The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
Declares That Prohibition Is
a Failure
IS PART OF CAMPAIGN
FOR WET CONGRESS
Copies Ordered Sent TO All Large
Cities in United States
STATISTICS ANSWER ALDERMEN

0lHIloIlCO ANOmEN hLDEhhlLN
The Chicago City Council ON De-
cember 2S by vote of 81 to 3 passed
a resolution demanding that Congress
and the State Legislature authorize
the manufacture, sale and distribution
Of Wholesome beers and light wines"
The resolution was introduced by Al
derman A. ]. Cermak head OF the
United Societies and for many years
leader of the vets in Illinois.
The six who voted against the beer
and wine resolution were Aldermen
Eaton, Guernsey, Steffen, Wallace,
Link, and Lyle.
The wet resolution passed by the
council declared: That the Federal
Prohibition act has failed to meet
with the approval of the general pub
lie throughout the country.
That, though comprehensive, drastic
and summary it has utterly failed
10 secure respect and obedience from
the public.
That abundant and unimpeachable
statistics" prove that the public is op-
posed 10 Prohibition.
Cermak Attacks Enforcement
Speaking for the beer and wine reso-
lution Alderman Cernak said, "One
by one the gentlemen who foisted
these laws on us will be recalled from
Springfield and Washington. 1t would
have been done before if we had had
real Prohibition We are getting our
first taste Of il now. Mr.. Mayor, why
don't you tell the government to ap-
point It's own police force to enforce
this damnable law You may expect
a lot of trouble from me and my
friends from now on if you continue
to use the money of Chicago taxpayers
to send policemen smelling for beer
among reputable citizens
Wet Campaign Move
On January ) the city council pass
ed resolution ordering the city clerk
to send copies OF the resolution on
beer and wine to all cities in the coun-
try OF more than $4,000 population.
This order was opposed by Alderman
John H. Lyle who quoted figures to
prove that Prohibition has beea
success. Alderman Cermak in speak
ing for the resolution admitted that it
was part of the program to elect a
Congress and Legislature favorable to
beer and wine laws.
Reply to Wet Aldermen
The following is part of a statement
relative to the beer and wine rcsolu
ton by the city council given to the
press by the Editor of the American
Issue:
The beer and wine resolution pass
ed by the city council yesterday was
an unpatriotic attack against the Con-
stitution of the United States en-
gineered by we'll organized band OF
notification advocates. The pretended
reasons for this council action were
brazen, shameless and clumsy false
hoods.
Beer and wine are forbidden by
state and federal legislation for the
enforcement OF a National Constitu
tional Amendment prohibiting intoxi-
eating beverages.
Public Opinion For Law
In every test of opinion the general
public has registered its approval of
the Prohibition laws instead of the
other way around as asserted in the
notification resolution passed by the
city council. The Willis Campbell
bill prohibiting beer, which was be-
fore Congress long enough for senti-
ment 20 be ascertained, was passed by
a vote of SO to 25 in the Senate and
$50 to SO in the House. Practically
every state in the Union, including
New Jersey which failed to ratify, has
forbidden beer and wine by state law.
Judge Haskell, beer and wine can
didate in the recent New York mayor
ality primaries received only one vote
in six. Instead of abundant and i'm
peachable statistics that the public is
opposed to Prohibition the actual
figures show public opinion to be in
favor of the law.
Results Statistics
Actual figures also prove conclu-
sively that the law is being well en-
forced practically everywhere in spite
of the efforts of organized nullifiers
to fill enforcement Offices with officials
willing to deliberately violate their
oath of Office to the extent OF helping