Evening journal., 1920-03-01
SAYS WETSARENT
GOOD SPORTSMEN
Federal Prohibition Commits
sioner Declares Faith in
Constitutionality of Law
BOYCE WILL KEEP
DELAWARE DRY

National Prohibition Director John +.
Kramer, says that the vets are not
sportsmen. lie made the statement 10
large audience In West Presbyterian
Church yesterday afternoon. lie said
that It would probably take a generation
before the beneficial results Of ma
tional proh!bitiop would become fully
apparent. Meanwhile. he called upon
all law-abiding citizens 10 support
the amendment
Answering The charge OF the liquor
Interests that the amendment was put
over" Mr.. Kraemer said:
-The amendment was enacted in the
only way under our Constitution. that
Il could have been done. The procedure
has been the same since the Constitu-
ton was framed. No lawyer has ever
been able TO point out any other method
u accomplishing this result. u Is rs
legal as any other amendment to the
Constitution.
Not only did the law receive the in
dorsement OF the necessary three
fourlhs of the States, but was approved
Inv The Legislatures Of forty-ive OF the
forty-eight States in the country Mr.
Kramer declared: They talk OF ref
erendum. You could not have REFER
endum on this or any other question.
There is no law permitting sucn pro-
cedure. And the liquor Interests nave
fought the referendum proposal IN
every state where It has been suggested
during the past fifty years. Local op-
ton was In every sense a referendum
Did tie liquor interests and their po-
litcal allies sanction local option any
where?
'They talk as though someone sneak
ed this amendment through and sur
prised the country by the announcement
mat it-was q law. There never was
greater fallacy. The liquor question
has been a paramount one in the coun-
try for nearly q half century. Elections
have been waged over Il; men have been
made and broken by IL; cities and States
have been the scene OF bitter fights
over it and the voters OF practically
every State in the Union have been cali
ed on one or more times TO vote on
some issue involving the traffic.
"The great thing about our democ-
racv Is thai when the majority wins
through the processes OF the law the
minority always submits. We could not
have a democracy II this were not so.
The attitude OF some Of the friends OF
the liquor interests reminds me OF
man who was In q light. gets knocked
out and then claims he wasn't In a
scrap. They are unsportsmanlike-"
l w. Truxton Boyce. director Of pro-
hibition for Delaware, who presided at
the meeting. said:
II expect 10 do my duiy-fuliy. it IS
a big task but there will be no let up In
the search for violators OF the law In
j Delaware ask your support. Put IN
our hands the names. Of persons you
know who are breaking this law Nand
I the rest will be attended 10. Delaware
Is dry-bone dry-and IS going 20 be
/ kept So J ask an law abiding citizens
10 help me accomplish this task"
Mr. B0yce's remarks were warmly
applaudcd. George w. Cr0bb. secre-
tary Of the Delawsre-Naryland Anti
I Saloon League, reviewed the work Of
his organization IN bringing about the
national dryness.
] Prior TO the meeting Irving easier
I Of the Community Service, directed the
audience IN a number Of songs accom-
/ Panied by q fun orchestra. Before ar
riving at West Church Mr. Kramer,
VINO lad arrived IN Wilmington sAvii-
/ ly after noon. conferred wish Harry
T. Graham. collector OF internal reve-
nue. and Mr.. Boyce with regard TO the
I cooperation OF al agences Of the m
( ternal Revenue Department in helping
Co enforce the law in this state. While
this work rests entirely with Mr. Boyce,
Mr.. Graham's department viii AID at
any time that help may be necessary