The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-21
n G Feb.-Befo

seVelS IN which ne urseU " fin
E & the lsoe aPi5 Of the Eighteenth
ally the . r9p as a direct way to enc
Amendment slhItem Of Of tyranny and hypo-
The he, (Which which had grown up arOun'
pr %ai ST9olstead law was gsi;.; de,
The bT the former Solicitor
1ouncsd1 s oy a s "mOnstrouss, - com
Genera If f iSsiquity and folly" Treat at
pound u Institutional issues IN,
ing ,a " he criticized the report o1 Of
tie . wlfA that the view expressed G.
declared seoore sent Fort, Republi-
BY hs e Now Jersey, that nome
can o. ,r a' permissible under the
tbfeI brew "I law, would make every
l'lsls aSolder a vintner and every
cellar T5a . .neech abounded in strong
Inc s,lorfuI criticism of the "fail-
ng 30 0O If prohibition, but its most
s Viking ~ arguments rev e d
hIlh n5 the constitutional cues
aou . Mr.. Beck said the Eigh-
a t...ib Amendment was not man.
ssA~ and was similar to the
S-snt Of power in the commerce
g g.,.e of the Constitution, which
co. c..oyess had not exercised for
T C.T. Congress Has Full Power.
' STbe means, therefore of en-
.,.ing this statute, or, indeed, the
IrtT Of enforcing it at all, rests
w. he political discretion of Con-
.,. 81 he said, "and its members
~ oply responsible TO the Ameri-
can people" A..
as rone-exercise of a power is not
,sesssarily a challenge to the Con-
linton. he added, they will in
irs time wholly sweep away the
ToIstead act, and upon its ruins
build afresh.'
The Republican party was warn
Il that it might perish as did the
Wbig party, on a moral question,
4 4 continued to "sell its soul to
he fanatical drys and thus be-
.ome the party of prohibition" He
ad the party cannot forever be
half wet and half dry" and ex-
Deet to hold "a large number of
'ef-respecting men and women to
whom the intolerance of prohibi-
ton is a moral affrOnt."
As for the Democratic party,
NJ. Beck told its members that it
had abandoned its traditional pol
lev Of States rights in accepting
the Eighteenth Amendment, but
that it might retain its rank and
file through the force of "invin-
dble prejudices."
The amendment, he asserted,
destroyed its basic principle Of
home rule and relegated sovereign
States to "ignominiOus positions
Of mere police provinces"
Departing from his formal adj
dress while discussing hypocrisy,
Mr.. Beck quoted the Indictment of
the scribes in the twenty-third
chapter of st. Matthew, commend
ing it to the "Prelate of Virginia, "
meaning Bishop Cannon, who has
been one of the most pronounced
defenders of the Eighteenth AM
Edment.
Mr.. Beck said that agitation for
repeal was justified and that the
demand for modification was gain
ing steadily. He justified a peace
tul revolt against the system.
Pays Tribute 10 the House.
Paying tribute to the considera-
ton with which the House attend
Cd his address, he said:
You will not find, 1 believe, in
any other parliamentary body, in
A issue of such acute feeling as
Prohibition, that a speaker repre-
'sntng but fraction of the House
would have patient, courteous at
RnhOn, even from those to whom
wat | have said is worse than
Solshness and a stumbling block
] It is simply unutterable folly.
] Such tolerance is in this cham
T' Thank God for it. May il
Always be 50, but it is not outside
. I'VE days ago my intention tc
make this speech l have had many
s'ers, one threatening me, il
v me chamber. Since l announc.
Ie most striking way, that if ]
oAied to make this speech l neeC
~s oe expect to return 10 Congress
NY fellow members, when tn,
@e comes that, in a great funda
-sa'al' moral problem like this,
~upfOmse my convictions Il
ave my seat in Congress, may my
usni hand forget its cunning anC
Ohgoe cleave to the roof o.
SApplauded by Drys and Vets.
~. seS and most of the drys ros'
shed. WHICH, "Ai' DeeA All
n' ane galleries were filled witt
Sa... members wives. Mrs. Long
NJ. I ! mad a party which include,
49, oeck IN the Speakers section
sn.; e House devoted its time ex
S'as% sy to prohibition and anti
s ~ 9I speeches today as gen
,SriO usoate was concluded on tn
is,lstratiOn bill to transfer en-
,.at agencies from tn
j o't;sa to the Department Q
Ns5 =, HE Inc measure was bein
nent monuments at adjourn
n Iputssstentatives Tarver of Geo,
ssi. and d Patterson of Alabama All IA e a.
isiso o al their allotted time to -
Pstt sse Of the prohibition law. NJ,
win wilson al found particular fan
nOo,i. wet Propaganda" in the me-
isnisS = press. Mr.. Tarver d,
sst O,S SseSUrgia against statement
coSp roUnlOltiOn made it a lawle'
York , osa3tve Black of Ne