The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-09-01

than the shifty dry, and the anti
prohibitionist prefers the four
square dry to the uncertain vet"
he said. "All will join in condemn
ing fearful and timid practice of
evasion"
The Democratic presidential as
pirant declared Mr.. Hoover's ac-
ceptance speech proceeds deliber-
ately to misrepresent the position
of the Democratic party. He says
our opponents pledge the members
of their party to destroy every YES
tige of constitutional and effective
federal control of the Qiquor) traf-
fic.
81 have the hight to assume that
the president read the Democratic
platform and on that assumption I
charge that this statement was
made to mislead the people of the
country and I assert a mere read
ing of the plain, unequivocal pro-
visions of the Democratic plat
form will sustain that charge"
The Democratic platform, he
said, expressly and unequivocally
opposes the return of the saloon,
and with equal emphasis it de-
mands that there be federal control
of the liquor traffic to protest dry
states"
Roosevelt likened the Republican
contention to the ancient Oracle of
Delphi who, when partially stupi-
fed by the gasses from a volcanic
crevice, uttered strange and inco-
herent words which the high
priests interpreted.
I'm June, the Republican oracle
sat in Chicago" he said. There
was a fume of heated oratory and
when the convention was over the
people asked the high priests of the
party what it all meant.
"The secretary of state (Mr. Stim-
SOM explained in the choicest
phases of Republican diplomacy.
Senator Borah spoke out in forth
right fashion and said it sounded
wetto him; President Butler (of Co
lumbia university said the words
were dry.
II suspect that those who wrote
the plank thought it would sound
dry to drys and wet to vets. But
to the CONSERVATION of the high
priests it sounded dry to the vets
and wet to the drys."
1.-The Democratic convention"
the candidate for president contin-
ued, fairly and squarely met the
issue. It adopted by an overwhelm-
ing vote a plank so plain and clear
and honest that no one could doubt
it's meaning"
"The experience of $50 years has
show us that the proper means of
regulation" the use of alcoholic
beverages, Mr.. Roosevelt said, "is
thru the states, with control by the
federal government limited to that
which is necessary to protect the
states"
"This I submit" he continued,
ais the principle embodied in our
Democratic platform; and I state
further that it is not the principal
stated in the Republican platform
or in the speeches of acceptance of
the two candidates of the Republi-
can party"
He called the Republican plat
form plank on prohibition "a dense
cloud of words; evasion upon evas-
ion; insincerity upon insincerity."
After declaring that temperance
had not been achieved by the 18th
amendment, Mr.. Hoover said boot
logging "was the direct product" of
those legal instruments" I'VE
throw on the tables as spoils to be
gambled for by the enemies of So
ciety the revenue that our govern
ment had hithertofore received" he
said, "and the underworld acquir-
ed unparalleled resources thereby.
"The attempt to impose the prac-
tice of virtue by mandate, pro-
duced an attitude of intolerance to
other forms of restraints and a
denial even of the basis of author
ity. The only business that was
helping to support the government
was in a real sense being support
ed by the government.
"Unquestionably our tax burden
would not be so heeavy nor the
forms so Objectionable if some rea-
sonable proportion of the uncounted
millions now paid to those whose
business has been reared upon this
stupendous blunder could be made
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