Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-06

was so close-272 to 144-that the
change CT six votes would have given
the necessary two-thirds majority.
The vote does indicate pretty plainly
that the next Congress will submit a
repeal amendment or possibly the mod
flied amendment that will guarantee
Federal protection to dry States
against importations from wet States.
In today's voting in the House l
note that all eight members of the
House from Kansas. as well as the four
members of the House from Maine,
voted against submitting the repeal res
olution. From a casual glance at the
record believe these are the only two
States which voted unanimously
against submitting the resolution.
odds are that the resolution amend
ment will not be submitted by the pres
ent Congress; but of course, this is
only my personal opinion. 1t is not
even made as prediction.
Now. as to the merits of the con-
troyersy, as I see them: Understand,
I am speaking from my viewpoint, as a
Kansan born and bred; as an Amer
lean citizen who believes he holds the
best interests of the people of this Ma
ton at heart. This does not mean
that I condemn these who have a diff
ferent viewpoint, but who equally be-
lieve that they have the best interests
of the people of this Nation at heart.
Those persons and myself are just in
disagreement. That is all. Each has
perfect right to his own convictions,
his own belief, and has entire liberty
of action to crystalline those convic-
lions and beliefs into action, so far as
am concerned.
II am one of those who doubt that
making it easier to obtain liquor would
lessen the amount of drinking in the
United States. And in passing let me
say that the vets have been making
at least one claim in the past few
years that on its face is hypocritical
They assert they favor temperance;
that repeal of the amendment and
abolition of national prohibition en-
forcement would mean less drinking.
That is not true They want more
liquor: liquor more easily obtainable.
Il doubt very much that making 1t
easier to obtain liquor would lessen the
amount of crime, for the very good rea-
son that it never has leSsened crime.
Il am sure that making 1t easier tc
get liquor would increase the number
of traffic accidents and all the troubles
and miseries that liquor always has in
creased.
IF the drinking of liquor ever les
sened anything that we ever wanted
leSSened or that was injurious to hui
mainly, I have never heard what ii
was.
Medical science now declares that
liquor is not tonic and never was;
that it is depressant, narcotic drug;
never has done and never will do any
body any good beyond what depres-
SAINT and narcotic drug might 90 in
certain emergencies. Medical science
says this. am only repeating what
Is says.
Medical science says that if a smart
man takes drink, that 1t slows him
up-while giving the smart man him
| self a deceptive feeling that his proc
esses have been speeded up-and while
the effect lasts, that he Is not quite as
smart as he was before. But he be-
lieves he is much smarter-generally he
is much louder, sometimes much
| funnier
Il know there are physicians who
say that liquor has some medicinal
value But medical science no longer
admits that it has. There even is some
| suspicion that liquor is a race poison.
"On this liquor question, I am sure
We must not allow ourselves to be
stampeded by the hysterical liquor pa
rade into jumping from what the wets
consider the frying pan into the fire
When some II years ago, 46 States
voted through their Legislatures to
place the Eighteenth Amendment II
| the Constitution IL Was mt die IN any