Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-09

issues. are not going 70 sidestep It.,
In concluding. the Senator said he
agreed with DIR. Butler.
THE fight In on" he declared. $50
far az I am concerned / do not care
whether the question Is In the he
publican platform or not. II Will he
presented to the American people In
the campaign OF 1923.
II am a Republican. and the tie.
publican party mt laRt~~althouEh IL
sometimes finally takes the
right side OF every question before the
fight Is over. And when IL does take
the right side. IL viii he the side II
constitutional government IL win
take the side Ia favor of the American
home, and Il does not make any dlf.
ference how much violation " law
there may lie at this time. the Ameri.
can people, In the end, win uphold and
| maintain the Constitution as II is
written"
Butler Opens RebultaI.
Or, Butler. in opening his rebuttal.
| said the difference between himseIf
| and Senator Borah was limited sub
stantiaily to one propositIon---that he
believes the eighteenth amendment
to he az germane 10 the Constitution
OF which 1t Ia an amendment as those
lhat nave preceded 1t.
Il believe It cOntradicts them all
1t Is in the Constitution as "A matter
of law and II must be obeyed while
II is there. but II IL not binding upon
my intelligence or my conscience, and
shall leave no stone unturned to get
| 1t out, with the conviction that il II
remains 1t will do the Government of
the United States irreparable damage.
that it will serve as q precedent for
the development of new and strange
substitute for the Federal republic
and that 1t will leave the problem OF
| the control OF the liquor traffic
absolutely unsolved."
| The amendment, he held, bears no
resemblance TO anything in the Con.
stitution and "contradicts the whole
theory on which the Constitution
rests"
| Appeal to People.
my appeal" he said, is to the
people to take out OF their Constitu
ton what believe should not be in II
in order that we may move forward
toward q constructive solution of this
problem. / agree with Senator Borah
that tinkering with the Volstead act
Is puerile."
Another difference between him and
the Senator, DIR. Butler said, was that
he drew a distinction which the Sena
tor apparently did not. Between con
troll of the liquor traffic and abolition
of the saloon. on the one hand, and the
attempt to bring about compulsory
total abstinence on the other.
II believe the law to be not only
impossible, but to be beyond the
| proper limits of law" he said.
| Teach law to mind its own business
and liberty will do the rest. Tota
abstinence Is different from temper
ance and both are fully different from
compulsory total abstinence or pro
hibition."
| Quebec Plan Success.
The liquor traffic and saloons, he
| held, can be dealt with and from per
sonal study and observation OF the
| Quebec plan he said he was astonishec
at the success Of the Enterprise in
| dealing with the problem.
! MY own program, so far az an
entitled to have program" he said
lis never to permit the return OF the sa
| loon, but under Government control
| leaving the details to be settled, not by
the Federal Government-far from it
leaving the States as units in accord
ance with the wishes and desires OF
their several populations, to deal witt
the problem In a way that will lead Il
| obedience, but that will reduce enforce