Evening journal., 1921-12-12
RAPS SENATORS
FOR BEER STAND
DR.. Hubbard Says They Mis-
represented State by
Their Attitude
URGES MAKING OF
PROPER AMENDS"

The Rev. Carlisle l.. Hubbard, pas
tor OF st. Paurs NJ e. Church. at
the services last night. replied to
the letters sent the NJ. p. Preach
ers Association last week by sena-
tors L. Heisler Ball and T. C. du-
Pont. relative to their attitude on
the "anti-heer bill" before Con-
gress. The reply was in the form
OF a paper which DR.. Hubbard read
and il was as follows:
During the past week our city
press published letters from Sem
ators Ball and DUPONT in reply to
the letteGs sent them by the Metho-
dist Preachers Association OF this
city. protesting against their stand
in opposition to the Willis-Campbell
Anti-Beer Bill. which recently pass
ed the Senate by a vote Of sc to 22
Senator DUPONT voting against the
bill and Senator Ball not voting but
opposing. l must confess that I was
surprised by the contents OF these
letters for I had expected a far bet
ter and more reasonable reply from
these intelligent and capable men.
'sThe Senators are either woefully
uniformed or they are deliberate
ly attempting to hide from the
people OF this state their real pur-
pose in opposing a bill. the main
purpose OF which Is to prevent legal
izing the sale OF beer in two and one
half gallon doses as a medicine, as
had been made possible by the deci-
sion Of ex-United States Attorney
General Palmer
Both Senators Ball and DUPONT
give as a chief reason for their op-
position to this bill that they do
not want to deprive the doctors OF
their right to prescribe what they
choose for the sick. That reason
sounds plausible. but there are at
least three facts that our Senators
should have been acquainted with
and no doubt they were.
"Thirty-seven states in the Union
have passed laws prohibiting the use
OF beer as medicine. Delaware Is
one OF the states that by solemn act
OF its Legislature has outlawed beer
and wine as medicine. Surely Sem
ators Ball and DUPONT were ac-
7'quainted with this fact. In only II
OF the as states could beer have been
used as medicine IL the Senate had
not prohibited Il. How strong the
sentiment in our national Congress
in favor OF this bill is, appears I'm
tho great majorities for It in both
Houses These states would not
have outlawed these beverages as
medicine had they not been con-
WINGED that to legalize them would
produce far greater evils than any
GOOD that might possibly be deriv.
ed from them.
The vast majority OF the reput-
able physicians in this country were
strongly IN favor OF the anti-beer
bin. as we're the reputable druggists.
Only one doctor IN the United
States appeared at the hearing be-
fore the House judiciary Committee
in May. 1920. against 1t, while from
one state alone (Ohio) a petition
was presented. signed by 45oO doc
tors. saying they favored this meas
ure. The one doctor who appeared
against the bill was DIR. John p
DAWN. who claimed he represented
the Medical Association OF New York
County. but when Wayne b. Wheeler.
general counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League OF America, wired New York
for Information regarding the stand
ing Of this gentleman and his claim
the reply was that DR. DAWN had
brought this matter before them and
they had refused to take the action
he wanted and that he did not repre-
sent them officially. That record was
left with the committee and 1t wal
never questioned afterward.
But most important OF all. thi
whole matter has been fought ou
in Delaware recently and the senti
ment OF this state has been clearl.
registered In the vote OF our owl
Legislature upon this question whe
they refused. at a special session
held in March. 1920. to pass a bill
known popularity as The Doctor
Bill legalizing the use OF whisky
beer. etc. for medicinal purposes
That was a bitter fight I know. 70
j had a part in IL. The newspaper
carried the news OF the fight 20 al
the people OF the state and the.
knew what was being done. A pub
lie hearing on the bin was had be
fore the Legislature. This hearing
was widely adxertised and larger
attended By people from all parts o.
the state. had the extreme pleas