The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-02-10
WET QUESTION INJECTED
INTO P..RTY MEETING
Edwards Gets Ovation-To lake
Prohibition Issue Into National
Democratic Convention at San
Francisco.
removed.

! Francisco.
New York, Feb. 5.-Prohlbltlon
and the Sims-Daniels controversy
were injected tonight into the testl-
monial dinner given here to Homer 5.
Cummings, chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, at which
Secretary Daniels was the principal
speaker. One thousand invitations
had been issued to the banquet. which
was attended by prominent Demo
Gratis from all parts Of the country.
The prohibition issue was brought
into the proceedings by Governor
Edwards, of New Jersey, and Smith
of New York. and was greeted with
obviously mingled feelings by the
diners. Governor Edwards was not
on the official list Of speakers and
was called upon unexpectedly after
Secretary Daniels had concluded his
address. Earlier in the evening the
New Jersey Executive had been given
striking ovation when he entered
the dining hall and there was an even
greater demonstration when he arose
to speak.
Personal Liberty.
Governor Edwards declared that
great issue had emerged from the
past, sthe issue of State rights and
personal liberty" He asserted that
this issue must be decided by the peo-
pie next November.
eff the federal government" ne
continued, "may subvert the doctrines
of State rights and, without COM
mission or mandate from the people,
enter upon our fireside and into our
homes with the bureaucratic system
of Office holders and overlordship, the
theory Of our constitutional govern
ment and all the rights incident to
home rule and local state govern
ment are destroyed. Under such
system the indestructible union OF IN
destructible states becomes q myth
and we have the necessary alternative
of q great super-power at Washing
ton. imposing its will upon US in the
direction of our habits, cur manners,
our tastes and our local customs, un-
I'll nothing is left Of the independent
state of our fathers but the name.
Garry Fight to Frisco.
"To me this situation is a political
sacrilege and l propose to carry the
foh+ to San Francisco regardless CT
what any man or set Of men may peE-
sonally think, so as to bring about a
popular rcstatemcnt of the doctrine
of state rights and popular local home
rule upon which our fathers founded
this government"
Governor Smiths contribution to
the prohibition issue was contained In
q telegram expressing his regret that
illness prevented him being present.
In his telegram the New York execu-
tive said:
'Do not forget the time-honored
Democratic doctrine that the govern
ment is most effective which governs
the least. This precept of Democratic
faith in the recent past has been
previously and wilfully sinned against
when, in the name of Democracy,
there was imposed upon 100,OOO,O0O
free people. without asking their d.
rect consent, restriction to their
personal liberty which Prussia in her
palmiest days never dreamed OF
Sims Name Introduced.
The name of Admiral inns was IN
troduced by John NJ. Richie, the
POSTMASTER, at the conclusion OF
Secretary Daniels address. The
secretary had dwelt upon the great
service performed by the North Sea
mine barrage in putting an end to
the German submarine menace, and
incidentally credited President WI
son with being the first high Ar eil-
can official to conceive the idea. Mr..
Richie, before calling upon Cover
nor Edwards as the next speaker,
said:
| Secretary Daniels spoke OF the
great barrage laid across the North
Sea. have just received memo
randum which shows that the only
American officer who opposed the lay
ing of that barrage was Admiral
Sims"
The mention of the admlrais 9
name was the signal for considerable
Kissing and booing from various parts
Of the dining hall.