The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-18

when the soldiers were ut home
voting. Therefore every soldier
who went overseas after we entered
the war had had the opportunity Of
voting for his representative in
congress to express his wet or dry
views whilo he was away
The soldiers who were in favor
Of prohibition voted along with
other pruhtbitiuutsts for prohibit
ton candidates, who, when
elected, voted in congress In favor
OF prohibition. The soldiers who
we're wet In Sympathy voted with
the other vets for wet candidates,
who, when elected, voted against
the submission OF the prohibition
amcudmcnt-aud submission had
more than the required two-thirds
majority.
Vets Were Represented
What more could the soldiers
have done against prohibition II
they had not gone TO France, short
Of revolution, completely abrogatr
ing the constitution and over
throwing the government? OF
moro than twenty congressman
representing New York city, only
one voted In favor OF submission,
and the widest wet does not claim
that sentiment in New York city Is
twenty to one against prohibition,
Were not the vets represented? II
anybody has any grievance II Is the
advocates OF prohibition, who did
not receive representation in con-
gross equivalent to their actual
proportion OF the total vote in New
York city,
The same congress that submit
. tod nTnhthlTlnn NnFnH for other
measures or voted against them,
ana there was no h~ullahaloo when
the boys got back that something
had been put over ON them. The
disturbance came from the liquor
interests, who used the returning
troops 10 further their propaganda.
They figured that the people would
do anything asked by the soldiers,
ana that their last hope Of i'm
prcssive protest lay In getting the
returning heroes to set up a roar.
The fact that there was not as
much objection as might have beer
expected from those who we're un-
doubleday wet before they started
bears % the assertion that the war
ana observation OF drinking in
France turned many a mar into n
pruhibluuuist. The failure OF the
liquor Interests to prostitute the
American Legion and make It a
b~ecr-and-wine organization attests
the fact that the put over cam
paign did not altogether fool the
Veterans OF the world war. The
small number OF soldiers in the
wet paradcs' is eloquent,
Before the federal Amendments
was submitted. 26 states, more than
a majority, had adopted state pro-
h%ihition, and before IL became er-
toctive S3 states, more than two
thirds, had gone dry as states, and
two-thirds OF the territory OF the
others was dry. In New York,
considered "a wet state, $50 out OF
932 towns were dry hy referendum
under local option, and Of the 81
cities IN the state, 20 voted dry out
Of the 80 that embraced their first
and only chance to vote. Notwith-
standing the wet concentration in
the big cities, nearly two-thlrds Of
the population OF the country were
living In dry territory, practically
all OF 1t dry by direct popular vote,
when national prohibition was
adopted. These dry states and dry
smaller units contributed their
quota to the American Expedition
Any Forces. And they also lawfully
sent representatives TO congress
who represented them. The liquor
traffic, the most colossal bluff in
history" had been called" by the
sovereign power,
Liquor Propagandists,"
The continuous demand OF the