Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-19
MARITIME SCORES ACTION
OF SENATOR EDWARDS
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Former Senator MARITIME came to
Washington Monday to spend a few
days. he said, about the senate
chamber where he served a six-year
term sup to four or five years ago,
and to meet and chat with his old
friends and former colleagues. He
moved about freely on the senate
floor, where he had the privilege ex-
tended by the rules to former sena-
tors, handshaking and chatting here
and there with the members who
had been in the senate when he was
In office and with several others he
had met in other ways. He seemed
to be enjoying himself immensely.
He went over to the Republican
side and spoke a few minutes with
Senator Walter Edge and several
others, then returned to the Demo-
cratic side and sat down for a fifteen
minute chat with Senator Edwards.
In response to the usual salutation
How do you do, senator" by the
correspondent, Senator MARITIME
snappily replied: Zine, feel just
as good as new"
still as wet as ever, too. IL not
wetter," he went On. "Oh, this
bigotry and intolerance about drink
ing and the interference with peo-
| pies private and personal habits and
affairs is a pure abomlnation. /
want to see the Volstead law changed,
liberaliZed.
at really believe continued Sem
| ator MARITIME. that If the people
| were given an opportunity to vote
on it they would declare for the
liberalization of the Volstead law,
and they might vote to repeal the
eighteenth amendment-there is
more foundation for such a belief
than most people realize.
81 was amused owe an article in
one of the papers today stalking that
Bryan had declared he had a dry
mar in Florida in mind as a nominee
for the presidency on the Demo-
cratic ticket" Senator MARITIME went
IN. "Now I like Bryan personally;
we are good friends, but I don't be-
1ieve it Is possible to elect any dry
man on the Democratic ticket. And
further, I don't believe 1t is possible
to elect any dry man for President
again on any ticket.
1.-THE eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead law have aroused more
trouble, more hatred, more violence
| lildl any OhiiCL law We ENCA nav
Trying to enforce 1t Is a farce, 8
sham. I would favor the Canadian
system which permits the sale o.
liquor by the government and the
drinking of it; but makes drunken.
ness a crime.'
1.-The dispensary system they uset
to have in South Carolina would
also be much better than our presen
system. That would bring revenue
to the government, instead of cost
ing us millions of dollars in a com
pletely Intellectual effort to enforc
prohibition.
Bryan is all right personally, blu
a mar who is always talking dry
has no place in a Democratic gath
ering."
In response to inquiry regardin
his position on the soldier bonu
Senator MARITIME said:
II favor passage of the soldie
bonus bill. 1t should have bee
passed a year or WI ago, and Shout
not be delayed now.
IT can't understand Senator Ed
wards position against the bonu.
tits directly in violation of the plat
form on which he was elected. w
elected Ted Edwards on two things
liberalization of the Volstead la
ana the soldier bonus. Now he say
he is against 1t.
81 told him today that his stan
is not according to Hoyle and mus
be changed. 1 told him he must e
I'm line for the bonus. The bonu
was the outstanding plank on whic
Edwards got his 10000 popula
majority and he must be for 1t.
1.-THE talk about economy in COY
ermental expenses, with the bonl
bill in mind sounds nice, but veI
often the men in congress don't thin
so carefully about economy whe
appropriating for things that wi
benefit the corporations oh, e.
wards must get in line for IL
bonus"
Senator MARITIME also expresse
disappointment that Senator f,
wards had not introduced his pr,
posed bill to liberalize the Volstea
act, or made a speech in the sena
protesting against the present prob
bition laws. He expected to rema
in, Washington several days, he sal
visiting with his friends in the SCI
ate and others about town.