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

ccutions with abiding vigilance II 4,
IL genuinely Interested in finding on,
why prohibition does not prohibit.
The petty bootlcggcr or saloon
keeper raidcd. convicted and fined
from time to time is "a puny culprit
compared to tho higher-ups impli-
Gated in the Mcconnell and lIar,
conspiracies. There seems not the
slightest doubt that II these cases
are prosecuted to tho bitter end. the
American people will be on the high
road 10 discovery of the mystery
why. after two and one -half years
the eighteenth amendment has sc
many OF the earmarks Of travesty.
There never was more urgent call
for the Charles T.. Hughes spirit In
pros ccution
Suggests Cure for EVIL.
II were President of tho United
states. ] would temporarily dctach
tho Secretary of state from his pres
ent office and assign him the special
mission OF trying Unclo Sans cases
against Mcconnell. Hart & Co. As
the Washington conference Is sup
posed TO have rid us uf III" danger OF
foreign foes for a generation. tn,
Secretary of state might wolf divert
his attention 10 the domestic enemy
thor!;y now at large. i. T.. the boot
Logging industry.
The proposal. doubtless is an i'm
practicable one. and an unnecessary
ono. too. for United States Attorney
Coles in Philadelphia and his col
league. Colonel Hayward. in New
York. are men of action. II is put
forth merely to suggest the fiber
that IS required II the bootlegEer-
political cancer In our body polite
is TO be accurately located and fear
lcsSly expunSed. His surgery on the
occasion OF the life insurance malig-
nancy made Charles l.. Hughes "a ma
tional figure. II there arc men ready
to apply the knife as mcrc.lessly as
Hughes did and apply II on a far
bigger and more vital occasion. the
opportunity for eminent national
service is at hand.
Prohibition Is travelling rocky
road in Pennsylvania mainly. but not
exclusively, because OF tho Illicit
partnership between politicians and
liGuorlaw violators. There are
numbcr!css other causes The State
has gigantic population of aliens.
foreign alike to our institutions. our
language and our ideals. In the
great steel and coal Industries OF
~ common " 81 Nl4r .dIllCulHTlS In
the western and central districts.
they are counted by the hundreds
of thousands
AS far as prohibition is concerned
they are as unassimilatcd as il they
had never left Poland. Galicia. Ire
land, Czccho-S .ovakta Germany.
Hungary, Italy. Russia or Greece.
That is why thu roster OF liquor-
law Offenders is chokcd with names
like Andrucak Talarccyk. Emhel.
Ihedovi'h, Flanagan, Wolfson Kat
rina. klcmhara. Cordoni Gazzi.
teuerman. Levy, I"howitz. Clcsnois
Polowy Floriui Jokinhonis. Xian-
zurlo. EaSsauo aud rinarclla-a col
lection chosen a, random from tb.
docket of tho Federal court for the
middle district OF Pennsylvania.
G"mpcr, Hurts Prohibition.
Samuel Gompcrs did the canse OF
prohibition no good in Pennsylvania
either when Il" championcd the
workinEmau's right" to beer and
light wines Mr.. Gompors mani
feStn on that subject is repeated as
GOSPEL by mon and women OF thirty
different mathematics in Pcnnsyl-
vania who. holding il akin to la
boris holy writ, proceed gayly TO
operate stills for the manufacture
OF stuff To which the president OF
the American Federation OF Labor
SAYS they have right"
The Andruczk7 Florinis ard Wolf
sons sec no Grim" in brewing hooch
under such conditions. and do so
Tn" consequence is that Pcnnsyl-
vania's mining and industrial cen
ters are Hooded with liquor.
Anohor virulcnt cause Of prohibit
tion In PENNSYLVANIA is Tho virtual re-
fusal Of state ana local authorities to
undcrtak" enforcement. They say IL
is exclusively Uncle SANS business.
There are executions. but they only
prove the rule. When national pro-
hihition was enacted. only seven
teen out Of Pennsylvania sixty
seven counties were dry" Thirty
eight out OF philadclphia's forty-one
members az the state Legislature
were accustomed 10 vote wet" OF
FittshurEh's delegation Of fourteen.
thirteen rustomarily opposed dry"
measures.
To-day II is estimated there are per
maps not more than twelve counties
in Pennsylvania where district attor-
n"Es. through reasonable activity. OBJ
tain satisfactory prohibition results.
Popular ana official nouchalancc pre-
."lle I" such a degree that vigilance
committees OF citizens have had 10
hc formed 10 secure prosecution of