El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-26
Mr.. WILSON CANNOT AFFORD To-
VETO THE PROHIBITION MEASURE

IS uncomfortable that with mandate from the nation
before him. president Wilson is considering the
veto connection with the prohibition enforcement
which has passed the house and viii be before
the senate. Washington have it that the liquor
interests pnnng their faith to the president because
Of his well known inclination to favor the sale of beer
and light wines But the president in face of the
whelmng ratification vote the prohibition amendment,
VIII hardly dare deny the right to make possible
the enforcement Of the latest addition to the nations
organic law.
In ratying the prohibition amendment the states
not distinguish between kind of intoxicating liquor
and another The proposal to define Intoxicating liquor
as drink containing more than 2 percent alcohol is
purely subteruge fools nobody No honest could
vote for such provision, for will honestly
tend that 25z beer is not intoxicating Its kick may be
gentle but kick it has. 23z percent beer jag
more money than obtained with the old percent
variety, but iags, like everything else, come under the
h. c. of l. rule these days.
The congressman who voted against the pending bill
did because their constituents wiled There
few sections of the United States which still want BOOZE
chiefly communities in which German population predomi
The of the of representatives,
ever 2s7 to 1oo fairly represents the sentiment of the
country.
him ignore the plain mandate of vesxhs of the states
because personally his views at variance with theirs
would be breach of faith which the country would never
forget and could not forgive. The liquor interests how
ever IN circulating reports that the president likely to
veto the BILL probably making the wish the father of
the thought r. Wilson may have BEEN at times, auto
cratic but directly violated the expressed
VIII of overwhelming majority of the people whose
servant he is.
prohibiting the sale Of light intozieans shock
the prohibition leaders; the moderates IN It
possible future compromise in the country tires of
prohibition; the liquor interests seized upon
weapon fight the proposed bone dry law. The
booze lost their fight in the house and to
lose in the senate In their dying gasps they hoping
against hope that the president will place his views
against the natons that he viii ask congress to make
liar of itself by defining intoxicating liquor non
intoxicating.
For Nj Wilson to give such advice is incredible. The
prohibition bill framed to make effective the cons
tuonal amendment not to permit the country to have
little spree before the amendment becomes effective next
January To veto the bill because the amndment IS not
yet force would be just much subterfuge to
disapprove the because says drinks that make
drunk not intoxicating.
veto of this bill would that the president Of
the United States considered his views of
quence than the views of the nation and that he
willing to say much to the country Nj Wilson may
be an egotist, but do not think ne is fool
American soldiers want German girls for wives Maybe
II IS mutual the German desiring to improve their
yellow and the Americans wanting who have
work IN them-gcod poor mems wives so to speak.