The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-11

cerned about the willingness and abil-
ity of our people to meet that test
than / am about the liquor traffic,
brutal and ruthless as know it to
be-"
A LBERT ]. BEvERIDGE, former
\ senator from Indiana, whose
opinions on such matters are always
worthy of consideration, severely
criticized the recent order of Presi-
dent Coolidge empowering local Off
GERS to become agents Of the govern
ment to help in prohibition enforce
ment. Mr.. Beveridge was addressing
the Historical society Of Pennsyl-
vania, and said in part:
ITO make local officials also fed
eral officials is in practical effect to
destroy our political subdivisions, or,
at the very least, to subject towns,
cities, counties and state to nation
al control centralized at Washington.
Lie 1OIIlCI VI Jul ICSuldk
army who devised this change in the
American system and who is in
charge of the execution of it, tells us
the constitutional pretext for it. He
says that the hitherto exclusive police
power of the states is now shared by
the central government. If this mill
tary and bureaucratic exposition of
constitutional law is sound. the plan
ners and builders of American insti-
tutions wrought in vain.
ut is obvious that if local officials
can be made national officials to exc
cute one national law, they can be
made agents Of general and central
lied government to enforce other ma
tional laws in every locality. If
careful President, like our present
chief executive, would use wisely this
unlimited and essentially autocratic
power, needless President might use
it recklessly."
The house judiciary committee has
asked Attorney General Sargent for
an extended opinion on the legality of
the Presidents order. and also has re-
quested Mr. Coolidge to give it an
expression Of the limits to be placed
on the system if it is legal, the states
in which it will be invoked and the
salaries which will be paid to mu-
nicipal or state officials drafted into
the federal service.
. REPRESENTATIVE TINKHAM of
An Massachusetts, wants the house
to investigate the Anti-Saloon leagues
capitol pay roll and to compel dis
closure of its congressional campaign
expenditures. He more than init
mates that the league pays congress
men for introducing or supporting
bills. This Wayne B. Wheeler, gen.
eral counsel of the league, fatty de-
MES, and he declares the wet organi-
cations are more in need of investiga-
ton than is the league.
CHARGES and counter-charges
~ made exceedingly lively the clos
ing week of the Republican sena-
torial primary campaign in Iowa. Sem
ator Reed of Pennsylvania brought to
the senate's attention the fact that
Brookhart campaign literature had
been inserted in franked envelopes
with a speech which Reed had made
opposing the unseating of Brookhart,
and mailed to Iowa voters. Brook
hart and his campaign manager de-
MED responsibility for this and the
former declared it was "frame-up
bearing the earmarks of the Daugh-
erty gang"
Major Lund, campaign manager for
Brookhart, sent this telegram to SEN
ator Reed of Missouri: os
Reports that Cummins campaign
forces using an unlimited amount of
money, estimated at $4,000, and
backed by federal and state patron
age. State now flooded with paid
Cummins workers in districts, coun-
ties and even precincts. AS striking
contrast, we have Brookhart, a poor
man, backed only by people of Iowa
and campaign committee laboring day
and night to conduct campaign with
entire expenditure not exceeding So
000."
Managers for Cummins said their
organization was large but that all
the workers were contributing their
time free.
EGYPT may soon lose it's recently
H acquired independence and again
become protectorate of Great Brit
ain. At this writing it all seems to
depend on Zagloul Pasha, whose party
won great victory in the elections
but whose return to the premiership
will scarcely be tolerated by the Brit
ish government. The situation is ag-