Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-18

of the Government, took a terrible
drubbing." The New York World holds
that "the Anti-Saloon League has
ceased to be political influence of any
real importance in New York"
= THE majority of the country, and
especially the majority in the erstwhile
Republican States, is opposed to prohi-
bition," declares the Chicago Daily
Tribune, with the conclusion: Ma
tional prohibition has been tried and it
has been found unsatisfactory. Able
leadership would recognize the fact and
move at once in the direction of
repeal of the amendment. Mean
while, it would lose no time in seeking
to modify, the Volstead act and the
Jones act. It would not let the initia-
tive In this matter slip into the hands
Of the opposition"
Change in methods of enforcement
is suggested as most feasible by the Co
lumbus Ohio State Journal and the
Ogden Standard Examiner, while the
Ann Arbor Daily News, advocating the
extension Of the referendum idea. slIg-
gests that sit would be helpful for
Congress to know where the various
commonwealth Of the Nation stand
The Newark Evening News hints: "It
Is agreed that the drys are still in con-
troll OF Congress, and, therefore, the
question Is how long the drys can re-
tain their majority intact, In view Of
the well known tendency Of the poIiti-
cal drys to shift when they see how the
vets are gaining" The Chicago Daily
News advises that political thinkers
ought to think aloud to the extent of
volclng their deliberate c0nVtetinus on
the issue which now has broken its
bonds and leaped into the raiddle of
the political arena" The pittgburrh
Post-Gazette recognizes ~ definite and
overwhelming trend" The Little Rock
ARKANSAS Democrat believes that sit is
plain that the election has aggravated
ing enough"
The election impresses the san Ber-
nardlno sun as making the Democratic
party the party of prohibition repeal"
while the attitude of Republican Lead
ership lis declared uncertain. Mairl-
tanning that "the country needs the
principle of prohibition" that paper
asserts: THE cause Of prohibition has
lost ground during the past year. Fall
ure or inability of law enforcement
agencies to stop the LIQUOR traffic plus
decreased ability in the dry leadership
are responsible. 1t cannot be that
There has ever been an honest EFFORT
10 enforce prohibition. Too much was
TAKEN Tor granted when the eighteenth
amendment was adopted. Too many
people thought that ended the LIQUOR
traffic. It was tragic that the cam
palgn OF temperance education was
IN the general upset that has
reached the proportions Of q Demo-
cratic landslide, prohibition can be said
70 nave been minor factor" accord
ing to the Fort Worth Star-TeIeeram.
Inc Savannah Morning News argues
Jnat as to referendum results In the
election, Georgia, South Carolina and
alabama could offset the votes of those
three States If the question ever Should
get TO the Nation on a practical basis
Inc Philadelphia Evening Bulletin is
convinced that "there is nothing in
wnat has happened to give any basis
Lor antlclpations of any official cotlnte-
nance to immediate relaxation of the
present law, the administration being
committed to a thorough trial of the
possibilities of effective enforcement
under the new system"
Inc results are nothing TO get ex-
cited about" advises the Terre Haute
Star, while the Wheeling Tntelligencer
sees IN renewed agitation "sound and
Jury, meaning nothing" The James,
vile Gazette warns: when we at
Tempt TO settle a question with these
angled in views, by a union of senfi-
ment in political party or parties in
convention, we Immediately get chaos"
Inc Lynchburg Advance says, "The
vets have a long road to trudge before
they acquire sufficient strength to do
away with the eighteenth amendment"
If it is going to be a political mat
ter, then there should be a political
party devoted to it, leaving the two
major parties to function normally on
the more essential issues of the Ma
tlon," declares the Springfield Mass
Union. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
also asks, 'Wfll there be third party.
oner1ng q haven for the vets or dries
Of both the old parties?" In such 4
situation, the Plain Dealer predicts 3
repetition OF 1912. The New York
Evening Post, noting discord in Repub-
lican ranks, thinks 1.-The party NAV
have to fight out the issue as the
Democrats did in 1928"