The New York herald., 1921-04-25
COPS DRY UP WET
HECKLER OF BRYAN
Booze Advocate Calls Com
moner a HypOcrite and
Starts Uproar.
HE GETS NO FURTHER
Not Responsible for Exhib-
its Who Prove My Case
Lecturer Shouts.
TO END PALMER RULING
Tells Audience Beer Hole in
Law VIII Be Plugged-Praise
for Enright and Hylan.

leather-lunged citizen. who con-
tended that he had been friend OF
William J. Bryan for twenty-five years,
sat in the auditorium OF the Washington
Irving High School yesterday for two
hours while Mr.. Bryan discoursed upon
the merits Of prohibition. When Mr.
Bryan had ceased speaking the stranger
arose. introduced himself as "a sincere
wet" and announced his intention Of
replying to his friend.
Ernest L. Crandall, director OF lee
lures for the Board OF Education, was
in the process of telling the wouldbe
orator to hire a hall OF his own when
q man about the size of Stranger Lewis
took the floor by main strength. He
began by calling Mr.. Bryan a hypocrite.
He brushed frock-coated ushers aside as
though they were flies, and set up an
entirely unintelligible bawling that was
replied to in kind by the rest OF the
audience. The big man was still doing
well when a quartet Of police arrived
from the detachment stationed in front
OF the school In Irving place.
The appearance Of the police had the
desired effect The tumult died and the
big man sat down bowling:
Anyway, what do you think about
that, hey? What do you think about
that?"
Drys I'm Majority in Audience.
And Mr.. Bryan. who won the majority
OF his forensic jousts with his audience
(Which was overwhelmingly in SYM
m n ruff do
plete by levelling an accusing finger at
the disturber and shouting:
I'm not responsible for these exhibits,
who prove my case
Mr.. Bryan said that he had called
upon Police Commissioner Enright
Saturday and told his audience that
New York ought to take pride in
police chief who was intent upon en-
forcing the law Mr.. Bryan said that If
he was any Judge Of character. Mr.. En-
right was sincere in his desire to wiring
the city dry. He called upon everybody
t. consolidate behind Mayor Hylan and
Commissioner Enright in enforcing the
Eighteenth Amendment.
He turned his attention to booze
smugglers. He cited the traffic in liquor
from Canada, Mexico. Cuba and various
ocean islands--Bimini. off the coast OF
Florida In particular.
The Palmer ruling meant nothing, Mr..
Bryan explained. except that there was
a hole in the law.
I'VE shall answer that by closing up
that hole" he continued.
Mr. Bryan, replying to questioners and
raucaus heckiers. explained that there
had been a day when he never expected
to see the United States dry.
Surprised by Prohibition sweep.
Il never expected to see my own State
dry" ne explained, "and certainly
never expected TO see the Democratic
party dry"
Many OF his hearers who spouted
questions asked Mr.. Bryan whether he
was a true Democrat, believing in real
democracy, and whether the Eighteenth
Amendment was added TO the Constitu-
tion in a truly democratic manner.
Every time he replied in a sweeping ar
firmative, with such vigor that great ap-
plause greeted him, and his opponents
bade him to sit down" get OUT and
"shut up"
Way back when I was in Congress
came to New York TO speak in Cooper
Union on the silver question. and
Yes, yes" agreed q gallerite, II was
there"
We'll. my friend" observed Mr.
Bryan, "lf you've been listening to me
ever since you haven't done much else"