The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-03-18
is PROHIBITION A FAILURE?

Agent Spent $1,000

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| Roars of laughter greeted him when he described
the prohibition agent who lived at the luxurious Hotel
Mayfower and mingled with the great and great
assembled there"
"Now, in this bl,' he continued, 1--WE asked to
appropriate millions for the enforcement of prohibition
know that will not vote for the paragraph granting
$3.50 900 to detect vioators of the stead com
mandment Thou shalt not drink. Look at this agent
in the Mayfower He spent 81 900 of the peoples money
before he could trap any
"He mpersonated a member of Congress-an il
lustrous and well known member of Congress from
Ohio, whose will not mention. This member of
Congress abroad settling the foreign debts at the
time this agent giving his great Luculan party at
the Mayflower. Representative Burton indeed
prised letters from his friends regretting
that they could not attend such luxurious feast"
Roars of laughter greeted this sally and Represen-
tatve Upsaws face took goomier
preston.
81 obtained all this information-all these vouchers
and expense accounts of this agent with lot of
trouble The prohibition people did not want to give me
the information this who had recklessly spent
over $1,000 of the peoples money. They said it would
interfere with the trial of the two minor employees
whom this had arrested. But here this week read
in the papers that these two humble employees were
discharged by the courtin spite of all the money that
had been spent
Mr.. Gavan then read from the agents expense
account Entertainment for two Dancing for the lady
Supper for two. Cost: 1920"
Here he stopped and looked around him. "Glory to
God what appetite they must have had" he ex
claimed "How the prohibition agents do enjoy them
selves at the expense of the people Here read tips
to maitre dhotel S0 to assistant matre dhotel So;
to numerous walters, S.. Why, when gave them %
cents tip downstairs they almost fall my neck.
"Now what did they have to eat? Supreme of
cantaloupe port Supreme of cantaoupe au port
Mr. Galvan repeated the words with JUNCTION several
time amid laughter and applause "Then after dinner
fhav baJ nd rina R,tt hand
the remark of that great Vice-Presdent, Thomas R.
Marshall about good fve-cent cigar These birds had
to have 'Coronas' at rs cents apiece.
"Then l discovered that the hotel there had
given him the address and telephone number of two
bootleggers that he could always be supplied with
liquor, Did he order the arrest of the two minor en-
ployees, who have just been acquitted
Had Thirteen Guests
"On this expense account see that he had thirteen
guests also that he had TO print invitations for
Them Printing SOIL Then they had several quarts of
Old Smugger two rounds of cocktails and cordals but
also bought quart of Scotch for $40 evidence.
"Oh, they had the evidence all right" Mr.. Gallivan
exclaimed But it safely ensconced within them. 1t
would have taken stomach pump to bring it out in
court So they had to get an extra bottle
SHOW contend that this appropriation ought to
be cut if we're going to spend the peoples on
supreme of cantaoupe port and if this money is to
go to men of that type to entice and entrap poor
devils into violation of the law
There certain organizations in this country
to-day of which have the audacity to character
ze themselves churches and branches of the Chris
tan religion AS matter of fact, learn that they
merely noisy aggregations of greedy bigots with
ecclesiastical titles who have fastened themselves like
eeches the United States Treasury and whose motto
to be countries made to loot and lacerate.
They specialize Islander and falsehood they are
Christians who vify the Christ who crucifed by
their spiritual ancestors the Pharsees who sandered
Him and the money changers who profaned the temple
of God they do the temple of liberty"