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The Washington times., 1922-10-22
LAM JENNINGS BRYAN WOULD WITHDRAW CITIZENSHIP
ROM AMERICANS WHO SMUGGLE NTOXICANTS FROM ABROA

prohibition, beginning In lol4.
During this time Ohio Changed
from $4,000 wet TO 100000 dry.
UNANSwERABLE ARGUMENTS.
To show that public sentiment
on the liquor. question 10 perma-
nent and not likely to change. !
venture to call attention to some
Of the arguments used in, support
of prohibition. First place should
be given to the awakened con-
science. AS the liquor question
came to be better understood. the
people recognized that the argu-
ments In favor of total absti-
nence were unaswerable. and there
fore that the saloons were inde-
fensible.
First-God never made q human
being who, in a n.rmal state, need.
ed alcohol. ...,f :
secondAGod never made a hu.
man being strong enough to be-
gin the use Of intoxicants and be
sure of his ability to resist the
appetite. \
Third-God never put day In
a human life after which II In safe
to begin the use of alcohol as a
beverage. = r :.
NOAH'S HOME BREW"
These arguments apply to all
people, in all times and every
where. Alcohol Is a curse that has
come down to us through the ages.
II we examine sacred history. we
find that Noah planted q vine
yard when he came. out Of the
Ark and drank of the wine
thereof and was drunken" It was
wine, not whiskey, that made Noah
drunk-wine from his own vine
yard. Can we call this the first
case Of "home-brew?'
II we examine into profane his.
tory. we. find. chat in the famous
quarrel between Agamemnon and
Achilles, recorded in the Iniad,
Achilles called Agamemnon a
"wine-bibber." It was a term of
reproach even then. Alexander
the Great killed his favorite gen.
eral in a drunken quarrel at the
table--a general who had saved
his life. ...... s,..s
Ibanez, one Of the greatest liv.
ing novelists. has recently written
a-book In which he described the
evil influence OF wine upon the
young men OF Spain. There has
not been a generation from N.oah's
time down to the present day that
was not cursed by alcohol. no ma.
ton in which some means have
not been found to make alcohol
out of something. a."
THE CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION
The Christian has additional
reasons for opposing intoxicsnts.
First-Having given himself in
pledge of service to God and to
Christ, what right has he TO take
into his body that which he knows
will impair his capacity for serv.
ice and may destroy his desire to
serve?
Second-What money has q
Christian that he can spend on
alcohol when so many noble causes
need all the money that he can
spare? What moral right has .
Christian to kneel in the morning
and pray to the Heavenly Father
Thy Kingdom Come" and then
arise up and spend for alcoholic
beverages money that he can spare
to hasten the coming Of Gods
Kingdom on Earth7
Third-What right has q Cari7-
tian to put the influence Of his
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farther from the truth. Prohibi-
bition came at the end Of q long.
drawn-out contest--the longest
contest in American politics.
The Womens' Christian Temper.
ance Union was organized nearly
fifty years ago; 1t declared war
against the saloons on the day of
its organization and has never
once lowered its flag or suggested
compromise. The Prohibition party
was organized more than forty
years ago and the Anti.Saloon
League nearly thirty years ago.
Some Of the churches entered the
fight against the saloons more
than q quarter Of q century ago.
When prohibition finally came,
nerly all Of the churches were ad-
vocating 1t. Thirty-three States
more than two-thirds OF the forty
eight-banished the saloon by
separate and independent act. The
Congress elected in 1916 made the
District Of Columbia dry and sub.
mitted national prohibition-the
latter by a majority Of more than
two to one. AS the members Of
the House are elected from dis.
tricts equal in size, a dry majority
of two-thirds Of the House indi-
Gates that two-thirds Of the ropu-
lation Of the United States live in
dry districts. II the vets could
have controlled one-third CT one
House, they could have prevented
submission, but they could not do
this.
"DRYS" WERE HANDICAPPED
After submission came ratifica-
tion and this required three-fourths
Of the States. II the vets could
have controlled thirteen States,
they could have prevented ratifi-
cation. Their advantage was even
greater than this. The drys had
to have both Houses In each State
legislature to ratify, while the
vets only had to have one branch
Of the legislature in thirteen States
to prevent ratification. =
The drys were handicapped.
therefore, by having to elect sew
enty.two branches of the legisla-
ture Of thirty-six States, while the
vets had the easier task Of hold
ing the one branch of the legis-
lature Of thirteen States--it was .
handicap Of seventy.two to one,
and yet the drys elected ninety
three houses out Of ninety-six and
secured ratification by forty-six
States out of forty-eight.
The vets with saloons a. rally
ing points in the States still wet
were only able to control three
branches Of tho legislature out Of
ninety-six and two States, Connec-
ticut and Rhode Island. out of the
forty-eight.
We have had three Congresses
in succession which were two
thirds dry. The first one submit. ,
ted national prohibition, the Sec
ond one put the amendment into
effect by the passage Of the Vol
stead law and the third. the pres.
ent Congress. passed the anti.beer
bill. ....
More than two-thirds Of all the
Democrats and more than two
thirds Of all the Republicans m
these three Congresses laid aside
their differences on other Iues-
tions and stood together for eve,y
dry measure. and the Supreme
Court has approved all that has
been done. What victory could
be more complete7 In Ohio there
hava bean ain noDailar vosos an
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~-~~~~-~ ees oAS@sAJ oAeGe as se@S
promotion Of prohibition. Rail-
roads forbade their employees to
drink. Press dispatches>s say that
Henry Ford has recently warned
his employees that they win be dis
charged II they are found drinking
even in their homes. This he does
because Of the number of acci-
dents caused by drink.
The war threw a ghastly light
upon the evils of intemperance and
hastened the final triumph OF pro-
hihition.
"WETc MISREPRESENTATION.
The wet papers that miEepre-
sented the, history Of the struggle
also misrepresent the present sit
uation. BY giving prominence to
violations Of the law and at the
same time overlooking the bene-
fits brought by the law, they cre-
ate q false impression a. to the
effect Of prohibition. Those inter-
ested in knowing the facts ought
to consult those in authority who
know what has been done, instead
Of listening to the falsehoods
spread by those antagonistic to the
law. ..s... .,t s...... .
Prohibition Commissioners Haynes
gave out a statement recently con-
tanning three facts OF overwhelm-
ing importAnce-first, that more
than twelve millions Of people have
quit drinking since prohibition
went into effect; second. that the
amount spent for .intoxicants has
decreased to the extent OF two mil
lions q year since the nation went
dry; and. third, that the number Of
arrests for drunkards has de-
creased nearly two-thirds--from
over three hundred thousand to q
little over one hundred thousand.
These facts show tremendous gains.
The wet papers parade each vio-
lation Of the prohibition law. How
can we expect perfection in the en-
forcement Of a law that has been
on the statute books less than
three years. when we have not
reached perfection>in the enforce
ment Of laws that have been on the
statute books for time immemorisl?
The law against murder In n
very ancient one. and yet murders
are still committed and those who
commit the crime are not always
found and punished. The law
against stealing has come down
to US from the earliest days md
yet people still steal and NOT all
Of them are punished. More than
5000 automobiles were stolen in
New York city last year accord.
ing tSa recent press dispatcD and
less than half Of them were found.
The wet newspapers which 20
faithfully chronicle every violation
of the prohibition law should give
their readers the total number OF
automobile thefts In the United
States and the percentage Of ar
rests. -.
LOGICAL ABSURDITIES.
II it 10 logical to demand the
repeal Of the prohibition law be-
cause II is sometimes violated, why
not demand the repeal Of the law
against stealing automobiles be-
cause so many are stolen? II 1t
is true, as some say, that the pro-
hibition law cuitivates a desire to
drink, by prohibiting 1t. why not
argue that the law against steal
ing automobiles cultivates a desire
to steal? Why not demand ths re-
peal Of the Ten Commandments by
the same logic? II the vets wouii
only apply to the prohibition ques-
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THREE NOTABLE INSTANCES.

uCCol ulhS W IuC COuStlUuGlOI
Eight years later, President
Cleveland was elected by a narrow
margin. the vote Of the State Of
New York being necessary to his
success, and New York went DEM
ocratic by less than twelve hundred
votes. 1t was q narrow margin,
and yet the Republicans acquiesced
and turned the Government over
to the Democrats for the first time
after the war.
In 1916. Woodrow Wilson was
reelected by a narrow margin in
the Electoral College. although he
had . popular plurality of about
100000. The vote in the Electoral
College was 50 close that the vote
Of California was necessary to the
success Of the Democratic candi-
date, and 1t will be remembered
that the final result Of CALIFORNIA;
vote was not announced for several
days after the election.
As a matter, Of fact, the Republi-
cans were so sure that they had
won that they did considerable
celebrating on the night of the
election: the Democrats celebrated
when the completed returns showed
that President Wilson had carried
California by a small majority.
would like to believe that we
won that election entirely upon the .
strength Of our arguments, for I
think we never had stronger argu-
ments than we had that Year, but
everyone knows that our argu-
ments were not sufficient to wholly
account for the result. A wonder
full piece Of luck supplemented our
arguments and carried US over the
top.
The Republican candidate visited
California during the campaign and
failed to call on the Republican
who was that year a candidate for
the Senate. This caused such q
row in the Republican party in Cal
ifornia that the Republicans lost
the State, and, because the Repub-
licans lost the State, the Demo
Gratis won the nation. There were
great interests at stake and strong
feeling had been aroused, but the
Republicans acquiesced in the de-
cision Of the people.
vOLSTEAD LAW EXCEPTION.
And so when economic questions
have been presented. The voters
have passed upon the tariff ques.
ton many times and upon the
money question several times.
Both questions are important and
excitement has often run high and
feeling has often run deep; but no
matter which side was victor and
no matter how slight the advan-
tage. the minority has acquiesced.
1t was not until the country went
dry by a majority larger than any
President received, and prohibition
had back of It a larger proportion
Of the sentiment Of the nation than
was ever back of any economic
proposition that trfumphed at the
polls-it was NOT until then that
opposition to the enforcement Of a
law manifested itself. Some of
those opposed to prohibition seem
TO be ignorant of the doctrine Of
acquiescense in the win of the peo-
pie or Indifferent to 1t.
VETS HAD FAIR WARNING.
The wet newspapers and the
writer's Of wet literature try 70
make II appear that prohibition
was forced upon the country by an
active minority before the ma.
jority had noticed what was icing
attempted. Nothing could be
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
SAYS BIG NATIONS
WILL ALL DANISH
SALOON in 20 YEARS
"AlcohOl as a Beverage is DO0med-The
Greater the Majority Recorded Against ii
This Fall, the Sooner with the World BE Free
FROM the Curse of DRINK" Declares the
NebraSkan i'm Third Article. "
am i'm Third Article.
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Icsnxra~ht bx IN. vRl,.el.. ax.dic.k. InnA


YyHE enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment pre-
sents an entirely issue, viz- laws lawess-
- ness. More than 100 years ago Jefferson declared
acqniescence in the will of the people to be the fundamental
principle Of republics from which there is appeal except
TO force the principle of despotism -
Every American statesman from that day down the
present time has Endorsed acquiesence the basic pn
cple of Government All parties have recognized it.
We have had very close Presidential contests but
no matter which side and matter how narrow the
margin of the successful party the opposition acquesced
the will of the people expressed at the polls Three illus
trations will suffice.
THREE NOTABLE INSTANCES
In 1876 Governor Hayes the Republican candidate for
President, elected by majority in the Electoral
College and that majority made up Of electoral
votes to the Republican candidates by the decisions
OF the electoral commission every important question being
decided by vote of to 7.
The Democratic candidate had popular plurality of
something like quarter. of million, and yet as the
Republican candidate had electoral majority
according to the Constitution theDemocrats acquesced
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
AMERICA ALWAYS
WILL REMAIN DRY,
COMMONER INSISTS

DeplorcS Attitude of Those Who Show No Re-
spect for Volstead, Act and Who make 1t
Appear Prohibition Was Forced Upon the
Country by Active Minority Before Majority
Had Noticed what Was Being Attempted"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07
Mother Leaves Baby With
Stranger and Disappears
Asks Woman in Grand Central
10 Hold Child While She
Gels Cup Of Coffee

girl baby, apparently about four
months old, was turned over TO Matron
Mary Corey. of Grand Central Station,
last night by Mrs. r. T. Cripp, OF $50
Melton Road. Rye n. y, who said she
had been asked by the child's mother
to care for it a few minutes while
she went to the restaurant for q cup
Of coffee.
Mrs. Cripp told tho matron she had
been approached BY woll-drcssed
young woman, who said she was the
mother Of the child and asked how long
she would he in the station. On learn
ing that Mrs. Cripps train would not
leave for fifteen minutes the woman
asked # she would care for the child.
She said her husband was to meet her
in the station in half an hour
After waiting half a, hour for the
mothers return, missing her train
meanwhile, Mrs. Cripp took the baby to
Matron Corey. VINO turned it over to
the police ot East Fifty-third Street
station. the child later was taken to
Bellevue Hospital
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07

sesscs, his qualifications for various
spheres Of industrial activity. whether
he has musical talent. whether he Is
color blind and how good a memory
he has, but that is as far as psychol-
ogy can go at present in individual
cases. and it should be made PLAIN
that VIC here arc not yet equipped TO
undertake general examinations of in
dividuals.'
MIR Bramhal said tha. the Psyche
logical Corporations objective was
TO apply practical psychological tests
to their employees. The corporation,
he said, was collecting tests and ma
chincry Of the latest models for use
in its laboratory. Among the data to
be used are the army test, which came
into wide prominence because of it's
use in the A. f. T., and newer one
Morgan's "Mcntal Test" which is wed
:: :. { SUITE University Of Iowa. The
Morgan experiment has all the low
cunning of the army qucstonnairc
with some extra rctinements. Here arc
some typical Questions:
give men arc climbing a mountain
and have reached different levels. If
Bill is below Tom. Joe is above Tom
Bill is above Sam and Tom is the same
height as Paul,
as Joe above or below Bill?
"Is Paul above or below Bill'
"Is Joe above or below Sam?
"ls Paul above or below Joe
"Writc on tho limo the article OF
mems clothing that can be spelled with
i these letters:
"D 0 II O T S X -
Put on the blank lines the two mum
bers that should come next: 1f
SO ---.."
The Psychological Corporation viii
be particularly we'll equipped for the
test of musical tendencies, Mr.. Bran
hall said New mechanical devices
which are to be installed for these ex
amnations include the latest models o.
horoscopes, pitch range audiometer;
and tuning forks.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07

world. We have said to
him: See how good you
can make them, not how
cheap"
We have assured him
large enough orders from
dealers all over the United
States who sell Anatomils,
so that with high quality he
may still hold down the
price by quantity produc-
ton.
The new ANATOMIkS
Tor men have just come in and
We are pleased all TO pieces with
their appearance, style, quality
and finish.
ANATOMIk shoes, you
know, arc built scientifically
fashioned Ike the natural hu-
man foot. with Che center of
gravity in the sole Of the shoe
and not outside of it, as in most
shoes.
ANATOMlk shoes are
modelled in every line from an
oTthopedlc standpoint. They
provide a sure support and re
ceive and hold the body weight
without undue strain of muscles.
ANATOMIK shoes are
exceedingly comfortable and to
the average observer they look
like ordinary shoes. But they
are in class by themselves.
They cannot be initiated be
cause of protection by patents.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07
Bedtime Stories
Jimmy Proves TO Be True Ncighbor
BY Thornton W. Burgess
nc pyores himself ucighJo, b.uD
Who seeks findl!l Gccd to do.
Old Mother Nature.

Occasionally Timmy the Flying
Squirrel came over to visit White
foot the Wood Mouse, II Whitefoot
were IN his house he always knew
when Jimmy arrived. lie would hear
= soft thEmp down near the bottom
of the tall stump in which he made
his home. He would know instantly
that that thump WAS made by Timmy
striking the foot Of the stump after
long jump from the top OF a tree.
Whitefoot would poke his head out Of
his doorway and there, sure enough,
would be Jimmy scrambling up To-
ward him.
Whitefoot had grown to admire
Jimmy with all his might. 1t seemed
to hun that Jimmy was the most
wonderful Of 81 the people he knew.
y on see, there was no ono Of the
others who could jump as Jimmy
could. Timmy on his par, enjoyed
having Nhitefoot for a neighbor. Few
Of the little people Of the Greer,
Forest are more timid than Timmy
the lying Squirrel. but here was one
beside whom Timmy actually felt
bold. It was such d now feeling that
iiaihrE enjoyed 1t.
So it was that in the dusk of early
evening just after the Black Shadows
had come creeping out from the
Purple Hills across the Green Meadows
and through the Green Forest these
two little neighbors would starr out
10 hunt for food. Whitefoot never went
far from the tall dead stump in
which lie was now living. He didn't
dare to. He wanted TO be where at
the first sign of danger he could
scamper back there to - fety. Jimmy
would go some distance, but he was
seldom gore long. He liked to be
where he could watch and talk with
Whltefoot. You see. Timmy is very
much like other people; he likes to
gossip a little.
One evening Uhitefoot had found
it hard work to get enough TO fill his
stomach. He had kept going little
further and a little further from
that old stump. Finally he was further
from it than he had ever been be-
fore. Jimmy had filled his stomach,
and from near tAe top Of tree was
watching Whitefoot. Suddenly what
seemed Ike p great Black Shadow
foated right over the tree in which
Timmy was sitting. and stopped on
the top OF tall, dead tree 1t was
Hooty tho Owl and it was simply
good fortune that Tmmy happened to
see him. Jimmy kept perfectly still.
as he lopt perfectly still. He lnosy
that Boz, didn't lnow that ho W.
tacre. taiess ie moved, those great
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07

eyes of 1looty's. wonderful as thew
were, would not SOC him.
llmmN looked over to whore he hod
last seen Whitefoot. There he was
picking out seeds from pine como
on the ground The trunk Of tree
Was between him and Hooty the Owl.
But Jimmy knew that Whitefoot
hadn t seen Hooty, and that ang
minute he might run out from he
h'nd that tree. If he did 1looty would
sec him, and silently as a shadow
would Swoop down and catch him.
h2t was to be done?
s no business Of mine" said
Jimmy to himself "Whitefoot muet
look out for himself. 1t is no bust
ness Of mine at all Perhaps uootv
VIII ny away before v Whitefoot moves
don't want anything to happen TO
hitefoot, but if something does If
VIII be his own fault; he should keen
better watch"
For few minutes nothing han
nened. Then Whitefoot finished the
last seed in that cone and started to
look for more. Jimmy knew that in :,
moment Hooty would SEQ Whitefoot.
" hat do YOU think Timmy did?
n ne jumped. Yes, sir, he jumped.
po"h' down, down, straight past the
tree on which sat lIooty the Owl
Jimmy sailed. Hooty saw him. Of
course. He couldn't help but sec him.
He spread his great wings and was
after Timmy in an istant. Timmy
struck near tho foot Of tree and
without wasting "A second dartod
around to the other side. He was
Just III time. hooty was already
reaching tor him. Up the tree ran
Jimmy and jumped again. Again
Hooty was too late. And so Timmv
led Hooty the Owl away from White
foot the Wood Mouse.
Copyright, 1872, by r. W. RurgesD
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07
.J0b-H0Lders With Wnt,derlust
Ies Psychological Corporation
Army OF Dissatisfied Bring Bumps and Complexes TO
Mental Laboratory, Only to Learn That Science
tias Not Yet Found Sure Way to an Easy Living

BUSINESS Is good with tho psychologi-
'al corporation so good that branches
arc planned in Boston and Philadelphia
lor the organization Of mental experts
which is to save $4,000. 900 900 a wear
to American industries.
Headquarters of the corporation in
thc Grand Central Terminal buzzcd
WIN industry yesterday. Selected psy-
chological typists hammered without
ceasing at proSpectuses and envelopes
tinted to just tho right psychological
shade of blue. j. McKeen Cattell. the
president, was in Boston arranging for
the establishment of the branch there.
other offlcers were out keeping urgent
engagements, but Secretary Bramhall
was on hand and willing to talk.
IN some ways business is too good"
Mr.. Bramhall said. "Sincc notices of
the incorporation appeared in the news
papers we n.--, neen delugcd with
callers who wish to, i,t~o their bumns
read, their pulses felt. their palms ex-
amlncd and their character made clear
to them through their handwriting.
You can do us and the public a
great service by making it clear that
the Psychological Corporation is not in
the business of palmistry, phrenology,
graphology, dream Interpretation or
fortune telling by means of the sun,
moon, stars or playing cards. We are
not equipped to tell soda clerk that
he ought to be bank president be
cause he has white spots or his finger
nallS. Neither can we tell tired bank
clerk that hc would be q successful
, 'moyi"' actor because nc does his hair
. like Wallace Reid.
we have had dozens of clorks. sales
men, Office workers and minor execu-
WI -
want us to tell them the sort of a lob
that will not tire them. In most cases
the answer is-there isn't any such lob
A man who's born tired isn't going to
get any fun out of any sort of hard
work.
We can tell a man broadly what
degree of general intelligence he pos
New-York tribune., 1922-03-07
Editor Accuses Detective

Chicf John Maloncy. Of the New
York Central Railroad detective staff
at Hastings. n. y. viii appear before
Justice Cullom in Hastings police
codrt today charged by Edward W.
Henry editor of "Thc Hastings News, -
with uttcring threats Of violence
Tho trouble was prcciptatcd when
Henry appeared at police headquarte
yesterday to protest against the ar
rest Of an old woman who had been
caught cleaning coal on the tracks of
the railway company. The editor con-
tended chat Maloney should have sum
moued q municipal officer to arrest the
woman.
According to Hcnry's complaint. the
detective threatened to knock him down
Nviih 4 hlAcLiac