Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-30
United STATES SENATOR JOS. 5
FRELINGHUYSEN'S FEARLESS
PLEA FOR LAW AND ORDER
IN NEW JERSEY

Senator Frelinghuysen leaves no
doubt whatever as to his stand on
Prohibition.
"He is for the complete enforcement
of the constitutional amendment IN
the terms of the enforcement laws on
federal and state statute books.
"That is clear enough for anyone
no matter what the degree OF wetness
or drought that marks the indiylduai
case.
whatever individual opinion may
be, Senator Frelinghuysen wins re-
spect for his disdain of a straddle
and for his absolute frankness."-
Newark Star-Eagle (editoriaD.
Speaking before the banquet OF the
New Jersey Women's Club at the
Robert Treat Hotel, Monday evening,
December IL, 1921, U. S. Senator JOS
eph S.. Frelinghuysen in the course
of an eloquent address made the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the n
actment of the Eighteenth Amend
ment, and for the enforcement of the
same:
1.-The fever and fervor of war taught
men and women to think, to think
quickly and think deeply" he said.
"a people that could rise in majesty
and determination to save civilization
from being crushed under the heel of
imperialism, could also arise in its
might and overthrow a great tyranny
at our doors-the tyranny of intern
perance, the despotism of drink.
Awakening from the dull, phlegmatic
sleep of centuries, America determined
to take up arms against a more AFRO
CANT, more cruel foe than Kaiserism,
and break the shackles which en-
shaved the nation. The gauntlet was
thrown down. War was declared
war to the knife. Congress acted, the
State Legislatures acted, and America
raj free.
Land Full of FreebOOters
"And yet not entirely free. The
land is full of f~reebooters, who preach
resistance to the Constitution and the
laws of the land. This is so in New
Jersey, where men in high places
teach this un-American, undemocratic
doctrine, resistance to the law. There
are men in high places who, notwith-
standing the solemn enactment of
statutes for the public good, for or
derby living, for domestic peace, de-
clare their purpose to make New Jer-
sey as wet as the Atlantic Ocean.
There are men today in this state
who are scheming to bring back the
saloon, with all it's attendant brutali-
ties. There are men today in this
state who are conspiring to punish
and defeat those who have had the
courage of their convictions, who, ac-
tuated by a sense of public and private
duty, and guided solely by their con-
sciences, have battled for the women
and children of the land, for the main
home, for the preservation of the
church, for the betterment of mankind
in every walk of life.
Audience Answers mo"
"Shall these conspirators be allowed
to have their way? Shall men who
have done their duty be sacrificed and
crucified? Shall the law-breaker be
exalted and the criminal elevated to
high places?"
To each of these questions the Sena-
tors hearers responded with a loud
'No!"
Concluding this portion of his ad-
dress, Mr.. Frelinghuysen said:
81 do not believe the decent, high
minded, l~aw-abiding people of New
Jersey will set the seal of their ap-
proval upon such a nefarious conspir-
acy. When the time comes to speak,
they will speak, in my judgment, in
thunder tones, and the rule of reason
and law will be maintained ."-Ameri-