The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-03-14
John w. Langley's Address

w. Langley follows:
If the Vostead modified changes lead to
enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment Any modification per-
hitting violations of the Constitution be notification
of fundamental law.
Our opponents will doubt direct evils existing
the present time under the Nostead They will
speak drunkenness and But figures
attention these evils accepted good argument
favor of beer and wine Such evils still exist chiefly the
hangove OF the egaized liquor traffic and every
evils would be greater than they if enforcement legislation
| changed to permit beer and wine.
My colleague, MIR Chstgau pointed proposed
beer and plan favored by individuals opposed
prohibition the attitude OF those who
the Eighteenth Amendment adopted
question Of whether the beer plan would be
essfu than the Votead act The Eighteenth
submitted by Congress, by than two-hird
houses and ratified by the legislation of 40
that the intention OF the Eighteenth prohibit
beer and wine The overwhelming majority favor of the Eight
zenith Amendment at the time opposed beer and
Thirty three states adopted prohibition before the Eighteenth
Amendment enacted In all Of these three onehalf Of
per the maximum allowed by the the
other three states nothing than permitted
This shows that the legislatures prohibition believed the
one-h limit necessary for Today
the of the Union oneha per
cent standard state enforcement laws Only two have the one
standard and without legislation
Both state and federal courts have repeatedly declared in favor OF
the onea per standard
the enforcement OF prohibition The United States supreme
has held that experience the and the supreme
the make clear that it necessary
onea Of per standard order capable and
effective law enforcement
to the definition OF Intoxicating liquor in the Vostead act in the
Rupert Cafey PSI U S 264 page 2o9 1T there
fore clear both that Congress might reasonably have considered
legislative definition OF Intoxicating liquor to be essential TO
enforcement of prohibition and also that the definition
provided by Nostead arbitrary one.
half OF per definition of Intoxicating liquor
but taken from the internal law where has been
the the Intoxicating properties of beverages Tor
fixed by the liquor themselves protect
their licensed business against bootlegges Wine light
heavy Intoxicating liquor The take judicial notice of it
egazed under the Eighteenth Amendment Ordinary
prohibition contained about three and onehaf cent
alcohol The adopted the onehalf OF standard
experience than fifty prohibition legis
aon proved that this the effective standard for enforcing
the law One of the difficulties of law enforcement today
alcoholic appetite of the license 1t
people violate the law liquor If enough alcohol is
beverages feed this appetite the law enforcement
problem will be prolonged indefinitely .1t
of the liquor sold the saloon beer and
per cent To legaizc these liquors would almost
per the liquor traffic and the spurious liquor would be
booggd than they because the beer and wine BUSH
ness hide the illegal whisky bust
ness.
argument beer and would solve the drink problem
absolutely ridiculous and weak enough be
Intoxicating would satisfy the Beer and
enough to satisfy craving would be Intoxicating and cultivate
the drink appetite Light wines and beer Why they have
as light as it is possible The only trouble is
that the alcoholic that will cultivate the drink
habit perpetua the booze business 1t light and
beer that the vets the old stuff alcohol.
The people defeated the beer and
in every which majority would have
suited in wine law. In 1914 Colorado voted for prohibit
ton BY majority In 1916 she defeated beer amend
mnt to the constitution by $4,000 In 1916 Michigan
majority prohibition amendment and in 1919
defeated proposal by 2O8OO0 majority In Oregon
the prohibition amendment approved by majority of 6O0
and two beer proposal defeated by $4,000 majority
In 1914 the state Washington adopted prohibition by $4,000
majority 1916 that defeated beer amendment by 25O5o
majority Ohio adopted prohibition in 1918 by 25OO majority
in 1919 amendment by 10000 majority and in 1917
when the back France Ohio again defeated
similar amendment by a majority of 10000
overwhelming opposition to the beer and WINE plan by
+La- a1aoc Inv the ME
they do not believe in this plan Those
who prohibition overwhelmingly against beer and wine
oppose prohibition the only ones who support the
beer and wine plan and liquor dealers the most
opponents the Eighteenth Amendment before Con