Evening star., 1932-06-07

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Columbia University,
| New Yofk City:
My dear President Butler:
The morning papers print q resolu.
ticn which. it is stated. you are pro-
posing to offer for incorporation in the
platform of the Republican party al
the natinal convention in Chicago next
week. I quote the resolution in full:
Resolved, That We reafflrm thu
declaration Of Republican doctrine made
| by the Republican national convention
! Of 800, when it nominated Abraham
| Lincoln for President-namely, 'Tha,
the maintenance inviolate of the righ!
of the States, and especially the right
Of each State to order and control it!
own domestic institutions according tt
its own Judgment exclusively is essentia
/ to that balance Of power on which thu
| cal fabrics depends'-and
l. That we also reafirm the declaration
Of Republican doctrine made by thu
Republican National Convention OF
| 1884, when it nominated James G
| Blaine for President-namely, The
people of the United States ir
their organized capacity constitutes
! nation. and not mere con-
federacy Of the States The Nationa
, Government is supreme within the
sphere of its national duties. but the
States have reserved rights which
should be faithfully maint2 2ined. Each
should be guarded with jealous care, sc
that the harmony Of cur system OF
Government may be preserved and the
Union kept inviolate.'
ITO the end that these declarations
Of principle may be made effective, that
| hot he
States and the Nation as originally es-
! tablished by the Constitution may be
preserved. and that the several States
! may be enabled in such ways as their
public opinion shall direct and sustain,
| to deal promptly, effectively and con-
structively with the problems OF the
! LIQUOR traffic in the light of the expert
ence of our own and other nations. we
ask that the Congress submit a pro-
posal to repeal the eighteenth amend
ment. which proposal shall be submit
! ted for ratification by conventions OF
the people Of the several States in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of Article
! " of the Constitution of the United
States.
In Complete Sympathy.
Should the eighteenth amendment
be repealed, the Republican party
pledges its influence and authority to
secure the adoption Of such measures
for the control Of the liquor traffc by
the several States as will promote tenn
perance, effectively abolish the saloon,
whether open or concealed, and bring
the liquor traffic itself when not pro-
hibited. under complete public super
vision and control.
While the eighteenth amendment re-
mains upon the statute books it should
be obeyed
with this resolution2l am In complete
sympathy and earnestly hope not only
that it will be incorporated in the Re-
publican platform. but that similar
resolution will be incorporated in the
Democratic platform. thus taking the
question Of repeal out Of the field OF
partisan politics
MY position may surprise you. as II
will many OF my friends. I was born
a teetotaler: all my life have been 6
teetotaler on principle. Neither my
| father nor his father ever tested dror
Of intoxicating LIQUOR. nor have M,
mother and her mother were among the
dauntless women of their dav who
hating the horrors of drunkenness. were
often found with bands of women Of
llhc pa dyAlS VA hASNs Ia
the saloons In their ardent desire te
save men from the evils that so com.
monlv sprang from those sources ol
t iniquity. Although teetotaler or
principle and in practice, have alway:
stood for whatever measure seemed al
the time to give promise OF best pro.
noting temperance. With my father.
for years supported the Anti-Saloor
League in both its State and nationa
work. It was at one time reported thai
our contributions toward the passage
of the eighteenth amendment amounted
to between $4,000 900 and $4,000 900
As I have previously stated, from the
wear 1900 up to and including the datt
Of the passage Of the eighteenth amend
ment. the contributions Of nv father
and myself to all branches Of the Anti
Saloon League Federal and State-the
only contributions made by US in sup.
port of, prohibition egislation-aggre-
gated $350.000.
Hoped Opinion Would Back 1t.
When the eighteenth amendment wa:
passed I earnestly hoped-with host
of advocates of temperance-that II
would be generally supported by public
opinion and thus the day be hasteneo
when the value to society Of men with
minds and bodies free from the under
mining effects of alcohol would be gen.