The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-12
.PR0HIBiTIONISTS OPEN
WAR ON LIGHT WINES
coNr1Nrrp rnoM rAar oNn
vocates to fool themselves prohibit
tion Is here 20 stay" he says.



tion Is here 20 STAY" he says
Mcts Equally Confident.
The challenge uf the drNs ls moi
directly by tho association against
the prohibition amendment with tho
slogan. Beer and light wines by
next summer" which they say viii
he brought 10 pass hy change iu
tho complexion OF congress. in
fuenCcd by defeat of dry members
refcrendums In several states and
resolutions asking liberalization to
hc pissed hy state lorlslnturcs Ref
orcudum is To be had In ohio, tlli-
nois, Maesuchusotts. New York and
New Jersey, with legislative rcsolu-
tlons calling on congress Tor modi-
ticntiou Of the existing dry laws
\ general convention of repre-
sentative vets from every state iu
the union viii he called this fan
according To- Ransom NJ Gillett
general counsel for the association
against the prohibition amendment
and an organized fight viii be made
against the dry candidates In nu-
merous congressional districts
Tho indications IN the Literary nj.
gcst poll that large majority of
the people arc IN favor Of modifying
the Nolstcad act, together with a
number OF wet successes In local
elections. have convinced the vets
that the time IS ripe for n general
counter attack. according TO Ron
resentativc Lester d. Volk of Brook
lyn, who calls himself the 'wettcst
Of the wet"
Displacement at tho polls OF so
dry congressman by wcts this fall,
I'm tho View ot GNlutt. announced i1
formal statements would be suf-
fIcicut 10 bring about drastic re-
vision Of tho Nols'cad act by next
summer
Many SoIons In the Fence.
at present 25 per cent Of tn ,
congressman are unalterably dry.
SAYS Gillctt Another % per cent
are openly wet. The remainder Afa
waiting to see how sentiment de-
volops IN their districts If ~ de
vclops rapidly enough II Is cntircl2
possible that the Nnlstend act viii
be amended before next summer
This would bring back wnolesom
beer ana wiuc:, destroy the boot
lcrgcrs, put an end TO the Circula'
tion ot their deadly stuff and save
hundreds from wood alcohol and
other poison.
we expect the republican ~
tional organization TO dodge the is
NNt w Al|A'ilHllNh INV 'l''I'tAN ~ I
and take n stand IN favor OF en-
forcement. Everybody favors en-
forccment. This organization wants
the law enforced while II Is there
but u cannot be enforced II viii
probably take some radical disaster
at the polls before the republican
organization win sec that it cannot
fight on the enforcement issue, but
that tho question Of liherali2ing the
Volstond act is clearly before the
people"
AS 10 the right OF congress 10
amend the Nulstead act and liberal
.ze prohibition, Gillett contends that
congress has thus far set up an
arbitrarily false definition OF intoX-
| eating liquor, and that the precedent
established would permit congress
to so to any length. The right Of
congress to do this has been clearly
! established by the supreme court
| he says, THE mistaken course OF
! the Ant! Saloon league in It's uurea
souable and arbitrary demands hal
/ paved the way for liberal &C
| which would permit wines and bee
TO bo sold according to the i'd stand
ard We hnve no idea OF going tn
limit of unreasonableness Just be
cause precedent has been estab
| lished, but the justification Is com
plete for permitting light wines ant
beer under the prohibition amend
ment. II is. however, necessary e