The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
THAT WET, DRY
ISSUE REFUSING
TO Be SHUSHED
Senate Is Doing Its Best to
Put Quietus at Least
for Year.
Times Washington Bureau,

WASHINGTON, June 4-Much
will be heard of prohibition during
the summer months, despite the qui-
etus put on the subject by the Sen
ate Some congressional leaders be-
lieve that proposed modification of
the liquor laws can't be stopped as
a major issue in the next Republican
snational convention.
Senator Borah's frank espousal of
the prohibition law has led to specu-
slation concerning modificationists
who might be considered as presi-
dental material by the G.. o. P.
ticket trainers. This speculation, of
course, is based on the assumption
that President Coolidge will not be
candidate for reelection. The
President, however, is keeping his
proverbial silence and observing his
customary caution, as he will proba-
bly, continue to do for another year.
Republican leaders as they view
the situation now do not see how
the next campaign can pussyfoot on
prohibition.
Pennsylvania Warning
7 The result Of the Pennsylvania
primaries, as Senator David A. Reed
said, where the voters shut their
eyes to all their issues, is regarded
as a warning to Depublican bosses
sthat it can't be lodged.
The most they hope for IS that
the wet and dry talk will be soft
pedaled for another year. Because
OF this they are postponing until
the next congressional action on Lin
.coln C. Andrews demand for amend
-ments to the Volstead act putting
more teeth iu.o that law. They have
also adversely reported proposals to
authorize Statewide referendums to
ascertain true sentiment on prohibi-
ton.
( The referendum plan was dis
missed by report from the Judi
ciary committee to the effect that
the Constitution does9not provide for
a referendum. "And," they opine, sit
is our belief that it was not the in
tention of the trainers of the Con-
stitution that national referendum
would be attempted" They added
that no machinery for such a fefer-
endum Is provided.
VETS Not Discouraged
This, however, will not discourage
Senators Reed of Pennsylvania,
Edge of New Jersey, Wadsworth of
New York and others who think that
Legislatures should authorize these
test votes on their own initiative.
In fact the vets have decided to
abandon their policy of cooperating
with the administrations to adopt en-
forcement legislation and from now
on with fight.
Since enactment Of the Eighteenth
Amendment, the vets have staged
no serious protest against the ex-
penditure of the money or advance
ment of legislation to enforce the
law. Their policy has been to give
enforcement all possible leeway
Time to Fight
Edge and Bruce. Democrat, Mary.
land, his right-ha nd man, announced
today that in view Of President Cool
idge's executive order and the drastic
provisions of the proposed Golf en-
forcement bill, the, vets had decided
the time had come for resistance.
1--WE do not wish to take one
minute Of the remaining time Of this
session to discuss prohibition unless
we are goaded to it, Edge said.
but if the Golf bill is brought for
ward we intend to discuss it fully.
I am not making any challenges or
threats. We will not attempt a
filibuster, but the subject is of such
latitude that the entire question of
prohibition will have to be dis
cussed."