The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-29
Remarkable Speech Was Delivered at Sea Girt, New Jersey, Before En- thusastic Crowd of Many Thou sands on Saturday

, fty of the churcheS In these mat ters are the fundamental for4es on
 which we must build. The recent
 recognition of this fact by the pres- ent administration is an amazing
 piece of hindsight.
 "A statesman, given to the nation
 by this state of New Jersey, point ed out this necessary course when federal prohibition first became a great issue. President Wilson fore saw the economic and social re- suits of such an attempt. It was not
 necessary for him to live through the disastrous experience in order to come to the conclusion now con- fessed by our present president; in statesmanship an ounce of fore
 sight is better than pound of
 hindsight.
 "The experience of nearly one hundred and fifty years under the constitution has shown us that the proper means of regulation is through the states, with control by the federal government limited to that which is necessary to protect the states in the exercise of their legitimate powers. This, submit, is the principle embodied in our dem- ocratic platform: and state fur ther that 1t is not the principle stated in the republican platform or in the speeches of acceptance, of the two candidates of the repubh- can party.
 This time of depression has caused us to see even more plain | ly than before not only the7political and moral consequence of our &C., ton but it's economic results as we'll. We threw on the table as spells to be gambled for by the enemies of society the revenue that our government had heretofore re- ceived, and the underworld acquir- ed unparalleled resources thereby. 1.-The only business of the coun- | try that was not helping to support | the government was in real sense
 being supported. by the government. | This was the business that was the | direct product of the 18th amend ment and the Volstead lava bus | mess which is lucrative, vicious and | corrupting in its influence on the | enforcement agencies of govern ment.
 | 1T should be something less than l candid-in fact I should be dis | honest-if I i'd not in this cam- paign continue to speak very plain | ly of these evasions, insincerities l and deceptions.
 "Witness the republican plat | form-long, indirect, ambiguous, l insincere, false.. Words upon | words. Evasions upon evasions. h. l sincerity upon insincerity. A dense | cloud of words.
 | "In June, the republican oracle sat in Chicago. There was a fume of heated oratory; clouds of prohi- I bition proposals were emitted; the | resolutions committee and the con- 1 vention itself succumbed to the | stupefying influence. It uttered | words in the party platform words and more words, till mean | ing was lost and reason slumbered. l "And then when the convention l ended and the people asked the high priests of the party what 1t all 1 meant, the answers were so diverse
 that one was tempted to suspect
 the worst-that 1t meant nothing at all. The secretary of state explain
 ed in the choicest phrases of re- publican diplomacy: Senator Boran
 spoke out in his fortnight fashion ] and said 1t sounded wet to him president Butler said the words
 were dry.
 'I suspect that those who wrote that plank thought that it would sound dry to the drys and wet to
 the the vets. But to the conster- nation of the high priests. 1t sound cd dry to the vets and wet to the
 drys. This was very serious indeed.
 Something had to be done about it
 "Weii, something was done abou!
 1t. The democratic party fairly and
 squareiy met the issue. II adopted
 by an overwhelming vote, plank ! so plain and clear and honest thai no one could doubt its meaning and
 the candidates accepted this 1tate-
 ment one hundred per cent.
 "In 1928 the republican candi-
 date for the presidency said; |! do
 not favor the repeal of the eish-
 teenth amendment.' and. amplify.
 InR hls meaning at that time, he
 added that it was a great social
 and economic experiment noble in
 motive and far-reTchihs in pur'
 aTo anyone who will read fine
 prohibition plank in the republican