Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-01
Tmn ANTIsaLoos LEAGUE.

there 1sas ii your editorial u iast
lsxunif1na = iasue entitled, Why IN"
/ lIaftiaiiiyf
eusn after baonfnlnp superintendent
of The Anti -galoon League Of Dela-
ware. We attempted to snAwer ana sci
right tile editorial statements IN the
Il1yets Evening concerning ptohibi'iohf
n twu or three instances The editor
lnaknuw lodged hie mistakes, but We
found IL useless. and ceased 90 attempt
Ito set straight the editor whu seemed
determined 20 make out oaae aFahkt
p''' WE thought had recently noticed
a change II poliay in this regard, but
IN the article above referred TO there
are too many untrue statements TO
allow them 10 pass unehaiienaed
IN regard to the senatorial contest
between Messrs. Lewis and Frnnee. ss
We are not familiar with The faets. We
will make no attempt 20 speak.
In regard 10 Congressman J. T.
tlgft,s election III Democratic dis
ttfltt in baltimore. viii say that hts
Democratic opponent. Flx4Cungress-
fnan Charles r Gossdys record on tho
ltruhtl,itinn question has been con-
Iajatantiy wei and there was no choice
Lattyheu them from a wet and dry
stanflnolnt. Mr. Hiii was elected ta
If,anrress In that district f0r the same
reason that President Harding ear-
ried tho district. and rs b9tli men arc
n,a,oaed la prohibition. the wet and
arx Issue vaa not q factor IN the
election.
H rsn III the John Waiter Smith and
lID h. wsiler senatorial contest. the
/ anfiAaaltson League gave its undiyid-
ea suppert 20 Senator efnith. In do
! lag his the Anti saloon League was
severity criticized, because Senator
etnifh's record had been far from con
. aistey,ttv dry However, his recent
. record has been DRY. while Q. =. We'll
! ter in his campaign openly advocated
the sale of beer and light wines. Not
! only ala everyone uf the Leagues
J regular STAFF work openly for senator
smith hut extra wurIsers were seeur-
] cd and nut in the Republican dis
! trlrts ~ the state that they might in
! ntoneo VOTERS for Senator Smith.
/ COPIES Of letters written by Nj. wei
lipr 10 the liquor people and 1ntended
solely for them were secured ~ tne
League. photographed and circular
lied among the dry people throughout
, tha gfhte. The Anti-safoon League
! did everything II possibly could 70 &C.
j leure the election Of senator John
[ Waiter smith, and anyone who was
/ in the leest eonversant with the facts
. concerning that election could not
I / have made The statements concerning
| the same that you have made. f YOU
(. | had written 10 any Democrat leader
: | in any part Of the state Of Maryland,
Il the above facts could have ensiiy been
3 secured. IL is largely conceded that II
I there had not been landslide for Mr..
: Harding that Mr. Weller would have
E been defeated and John Walker smith
/ elected 10 the United States senate.
The fact that Mr.. Weller ran $4,000
1 votes behind Mr. Harding in Maryland
) il generally conceded to be the result
: of the fight made against Mr.. Weller
: by the Anti-saloon League Of Mary
9 land.
!. In Delaware In the senatorial CON
: test of Messrs. wolrott, du Pont and
. burton. the Anfi-aaioon League put
J. forth every effort for the election ~
: senator wolcott ard opposed both
4 General du Pont and Dr. Burton.
4 In the senatorial contest between
: Messrs. Salisbury and Ball. ths
League did not enter into the fifsht
: but when asked how these men stood
: stated that both men were satisfact.
{ ory.
Q In the recent mayoralty contest
. letters we're sent bv the Aiti-saloon
: IenRue TO both Mr.. Thomas F. Bay
] ard and MFR. Lercy Harvey. Mr.. Har-
? vey's reply was received before MIR
. Rayard's. Il was our intention e
give the replies Of both Of these fnen
TO the public. but did not publish
!. either of the letters. as Mr.. Bayard
hoping to sain some votes, had placed
y in the hands Of the press his reply 4
: our letter before we had received ths
]. same. The fact that the Anti-5aloor
i League did not publish either Dir
$ Bayard's or Mr. Harvey's letters mus
Z, not be lost sight OF. Mr.. Bayard pub.
: lilshed his letter and We replied to som,
of the misstatements he made through
t his not being familiar with the work
y ing of the Association Against tn.
2 Prohibition Amendment.
: In your editorial You state that tbs
T Anti-Saloon League in Delaware made
! open opposition to Thomas +. Bayart
) because of his connection with an or.
n ganization formed for the purpose oi
working for the repeal in a Lawful
4 manner of the Prohibition Amend
8 ment to the United States Constitu-
a ton, but without making the slight
y est effort to force his Republican op-
q ponent TO make public his views on
! this matter.
! The above facts show that this i
{ not the situation. 1t was shown alss
that the Association Against the Pro.
z hibition Amendment is not trying u
9 a lawful nlanher TO repeal the Eigh.
: teenth Amendment, bur Is attempting
2 to nullify the constitution by repeal.
Z ing the yolstead act. Recently tbs
Z President OF that Association said
Indeed, the name of the association
is a misnomer. for the object to hs
accomplished is the repeal Of the Vol
stead act With the Volstead act of
= the books, the Eighteenth Amendment
to the Constitution cannot be enforc-
. cd"
We are accustomed TO be accused
= by the Democrats of fayoring the Re
!, publicaus and by the Republicans OF
!. favoring the Democratic. but whenevn'
the Democrat or Republican candidates
: for Office in which The prohibition
+ question is involved come clean on tho
lel temperance question, you will find
That fI1e catoar, I laar4aa in Della.