The evening world., 1919-01-20


reasoning the best example Of the Gacd confused wmcanng
hebest Of mind that delivered the country and
its Constitution into the hands Of fanaical minority
The Times quite forget that knows something about the
Institution and development of government the United States
1t bring itself admit that subject of the Nations
political based fidelity to fundamental principles its mind
tas become blank
permits itself only faint sigh over remnants Of now uncon
sdeed political principles which century
srces of orthodox party faith" But swallows harder when it
notes that
THE venerable Democratic doctrine Of state rights nouted
and consistency shuddering this
cisOn really surprising though not unexpected"
81" has been doctrine Of the Democratic Party says the Times
hs powers expressly granted to the Federal Government in the
Constitution reserved respectively and
reople.'
this only doctrine Democratic Party?
What about the Tenth Amendment the Constitution Of the United
States which reads
powers not delegated
by Constitution, n prohibited it the States
reserved to the States respectively. to the people
In its anxiety to convince itself that National Prohibition
Amendment perve degrade Constitution
Times ready whole sections of that hitherto respected nsu
nen after all party doctrine that must pass with time and
change?
Again Times hand puzzled brow when
recognizes how infinitely greater hc need of restraint upon the
drink habit in earlier days Of the Nation when he cash
of egmen of Puritan descent contained frequent entries
Il seven gallons of New England rum"
different lndustriasm is the great foe OF
factory wi
guides intricate machinery cannot hold his place he is given
a drink
thing beyond Indulgence held form
the small the village dunkad the subject
mirh feel his disgrace keny
that he is disappearing"
Why then Nation whose progress all toward temper
ance Nation individual character and being
built foundation freedom moderation and scontro
be handed abby fanacm which pretend make character
by protecting and regulating it?
The scuttes away from the logical question its
ents call and seeks comfortable seat what considers the
safe and "moral side:
think that any reasonable a will deny that
o noxicants will national benefit
and advantage"
by abstinence abstinence and under
includes wine and beer need only point the number
e reasonable Industrious temperate American citizens who do
phatcay deny just that
The drink no drinking social evil is.
all society the evil of gluttony all eating.
But it when the Times endeavo to make itself believe that
National Prohibition the result of popular demand that turns
cowardy and confused in lis effort to evadc the facts
Political principles by long respect
their ends; when they
other principles which the persuaded
higher old discarded the
dominates thought and action"
No has any right to imply that the people Of the
United States who persuaded to debac their Constitution by
forcing into amendment providing for Nationwide invasion of
p@ona rights
There popular demand for anything Of the kind On
contrary the special Of the Prohibition forces and their
obby rush the Amendment through purely legislative pressure
Before there could be any chance of registering popular will through
referenda.
The Times can't disguise itself or its plight 1t is merely one Of
The many big sheep waggng its head and trying that
he herd in the wrong fold is because the shepherds and the dog
,new best
Mark Twain wrote famous story called "Thc Man Who
uped Hadeybug" In that story town walking
virtue that leaned backward shown by
stranger had offended terrible shock to what its
ISOLATED righteousness and purity had been doing powers of
resistance Then changed It's motto Lead Us Not Into Tcmpta-
ton revised to read "Lead Us Into Temptation.'
No doubt the Times would tell us Mark Twain and his story
belonged rougher days and national ideals of character
discarded
If would be good idea for the country to rercad
"The Man Who Corrupted dadybug just get hos
far it has progressed.
whIe the smallest is hut