Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-03-14

laOOung vote TO carry tnem 70 fIclOiy'
One candidate before the recent
township primaries declares that ne
lost % votes from one business con-
Germ in Champaign, because no oppor-
tunity could be given employees 10 take
advantage Of the primaries. Perhaps
he lost in many other localities.
At least an hour should be allotted
in every election or primary contest
when working conditions will not In
terfere with employees voting.
Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett
declares the dry era a failure. Ae-
cording to a press report someone
asked the admiral where he came
from before he took charge OF the
navy yard; d..
est city in the United States he Is
said to have replied.
The admiral was recently charged
with failure to enforce the Volstead
act. He testified to the opinion that II
all the courts of the country were TO
give their entire time in an effort TO
check the illicit liquor flow, they would
not make a dent in the traffic. Evil
IDENTIFY Wayne b. Wheeler doesn't
agree with the admiral. Many people
i'm Champaign and Urbana do not
agree with him. Evidently it depends
altogether on who is talking whether
prohibition is a success or failure.
Radio messages, $4,000 in number,
up to Tuesday morning indicated a
three to one vote in favor of amend
ing the VolsteaG act. The result was
obtained through the medium of a
radio straw vote which started recent
ly and has gained momentum as rap
idly as an implanted explosion.
Tuesday morning the newspapers
reported $4,000 votes for an amend
ment and $4,000 against. The ques-
ton is not who is voting but who is
not. Perhaps if the people who have
not voted would take an interest IN
the campaign the results would be
different.
A New York act passed in 1917,
limiting the hours of work for women
in certain industries, was recently up
held by United States Supreme
court decision.
The case was brought by Buffalo
N. Y. restaurant keeper who was con
victed of having permitted wait
ress to work after 10 o'clock at night
in violation of the state law.
Justice Sutherland delivered the
opinion of the court, and expressed
the conviction that the New York state
legislature must have had good reason
to conclude that women are more sus-
ceptible to injury from night work
than men.
The question of determining the
duration of woman's employment, he
stated, is one for legislatures to solve.
The Iowa Supreme Court rules that
a man is intoxicated if he Is under the
influence of liquor, 80 as to be eXcit-
ed from it and not to possess the
clearness of intellect and that control
of himeslf that he otherwise would
have"
Few men who appear before the
police magistrates will agree with the
court. Few, will confess that they
are intoxicated even when staggering.
But if the Iowa Supreme court is
right there are many other things be-
side alcohol that intoxicate. 1t is not
uncommon for an individual to feel
sluggish and want to sleep after eat
ing beef steak, piece of mince pie
or a modest order of ham and cab
bage.
A football game will intoxicate men
to the point of losing self-control.
Pop bottles are frequently thrown at
umpires, and automobiles often prove
source of undue excitement.
The state of Iowa should now arrest
all men and women who over eat or
attend football or baseball games. 1t
should, abolish pie, beef and automo-
biles. 1t isn't fair to the bootleggers
or mule drivers to make this unjust
discrimination against them.