The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-10

Grove, ILL, first and only woman elected to the Illinois Legislature will not be for wine and beer al- though Illinois voted that way. She says the constitution of the United States is bigger than a, majority of the people O: Illinois. Here is a good place to assess what the elections mean to the vets. Nothing for the moment, but a show of public sentiment which may in time come to prac- tical action.
 This column is especially dedi- cated to those who desire to think according to the facts. It will furnish little comfort to those who wish to do their thinking emotionally- Intelligent men and women will be interested in what has happened and in what will happen, rather than in what they prefer to happen What does happen often may be known What a. man prefers to happen usually does not. Illinois has Ohio has voted directly against wine and beer. ''Wets'' in Con gress have made a gain. But Congress Is dry.
 This is the procedure which must be followed to authorize the sale, transport and nanufac- ture of intoxicating drinks in the United States. Amendment to the Constitution must be offered and adopted by Congress. The amend ment must go to the 4S states and be accepted by three-fourths of those states, which is to say, by 35 of them. Until this Is done there cannot be and is not likely to be in the United States such a thing as a legal intoxicating drink with alcohol as the toxic elene ent.
 The Supreme Court in an early decision said that not Congress or any other legislature can au- thorize an intoxicating drink while the constitutional amend ment is on the books.
 
 This Congress can do. It can
 
 one half one per cent and to any per cent 1t pleases, provided the drink, when it is that percentage. will not make anybody drunk. It Is very much like what MT. Ford said to the manager who wanted to paint the Ford cars in several co1ors. ''Just paint them any color you please, John provided you make them deep, rich b1ack.' Congress can authorize any drink 1t wants, provided 1t puts in no deep, rich kick.
 British Government forbids 8 match to Mir. Ski, black prize fighter from Senegal, who wants to whip Joe Beckett. Beckett is the white, English cha mp1on who was knocked out by Carpenter, the French champion. The Brit isr nation probably isn't much interested. Somebody has pointed out to some official that it is bad enough to have an English cham pion whipped by the white French champion without having him whipped again by a French, black British statesmen are afraid of the consequences among black peoples, if a black champion should stand over the proStrate form of a white one, are quite wrong. British statesmen know that flying machines and high explosives keep their black tribes in order. There is nothing in a fist fight to encourage black men. They are whipped because they have never learned to fight with good weapons.
 
 White people VIII do well to abolish prize fighting. It means nothing. No practical fighting is done fin that way. Prize fighters dtd not make a good showing in the war. Carpenter excepted. He was a French war hero.
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 People have elected Board of Aldermen to help Mayor Atwater give a good administration. The Board has another chance. If It gets down to business, finds out what ought to be done and does 1t, well and good. The Board of Aldermen still has power;- not much; 1t used to have more: 1t will have less un- less 1t can improve in under standing and statesmanshtp. Hope and have faith.
 
 Marion Talley of Kansas City, Is years old, has a wonderful voice. Discovered by Otto Kahn. She sings in the Metroplitan