The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-21
Calls Governor Park
er "a Visionary Hero
Of Windmills; Com
mends Owsley.
lRv Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90
High government officials,
governors, judges and mem
bers of congress were asked
today by Representative Up
shaw, democrat, Georgia, in a
speech in the house, to emu
late Marshal Foch, who ''re-
fused to touch intoxicants
while on American soil out of
respect for the dry constitu-
ton"
NO longer must the higher-ups
say go" shouted Mr.. Upshaw.
"They must say come.
"Anything less than this will be a
farce and a scandal. Timorous souls
have never inspired anybody. This is
no time for pussy-footing utterances
and actions on the part Of our. state
and national leaders"
Mr.. Upshaw urged that the presi
dent issue a ringing Christmas pro-
clamation proclaiming every citizen
and especially every official to total
abstinence for the common good"
Referring to the recent governor S
conference. he said '1et those COVER
nors, led by the president and vice
president Of the United States and
all the members of the cabinet walk
out in the open and lift their hands
before high Heaven and take a new
oath of allegiance to the whole con-
ha ,o1.ia floo
"5arbarous Business"
"Let them sacredly declare" said
Mr.. Upshaw. that regardless of what
their tastes and practices have been
they will never again build up a. boot
leggers barbarous bsuiness by drink
ing any form or any amount of Illicit
liquors at any dinner, at any function,
or in any ball room or any back
alley Let every member of congress
and every United States senator fol-
low suit; let every state and federal
judge and every prosecuting attorney
in America stand up like patriotic men
and declare they will never again per-
sonally trample the constitution which
they have sworn to obey and defend
Declaring the "plain people" laugh
at high sounding pronunciamentos be-
cause they believed that many high
officials believed in that hi-fa-lutin'
autocracy which claims the privilege
Of buying and drinking illicit liquors
themselves while denying the privilege
to the poor devils down among the
masses who are foolish enough to
want the opportunity to buy and
drink Illicit liquid damnation," Mr..
Upshaw said that eff these COVER
nors who put their feet under the
presidents mahogany at the White
House. really wish to get anywhere
in their conference for law-enfOrce-
ment let them remember what the
beloved and immortal Sam Jones
said: If you want to reform the
world, begin on yourself"
Mr. Upshaw commended Alvin
Owsley of the American Legion whom,
he said, had declared he would not
touch a drop of liquor while head of
the legion and then launched on an
attack on Governor Parker, of Louis
iana who, he said. had asserted at
the recent governors conference at
White Sulphur Springs, West. Va,
that prohibition is a failure"
II cannot he said "close this hon
est. desperate Christmas eXhortation
to the governors of America and all
other high officials without the in
evitabe observation that conference
of governors will be in bad fix
and will leave the president and his
cabinet and the whole country in a
bad fix if they are d7wn with the
same complaint WI .ca =ffu@5s hat
visionary hero Of w.D.i-.njlts ,.24 -
nastic governor of I,4". @.ana, 5'jrhet-
to, holding him in H..n cstee1- pc
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