Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-29

ed for protection Of personal rights.
against federal encroachment. A
similar declaration. he. said, Was IN
the national Democratic platforms OF
1896 and 1900.
"And II the Democratic party no
citizen to decide what he shall eat or
what he shall drink or what he shall
wear" he continued, then it no long,
er is a Democratic party"
The meeting was stirred into a state
of uproar when Mr.. Bryan arose to
ask in what capacity Mr.. Bell came
before the committee and what cum
pensation he received.
Il speak for h grape growers OF
California Mr.. Bell replied. And I
would like to ask the gentleman FOR
whom he speaks"
II am speaking for the women and
! children that your traffic would de-
stroy,'' retorted the Nebraskan while
cheers and Kisses kept the room In a
turmoil.
And what compensation do o re-
ceive, directly or indirectly. from the
Anti-Saloon league?" persisted Mr..
Bell.
None whatever"
mot a nickle?"
mot a nickle. 1 ought to say that
during -four months of last year I re-
ceived compensation for certain pub
lie speeches but for nine years before
I fought this traffic without a penny's
remuneration"
Chairman Glass finally asked for
order and Jerry Ryan Of the Cali
fornia trades union liberty league. was
heard briefly in urging modification OF
farce and you know it is a farce" he
said. Men accustomed to drinking
wine or now drinking rot-gut whiskey.
The stringency of the law is making
1t a farce"
Representative SABBATH Of Illinois
asked President Gompers Of the
American Federation of Labor wheth.
er the organization had voted down q
recommendation for modification Of
the Volstead law as alleged by pub
locations. MI. Gompers replied that
'ganization had voted in 1919 to ash
congress to permit 2.75 per cent beer
At the recent Montreal convention,
Mr.. Gompers said, it was announced
that the 1919 declaration stood.
He said "libelous reports Of the
Montreal convention had been SEM
out"
W Bourke Cochran of New York
closed the prohibition hearings.
Cochranfs Speech.
Promising his argument on an as
sumption that the saloon had disap-
peared forever, Mr.. Cochran said he
had an adherence of the word pro.
hibition in a free country.
my objection to prohibition" ne
continued, "is hat it assumes that the
people are not capable of self-im
provement and must be driven IL
their morals and daily life.
EITHER our constitutional theory o.
legal self government is sound or else
it is not. If you desire real sobriet!
and real sanity, trust to the locality
which always has shown itself capable
Of deciding local and personal ques
} tons for itself.
Democracy is a mockery and
snare if people in n locality are t.
be governed in their most intimate re
lations by the votes of people thou
sands of miles away under dif1eren
conditions and incapable of under
standing local conditions elsewhere:
The speaker suggested h a Will
the states should have been left t.
deal with the whole subject, a solution
Of the present situation could b
found by having congress fix a rea
! sonable alcoholic content and then re
! serving to the state the right to fl
: any lOSSCT I6uIC IuCy OOSAAOo. D0S
! side was given 80 minutes and Fran
l P. Walsh of Kansas City presentc
the plank of the Irish sympathizer
proposing recognition of the republi
of ireland.
As the assembling hour came an
e passed as usual the convention wa
not ready.
The convention hall was fllin
h rapidly, however. and the gallerie
e were better filled than yesterday.
Most of the leaders and manager
were busy in the upper rooms of tn
big building working with the com
n mittees.
The band and pipe organ filled !
. the time and the song leaders got int
: action to amuse the gathering Grove
Popular airs sprinkled with patr
e otto airs and invariably winding u
with Dixie" never failed to bring 0,
the inevitable rebel yell from tn
southern delegations. The platform
too, was slow in filling with the usu;
d notables.