Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
National Affairs.

the national election revealed by an
Associated Press dispatch last week
from Chicago is the result or pro-
nosals to amend State constitutions
or decide other issues by state refer-
endums. In the majority OF cases the
voters refused to approve suggested
amendments. which is regarded py
some observers as indicating con-
servative frame Of mind. Washing
ron and Michigan rejected an amend
ment requiring all children to attend
public schools. Tho amendment, OF
course, was aimed at parochial
schools. Montana and Colorado re-
jecteG State bonuses for soldiers OF
the World War, and KANSAS turned
down a plan to pay soldiers OF all
wars a bonus. Maryland approved a
soldiers bonus California. defeated
a. proposed s5oo.0oo.oO0 bond issue
which would enable the State to take
over and operate a. huge Waterpo"er
project. Massachusetts refused
approve ratification Of the child labor
amendment to the Federal Constltu-
ton. Georgia authorized creation Of
a new county, to be known as Peach.
and exempted certain industries from
taxation for a five-year period. North
Carolina authorized a bond issue OF
S2.so0,UO0 for farm loans to former
soldiers, but defeated a proposal for
State-owned steamship lines and ter
fninals Oregon repealed the. State
income tax law. Other States acted
on minor and purely local constitu-
tional amendments, refusing to APP
prove the majority OF them.
Those to whom the task has fallen
of enforcing the Eolstead law meet
another snag. this one engineered by
Representative John Philip Hill, an
out-and- out "wet" Some time ago
he announced he would make cider
and. let nature take It's course. He
then invited friends to party, the
friends partaking of the cider. Pro-
hibition officers charged that the law
prohibits the manufacture OF fruit
juices of more than one-half OF 1 per
cent. Mr.. Hill said 1t didn't. He was
tried and won victory In tho United
States court in Baltimore last week
when the jury acquitted him and the
judge ruled that the "one-half OF
l per cent did not apply to bever-
ages made in the home for home con-
sumption, stating that in his opinion
Congress did not intend to punish
those who made cider and. wine at
home unless the juices were "intoxi-
eating in fact" While Mr.. Hill S
wine. and cider. when tested. were
found to contain II per cent Of al
eating, the defense showed, because
1t made neither Mr.. Hill nor his
guests intoxicated.
While Congress has enacted legis-
lation providing for the citizenship
of Filipinos who have served in the
Army, Navy or Marine Corps, 1t fall
lat wa "
become citizens and on this ground
test case, opposed in the courts the
naturalization Of a Washington
Filipino. Last week in the District
Supreme Court Justice Hoehling de-
eided that it was evidently the in
tent Of Congress to allow all Fill
pinos to become citizens. and over
ruled the Bureau Of Naturalization
objections. The decision opens the
way for the admittance to citizen
ship of other Filipinos.
Last week this column .recounted
the defeat in Chicago OF a debating
team of, the University of Chicago
by members Of the Oxford University
team. The question was that the
principle Of prohibition should be
upheld, and the English team took
the negative. Last week, taking the
same side OF the question. the British
team lost to the University Of
Minnesota. =. s..
Labor chieftans Of the American
Federation of Labor. which meets this
week in its forty-fourth annual con :
vention. reached Ell Paso, Tex; last
week and held preliminary confer
-ences. Interesting subjects to be DIS
cussed are the attitude ofsthe fedora
ton in tho future toward political
parties and the demand of>the build
ing trades department that the United
Jetners. numbeEipg some ss0. poo mon