El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-27

I
pean countries and our people were
napier than any people in Europe
neIore the war The kaiser was not
70 nlame for getting America into
4 me war. The German generals and
admlrals did this 1 know. for my
I people wrote me all about it
] 90 germany could have won the war
II the United States had STAYED out
ana then Germany would have been
I able 70 supply the United States with
! everything II needed that the United
! states did not make and the United
states would have been able to sell its
products 70 Germany.
waters as BootleEgers, Get Rich.
= Ihls prohibition stuff Is all wrong
! what they should have done was
! close the saloons. People want to
drink and they will drink They can
I sui get Il and they always viii.
-rhe rich man buys IL at any
Price and the poor man buys the
cheap stuff and gets poisoned. or
he can't get it at all and he cusses
the government.
! know walters in this CITY who
nave got rich selling whisky at SIS
I a quart They bought two or three
/ or FOUR barrels before the prohibit
Z ZION Jaw went into effect at a dollar
gallon and then they sold IL out
/ ano are still selling it, to their patrons
at the hotels, at SIS a quart Thsv
nave made small fortunes out Of II
[ me poor man knows this nd be saws
FEohioition is rich mans law"
Lnere Is one explanation for Won of
the sentiment against prohibition.
All Hope for Liquor.
" course Pennsylvania and Mary
ANA were great producers Of whisky.
Lney still have millions Of gallons
stored, under United States guards.
Tney hope there is going 70 be some
rullng by the supreme court that viii
let u be taken out and sold. II not
ven; =, NOBODY discusses that phase Of
y. X. ISoo .3y nine men out OF ten say
Lney reel that the supreme court will
declare the law unconstitutional
Candldly' It does not look as II one
man out OF ten in Philadelphia or
Baltimore would vote for prohibition
u tne matter was up today. It might
be different out in the country, but
not so in the cities Liquor Is still
a big question in all the cities.
Party Cuts Small Figure
II the Republican machine did not
control its votes as they say II always
does-just how Il Is not said-Phila-
delphia would vote the Democratic
ticket today If Democratic candi-
cate ran ran on a vet platform and a
and the people here are considered
as staunch Republicans as the peo-
pie Of FL Paso are considered staunch
Democrats
II Is not 80 much that they
want to get drunk. but, as the
German waiter said they want
to get IL II they want IL and they
resent the fact that the rich man
'.hns his and they cant get II.
man either in Baltimore or Phila-
delphia VIII stop anything to express
MS sentiment against prohibition Il
ls oVerW helming and there is no SEN
timent for the enforcement Of the
Plenty to Drink.
II IS common talk among the Wash /
lngton newspaper men that liquor is
openly sold in Philadelphia and they
emphasize that 10 Is good liuuor" AZ
distinguishing it from the sls-a-ouart
stuff they buy in Washington from
the boolegger- They say the boot
legger here in Philadelphia sells
quart Of good whisky for as low as
Sl0- At the hotels, one pays SIS and
up for it-not from the hotels them
selves, but from the waters and bell |
hops who laid in supply before the
drouth,- as the German waiter told |
about
Therefore. It Is not hard to
understand why some Of the poll
ucians are coming out in favor
Of 2 wet plank in the party
platforms.
Governor Smith, Of New jersey.
would hardly take a stand against /
prohibition II he did not know the
sentiment OF his people.
New Korl- Sentiment @Wetsf
Governor saith. Of New York has
signed the New York bill leEaIizing /
the manufacture OF AIS beer he /
admits that II the national prohibit ]
ton law is held valid. the beer can /
not be made in New York until con-
gress raises the percentage Of alco- i
hol that may be put in beer-if con
gress alone has the right to say. But,
IN signing the bill. he went on rec
ord with those who favor the manu-
Isseture ana sale Of liquor and against
the prohioitionists.
Many OF the New York naperr
call the New York beer measure
''the second declaration OF indie
pendence.9
At one Of the hearings on the meas
ure this week, the governor said that,
although the 18th amendment itself l
might be declared constitutional, still /
he old not see why congress had any 4
more right to say Just how much /
intoxicating than a state legislature I
had 10 specify the came thing
Here's a Fine Point
His contention, in signing the BILL ]
forbids the manufacture and sale OF |
Intoxicating LIQUOR. IL does not de-
fine what that liquor Is. which Is
admitted. and that a state legisla- Z
ture has right. under the joint en-
Iorcement provision OF law, to decide :
what shall constitute Intoxicating
liquor. There is another nice point
for some court to settle.
As he was signing the measure
governor Smith said he had been in
formed that he had received a letter
from canon william S. Chase. OF
Brooklyn, containing an expert opin- |
ion from a food authority that all
beer was a deadly poison.
Il tremble 10 think OF the people
who have been facing death all these
years, and many OF them are good
friends Of mine" said the governor.
Time may change things. This is
not prophetic article. 1t - written I
as a statement Of fact I went into /
Baltimore and Philadelphia TO learn /
about politics and could get nobody 7
TO talk about anything but prohibi- !
The banker, the lawyer and the |
merchant, the doctor and the den |
fist. may not be so vitality concerned /
They viii probably average up with 1
the men Of the same occupations or 1
professions anywhere else in the. d. 4
Vergent views they possess, but the I
average man Is outspoken for re- j
turn Of liquor
BootleEEer to blame.
Just as the saloon and its abuse /
OF its privilege caused a revulsion Of /
sentiment against IL. the bootlegger |
and his high prices and the eucour- |
agement and support he gets from 4
the men who are able to pay his 1
prices. is tho red rag that enrages |
the man who can't afford the luxury /
Of "a shot" nowadays and makes him 1
'agin' the government"
Judging from hundreds Of con
versaffons. Il can be said that the
restoration Of beer Mt least
whether that would permanently
satisfy them or not f. a ques-
dour-wOuld have more to do with