New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Cuvillier Bill Would Hold
League Officials Crimi-
nally Responsible for
s'lllegal'' L 0 b b y in g
Adler Motion to
sSidetrack' Is Lost
Judiciary Committee Will
Conduct Inquiry Fol-
lowing Socialists Trial
From q STAFF Correspondea

ASSomDIV
tonight, by vote of 60 to SO, adopted
the resolution of Assemblyman Louis
"A. Cuvllller, of Tammany, to investi-
gate the Anti-Saloon League, with a
view to prosecuting criminally Will
lam II. Anderson and other officers of
tho league. Many upstate Republicans
joined with the Democrats in VOTING
for the resolution.
Majority Leader Adler made an at
tempt to send the Cuviller resolution
to the Ways and Means Committee. on
the ground that it would lead to an ap-
preparation. Cuvillier. not being able
to debate this motion rose to a. oues-
ton of personal privilege, in which he
read some of the recent statements of
Anderson, and shouted out that "any
legislator here who would humbly sub
nit TO that sort of abuse had no back
bone!"
lie then called for q slow roll call
on the Adler motion and it was beaten
by vote Of 4S to 62. He then de-
manded the passage Of his resolution.
In both roll calls the two women mem
oers of the Assembly. Miss III. l.. Smith,
Rapublican, of New York and Miss f.
V. Gillette, Democrat, of Schenectady,
vote" aTA'nst the Anti Saloon League.
tine and isnprl comment
Lac resolution e.s.ls Fer the :ryestiea
ton to be made g.. tie Assembly Il.
dlc,ai. Comm Stee the expenditures
and collections of the Anti Saloon
League for and against candidates for
once. IN carrying on its propaganda
and IN "coercing legislators" in their
begin immediately the Socialist trials
are over.
In speech frosa the Aoor, Cuvillier
charged that the Anti-Saloon League
had violated Section 66 of the leeis-
lative law. The punishment for The
violation alleged is one year in prison
or fine of 81, 900 or both. He pro-
duced records of the Secretary Of
states office showing that ia 1918 and
1919 the Anti-Saloon League filed
papers with the Secretary of State
MAKING Robert &. Davey, of New York,
and Miss Adele Potter, of Brooklyn,
legislative lobbyists to appea. on all
temperance measures.
tie said that Section Sc of the lcgis-
]ative law required that within two
months after the end of each session
such lobbyists must file with the
Secretary Of State a sworn statement
oil their expenses. Mr.. Cuvillier pro-
duced an affidavit from Deputy Secre-
tafy OF State A. B. Parker, stating
that dlllgent search of the office
showed no such statements filed.
Mr.. Davey, counsel for the Anti
vyh0
to-night's session. declared that the
Antl-Saloon League had carefully con-
sidercd the requirements as to reports
detailed in Section AZ of the general
corporation law and that he does not
consider the league has any ex-
penditures to file under it's REQUIRE
mentS.
Sweet to Attack Resolution
Mr.. Cuvillier, before reading his
speech, read the last statement of Mr.
Anderson, in which he attacked the
Democrats for the position they took
on prohibition at the unofficial conven-
tion, together with "straddling Repub-
lcan legislative leaders," mentioning
particularly Barnes, Wadsworth, Sweet
and Walters.
trast to his earlier favorable attitude,
declared that in his -opinion. the reso-
luton was illegally adopted, because
it provided for an expenditure and
therefore required seventy-six votes.
Mr.. Sweet said he would move to de-
clare the resolution illegally adopted
when the Assembly convened to-mor-
row.
Legalizing Of the manufacture and
sale of beverages containing up to per
cent of alcohol is provided for in bill
introduced tonight by Assemblyman
Louis A. Cuvillier, Democrat, of New
York.
'It is absolutely falacious," said
Cuvillier, "to believe that when Con-
gress framed the Eighteenth Amend
ment it intended to prevent the states
from legislating the sale of beverages
that were not Intoxicating"
He contends that the Volstead act
applies only to territory exclusively
within the jurisdiction of the United
States government, such as the Dis
trict of Columbia and the territories.