The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-23
CE ORDERED TO CONTINUE TESTIMONY JANUARY 3
To QUIT
. SENATE;FLAI5
PROHIBITION

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to succeed himself. He is retiring
voluntarily.
The fact that he got a lot Of
publicity some months ago by pub
Iicly admitting that he dabbled
about with the making Of his own
wine, and that the Anti-Saloon
League and other reform organi-
cations were reported after him
because Of it, had nothing to do
with his decision to retire, he de-
clared.
mot a damned thing to that"
the old lumberman said in an in
terview today. mot a thing to it.
It it weren't for the women, in
my opinion, Maine would go two
to one against this miserable pro
hibition farce. Why, I've got let
tiers from Maine Democrats telling
me they would vote in the Repub-
lican primaries if I'd run.
Out for the Money
Maine was the original prohi-
bition State. We have been try
ing it up there for as years, and
conditions never were so bad as
they are today.
There never was so much
liquor, so much graft, and so much
cusSed hypocrisy. These young
fellows that run UP from Wash
ington as prohibition agents
they're all out for the money"
There is only one way to stop
this rotten farce and that is to
adopt some method by which he
government can sell decent liquor
and control the Supply-sorn
thing along the line which the
Canadians have worked out.
This country can be made
temperate, but prohibition won't
do It. 1t just goes contrary to
human nature to try to enforce
a law like this. Why, had seven
uncleS up Bangor way, all tenn
perate, but they took a irink
when they wanted it. It's against
the law now.
Why, when I go up to see my
oldest brother-he is 50 now-he
always has bottle Of good liquor
on the kitchen shelf. We some
times have a drink together.
That bottle probably lasts q year.
I'VE were all temperate people
in Maine. and so was most every
one / knew.
But mark this down, prohibi-
ton has always been q failure il
Maine, for IS years, and never
more so than it is today"
What he has seen Of politics
as played in washington makes
the Maine Senator long to get
back to the pine trees of his
state, he said.
"Politics2" He snorted. II never
was much for politics anyway.
Been too busy logging and build
ing railroads and working. May.
be I don't know much about poll
tics today, it's hard to teach an
old dog new tricks. But from
what rye seen Of it, seems to me
like game which makes it pretty
hard for a man to be honest with
himself"
Who was the outstanding man
during his career In Washington
The answer was quick and
positive.
Calvin Coolidge. Yes, sir. The
biggest and cleaneSt man I ever
knew in politics was Calvin Cool
idge. They couldn't fool him.
No, sir. He always kept his head,
and you can bet your life that as
years go by we will realize what
9 big man he was in the white
House"
The trouble with the Senate?
Wei, there are some good men
IN the Senate, but there are also
9 good many Of what my friend
Senator Moses (R.l or New FTarnlo-
shire rightly calls the sons Of the
wild jackass.'
There are lot Of these So
called insurgents from the Middle
West that were born with the milk
OF human kindness missing from
their systems. They spend all
their time shopping around, break
ing down the regulations Of other
men. They are bitter. sour men.
Three Fasteners
Nov they want to take all the
.c o m m ttee chairEnanshipS. AS
things stand today there are only
three Eastern Senator's with i'm
portant committee places. Twenty
Of the thirtyfour Senate commit
tees have chairmen from States
west Of Chicago"
But he is through with the
whole business. anyway. He was
quite positive about that.
Yes, sir" he said. I'm going
home. I suppose all kinds OF rea-
sons will be given for my getting
out Of the Senate. UP in Maine, but
you can make up your mind it
amt got nothing to do with my
ideas on prohibition. You can
mark that down. People should
be allowed to make their own beer
and wine In their homes IL they
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