Manifesto.

Louisville, Ky, June S.-Appealin:
to the people Of the State Of Kentuck,
to adopt the statewide prohibition
amendment and to elect members %
tho legislature and executive and adj
minhstratiVe officers ia sympathy with
the enforcement Of prohibition after
1t Ii adopted, the Statewide Prohibition
Federation tonight issued a pfoc3aaaa-
ton of its intentions and purposes and
urged that the dry people Of the stabs
be not misled BY the apparent certainty
of the adoption of the Rattonal amendr
nent, bat adopt the state aneHdiaont,
so that In the event the adoption Of the
national amendment Is head pleeni by
the Supreme Court Of tho United
States kentucky win be protected from
the continuance Of the lianor business
by its own ameldmmt
The proclamation declares that the
claim the stats VIII lose revenue by
the adoption Of prohibition is fall
lacious and that the Hnsncial burden
of intoxfcation and lts effects upon
the state are far greater than any
revenue derived from the licensing of
the liquor traffic,
The proclamation 10 signed by all
the dry organizations participating m
the dry movement In Kentucky which
form the Statewide Prohibition Fedet~
alton, Judge Henry S. Barker and Mra
Julia Gum, chairman and secretary
respectively Of the Federation p. II.
Callahan, of this city. chairman OF the
Association of Catholics Fnvuring Pro
hfbition; DR.. A. j. A. Alexander, chair
man Of the Democratic Forward
League; DR.. Norman A. Palmer, super
intendent of Kentucky Anti-Saloon
League; Mrs. Frances e. Beauchamp,
of Lexington, president OF the Ken
lucky W. c. T. e.; W. s. Lockhart,
of Louisville, executive secretary Of
the Churchman'S Federation, and
Judge John P. Haswell, Jr., of Har-
dinshurg, of the Republican Commit
tee Favoring Prohibition.
The proclamation in full follows:
TO the People Of the Commonwealth
OF hentucKy.
In order to secure at the election
next November the ratification by the
people Of Kentucky of the proposed
amendment Of our State Constitution
prohibiting the manufacture, sale or
transportation of spurious, vinous,
malt or intoxicating liquors, except for
sacramental, medicinal scientific or
mechanical purposes, after June 30,
1890, the various temperance orEaniza
tioDs of the state have associated
themselves under the name, The State
wide Prohibition Federation.
The object Of this association ia to
unity all of our efforts in the coming
election; to prevent the duplication OF
work in this direction, and to secure
the utmost harmony among the work
ers Of the different organizations en-
gagged in the great cause,
To this end, 1t is declared that this
organization is non1partisan, non-secv
tartan and non-raclai We call on
every citizen, without regard to poll
tics, religion, race or color, to aid in
this effort to imbed within the funda-
mental law Of the Commonwealth a !
prohibition of the further continuance
of the liquor traffic IN Kentucky.
Y Reason For Organization.
The necessity for this organization
is made greater by the danger Of pub |
lie lethargy and indifference superin-
duced by the belief that the Kentucky |
amendment is not now important be-
cause of the adoption by the various
states Of the Prohibition Amendment |
to the National Constitution and also |
by the insidious propaganda In this |
direction by the liquor men, who are,
of course, deeply interested in the adj
vancement Of every suggestion or
thought that tends to prevent the peo-
pie from realizing the necessity of fur
Their anti-nquor warfare.
Already 1t is being claimed that the
national amendment, for technical rea-
sons, has not been lawfully adopted !
and is, therefore, invalid; that the ma
tiOnal laws to enforce prohibition are
insufficient for the end intended5 emf
merit counsel have been employed and |
large sums Of money raised to test |
these legal questions In the courts.
Safer To Adopt Amendment.
It is not necessary to touch upon
the merits Of these questions here;
1t can not be known In advance Of the
final judgment OF the Supreme Court !
what the end will be, but we can rea-
sonably expect great delay and uncer
tainty while the litigation crawls its
weary way through the procedure Of
the courts, and we know now that the
cause Of temperance viii be made
safer BY the adoption Of the statewide
amendment 10 be presented to the cit |
liens next fall, thus avoiding, II the
election Is favorabie the possible
catastrophe Of an adverse decision by
the Supreme Court On the legality OF
the nationwide amendment or on the
suficiency Of the lavs Tor It's enforce
ment.
We deem II also d the utmost Inn
portance that our efforts should be |
to the nomination Of mon for ,
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