The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-22
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by REA Service.

bYG NEA 9eFVtCes
National prohibition is facing the
test, ~ ~
Throughout 4the United States there
Is in progress the most serious attack
ever made against the VolEtead act
The results win be known when the
votes are poIIed in the November cleo
ton.
II prohibition adherents are in the
the first dsfInite register OF the viii OF
the majority
Tho challenge was bound to come
sooner or later, The outcome will give
majority, as the Anti Saloon League tn
Blsts they are, they Will be indicated
Of the charge Of slipping something
over" when the majority had It's back
turned. II the vets are triumphant,
the fight win not slaclSen until the Vol
stead act is modified ana perhaps the
eighteenth amendment repealed.
Modification Of the Volstead act
through raising the legal alcoholic con-
tent Of beverages to 4 per cent is the
vets aim. They seek to do this
through election Of sufficient anti-dry
congressman.
Seek Wet Congress.
This drive on congressman is wide
spread. IN practically all OF the states
electing lawmakers this fall the ques-
ton OF prohibition is, receiving consid7
vHinly tried TO shove the liquor question
into the background, but in many states
# refuses to stay put"
For the first time since it began the
long battle that eventually busted sa-
looms, the Anti Saloon League is on the
defensive this year. The wet forces
are solidifled in the Association
Against Prohibition Amendment, and
have even carried the fight into the
l. Col ,,r,,-
and w. c. r. U.-Ohio.
Ohio voters viii ballot this year on
an initiative measure making the legal
alcoholic content Of beverages ? 3-4 per
cent. permitting use OF intoxicants in
the horne and making more stringent the
search and Seizure features Of the state
dry law. d.
The Ohio Senatorial and Congress
sioual races are also affected by the
issue Twelve members Of both political
parties seek Congressional posts on wet
platforms. Senator Pomerene, said to
favor modified prohibition, is running
against Congressman Simeon D. Fass, a
pronounced dry"
Illinois will vote on q similar liquor
measure, which the vets declare GER
tain OF passage. Massachusetts, like
wise, considers a state law legalizing
beer and light wines.
Ohio Is Pivot.
Enactment OF the measures in Illinois
and Massachusetts is said to be ~
sured with Ohio bound TO be close
Both sides claim the Buckeye State.
Strong campaigns have been waged
by the Association Against the PC2hi-
Luton Amendment in these states. The
Ar't .So,tou League IS said to have
made us campaign l. :ly through :uc
clutches in the GIFTS md through 'te
81 CO fG!lowtnEs ir ,hs rural diTtr' ;: p
Openly. the Anti Saloon League Is In
clmed TO scott at the campaign in the
three states. II holds foolish plans to
change state law so It will conflict
with the national constitution.
This is just the beginning rctort
tbs vets. Wait and see what happens
after we register public opinion"
california. bitter foe Of prohibition
due 70 it's vineyards and it's big Latin
population, is for the second time to
consider a state measure for enforcing
the Volstead act. Two years ago, such
q law passed by the Legislature. was
-nalted by referendum and killed at the
polls. The next ono enacted was held
10y tho referendum, and is on the No
Nombcr ballot.
Election OF IS new congressman favor
ing modification OF the dry law Will
assure beer ana nSht wines lO4 <>4Al'A4
ca, say the heads Of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment.
Candidates are being listed as to their
views by both sides in the liquor fight.
In places where both are drys, the vets
take no action, but in case both arc
'.yyets" the Antt-Saloon League sup
norris the one favoring repeal OF tho
N'oIstead act rather than the one want
ing modification. They feel repeal of
the law unlikely modification possible