Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

New York, F'eb. 5-PronlDltlOn anu The iSims- DanieEs controversy were infected tonight into the testimonial dinner given here to Homer :. Cum nings. chairman of the demoaratlc national committee. at which Secre- tary Daniels was the principal speak. CT One thousand invitations had h,en issued to the banquet. which was attended by prominent demo- c-ats from all parts of the country.
 The prohibition issue was brought into the proceedingsi by Governors Edwards Of New Jersey and smith oe New York and was greeted with obviously mingled feelings by the dIn- CTS. Governor Edwards was not on the official list of speakers and was called upon unexpectedly after Sec reiary Daniels had concluded his ad- dress. Earlier in the evening the New Jersey executive had been given A striking ovation when he entered the dining hall and there was an even greater demonstration when ne arose to speak.
 Governor Edwards declared that great issue had emerged from the pa st. the issue of state rights and. personal liberty" He asserted that that issue must he decided by the peopIe next November -'If the fed ersf government he continued, may sbvert the doctrines of state rights, ard without a commission or mandate from the people. enter upon our firesides aud into our homes with the piireaucratic system of office holders and overlordship, the theory or our constitutional government and all rights incident to home rule and local state government are destroyed. Un- der such a system the indestruc1ble union of indestructible states be- comes a myth and we have the nec- esSlry alternative of a great super power at Washington. imposing it's will upon us in the direction Of our ha abits. our manners, our tastes ana our local customs. until nothing is left of the independent state of our fathers but the name.ls
 TO me this situation is poiiti- cal sacrilege and I purpose to carry the fight of San Francisco regardl e2ss Of what any man or set of men may personally think. so as to bring about a popular restatement of the doctrine of state rights and popular local home rule upOn which our fathers found- ed this government"
 Governor Smiths contribution 10 the prohibition issue was confined in a telegram expressing his regret that sicgness prevented him being pres ent. In his telegram the New York executive said:
 Do not forget the time honored democratic doctrine that the govern nent is most effective which governs the least This precept of democratic faith in the recent past has been previously and wilfully sinned against. there was imposed upon 100000, 900 when in the name of democracy, free people without asking their di- rect consent. a restriction to their personal liberty which Prussia in her palmiest days never dreamed of.'
 The name of Admiral Sims was in- troduced by John NJ. Richie, the rstary Daniels address. The secre- fary dweIt upon the great service per formed by the orth Sea mine Dar- rage in putting an end to the Ger man submarine menace, and. incl dentaliy. credited President Wilson with being the first high American official to conceive the idea. MT. Richie before calling upon Governor Edwards as the next speaker said:
 Secretary Daniels spoke of the great baTrage laid across the orth Sea. I have just received a memo ra7ium which shows that the only American officer who opposed the laying of that barrage was Admiral Sims"
 The mention or the aonllraI name was the signal for considerable his sing and hooins from various parts Of the dining hall.
 Among the prominent democrats who were seated at the sneakers table were: Charles B. Alexander. vice president Of the National Democratic Club. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt: Mrs. Elizabeth Bass. chairman of the Womens Bu- ,oI mittee. and National Committeeman Rnhe-t 2 HrIdsnefh New Ieraev