The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-16
Our WOuld-Be DictatOrs.
(New York TimeS.)

Before the Wickersham report is in the hands of the President the Methodist Board of Temper ance, Prohibition and Public Morals is telling him what he must do with it. If it even hints at the necessity of modifying the Prohibition law, MT. Hoover is directed to ignore it or defy it. Other wise there is going to be the biggest political up heaval in years" Dr. Wilson, General Secretary Of the Methodist Board, declares that the Prohibition ists stand ready to desert both the Democratic and Republican parties in such numbers that nothing will be left but "wreckage." He adds by way of solemn warning, that any one who thinks we would not oppose President Hoover if he reverses his pro- hibton stand, just as quickly as we opposed MT Smith in 1928 is badly mistaken Quite in line with this is the breathing out of threatening and slaughter by the organ of the Anti-Saloon League, The American Issue. In it's edition of November p it affrms that the Republican Party is faced not by landslide but by suicide Here are some of its words
 We now assert that the Republican Party
 of the nation has not a shadow of chance
 to win in 1892 if it stands for the repeal of
 Prohibition and nominates candidate who
 will make his campaign that platform.
 It is certain suicide, before the ef-
 fort is started, to contemplate any expec-
 tation of success if the Republican Party of
 the nation should be captured by the repeal
 CTS. That is the hard nut of the political
 situation
 There are undoubtedly millions of American men and women of fine character who sincerely hope D~A4N'S success possible by such methods? Do you approve of this rule or ruin policy of the Methodist Board and the Anti-Saloon League? Are they ready to abandon persuasion for terrorism? Some of the spokesmen of the Methodist Board and the Anti Saloon League are doing work for which they are paid Like the slversmiths of Ephesus, they find their living in organizing for Prohibition and so it is wonder that they cry out Great is Diana when they see it impered But is the great body of the sensible and pious Americans for whom they profess to speak actually ready to endorse the plan ostracism and intimidation adopted by these men? It would seem to be time for genuine and ProhibitionSts to repudiate anybody who claims to be able to deliver them bound and gagged over to- program of prescription and to an un-Amerl- can system of political dictatorship.
 If the Prohibitionsts wish to form thro party of their own, it will be quite within theil rights to do We long had militant Prohbl- ton Party in the United States and might have another. But that is very different thing from setting out deliberately to play the part of wreck CT of other parties. If the Drys preparing tC abandon the Republican ship, let them do it witt dignity, after serving fair notice But let them no remain on board if they were loyal part of th fcrew, and then threaten to scuttle and sink thu vessel with all board before they themselves put on life -preservers and take to the boats. w may vet come to dictator in this country, bu he will be like man on horseback than al agent in black coat and white tie.