Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-27
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Til" Constitution by the Eighteenth
Amendment now DEGREES that the
manufacture. transportation, and sale
81 Intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes is forever prohibited in the
Emitted States.
Public sentiment which made the
country dry is overwhelmingly in ia
, vor OF keeping it dry. We have now
md will have Il "Dry' Congress. The
Prohibition Amendment was passed
~ Congress by a vote Of Is Ayes to
! ;" Nos in the Senate and 2S2 Ayes
% l2> Nos in the House. This same
amendment was ratified by 46 States,
whose Legislators voted in favor of it
~ a ratio OF : to |, which proves con-
,ruSively that the Nation is nearly un-
'n;mou3ly "DrA." This public senti-
nr'.t, strong in the past in favor of
"pry" Nation, has been made doub-
~ so by the addition Of millions OF
Nunltn voters.
| Quoting, from an interview with Mr.
'r(Hi"t'l ,tS reported i'll the Literary
;i5rst for December -. 1919, "While
! ~ Wruthy friends Of booze may pic
| era Mr.. \olstt:;ld as (; wild-eyeu, long
! haired Ztalot, who never took a drink,
! ma "uD NuUl'l move heaven and
! -: tn t. bar everybody else from joys
) :i:,'::Ol.t. III" tact is, we are told,
! hlt the Il; thor o; the NOlstC cad Act
: Il H::>h> !! ~ Vi. HuaVy-lHustached ed.
i -: ri",i. m.!s-i:lann;'r i CONGRESS-
: t.. W;!p il; YER mace Il piO!lib t GA
80 ,'iI il his life never joined (, tenn.
; 'ri"i:ite so'.rt.. and never signed Il
, .'t.},'rr,2re p!r;'ga"
' - 70 l;u W. know and assert thl 1T
-. - J. \vale has always been
:H,:H urE." He has talked, preach ed
; Il v''ttel for prohibition all his
t les been claimed that the Judi
! trN tnnimtt'e of which Mr. Vol
; cad hurpens to be chairman on &C
! ~ OF seniority, controls all pro-
II I "!, LEGISLATION. It has been claim
! I u t \ul::t" ad controls this com
t; A.:u that he alone Oh account
post r:a co lt:'ois more than
= - w.: OF Coz. ,ress. Capt. Gilbert
: '' q. lost 'al's political trumDeters
; 4 spec; h at Benson. Minnesota
i TIT Il, He tAlr. Nolsto2U appoints
; IL to members of the Conference
on!mtt ,e." We present the facts,
the Judiciary Committee is one of
.':Ho sixty committees in each House
II tol"T 'ss. It is an important COM
.:.ti:'" b,t get :hn most important. 1t
{ ,HiEo>r.i OF II members anu they
East b *):lrl;ss. indeed, if ONi.
Fan. pVN, though the Cha rnlan, con
'"'s t.! ma p:itE. and We know that
-; CLAM tt T. as a whole, is merely
SERVANT or CONGRESS- AND
\uT IT'S MASTER. 1t is an absolute
nth that EOLoTEAD DOES NOT
t\TltOL SAID. COMMITTEE. which
ie admits as shown by the Court Re
or'' o! the Kvale-E olsteud Trial at
'eHS>A in J:iy 1920. Mr. Vo}stead
>':ng under oath in the witless chair.
}: It %. AS Chairman of the Judi
AIRY fH:Aln:tt g that has the accept
: OF tlI Bill. Che Graham Sodition
::i'j il you tAot tlat the b;ll was vi
:oNs. OF ou.Ht not to be passed anc
.n':2 4 law, Whv didn't YOU as Chair
~, Use your influence as Chairman
hr;n OFT a better b;n?' Answer
Simply called their attention tc
>hnt thut Wa> Objectionable. There
Tc:n Il members of us, THE CHAIR
IAN CANNOT ALWAYS RUN OUR
'N.I HiTTEE.
We further know that the Chair
man OF the Judiciary Committee does
'Ot appoint all Of the members Of the
'NNleTcLre Committee
1t should 10 understood and EN-
o!IaSize;l that the immediate enforce
neat OF the .;bition Act rests with
he Prohibition Commissioner, whose
authority is recognized by Mr.. Vol
stead himself in a letter dated Marcel
nd. 1920. as follows: 81 have YOU
'ettcr OF the 2Sth ult. stating you are
n need Of alcoholic beverage as med
icine. Your physician can prescribe
IN any case where he thinks it bene
fetal, any kind Of alcoholic stimulant
e!thcr whisky, brandy, wine or beer
"By getting a prescription for {
PINT OF ALCOHOL and diluting il
yourself to any strength DESIRED {
greater amount of the BEVERAGE
can be obtained. SUCH PRESCRIP
TON CAN BE REPEATED EVERY
TEN DAYS.
The intention of the law is not to
! deprive any person needing alcohol