Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-06-08
LIQUOR QUESTION
BIG ISSUE IN RACE
Democratic Candidates For Con.
gress Tell How They View
The Question Now

VI tlC lCctC pesl elC'o li4JSSS SiiC iiuuOi
issue into the presidential race this
fall, it has beeas dropped into the
race for the Democratic nomination
for Congress in the 9Th district with
i dull thud, and is apt to be very
vital question before the voters Of thi.
particular district from now On unt'
the final election is over.
The principal question seems to b.
whether or not the Volstead law
which is the prohibition enforcement
act, is to be modified, so that wines
and beer may be made and sold. TIL,
three candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Congress occupied /;
large part of their time in discussing
this question at their speaking ap,
pointment here Monday afternoon. Ant
it is a certainty that Congressman
King Swope, when he runs for re-elec
tion as the Republican nominee, i
going to haze to state his position OF
this question, whether or not the Re
publican national platform mentions
it.
AS result of the Democratic Con
gressional primary to be held in Au
gust it will be fairly well determined
as to whether the Democratic voter.
of the II counties of this district wisl
the stringent dry laws now on th'
statute books modified OF not. Ths
three candidates who are seeking th'
Democratic nomination have assun et
entirely different attitudes toward thu
question and the voters will have littl
trouble it seems to pick man VIII,
represents their various viewpoints OF
the prohibition issue.
Judge Ralph Gilbert of Shelby coun
", is frankly and openly Dry, with :
big D, and opposed to modification o
the prohibition laws in any way. II
declares that he is against the manu-
facture or sale of wine and beer an,
other intoxicating drinks. He assert
hat if the ,Volstead law is modifiet
hat beer and wine may be sold owe
every soda fountain, soft drink stanf
and every crossroads store in th.
country, and, therefore, he is agains
my change in the laws. He says the
the fight against the liquor snake
aas been long and hard one, an'
while the good people of the. ceusltrl
have their heels on it's head and it
dying, it's dying hard and still wrig
gling, and if there is any modifieatio,
IF the prohibition laws, the old "ser
pent," as he calls it, will come to lif
again. Gilbert frankly says that an
man who wants the prohibition law
| weakened, shouldn't vote for him wit
The expectation that he will vote t
weaken them.
Hon. George T. Davis, of Case
county, on the other hand, says he f.
yors modification of the stringent Dir
avs. He declared that he believe
! the housewife should be allowed t
make wine and the farmer cider,
| hey wish. incidentally, it We
| brought out that the government ha
ruledsthat this can be done under tn
present law) Anyway, Judge Gilbel
stated in his speech that at othe
| places Davis had declared that he
for wine and beer, and Wet. Davi
frankly tild what he will do about tn
matter of modifying the Volstead Law
and declared that he was against an
aw which was oppressive and agains
5he wishes of the people, as it hs
been shown, he said, that this law i
Col. Ripy did not state his views 0
the liquor question from the pla5forl
at the speaking, but declared that tt
prohibition question is dead and NJ
an issue in this campaign. He sal
that he wanted to keep himself in pt
sition to stand on the platform tn;
the Democratic national conventie
adopts at San Francisco and that l
does not believe any man is bigg'
than his party. He pointed out tn;
if the Democratic platform took OF
side or the other on the liquor que
ton, that either Judge Gilbert or D.
Wis would be put in an embarrassir
, position. In reply to this Judge Gi
bert said that if the Democratic pla
form declared for modification of Il
, prohibition laws, he would resign as
candidate, so as not to have to vo
: against his convictions although
! pledged his hearty support to the pa
ty and the ticket. Judge Gilbert fu
ther said that while no one was ah
, to get Ripy to say in his speech
] where he stands onthe liquor questio
/ that he, Gilbert, knows where
/ stands, and that he is Wet, and
: charged that Ripy told promine
: Richmond business man in presen
OF Tandy Chenault, that he is w
: This man Is understood to be Mr.. T.
Moberly, who has asked all candidat
their position on the liquor questie
q The debating by the three can
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