Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-27
ny Frederic william VILE.

Pennsylvania. like New York and
New Jersey. Is drenched with Illicit
liquor and saturated with prohibition
corruption. BootlcgginE and politics,
ruthless and rapacious. march shout
der 10 shoulder In n hrazcn phalan1
Of Sraft and greed. From the Della
ware to tn" AllcGhanics they hold
criminal sway. Genuine rum snug
Slod from the West Indies or Cana
da and moonShins hrcwcd In PennsyI-
wanna any quantity OF It within the
shadow OF Philadelphia CITY Hall
are flowing In torrents.
Brcwcrics everywhere make and
distribute high power beer with a
voltage many kicks more potent than
onc-hait Of per cent. Licensed
saloons, operating under the hene-
fcent shelter of tho Woner law. do
roaring business over their bars in
intoNicanis of all tlinds-i. 200 OF
them in Philadelphia alone.
pcnatured alcohol. legally obtained.
is Illegally rectifcd into murdorous
hooch hy thousands ~ stills in town
and country. BootleSEcrs flourish
in drovcs and roll In money. Speak
easy drug stores are universal.
Wholesale "rohberies'' OF dislillerlcs
and bonded warehouses occur with
80 p 'S'4'' case anu v.
So-called hcttcr-c!ass citizens keen
closets or cellars stocked with Scotch.
rye, gin. champagne. cordials and
French wines and gloat over tho
achievement. Local, police forces
Saze uHon the orgy of liquor law
ncSSness and smile when they do not
actually connive at - or profit from
It's maintenance. or such Is the king
dom of prohibition In the mighty
wealth founded by william
Penn.
rlncbot PInns to Fight VETS.
II IS an open secret that clifford
Pinchot intends coming TO grips
with the hootlegcing- political con-
sr!racy as one OF the earliest activi-
Ties Of his GovernorShip. That is
Enthusiastically the prohibition prob-
lem In Pennsylvania, Incarnar,ng
primarily tho spirit OF revolt against
old Guardism in Penn State. citizens
nave forgotten tina: almost tho
cardinal plank In Plnchot's platform
was his declaration of war on the
anarchy ;ypificd BY d!srespect for the
national liquor laws.
Pinchot Will take UP arms against
the Pennsylvania bootlcEEcr and
their politician confederates in no
'"''''''' a '''Fl sl4ly 10 drink h.
He knows tn" issue IA broader. deem
or and Eravcr than any 0uc/;,on OF
alcoholic content. II transccnds the
question Of light wines and beer. II
IL simple question of whether law
ana authority arc 10 prevail In Penn
sylNanta, or whether they are to
make way FOR organized. unabashcd
cr'm!nal!ty.
1t is question of whether the
United States Constitution and Fed
crai statutes are to apply in tho
commonwealth or whether they arc
TO remain footballs to be kicked
about by hootlcSgers and political
leaders for private profit.
Plnchot's Creed.
Ihai is the real lnwardness o! the
pFohihItion proposition as II pre-
sents itself TO Clifford plnchot. He
se' forth his creed and program on
the eve OF nomination IN these terse
terms
IF am elected Governor I viii
~orh I" put the State OF Pennsy!va-
MA IN I'm" with the eighteenth
amendment and with the national
legislation in support OF II and TO nut
an end 90 tho partnership now exist.
Ing under tho Woner law between
tn" state OF Pennsylvania and the
criminal combination OF hootleggcrs
ana corrupt politicians. will do
my best to driv" all saloons out OF
this Commonwealth
III all tho regions into which this
investigation has taken the present
writer the unholy alliance between
oooueER!nE and politics Is apparent.
and even omen. Rut nowhere. per
haps. is it so conspicuous. brazcn or
systematic as In PENNSYLVANIA II
Cvu-Uc. and 'horou.bu,ss IIc,I,