Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-12
CHANGE In DRY LAW
BY FOES is SEEN IF
FRIENDS DON'T ACT
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Judge and jury. The only one Of these
proposals which Congress put through
at its last session was that for the
transfer of prohibition enforcement
from the Treasury to the Department Of
Justice.
Although the new Congress is not ex-
pscted to meet in Washington until a
year from December, two new members
of the Senate who made their cam
paigns on platforms calling for repeal
Of the eighteenth amendment as it now
stands viii take their seats on Decem-
Der /.
They are Dwight w. Morrow, Repub-
1ican, OF New Jersey, and Robert J..
Buckley, Democrat, of Ohio, The wet
and-dry issue figured prominently In
the primary campaign which resulted
in the nomination of both these Sena-
tors-elect, and in Ohio, where Buckley
was running against dry Republican,
Senator McCulloch, 1t figured in the
general election.
Reason for Opposition.
In their attacks upon the effort of
Senator Fess to align the Republican
party definitely with national prohibi-
ton, Mr.. Britten and Senator Wads-
worth both insisted that the chair
man of the national committee had
failed to read Alright the results Of the
recent election.
Britten demanded the selection of
another chairman, If, he said, Senator
Fess is so blind or so intolerant that he
cannot analyze the desires Of millions
of voters in progressive Northern
States"
Wadsworth spoke of q split in the
party and asked: what kind Of split
Is better, split caused by straight
out manly declaration on the funda-
mental Importance of repeal or a split
caused by half-hearted and trans
parently insincers adherence to prohibit
tion?"
Leaving the Democratic South out of
future Republican calculations, Britten
said, the success of the party IS de-
pendent upon its success in such wet
Republican States as New York, Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Ohio"
together with many smaller wet Re-
publican States"
Fess' leadership, he added, had been
"colorlesS and void of the slightest
comprehension of political strategy"
He termed it Leadership which has
brought defeat" and urged an immediate
meeting Of the National Committee for
a discussion OF the best interests Of the
party.
Wadsworth. ION the only fundamental
constitutional issue that has arisen since
the days of the Civil War, and we win
fight to make it right, split or no
split
THE trouble with Senator Tess is
that he cannot see what is going on
in this country. Tears dim his sight.
The plain fact Is that the prohibition
law is a CHASTITY failure, and no change
in penalties or procedure win make it a
success"
The Prohibition Bureau last night
issued its monthly report on its cur
rent activities. This told Of 4,94S ar
rests and 40T convictions during the
month of October.
Jail sentences imposed averaged 206
days per conviction and fines averaged
$125. Jail sentences for the month
totaled T33,422 days and fines eggre-
gated $576,936.
Since July /, when the Justice De-
partment took over the enforcement bu-
reau. arrests have totaled 2,127, conyic-
tions, 925; pleas Of guilty, 1857; ac-
quittals or dismissals, 2,262; jail SEN
fences, 1,4s9,146 days, and fines, ST.
$50, 1888.