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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-05-01

long-settled principle of constitutions
law has initiated against their business.
It is just another instance of our most
1awless element rebelling against law and
the constitution. Illinois is asked to make
the pathway of the bootlegger easier
1t would seem to be sound legislative
policy to delay action on a measure that
would disturb a principle of law SO long
established at least until it shall appear
that legitimate interests of the state are
interested and would be benefited by the
suggested change.
Innocent persons are not suffering from
the application of the law as now con-
Etrued.
States attorneys in Illinois are not eX-
pending their time in efforts to punish
persons who have already been punished
by the federal courts, or who have been
shown not guilty in a federal case.
Is there any valid reason why the state
of Illinois should lay down any such
sweeping policy as is contained in this
proposed measure applicable to all future
cases throughout the entire state, with
out exception? Who are to be the ben
eficiaries of the states serving notice
upon the bootleggers that if prosecution
by the federal government shall for any
reason fail, the state will not modest
them no matter how guilty?
We submit that there is no call for any
such surrender of state sovereignty to the
federal government
With this legislature considering a Sc
ries of vitality needed changes in the
criminal code, demanded by an aroused
public sentiment this appeal for a letting
down of the bars to the criminal element,
comes with very poor grace.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-05-01
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

TO the Honorable
the House OF Representatives.
return herewith without my approval
House bill No. 1, "A bill for an act TO re-
peal certain acts therein named"
The purpose of this bill is to repeal the
Illinois Prohibition act and the so-called
Search and Seizure act Its effect would
be to leave Illinois, for the first time in it's
history without any state law for the COM
troll or regulation of Intoxicating bever-
ages. Tt attempts to nullify the provisions
of the Eighteenth Amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States so far as the
state of Illinois is concerned.
This state has always recognized the
need for regulation or control OF traffic IN
Intoxicating liquor. From the beginning
of organized government in Illinois there
were laws on the subject and the liquor
traffic has been restricted with constantly
increasing stringency of legislation culmi-
mating in 1874 in the Dramshop act. State
laws regulated the sale of Intoxicating liq-
uor both within and outside the limits of
cities, towns and villages; prohibited the
sale of intoxicating liquor to minors, near
homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, or
within four miles of the state university,
and prohibited the admission of minors to
dance halls where Intoxicating liquor was
sold. In 1907 the Local Option law was
adopted, giving the people in cities, towns
and villages the right to create by popular
vote anti-saloon territory to prohibit the
sale of intoxicating liquor.
This group of laws was in force when
the Eighteenth Amendment was made a
part of the federal constitution and the
two acts which this bill seeks to repeal
were enacted in order to make effective
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-05-01
COUNTY CONVENTIONS TO Be HELD THROUGHOUT STATE

OF course, all classes of law violators
where there is both federal and state
jurisdiction over the same offence, come
within the protection of this proposed
law Surely Illinois isn't ready to permit
the bootleggers to provide loophole for
the escape of the criminal classes gener-
ally.
We have yet to hear of a single case OF
injustice being done any citizen by
double prosecution under the prohibition
law, or any other law, in the state of Illi-
nois. Illinois history on this question
shows that this measure is wholly un-
called for. AS was said by Mr.. Justice
Daniel for the United States supreme
court in How. 434, II L. Ed. 2l3:
"It is almost certain that, in the be-
nignant spirit in which the institutions
both of the state and federal systems are
administered, an offender who should
have suffered the penalties denounced by
the one would not be subject a second
time to punishment by the others for acts
essentially the same unless indeed this
might occur in instances of peculiar enor-
nifty, or where the public safety de-
manded extraordinary rigor. :"
We submit that this measure is not de-
signed to protect citizens in their con-
stitutional rights. 1t is not furthered in
the interests of the law-abiding citizens
of the state On the other hand, there
isn't much doubt but what every bootleg
ger is for it. No protest against it will
come from the underworld. No advocacy
of it will come from the homes, the
schools, or the churches of the state nor
from any organization interested in civic
betterment.
J.H.C.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-05-01
CARNATIONS TO BE FORMED IN EVERY COUNTY
TO BLOCK FUTURE WET REPEAL ATTACKS
Observance and Maintenance Prohoy
With Enthusiastic Cooperation by Friends Every
where County Organizations Being Formed

ance Union, and other organizations in
terested in the furtherance of the public
welfare and Christian citizenship who are
ready to affiliate with the allied dry forces
in the promotion of state and national
prohibitions; to cooperate particularly,
with the educational forces of the state
in instructing the young in regard to the
dangers of alcoholism, and in enlisting
the youth of our state in support of the
policy of national prohibition; to cooper
ate with the duly elected officers in secur-
ing better enforcement Of the law; to
secure the nomination and election of
county officers who are for law enforce
ment; and to bring about the nomination
and election of such members of the leg
islature and congress as shall be approved
by the Anti-Saloon League of Illinois.
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Vets in Fight on Enforcement
Would Sacrifice Other Laws
House Bill No. GAG is a Liquor Bill

Mr.. Durso (TWenty- ninth district, Chi
cago,) has introduced House Bill No. GAG
which provides an amendment to the
criminal code as follows:
1.-THE putting of person in jeopardy
by prosecution in the courts of the United
States for an act which constitutes an
offence also against the state of Illinois
shall be a complete bar to any prosecu-
ton for such act under the criminal laws
of this state"
The purpose of this measure is to pre-
vent the prosecution in state court of
violator of the prohibition act who has
been put in jeopardy in the federal
courts.
1t will be noted that the bill does not
provide against a second conviction only,
but if a man has merely been put in jeop-
ardy and not convicted in the federal
court he may not afterwards be even
prosecuted for such act in the state court.
This measure would seriously cripple the
enforcement of our criminal laws by per-
hitting the federal government to deter
mine when and to what extent prosecu-
ton should be made for offenSeS against
the state. There is no violation Of the
constitutional provisions against double
jeopardy where the same act is a viola
ton of both the federal and state laws,
and punished by the laws of both juris-
dictions. This principle has been long es
tablished as inherent in our dual form Of
government. After the adoption of the
Eighteenth Amendment and its enforcing
legislation, the vets made concerted
and persistent effort to have this prin-
ciple oVerruled by the courts. Finally the
question was brought to the United
States supreme court few years ago,
and in the LAMA case, 260 U. S. page 1884,
the United States supreme court in an
finally settled the matter as applicable of
finally settled the matter as applicable to
legislation under the Eighteenth Amend
ment, in harmony with the decisions of
the supreme court from the beginning.
The bootleggerS have found that this
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-05-01
REPEAL BILL VETO MESSAGE
Text of Governor Louis L. Emmerson Message Vetong the O
McDermott Bill Repeal Illinois Prohibition Laws

within the state of Illinois the provisions
of that amendment.
The supreme court of this state has said
that the Illinois prohibition act was re-
vision of the whole subject under the
amendment to the federal constitution
and was intended as substitute for and
to repeal all existing law on that subject.
The statutes of this state provide that:
mo act or part of an act repealed by the
general assembly shall be deemed to be
revived by the repeal of the repeating act"
REPEAL WOULD REMOVE ALL STATE
LIQUOR REGULATION
1t is apparent, therefore, that House bill
No. Mould remoUe from the statutes all
these lalDS on this subject and the serious
consequences of such q situation cannot
be ignored By any thoughtful citizen. The
police, sheriffs, constables and other law
enforcing officers, numbering tens of thou
sands, could not under state law interfere
with the sale of liquor to school children,
the operation of stills and dramshops near
schools and colleges or any other trafick-
ing in intoXicants. The only protection
from these coils lUould be the activities of
comparatively jelD federal agents, unless
some measure OF polOer remains in a1uflic-
qualities By ordinance, but this 1OouId nee
eSSarily be a0eaE and Ineffective.
1t is COMMENDED by the proponents OF
this bill that the sole purpose of the ILL
noos prohibition act and the so-called
Search and Seizure act is the enforcement
of the provisions of the Eighteenth Amend
ment to the federal constitution, and that
if the people of Illinois are not in sympa-
thy with that amendment they have a
right to withdraw cooperation in such en-
forcement. Without questioning the SOP
ereign right of the people, Mould like to
CONTINUED on Page %
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-05-01

The Anti-Saloon League, working with
other dry and civic organizations, is hold
ing county conventions throughout the
counties of the state in preparation for
the decisive contests ahead. The follow
ing schedule of dates has already been
arranged:
Tuesday, May u, Kane county, Aurora.
Thursday, May IA, DuPage county,
Friday, May is, McHenry county,
Woodstock.
Tuesday, May 10, Lake county, Wauke-
gan.
Thursday, May 81, DeKalb county, De-
Kalb.
Friday, May %, Kendall county, York
vile.
At this writing the first convention has
been held, at Belvidere, Thursday, May
z. 1t was a pronounced success in every
way. The Boone County Convention and
others will be reported in subsequent Is
SUES. The enthusiasm with which the
friends of prohibition have received and
cooperated in the convention program
bodies well for the success Of the big cam
paign which faces Illinois dryS in the
coming legislative primaries and election.
A program substantially as follows will
be carried out at each county convention:
COUNTY CONVENTION PROGRAM
Convention called to order at 1920
a. m.
Song, prayer, and an address of well
come Of ten minutes by the pastor
of the church, or someone he may
designate.
II to 11:2O analysis of the situation
in the state by DR.. George B. SAT-
ford, state superintendent of the
Anti-SalOOn League
1920 to II 40 organization as it per-
tains to law enforcement will be
handled by Mr.. Joseph Collier, at
torney for the League followed by
forum on the subject from 11:40
to 12:1E.
Convention adjourns for luncheon to
reconvene at 80 p. m.
1870 to 2:30, law enforcement study
and address by the Honorable Gill
, bert F. Lapley, attorney for the
i, United States prohibition bureau
"What is being accomplished under
the regime of General Woodcock,
and what we can do to promote it,"
2:3O to $3.50, reserved as womens
hour, devoted to the w. G. T. u,
who furnish the speaker.
$3.50 to 4:30, discussion about the
young people and prohibition
''What are the facts and how can
they be improved?"
Supper will be served at o'clock, the
convention reconVening at 7:30 p.
M
7:3O, an inspirational address by one
of the outstanding leaders of the
prohibition cause in the state.
The purpose of the conventions as
stated in the plan for county organiza-
lions which are being formed in each
county, is to create sentiment in support
of the Eighteenth Amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States by means
of a comprehensive campaign of popular
education on the subject of prohibition,
in cooperation with the Anti-Saloon
League, the Wonlens Christian Temper
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FOR RENT

Seven rooms with bath. Elec-
tricity, gas and water furnished.
Vacant May LIST, 1881.
DANIEL T. THAYER,
Central Hotel, Oakland, Md.
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TENTATIVE LIST OF HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES GIVEN

Continued from Page One)
Floyd Savage, Leona Blanche Van
Sickle, John Wilson Nedrow.
Date of commencement, Wednesday,
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G. H. WILLIAMS, Plumbing and
Heating. Phone 138-W, State Road,
Observation-Disclosures 8-8t*
FOR SALE-Ten head two year old
cattle. Apply to Playford Friend, l. u
miles from end of cement road at the
Blooming Rose church, or address me
at Friendsville R. D. 1, Md.-Adver-
tisement 7-5t*
FOR SALE-Baby chicks, R. G..
Rhode Island Reds, Matched electro
cally. April Matched, %, $3.50; so,
$500; 100, $500. Diana Weber, Oak
land, Md.-Advertisement 5-tf. =
LOST-Two black and tan f..
hounds; one low heavy-set animal,
the other about nine months old. Re-
ward if returned to or communicate
with William Snyder, Oakland, Md
Advertisement 6-4t.*
RELIABLE MAN WANTED-To
call on farmers in S. Preston county.
Wonderful opportunity. Make So to
$40 daily. No experience or capital
needed. Write today. McNESS CO.,
Dept. B, Freeport, Illinois.-Adver-
tisement Sit"
Z.OU III w ARO-r OF return OF un-
opened parcel post package, addressed
E. c. Tracey, care of w. E. Beatty,
Romney, w. Va, lost near William
James Hotel, Oakland, Wednesday
morning, April 8. Return to E. C.
Tracey, Waldo Hotel, Clarksburg, w.
Va, or this Observation-Disclosures 81
FOR SALE-Nice large, well-root-
ed Cabbage and Bermuda Onion plants
of best varieties. 500, $1.O0; 1000,
$1.75, postpaid; larger quantities,
$1.5O per 1000, express collect. Well
packed and quick shipments. Now
booking orders for Tomatoes after
May 1. c. ]. HOLCOMB, CORTLAND,
,Va.-Advertisement 52-12t.
CHIRoPRACTIC-The new way
to heal. Feel run down, weak, ill?
Try Chiropractic. Thousands of peo-
pie all over the world have been ben
Gifted by this comparatively new
scientific method of treatment. Why
not you? There is no mystery, no
voodoism about chiropractic. Come
and investigate for yourself. In office
every day. Nally Building, next
door to A. & P. DR.. A. F. Kimmell.
Advertisement 51-3t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09

J. A. LESSEE, in charge. These meet
ings will continue the balance of the
week, and possibly longer.
Rev. William Anderson preached at
Crellin last Sunday evening.
Miss Adeline Dove, Miss Eva Well
ing, Joseph Barger and Franklin
Cook, all of Cumberland, were Easter
Day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley w.
Yelling at their home here.
Miss Edna Young, a teacher in the
Duquesne schools, was an over-Easter
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Com
erford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bushrod Grimes, Nor
gantown, are occupying their cottage
here for a few days.
Miss Bessie Zohn is in Fairmont,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank
M. Murphy.
Mrs. Utterback and son Robert mo-
tored to Grafton on Wednesday.
Mr.. Curtis B. Fleming, Fairmont,
spent Easter Day in the Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09

Va, and Mrs. Thelma Shearer, Cum
berland, spent Easter with then
father, ]. ]. Glotfelty.
Hess Winterberg, Lancaster, Pa.
was the guest last week of his father
William Winterberg.
Mrs. Lydia Wiley has returned from
several weeks visit with her son, Har-
rison Wiley, and family, at Reisters-
town, Md, and friends in Baltimore
Miss Gertrude Hone, who has been
| i'll, is improving.
Chester Davis, College Park, Md.
visited Miss Mary Miller at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Shirer, at
Somerfeld, Pa, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Fahey attended
the wedding of DR.. John P. Stump, of
New York City, and Miss Adele Whal-
ey, of Uniontown, Pa, at st. Johns
Catholic church, Uniontown, Tuesday
morning. They were also guests at
a pre-nuptial dinner dance rendered
in honor of the couple by Mr. and Mrs
John J. Stump, of Cumberland, at the
White Swan Hotel in Uniontown,
Monday evening.
Miss Clara Martz, who had been on
q NlolI W ISldIlNSS III 11dSeIoIOWH 4OI
the past three months, has returned
to the Casselman Hotel.
Miss Orpha Dorman, McKeesport,
Pa, spent several days here with Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Morrison.
John Blocher, student at Duquesne,
Pa, accompanied by his uncles, John
and Daniel Mclaughlin, of Swiss
vale, Pa, spent the Easter holidays
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. V. L. Blocher.
Clayton Diehl, student at the Uni
versity of Maryland Medical School,
spent the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Diehl.
Mrs. Lille Younkin spent several
days with her brother, W. H. Ryland
and family, Meyersdale, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Bender visited
friends in Akron, Ohio, over Easter.
Miss Rose Rice, Oakland, spent
a few days here the guest of Miss
Ruth Conley.
Harvey H. Stanton, Aurora, W. Va,
is the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. U. Stanton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
PAID LOCAL NOTICES

FOR SALE-Seed Corn; Matching
Eggs. Baity Ridder, Route 1, Oak
land.-Advertisement 5-4t.*
PROPERTY FOR SALE OR RENT
Very desirable location. Inquire OF
address K, the Republican Office
Adv. 31-tf.
FOR RENT - Three furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. Mrs
Paul OFT, Pennington Street, Oak.
land.-Advertisement 3a-tf.
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES fol-
sale-Rural Russet, price Sligo. Allen
Kelly, Observation-Disclosures Gas
FOR RENT-A six-room house;
gas and electricity; garden. Apply
to VIM. Kildow, phone 219-W, Oakland
Advertisement 7-6t*
FOR RENT-Flat with all modern
conveniences, over Dixon's Store
Phone 15-J, Mrs. D. NJ. Dixon, Oak
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tiff.
FOR SALE-Two fine pedigreed
male calves. Better improve your
stock, which will be worth much more
Silas C. Beachy, Accident, Md.-Ad-
vertisement 8-8t.
HARDY VARIETIES OF PINES
and SPRUCES for ornamental and
windbreak planting. $1.O0 each al
nursery in Loeb Lynn. E. R. O'Don-
nell, Oakland, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sc
Am now taking orders for White
Leghorn Baby Chicks for April and
May matches at reduced prices. Gus
tom Matching done. Charles E. Zeh-
ner, Grantsville.-Advertisement TIT
FOR SALE-Good dapple gray
horse, 8 years old; weight about 1906
pounds. William H. Friend, west OF
Friendsville, Nd, near Noah Frazee's
Standardization 5-tf.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
MT. LAKE PARK

The wording of the law recently
published in The Republican was
somewhat ambiguous. In synopsis
of the fish laws of Maryland it is very
plainly stated "that residents of Gar
rett county are not required
to take out additional license to fish
in Deep Creek Lake,; d. But If one is
a nonresident of Garrett county and
a resident of the State, a Deep Creek
Lake license will cost $2.75 and for
a nonresident of the State, $5.25. All
a Garrett countian needs in order to
fish in the big lake is slips resident
anglers license. >'
Mountainlakers are anxious to see
a COPY of the bill relative to the re-
incorporation of the Park. 1t is I'M
derstood a number of amendments
were made to the original measure.
These amendments may or may not be
deciding factors and decide the tate
of the proposition at the referendum
the election to take place in August,
we are informed. 1t would seem that
the Act should have publicity in the
press in order that all may vote intel
ligently. If very lengthy it could be
published in installments.
Mr.. James Lish, Of the Bethlehem
settlement, who some time ago suffer
ed slight stroke of paralysis, is at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Moreland, in Loeb Lynn Heights, crit
ically ILL.,
Mr.. Elmus Ream, for the past year
teacher in the Commercial Depart
ment of a school at Keyport, N. j..
has accepted a similar position at Or
ange, N. j., for the coming year.
Mr.. Grant Hayden is spending a
few days with his father, Capt: J. A
Hayden, who continues quite i'll.
Mrs. Arthur Fike returned Satur-
day from Terra Alta where she had
been visiting her mother, who is ill
Special meetings are in progress In
the U. B. church, with the pastor, Rev.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
RY AN IS GIL A d E

Mr.. Floyd Foley is now recovering
from a serious operation in the Key
ser hospital. T..
Epworth League was held at White
Church Sunday night.
The Sunday school was re-orga-
nized last Sunday.
Mrs. J. B. Shockey is recovering
from an attack of sore throat.
Miss Fife Paugh and Mr.. Alva
Paugh were visiting their relatives
in this community last Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mr.. Arley Whetsell was visiting Mr.
Nay Harvey Sunday night.
Mr.. Albert Shockey and son, Harold
Shockey, were guests of Mr.. ]. b
Shockey Sunday evening.
Miss Mabel Steyer was visiting hel
home this past Saturday and Sunday
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$4,000 Baby Chix for %ed lss

Leghorns, Rocks, Reds or any other
kinds in any quantity, on 3 days to
8 weeks notice. Custom Matching on a
weeks notice. Breeders, for coal, kerr
osene or electric and chick feeders al
ways on hand and for sale. Brood
sows, sheep, wheat or buckwheat ac-
cepted as part pay on chix. Both tel
ephones. EVANSVILLE HATCH
cry, C. J. Yoder, prop'r, Grantsville,
49-tf.
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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1881
NOTICE.!

THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE That
l will not be responsible for any debts
contracted in my name other than
those contracted by myself.
WALTER HARDESTY.
Deer Park, Md. April 6, 1881. 8 st