, 1923-09-19

Il do not know which | hold in the
most constant dread, the machine poll
tician or the fool reformer."
That great American would turn
over in his grave at Oyster Bay if it
were possible for him to know of the
bounteous crop of demagogues, hypo-
critics and imposters with which this
country has been afflicted since his
demise.
The Supreme Court of South
Dakota has decided that no picture
that m in the following classes
may be shown, tragedy, comedy, farce
negro minstrals, etc.
On the first Sunday in July, 1922
in Vicksburg, Mass, news boys were
arrested for selling outside" papers.
The last legislature assembled in
Utah, passed an anti1cigarette law,
(Which was anulled in 30 days.)
The last legislature in South Caro-
line passed a law prohibiting a pool
OF billiard table in the state.
A bill was introduced in the last
Legislature assembled in Kansas pro-
hibiting the use of tea or coffee in
the state. Kansas has had every
freak legislature known to mankind,
but, strange as it might appear, this
failed to become a law.
The Anti-Everything society should
petition the Almighty to prohibit the
birds from singing, or the ROSTERS
Growing on Sunday. No legislative
measure or system has been more
thoroughly tested or tried than has
haap tho nrph;h;f,nn ,,a,tan A.
periods of trial ranging from 60 years
in Maine and Vermont, t. A years
throughout the entire nation; and on
every page of this record is written
failure, folly, farce, and at no time
has it accomplished one of its avow-
ed objects. By what it has done and
what it has not done, like all other
Legislative measures, prohibition must
be judged.
Martin Luther, the great reformer,
said, "He who loves not wine, women
and song, remains a fool his whole
life long" and this is equally as true
today as it was in Martins time.
At the wedding of Cana, Jesus
Christ turned water into wine that the
enjoyment of the guests might not be
disturbed.
Under the mandate of Mr.. Volstead
a Norwegian school teacher from
Minnesota, our Savior could be arrest
ed and thrown in Jail.
In the late Fifties the celebrated
bred Scott case was taken to the
Supreme Court, in which a decision
was rendered by Judge fancy, then
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no rights which white men need res
pect."
Under present conditions, the pro-
fessional prohibitionist and liberty as
sa~ssinators claim the only rights
which "need be respected"
Prohibition was brought about by
hypocrites and is being enforced by
%hypocrites.
1t has made criminals out of thou
sands of men who previous to it's ad-
vent would have scorned the idea of
violating any laws of mar or God.
1t has flooded the country with
whiskey which would give a wooden
Indian the delirium tremens.
Give us prohibition and crime will
be no more was the slogan of the
professional reformer. Jails would
be tenantless, sheriffs would be out of
n job, taxes would be reduced to the
minimum fact, the Utopian age
was to have been reached. Not only
has each and every claim made by its
sponsors failed in every respect, but
what a pitiable contrast do we see.
Any law which has proven such n
nnNtAan1 tnl.a a. L.. IL
law, is calculated, and is bound to
bring all other laws into contempt,
thus being the contributory cause of
the greatest crime wave that this or
any other country ever has known,
with little prospect of any abatement
Prohibition officers are revealing in
an orgy of crime from one end of the
country to the other. From superior
judges down they have been and are
engaged in crooked deals, ranging
from a million dollars to the price OF
a pint of moon-the amount involved
depending solely upon the financial
standing and the pull of the parti-
cipants.
Patrick Henry said "Give me liber.
~ or give me death" and yet while
about five million red-blooded Ameri.
cans were enlisted that liberty Nigh,
prevail, a bunch of disgruntled, small
calibre, and oft defeated politicians
through their false propaganda and
misrepresentation succeeded in bring.
ing about that for which this country
is paying so dearly today.
II has been claimed that the boot.
legners made n billion doIIaro Ia zoos