Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-02
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DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION"
IN MICHIGAN


Nobody seems to be quite sure just
what the Prohibition amendment
means when ii says that Congress
and the States shall have CONCUR
rent" power to enforce it. Suppose
Congress and the State authorities
fail 10 concur" in their interpreta.
ton OF the amendment? That is
what has just happened in Iron
county, Michigan, where the Federal
and local authorities disagree 10 the
point OF taking up arms against each
other.
The Adrian (Mich,1 Telegram
tInd.1 tells what happened in this
rum revolt
Its melting cause, according 10
press reports, was dispute over the
ownership of IL barrels of rasiu
whiskey analyzed by the government
to contain between 10 and 13.45 per
gent of alcohol. This home brew had
been seized once by state constabu-
! larry and later released on the plea OF
the Iron County prosecuting attorney.
He declared before the court there
was no proof that the Stalaucci bro
theirs who owned it had violated the
| law. Then enter Federal Prohibition
Agent Leo Grove. who. single handed.
seizss the contraband. The Stalcuc-
ci brothers part with it willingly, de
clarirg they do not want to evade
The law. But Prosecuting Attorney
McDonough of Iron County. holds diff
ferently, and accompanied by a po-
lice captain and two deputies, he
hal fa !, IL, I
OF liquor, takes possession OF the Il
barrels and puts the federal agent IN
der arrest. McDonough, according to
the report, returned the whiskey to
the Stalcucci brothers and tod them
TO put an armed guard over ii. Grove
returned TO Chicago and told Major
Dalrymple, and 1t was then that the
Iron County revolt began TO lay claim
to place in history"
The heavily armed expedition that
Major Darymple. federal prohibition
CON missioner. led into Iron County
from Chicago adds the Detroit Free
Press Qnd.) is now in rapid retreat
after accomplishing about as much as
the famous ten thousand the noble
Duke OF York" once led up hillside.
en- route to Washington to eXplai. his
campaign. II is true that Dalr, qe
smashed a few wine casks a on
River while a movie nan tuted a
crank on the scene; il is true, too,
that he engaged in an aerid chewing
match with the local authorities.
But =. tAa really eloquent comment
on the me OF his excursion is his
own ~ that he does not intend
10 res hess he is asked to."
Ma tempted 10 find an ana
iogy .ti1 he "whskey rebellion Of
Nasha stoR's day. SAYS the New
port News Record lInd1 81 this ear
Her affair;
Bands of farmers II V5s.er Penn
eylvania resisted by force OF arms the
excise taxes designed by Alexander
Hamilton for the support of the gov
sfnment. They tarred and feathered
the tax collectors and visited similar
treatment on citizens who sympathiz-
ed with the nav law. President
Washington finally was compelled to
order out the militia 10 put down the
rebellion. Several hundred prisoners
we're taken and two were convicted
OF treason, but subsequently were
psrdoned
The Seattle Times clud. likewise
thinks that the causes OF the TWO
'reyolts" did not differ particularly
but the Daily Oklahomau Dem can
not take j. SO seriously TO tbisa
Of an American Instruction TOT the
purpose Of resurrectinc John Barley
corn, II sass tis 81 s.r5 mat j,