The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-15

bition record that Senator Harding
| Ia his replies to queries expressed de
sire to stand n his record as in
traced in Votes tor the prohibition
amendment and the Yol5taad enforce
mcnt law; that Gov Coxs claims of
Istr It liquor law enforcement while
! Governor Of OHIO are not together
borne out in fact
The record Gov Cox is given
first Il shows that he favored H.
lccnse provisions Of the Ohio constitu-
/ ticn OF 1912. and was not in favor OF
irohib.tion 1T that time. When,
however, On o voted dry. Gov Cox
I charged the legislature with the pas
ace q an adequate emf cement law
, lie signed the cnforcemert bill finally
1 assed by the legislature but doclar
ed in doing so tha the Legislature
has exceeded tlo authority granted in
the prohibition an nlment lie did
not cit1 instances.
he report also cites . signed state
men' Oy Frank Z Eyang. Chief In
3peCtor and law enforcement officer
o. the state liquor Licensing BOARD
Icf Ohio This staten ut reviews
GOV CoNs threat to rem va the May
or OF Cincinnati and send militia
there mn ess The licensing law was
observed. Cincinnati saloons then
were clos on Sunday GOV Willis
succeeded Gov Cox and Mr. LvaI%
ad he waS given noe hand in en-
forcing liquor law gadcr the State
Republican administration. Raids.
were made in Cincinnati and Mr.
Evans SAID
During all the time held my posi-
Ton as law enforcement officer under
Goy Cex no sim lar effort was made
n Cincinnati 90 emf the Sunday
cs.ng laH.'
When Gov. Cox returned to the
state House Mr. Evans SAID, u De-
are difficult o enforce the law be.
alse o. Indifference OF liquor licenao
q mmissioners He res gned but
as persuaded % recon ider by Coz
The dry statement quotes from lit
eraturc the Ohio Liquor League
urging Gov CcXs election. ana cites
expense accounts filed by the league
70 show it spent money for Gov Cox
The statement quotes from Gov.
Cox own speeches showing he op
posed enactment Il prohibition when
100000 American patriots were in
Europe fighting for the preservation
lof the Government itself This
Quotation was taken from the New
York Times. From the Chicago Tri-
bune the statement quotes Gov Cox
as saying: There is considerable
agitation on the wet and dry issue.
If there should be any reaction from
the present situation. think it will
go no further than amendment Of
the Volstead act to permit light
wines and beers
Taking MP Senator Hardings rec
ord, il is shown he voted for munich
pal and ward option IN tho Ohio Leg
islature. that in the United States
Senate he proposed an amendment to
limit to six years the time within
which the prohibition amendment
must be ratified and that he voted fin
ally for the prohibition amendment
and Volstead act One utterance
cites. II am not a prohibitionist, Mr..
President and never pretended to be,
.do claim to be a temperance man.
Senator Harding is listed as voting
against the District Of Columbia pro
hibit.on bill during a debate in which
he pointed out that his State in the
preceding election had voted against
prohibition. He voted against the
Reed bone dry amendment, Other
votes on proposed amendments and
minor bills also are given.
In commenting on the compilation
OF his record as submitted to him Sen
ator Harding wrote to Mr. Carrie:
Let me say that have spoken of
law enforcement in a way that admits
of no doubt in meaning. | have voted
for the resolution to submit the Agh-
teenth Amendment and the law to en-
force il. We cannot have an endur-
ing republic II we submit to less than
square enforcement of the law. In
connection with this subject knew
of no ether question at issue"
In answer to another telegram sent
by group of temperance societies
Senator Harding said he stood on his
votes ON the amendment and Vol
stead law. Gov Cox replied neither
to the letter encl- sing his record nor
the later query although his secro.
tary asked an extension of time for q
reply to the first