Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-15
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PHILADELPHIA. May IL. 1922.
orlnk,no Under Prohibition

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% the Editor Of the Evening P"bi'c Ledger
sir--.In reply to the very dark and
.,ournful picture drawn IN the People 9
rorom by one J. G. Kcesberry, l would
i,ts 10 ask this: IL. as he claims. there
i !. more liquor consumed today than ever
hsiore. more public drunkenness today
thnn was ever before known: II our
s,reets and street cars are infested by
"dtunks'' MS never before. etc. why
,o,,id not n travelling salesman. cover
4 inr four states and part or two others.
s.I,;ns on rity and country trade
.s,n"ehout PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey.
Wsrvlnnd and Delaware, see a little Of
~ am such n salesman and must
..nfsss have failed to observe the
tsrrih,e things your correspondent pic
2 lures.
sora nrofitable and entertaining Occu-
sstion. but I believe most people will
ssree that the travelling salesman Is In
= ,ood position to know whether such
ambitions as he pictures prevail.
II il INV observation and my belief.
s,r,nrthened by exchange of views with
,sthers, that not only are drinking and
Srunkcnness less common than for
merly. but that they are continually on
The decrease.
A. least I see far less Of them and
sther statesmen tell me the same thing.
N course, there is violation of the pro-
Hibitory law that cannot be denied. So
n there violation Of the law against
rambling, as your correspondent has
sid. So Is there violation OF every
sthpr law. But I, for one. am very
villng to give the law it's chance.
s. J. BUTTS.
Harrisburg. Pa. May g., 1922.
Alters Stand on Antl.Lynehins Bill
20 the Editor OF the Evenino Public Ledger:
4 Sir-Attorney General Alter is OPP
posed 10 the Dyer i.lynching bill.
which passed the National House OF
Congress by overwhelming majority. He
nys In q letter to Senator John X.
Shields. Of Tennessee:
"Uuquestionably. our laws. courts
end executive officers are effective 10
prevent lynching TO the same extent thar
other serious crimes are prevented BY
the criminal laws. and certainly as
effectively az the Federal statutes pre-
vent the crime at which they are aimed.
lynthing has been an extremely rare
thing In Pennsylvania. l am curious
a. to the theory upon which it Is pro.
posed. as you state in your letter. that
the United States shall take jurisdic-
toE Of the punishment Of offenders.
II would scarcely come under the much
overworked commerce clause Of the Con-
sitution or even under the taxing pow
er 1t seems to me the persistent ef-
forts TO magnify and extend the Fed
sral jurisdiction constitute n much
greater menace to the country than
even the crime Of lynching."
Mr.. Alter says. 1t seems to ne. the
persistent effort to magnify and extend
Federal jurisdiction constitutes great
Or menace to the country than even
Gnching itself claim that there
can't be any greater crime to the coun.
Try than lynching. According to hts
tory the first man that was lynched or
life taken by violence moved the Creator
Of heaven and earth until he cried our
ond said Where IS you brother that
MS blood cries out to me from the
Sround?'
And II any man in these modern times
diaregards right and righteousness he II
not ut subject to be Mt the head OF
a government, who will take stand
against the Federal Government on the
anti .lynching bill. and give q decision
IN favor OF lynching.
Therefore. | appeal to every citizen
Who desires to live under a government
mat does not uphold lynching and mob
nw TO vote against Mr.. Alter on the
nateenth day of May. and vote for
uihord Pinchot, who does not oppose
ne Federal Government or any other
laws that will make the country or