Evening star., 1926-04-22

II don't believe there were many
people in Oklahoma who did not
know that ! was an agent and paid
for it" said DIR. Dinwiddie. referring
to his work there for a dry consti-
! tutional clause. ~ was a minister
at that time and people knew that
ministers did not have much money
to go around on
Says Some Favor Change.
| Senator Reed said that in his di-
| rect statement to the committee Or
| Dinwiddie had spoken of the people
| here to support modifica ton of the
dry laws as those who We're opposed
! to prohibition and connected with the
! liquor interests.
Don't you know that there are mil
| lions of people in the United States
who think that the law should be
| changed and that they We're never
connected In any way with the liquor
business?" said Senator Reed.
Dr. DinWiddie replied that in his
| statement he had called attention to
| he fact there were some people who
| honestly believed the law should he
| changed He said that If Senate
| Reel would leave out the millions
| fron his statement he would agree
|
with the liquor traffic who now
wanted the law cha nged.
Cites Still Figures.
| There IL no man on this commit
| tee. including even my wicked self
! said Senator Reed who wants to del
uge this country with liquor or TO in
lure the morals of the country. Now
suppose IL was demonstrated to you
t hat public morals were being injured
under the present law, would you
favor a change?
Il would" said DIR. DinWiddie.
IF il IL true" continued Senator
Reed, that I72. 900 Illicit stills were
captured in this country during the
In st year, a nd Gen. Andrews estima ed
that not one i'm ten Of the Illicit stills
had been captured, wouldn't YOU ~ Y
that deplorable condition existed In
this country"
You attack my intelligence" re
piled DR.. Dinwiddie. when YOU ASK
that question. Yes, of course"
II was then that Senator Reed
sought to obtain from DR. Dinwiddie
statement that he believed 1t would
be better for the country to permit
he sale Of light beer. we'll regulate ed
than to have the present conditions
due Ia the Illicit stills.
Opposes l.. =, Recognition.
DR.. Dinwidde insisted he was abso
lutely opposed to having the Govern.
ment recognize the liquor traffic and
to leaalize It, He said that Senator
Reed presupposed much in his ques
tions. but that If deplorable conditions
such as he described. exists. then the
people should deal with them.
DO YOU know any better way to
build up An appetite for liquor than
to have these Illicit stills in the
homes making liquor?" dema nded
Senator Reed
Yes replied DIR. Dinwiddie.
ithat is to have the Government per-
NIT the sale of alcoholic bevera ges -
DR.. Dinwiddie insisted he did not
know there were l.72O,000 illicit stills
in the country as described by Sen
ator Reed.
Don't YOU know that there are
great numbers of TASKS on the
market that charred kegs and flavor
ing compounds TO give liquor favor
are on the MARKET" asked Senator
| Reed.
The witness said he had heard oi
them. but he did not know how eX-
tensive the sale was.
Haven't YOU thoroughly looked into
conditions?" asked Senator Reed
Mayor Dever Called.
At this point the hour and thirteen
minutes of their original time had eX
pired and Mayor Dever was called &c
go on the stand.
Because of the length OF time used
in the cross-eXa nina tion of DIR. Din
Il u
mit J. Pat Murphy. who described
himself as mercha MT and postmas s.
ter in the Kentucky mountain district
to take the sta nd for the drys.
Murphy said that he had gone TO
work In the mines at the age of II
that he had been a bartender and
then A minister, and that he knew
the mountain regions of Kentucky
and West Virginia like book. Con
ditions In those regions have improved
since prohibition" said the witness
He said that the prepa IA tions which
the bartenders had to make wher
pay day rolled around before prohibi
tion were like those for war They
cleaned their reVolvers and got out
their pickha ndles. He said that in
the old days there were blind tigers
scattered all through the mountains
permitted by the Government" said
Mr.. Murphy, ''the blind tigers would
return"
He said that there were more eff
| ficient officials in those regions since
prohibition. He described one Judge
| who, he said. formerly was so drunk
he couldn't walk up the aisle of the
courtroom. This judge. he said. !.
| now church member and active
worker for temperance. He told OF
n State Senator who was a "sot. :
but had now Strengthened up and was
a good citizen.
Dever Defends Chicago.
Declaring that he appeared to reply
to testimony given a few days ago
by District Attorney Olson Of the
northern district of Chicago, Mayor
William e. Denver OF Chica go took the
stand just before the hearing closed
today and asserted that the city ad
ministiation Of Chicago. had made
every effort since he took Office in
1928 to enforce the law as ii is writ
ten on the statute books.
After he had explained at some
length the conditions In Chicago with
relation TO the question OF cooperation
| between his men and the Fedora
authorities, Senator Harreld of Okla
homa told the mayor the committe.
was not so much concerned with
who enforces the law, but is striving
to find out whether the law can bt
enforced.
The hour of ad iournment having
been reached. Mayor Dever did no
have time to go into that question
but said he would discuss IL. HI
will resume the stand tomorrow
morning.
Rlames Extremists of Both Sides.
Before concluding, however, Mayor
Dever made one general accusation
to the effect that "one of the whole
troubles with this problem. as wide
spread as it is. is that there arr