The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-01-28
RITCHlE'S NAME KISSED AT
DRY LEAGUE MEETING
Representative Cooper, of Ohio,
Calls Governors Chicago
Speech Travesty.

The name of Governor Richie was
Kissed generally Sunday afternoon at
the twentieth annual meeting of the
Maryland Anti-Saloon League at the
Lyric, Baltimore, when Representa-
tive John G. Cooper, Republican, of
Ohio, condemned the Governor be-
cause che said the Eighteenth Amend
ment and Volstead act can't be en-
forced"
The demonstration against Cover
nor Richie followed closely on sug-
gestion from man in the gallery to
hang all Americans who do not OBJ
serve the dry laws. The remark was
made in answer to Mr.. Cooper's
question: "What shall we do with
Americans who do not observe the
law?"
Woodcock Ill At Home.
Amos w. w. Woodcock, United
States District Attorney, was to have
spoken. However, George w. Crabbe,
superintendent of the Maryland Anti
Saloon League, announced that Mr..
Woodcock was i'll at home in Sails
bury. Last night relatives of Mr..
Woodcock said he was confined to his
bed with an attack of grippe.
Mr. Cooper created another demon
stration when he said persons break
ing the liquor laws were worse in his
estimation than Bolshevikes and an
archists.
Scores Smart Set"
"And yet these lawbreakers, many
known as the smart set, some of
whom have never worked in their
lives, are cheating and robbing their
Government" he declared. "They are
the most dangerous persons in this
country. They say they need liquor
for pep. If they went out and did an
honest days work they wouldn't need
this pep.
Recently an effort was made in the
House of Representative to have
Governor Ritchie's Jackson Day
speech, delivered in Chicago, inserted
in the Congressional Record. The eff
fort failed there, but Senator William
Cabell Bruce, from this State, had it
inserted in that branch of Congress.
Speech Called Travesty.
"What a travesty it is when the
executive of great State like Mary
land tells an audience that the liquor
laws can't be enforced-and this is
from a man whose oath of office de-
mands that he enforce all the laws. If
he won't enforce them he ought to be
made to enforce them.
"The policy of the new organiza-
tons rising up to oppose the Eigh-
teenth Amendment and the Volstead
act is to urge that each State put its
own construction on the Constitution.
A Senator from Maryland recently
introduced an amendment to the
Eighteenth Amendment, proposing to
legalize the sale of beer and wine
The passage of this amendment would
mean the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment. Repeal it and the
country would be left without power
to enforce any amendment.
Also Assails Aliens.
"The man who buys or sells liquor
can not expect to find morality in his
fellow-citizens, his employees or his
family. What, also, will be done with
the aliens who reap the benefits of liv-
ing in this country, but will not be-
come citizens but who break our
laws? l believe in sending them back
to the country they came from.
"But, more important, what shall
we do with the American who was
born here but who will not observe
the laws?"
Hang him." yelled a man high up
in the gallery as Mr.. Cooper paused
to acknowledge another demonstra-
ton.
Cites Brotherhood Stand.
Mr. Cooper, member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and himself a locomotive engineer be-
fore he entered Congress twelve years
ago, told his audience that this labor
organization chad been dry long be-
fore the churches took up the fight"
Labor, he said, had benefited by the
prohibition laws. There are now six
teen labor banks to one six years ago;
there are fewer strikes, and homes
and automobiles have replaced the
saloon, formerly the laborers' club,
he declared.
Despite assertions to the contrary
by Capt. William H. Stanton, presi-
dent of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment, the liquor
laws will not be modified by this or
the next Congress, Mr.. Cooper said.
Urges Election Of Drys.
Mr.. Crabbe also referred to Cover