The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-16

WASHINGTON Political Wash.
irgtun is laughing and not a few
members II congress are inclined 20
Jon over an adrOit move en-
g.negrcd by the a~nti-saloon league
leaders TO build up throughout the
country a smoothly welded dry ma
chine capable OF welding trcmen-
do political power.
The dark, deep, dank plot. as Il,
Is uuhcsitatingly called by some
frr,t0rs was discovered In its bud
ding youth. Tho axe was forthwith
applied 10 n, but not before u ma
caused some uneasy moments for n
Dot of senator's and representatives,
who are 90 come up tor recollection
ucNt year.
Tnt plot had It's inception In the
generalization OF the prohibition
enforcement division. Until a few
months age the United States was
divided into regional sections OF
three and four states each, with "A
regional director at the head OF
each.
Reorganization by States
When the republican new broom
whisNed into Washington Il was de-
cid,d TO make enforcement Of the
dry law n matter OF states instead
% sections. The enforcement divl-
sion was overhauled, the old region
al directors dispensed with and It
was proposed TO inauguiate lortv-
o,lhi state directors each with his
personnel. and responsible for the
enforcement OF the law in His own
particular state.
? Tho anti-saloon leaders. usually
quick to suspect and to question any
new legislation affecting tho en-.
foryrment OF the dry law. interpose
no objection to the reorganization
Iu fact, they were FOR it. Every
thing looked lovely. Senator'S had
more patronage Mt their disposal,
the dry watchdoEs were satisfied,
and nobody had any KICK.
Then the wheels began to -pvolve
Quietly and unostentatOusly the anti
saloon league representatives hegal
TO go to individual senator's and rec.
ommend the men they desired to be
named as state directors.
Knew Their Men.
The anti-s. loon league Is a highly
efficient organization. Ii has It's or
gani2ation and It's paid workers In
every state in the union. And IN
men l' recommended as state direct
ors were men whose views were
well known and acceptable TO the
league.
The recommendation OF tho autl-
saloon league leaders usually car
riod considerable weight with the
individual senators approached. As
has been said. II Is n militant or
ganizatiOn with branches in every
state and in a majority Of the cases
the senator indorscd the anti-sa-
loon league. candidate for the lob
on down to the prohibition commits
sioner for appointment. One job
more or less did not matter, cspc-
oially when 1t involved the support
Of opposition Of the antl-saloon
league at home.
Working quietly and smoothly, the
antl-saloOners made good progress.
"Niggcr In WoOdpllc."
Then by chance, according TO the
gossip Of the cloakrooms, a few
senator's got 10 comparing notes,
Tbcy began to suspest there was a
dark gentleman in the woodpile, In
quiries were made Of their coll
leagues and It slowly began to dawn
unuu them that the officers Of the
these state directors.
Think what that means eXplod-
ed one indignant senator TO his
alarmed colleagues. THE officers
Of the autl-salOou league name the
state directors. and the state direct
ors name the enforcement agents.
In some states the enforcement per
sonnet numbers around three hun
dred men. It's a cinch the auti-sa-
loon state directors are going 80