Evening star., 1926-04-12

ed "the test of each political party is
its record on law enforcement"
The test Of the women she con-
tinued, "is their Willingness, for the
sake Of their children and this great
Republic, to assume their full reSpon-
ibility as citizens. carrying allegiance
to the Constitution into every part OF
daily living and registering their ref
erendum at the ballot box.
I'VE are assured that the mon who
formerly supported the saloon and
made fortunes from it would on no
account bring 1t back. They only ask
for notification of the eighteenth
amendment and q modification Of the
Volstead act to allow the manufac-
ture and trade in wine and beer. We
are not told just what they would
call the places where these liquors
would be dispensed, nor how 1t would
be possible to regulate such sales On
no account, they stated. would they
be called saloons Liquor must, how.
ever. be sold under license or freely
dispensed from any drug store, soda
fountain or grocery store.
THAT there Is serious situation
we do not deny. but we believe that
the propaganda of politicians and
liberalists In certain great city papers
and magazines and the recent agita-
ton in Congress are responsible for
letting down of authority in the
Nation. We do not. however, find out
great groups Of good Christian church
people, Bible classes, young peoples
organizations, leagues and guilds car
rying hip TASKS. That Is confined
to a comparatively small group. and
we must remember that 1t takes a
great many hip TASKS to make a
saloon.
"Attack on Constitution"
"The Constitution has met attack
before, and will survive when the
men who have made personal liberty
rather than national loyalty their
aim have passed into oblivion. AS
we have heard the clanor. the shout
filibustering of our statesmen, we
keep in mind the gentle feminine pol
icy settled ages ago, to say the last
word. which will, we believe. take form
in the woman's vote on this and ell
other issues which challenge women.
II things are really as bad as they
tell US and If only wine and beer
will prevent the fall of the Nation
and degeneracy of the people. then
women are called Immediately to
their special task at this season of
the years housekeeping. There
the eternal feminine is at an advan-
tage. She will function in the gov
ernment, local, state and national,
as she does in the home, using her
broom and vacuum cleaner to sweep
out corruption.
''If there are any outlaw States,
those which have not provided laws
for the protection Of their people, let
us see that they fall in line with the
Constitution and the Federal Govern
ment, enact State enforcement laws
and cease to make impossible condi
tions, only to argue spaciously from
these conditions that our laws connot
be enforced, therefore cancel the laws
Every mother and teacher knows the
peril Of such a policy. The task today,
yours and mine, is not to destroy the
Constitution, but to make our democ-
racy safe for the Constitution and
all it's laws"
Indifferent citizens, pictured as "too
unintelligent or indolent to understand
or make an effort to make clean poll
tics" were flayed in a report Of the
political assets and liabilities commits.
sion made at today's session.
Other Liabilities Scored.
Other liabilities besides Indifferent
citizens set forth in the report, were:
Corrupt politicians, party protection
lists, the system Of political patronage,
the political machine in the State, un-
willingness Of good men and women