Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-15
SAYS WRONG IDEA
MADE THE j. S. DRY
Vice President Asserts Sena-
tors Needed Constituents
Theories Instead of Leading.
ny DAVID LAWRENCE.

ny DAVID LAWRENCE.
Vice President Thomas r Marshall
has presided over the Senate OF the
United States for seven years and can.
therefore, be expected to know where
OF he speaks when he says that il
prohibition had been submitted to a
secret vote, 1t would not have gotten
twenty votes in the Senate.
The writer asked the Vice President
to amplify his statement which was
originally made before the Virginia
Bar Association.
outset" said the Vice President. that
believe in the enforcement OF the
constitutional amendment on prohibit
ton. 1t Is here and is the law and
should be enforced. But believe that
II the amendment had been voted upon
according to the Individual convic.
tions of members Of the Senate IT
would not have gotten twenty votes.
Thought People Wanted 1t.
Now I am not imputing motives to
anybody. / have never seen any rep
resentatives of the brewers or the
Anti-Saloon League around Congress
and wouldn't know them II they were
there. I believe that the men who
voted for prohibition and for woman
suffrage, IoF instAHCc. tuousht LAG
people, majority of their constitu-
ents-wanted these amendments pass
ed. But that isn't my theory OF rep
resentative government.
AS I told the lawyers at Richmond.
the people of this country didn't IN
resentativea should be guided by their
constituents. but that elected repre-
sentatives should act for them l
don't think whom people hire lawyer
that they should ask him to do what
they want. Advice should not come
from the lawyer to the client. IL the
client doesn't like the advice he can
get another lawyer.
SAsuld Trust Representatives..
That's the same with representa-
tive government. Tho people, In my
opinion, should trust their represent
n ATTY to act , for them: II they don't
they can select others and thus re-
pudiate what has been done"
Then. II You had been a member Of
the Senate. you would have voted
the Vice President was asked.
''Oh. yes" was the deply. land my
views have been we'll known. Mind
you, do not use liquor. never serve
II at my table. and I would to God
that no one else did. But object to
posed. though again I must insist
now that II is here 1t must be en-
forced.
las a matter Of fact. Irrespective
of the question Of personal habits,
members OF the Senate whose views
about the police powers Of the sew
eral states coincide with my own.
surrendered their opinions when they
voted simply because they thought
it was the wish Of the people of their
states. That isn't leadership nor rep
best judgment of the lawyers them
ception of the term.
Indeed, lawyers like statesmen.
are losing their influence because
they are not telling their clients
what is the law and what should be
done. Instead lawyers nowadays are
listening to boards of directors and
trying to accomplish what those
boards want done-often against the
best judgment Of the lawyers hem
The Vice President was Endorsed by
the Virginia Bar Association for the
preisdency-a compliment Of the oc-
casion, no doubt, for Mr.. Marshall
isn't candidate, active. or passive.
receptive or even interested. Maybe
If he were he wouldn't express him
self SO frankly.
Copyright. 1907