Arizona state miner., 1925-10-10
INTERESTING ITEMS
Our Pioneer Correspondent
Comments on Current News

Vets Vote for Repeal of Prohibition
After the treatment accorded them
when convened at Tulsa, OKLA, how
could the Veterans of Foreign Wars
be expected to do otherwise than
to vote almost unanimously for the
repeal of the 18th Amendment? Yet
the tender hearted" reception ac-
corded to the defenders of their
country is not greatly at variance
with what is being handed out daily
to the descendants of the signers of
the Declaration of independence in
all parts of our tyrant ridden land.
How long, oh Lord! how long?
Fifth Division A. e. F.
Against Prohibition
At their fourth annual convention
in Chicago they went on record as
favoring modification of the prohibi-
ton law. It would be really inter
esting to know how many of them
will actually cast their votes in favor
of modification when election day
comes, because if they do not vote
for the candidates, state, local and
national that are endorsed by the AS
sOciation Against the Prohibition
Amendment, their influence will be
of no avail, as SO per cent of the
unindorsed candidates are unworthy
of trust.
Decision of Supreme Court Regarding
Extent of Powers of Dry Agents
The tyrannical dry element is never
content unless seeking ways in which
their power can be extended so that
law courts and legislative halls are
their favorite haunts-but the people
are gradually shaking the binders
from their eyes and as each election
day passes into history, constantly
increasing number of traitorous
hypocrites will be elected to stay at
home and be given an opportunity
to think it over.
Brewers Launch an Open Fight to
Make 2.75 per cent Beer Legal
Product in the u. S.
Very well! Why not? There was
never even $3.50 of the population of
the country that wished to have beer
out1awed That bought and paid for
coup was railroaded through by a
tyrannical group of "stay-at-homes"-
little wonder that SO per cent of the
veterans who returned from their
compulsory task of making the world
free for democracy are filled with
disgust at the mention Of the twin
terms, prohibition and Volstead The
latter is rapidly fading into a deserv-
ed oblivion, while the former will
ere long be we'll on the way.
Chicago Brewers Tell the Judge of
6ribes Assessed by Jail Officials
For Privileges Granted
It was the proud boast of one of
the most prominent of these officials
who had been on the Chicago Police
Force for nearly 80 years that he
was an honest cop-thus doth decep-
tive prohibition make hypOcrites and
potential criminals of men who have
never before yielded to temptation.
The Nemesis of Prohibition, Repre-
sentative John Philip Hill of
Maryland Still Active
Yes, indeedi so much so that when
Congress convenes in December, he
will introduce an amendment to the
Constitution providing for the repeal
of the now notorious 18th Amend
ment. This action will, of course.
arouse a bedlam and send cold chills
down the spinal columns of many Of
his hearers, but they might just as
well practice up and take it heroic
ally as it is only matter of time
until the people will arise in their
might and demand that it be done,
hence those who are brave enough
to face the music will earn the graf
itude of the masses while the evaders
will reap a deserved obloquy as their
reward.
Wet New Jersey CompIimented by
Dry Editor
Not for it's love of liberty and fair
play, though, but for it's strict en-
forcement of traffic regulations The
case in question was that of a quar-
ter million dollar heiress drawing a
80 day Jail sentence for drunk driv-
ing instead of being allowed to pay
fine by means of a technicality
The drys refer to New Jersey as be-
ing as wet as the Atlantic, yet the
editor recalled the fact that it was
one of the very few localities where
there was reduction in the number
Of automobile accidents during the
past year. There seems to be a con-
siderable variance between the actual
facts as stated by the editor and the
biased opinions of many of the fan.
atical drys with whom the writer has
talked, many of whom have said in
substance "why the death toll would
be something fearful if we had open
saloons now in these days of the au.
tomobile." However, they will not
stop to compare the difference be-
tween an ample supply of mild, pure
beer and wine on sale in some pub
lie MA uhorn oil Cooronu and hu-