The evening world., 1920-03-06

~ tho Assembly By ihreatoning Re-
pubiican lcEfaiatorz II the inquiry is
allowed 70 30 on.
He cites among other things "ths
sucoeasful assault by Catholics on
law and order IN the election OF Mr..
Haaknli as County Judge in Brook
lyn-: their unsuccnssfui attempt TO
pu1 of the same game in the election
of q nullfnoation Mayor in Syracuse
ana the Astounding attitude OF tho
CatAoiic Archbishop % New York
IN refusing % send = representative
90 ne law and order meeting ao-
dnussod BY a representative OF the
FEDERAL Government.
Tho Anti-6alOon League heads let
ter linking up the Catholic Church
with the attacks that have been made
on the league. and with the wet cause
generally. is headed "Catholic-Tam
many Effort 20 Break Down Prot
estant Victory for Prohibition"
WANTS -PREssURE- BROUGHT
At ALBANY.
The clergy TO whom II was ad-
dressed are urged 60 send kilograms
% Speaker Sweet and members OF
ths Assembly something In. this
form:
I'VE are not fooled on Prohibition
enforcement b. disturbance over An
dersOn investigation. but want re-
sults. We ask no fay0rs for Ander-
son. who can take care OF himself,
bat you aud the party win be held
responsible n the league as our agent
is not given fair treatment"
Both Archbishop Hayes and Mgr.
Lavelle declined to- Day 90 comment
upon william II. Anaenson's attack
upon Catholics In respect to Pro-
hllttion enforcement. saying
n is not worth WHILE
me letter read In part:
The time has come TO be VERY
frank. The Anti-Saloon League has
naEef been anti-Catholic. and It does
not lntend 70 begin. But the fact ls
no reason why we should keep silent
uhAn wet Catholics muss into the
Prohibition situation.
ASSAULT ~ CATHOLICS ON
LAW AND ORDER"
s-rhe sucoessfnl assault by Catho-
lies on law and order in the election
q Mr.. Haskell aA County Judge In
Rnooklyn last fall: their unsuccessful
attempt to pull on the same game in
In Saaotton of a R.:iltfcAAion Mayor
IN syracuss; the astounding attitude
of the Catholic Archbishop Of New
Yolk m not only refusing TO send n
representative TO the law and order
nesting addressed by a representa-
tive oG the Federal Government, but
also IN rebulZing the attempt to single
Prohibition out for enforcement IN
ss4ss- Disregard of the fact that it had
haan singled for violation. coupled
with the recent action Of the Tam
many dominated Democratic conven-
tfnn gyou understand Tammany'B re-
iigaOus afhliations) In declaring for
the repeal of The Prohibition Amend
rnnnt ana for nuililcation in the mean
tlme, furnish ample material 10 open
ne eyes OF even the man who has
scAnt imagination
The time has come TO say In so
many words to the pastors Of the
Protestant churches, who have borne
the burden OF making this great con-
trIbution to practical Christianity
win very little help in this eastern
country from Catholics (of course
iaany individual Catholics are for
Prohibition and mngs OF the rest want
70 be laW-abiding) and against the
oppoaition OF the Catholic Church an
cfIclaliv represented In States lilco
New York. that we believe most or
the Oficlary OF the Roman Catholic
Church In this state are indignant
over what they consider a Protestant
cause OF tlas unenviable light in
which the Catholic Church here
ahou1s Is left without having had q
larRor mart in this greatest reform or
the country, although they had a
chance to get into 1t here the same
as elsewhere, ana are In sympathy
with the Tammany efforts 20 destroy
that victory and bring BACK tne sa- "a,
Icons for purposes respecting Nhlch
your guess is just as good as mine
1T Is not Anderson that these
worthless at Albany are after, but
they are seGlrtnB & break the power
of the united churches which haVu
won ehls great victory for morality
Make no mistake. This whole
uFoDoaition Ii an assault on Prohi-
billion and It's enforcement. II -
laaf desperate attempt 10 crush ou'
TIE influancs OF the moral element IN
TIE Republican Party. although the
moral element makes UP the over
wholming majority OF that party.
we thinlk. in view OF the way the
charges against the league have been
exploited, that Il would be well toi
y0u. incidentally. In connection viii
your announcements on Sunday. e
tell your people that you have the
assurance OF the Anti-Saloon League
as their agency that Il has absolutely
nothing 20 fear from any investiga'
y tion and that this n merely an at
itacE on Prohibition and enforcement
and an effort TO cover up the dea