Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-01
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Borah's speech in Baltimore last
night against state referendums on
prohibition, asserting they would
destroy the policy of uniformity of
operations under the constitution and
multiply enforcement difficulties.
AS to the general charges of Mr..
! Tinkham. Mr.. Wheeler said that like
foam on beer" they had little sub
stance.
"Tinkham's Authorizations about
the league spending two and a half
million dollars in politics in year
is nonsense" he said. That was the
total spent for the 4S states and by
the National League for all purposes
in the height Of the campaign for
ratification. Most of 1t was spent
for educational work. In the state Of
Ohio alone the referendum election
cost over 100000 a year for several
years. The amount spent in political
campaigns was only a small fraction
Of that amount.
Equally false is the charge that
the league controls the appointments
on the federal bench. We protest
against those applicants who have
bad records on law enforcement. Such
applicants are usually strongly back
ed by the vets.
at comes with poor grace for the
vets to complain about league activ-
tiles when sworn testimony before
the Senate Judiciary committee
shows that the vets boycotted. cor
rupted and blacklisted individuals
and would not do their bidding, and
in Pennsylvania alone raised over
one million dollars a year to control
and corrupt the politics of the state
in the saloon days. When the local
wet committee file their statements
under the new law, they will need to
watch their steps. Others will"
Mr.. Wheeler began his statement
by declaring the records showed the
league is the only organization for
years that has filed reports Of it's
political activities and expenditures
and that the wet organizations, back
of Mr.. Tinkham," filed "only one in
recent years when we drove them to
it," and even these reports have not
been in full accord with the law"
Coincident with the Wheeler state
ment, the United committees for
Prohibition Endorsements, through
it's chairman, Clinton D. Howard, of
Rochester. n. Y, urged that the
'molar forces" of Pennsylvania place
an independent ticket in the field,
headed by William B. Wilson, Demo-
crat, in order to defeat Rep. Ware,
Republican, for United States sena-
tor. In addition to Mr.. Wilson, the
ticket would be composed of the reg
ular Republican nominees for state
Offices. The committee argued that
in this way the Republicans could
vote against Ware without voting the
Democratic ticket, which is headed
by Mr.. Wilson.
Gov. Smith, Democrat. wet. signs
the rum referendum in New York on
the same day that William S. Ware,
Republican, wet. wins the United
States Senate nomination" the COM
mittee's statement said. 1.-THE Uni
ted Committee for Prohibition En-
forcement should labor to defeat both
these ends.
AS to the referendum in New York,
the committee said if the drys took
part "the moral effect Of a wet vic
tory will be disastrous"
A unanimous wet victory would
mean nothing, 1t said, adding that
a passive resistance, or non-co-
operative boycott of the referendum
would be advisable" 1t insisted the
purpose was to undo by majority
vote in the state what is required
two thirds of the people functioning
through constitutional channels to
accomplish.