Arizona republican., 1920-06-08
The Country Is. prx lndeed


 The Country Is Dry Indeed
 What slender hope there might have been on the part of those who find dry America irksome ~ lsneo yesterday with the announcement that the United States supreme court had upheld both the pIohaolton amendment and the enforcement act There never any reason to believe that the former would be found be unconstitutional The only question there one that had been long ago settled the power of the people transfer the federal government in the prescribed by constitution, the been under the states. That had been done by the prompt and overwhelming ratification of the eight eenth amendment The same thing had been done long before in the adoption Thirteenth amend nent and later in the Fourteenth, the Fifteenth the Sixteenth and Seventeenth amendments in which there were surrendered to the federal government, powers which havng hitherto inhered states under the Tenth amendment, delegated to the federal government through the later amendments.
 In all these privileges were surrendered and of them importance pri- sileges of making selling and transporting ntoxcat- ng liquors within the borders of the states. Thus here seemed nothing the supreme court but -e-affirm decisions which had rendered other eases where amendments constitution been questioned.
 That the states had a right exercise the power which was delegated in the Eighteenth amendment also matter which had long disposed Of
 The Volstead act different matter. It was questioned whether it not invioation of the constitution itself; whether passing it congress aad not exceeded it's powers But there could have question its infringement the pri- veges people the states. those privileges been surrendered. had passed beyond the states in the prohibition amendment itself If the latter had tailed of course the volstead would have fallen with it. But the might have been sustained without carrying the enforcement act with it.
 to future The prohibition amendment can be repealed only by the same process by which given a place in the constitution That may sometime be done but extremely unlikely Shat it will done. While sometime the senti- against intoxicating liquors may be less fiery may lack the organization which has successful. likewise the incentive the restoration liquor win have weakened.
 It is possible though there win modfi- of the Volstead act though that is likely to be of early occurrence. any rate, is certain modification of it will be agtated quickly but what form the agitation by what it will be sponsored is matter conjecture. So far popular objection is the ban it places light wines and beer.
 The decision in these two cases will have an feet upon the two na ational conventions There two contrary effects. Republican have disposed avoid the prohibition question, urging that it is no longer that prohibition is fact this like all other legislation should be respected enforced. The court decisions the fact that there is less than ever for trying make issue of it. Nor have republican leaders candidates time suggested any change of the Volstead act h short
 
 utterance of Governor Loden expressing his personal approval o legislation
 The situation the Democrats is quite diff ferent Whether prohibition shall become issue in the campaign it is already and hot within the Democratic camp. Two opposing factions seem determined commit the party in it's platform for prohibition against prohibition The op- ponents among the Democrats, of prohibition in their intensity declarations of the unrghteous ness of the criticism of the rigors of the enforcement Though the decision to the amendment be supposed to have eliminated that from discussion, decision sustaining the volstead act. will probably bring that out into greater relief bone of contention. It will add fuel the fire which has been kindled jointly by MT Bryan and Governor Edwards and will array the factions headed by them more sharply against each other.
 If the Democrats should succeed in securing platform expression either against prohibition i, xru nrobaby result in a greater derangement of artv lines than could result from other declara ton by either party.