The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-04-03
HAS PROHIBITION
FAILED? ANSWER
GIVEN QUESTION
Mrs. thatcher Addresses Aud
fence at Methodist Church
Last Night.

Mrs. Cornelia T. Hatcher last even
ing at the Methodist Church ad-
dressed large audience on the sub
ject HAS Prohibition Failed?", in
which she answered numerous objec
dions raised to prohibition, and also
gave an interesting statement OF its
results.
Declaring that the opposition to
prohibition springs largely from the
sources which were dislOyal during
the war she gave the names of the
80 organizations engaged in the eff
fort to secure the repeal or modifica-
ton CT the law
5 Answering the argument that pro
] hlbftion was put over on an unsus-
pecting public, Mrs. Hatcher gave
an account of the gradual develop
ment of the movement, referring first
: to the work of the Federal govern
ment, which tended to show the drift
eff the public sentiment
In addition to the Federal activity,
when prohibition finally came, 80 Of
the American states had already he
come dry. and many others were par
TALLY dry, and finally the only states
voting against the constitutional
amendment were Connecticut, New
Jersey and Rhode Island, said Mrs.
Hatcher
"Only once have the vets attempt
ed public demonstration declared
Mrs. Hatcher, which was on the oc-
casion of a parade in New York City
on July of last year, which instead
OF being a monster demonstration
was a decided ''6rost,' she said, the
participants numbering less than
$4,000 out of a population OF o,000,-
600. and eight out of ten were for
eign born and of middle age.
Mrs. Hatcher produced figures tend
ing to show that, notwithstanding the
disturbed conditions in the country,
there had been an actual decrease in
crime under prohibition, and one OF
the most interesting statements was
that the requests from childless
homes for children for adoption mad
become so great that there were not
sufficient orphans in charitable insti-
=
incidentally, in her talk, she out
lined something of the activities OF
the w. C. r. u, in appropriatinS
funds left over from its wartime work
to the purpose of assisting disabled
veterans of the war.
In conclusion, Mrs. Hatcher made
a plea for respect for the law as
nd from
the proceedings of the American Bar
Association, from the address OF At
torney General Daughcrty, and from
"a memorable speech OF America
through failure to support her con-
sstitution and laws. The warning to
the American people issued by the
Judicial Section of the American Bar
Association, which was read by Mrs.
Hatcher, is as follows;
.sThe judicial section of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, venturing to
speak for all the judges, wishes to
express this warning to the Ameri-
can people: Reverence for law and
enforcement of law depend mainly
upon the ideals and customs Of those
who occupy the vantage ground of
life in business and society. The
people of the United States, by sol
ann constitutional and statutory en-
actment, have undertaken to suppress
the age-long evil of the liquor traf-
fic.
"When, for the qualification of their
appetites, or the promotion of their
interests. lawyers, bankers, great
merchants and manufacturers. and So
cial leaders, both men and women,
disobey and scott at this law, or any
other law, they are aiding the cause
OF anarchy and promoting mob viol-
sence. robbery and homicide. they are
sowing dragons teeth, and they need
not be surprised when they find that
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