The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-18

You also mention ana 1urIner insinuate that the governors bill through his czaristic commission would refuse any so-called speak cas- proprietor who had been con- yicted fin liquor traffic during the Noble Experiment" (Another catchy republican term) 8 license to sell beer. Such I am sure is not the governors intention. Restrict ing tho right to contract and do business Mir Wilcox is unconstitu- drowned on similar restriction. Re- member any place padlocked was done not through the usual chan nels of legaldom but through courts of equity which move incl dentally was another feat of repub- lican leger domaine.
 Now you ask the people to lis- ten to more republican ideas. Tut!
 Tut! MT Wilcox.
 You further state that the judiciary bill (not the governors
 bill) is simply a case of home rule If a town didn't want beer 1t could refuse to allow it. Why such a con- ltradictory statement. honorable sir Didn't you remark in the same ar- ticle that the governor appears to be desperate in his insistance that his ideas be accepted because as you viewed it, 3.2 per cent beer has been declared notwithstanding by the federal congress.
 Then why should you state that town may exclude beer sales if they should 50 want? That proves that the governor is absolutely right, if beer is notwithstanding as you pointed out, so is milk.
 Can any town refuse permission to sell milk if 1t is clean and whole some? No, they can't, can they, MT Wilcox? Why? Because of state and local laws place them under regulatory acts consistent with good sound government. Then why discriminate against the governors measure. Beer is not intoxicating, milk is not intoxicating, milk has state regulatory restrictions. Beer should not have state regulatory restrictions. Why the paradox. MT Wilcox? Why not come right out into the open and say. We must remember that from the small towns of the state we republicans get our strength. Some towns want beer sold, others do not. How can we surmount such an obstacle without causing further dissention within our ranks which are d. ready being broken by strife over the beer and liquor question? By not having the proper state regula- tions and allowing the towns to
 decide. Bravo. MT Wilcox, an ad- | mirablc idea so unlike Lincoln's idea of good government when he had reacnp1 VnIIr heiRhta On the very next page of the Sunday Republican a large type headline reads: Chase Joins in
 Protest On Beer Scheme," follow
 ed by 'Roraback is urged to sup i port state control measure" It it
 a protest placed against the repub- lican party by no less a person than
 Frederick $. Chase, telling Majority
 Leader Baldwin that he (Chase) favors the governors bill and that
 1t is the height of absurdity and
 unwisdom for the republican party which has always stood for high est ideals in the advancement of | the state. :" To put 1t conciseiy
 and effectively it is deemed bad
 politics and will seriously react on
 the party, driving some of the most
 influential supporters into the ranks of the Independents.
 Now, candidly, MT Wilcox, is. MT
 F. s. Chase wrong too? It seems
 that even influential members of your own party are threatening to
 bolt into the ranks of the indepen-
 dents unless you cease your cheap politics for something more sub stantial.
 You know now that you can't
 possibly be right per SC and should
 stop indulging in pragmatism.
 The goevrnor's stand Is clear and
 concise. 1t needs no examination oi
 memory: Let us not befuddle the
 issue with q lot of meaningless l terms.
 Prohibition, some claim, was forced upon us when the soldiers
 were away; others maintain that
 1t was necessary under wartime
 measures. This moot question believe, can be answered by an. other question which to my mind Is a logical one to ask ourselves. Did we or did we not abuse the privilege of decent drinking? The
 answer obviously can only be ons of "Yes."
 The majority of the people al evidenced by the returns in ths past presidential election clearly
 showed that they were tndiscreei
 in abusing the privilege and want. cd to start anew. But without proper state control we will again
 abuse this privilege.
 | Remember. Mir Wilcox. the 18th
 amendment has not been repealed
 and that the return of beer is (
 probationary measure 10 ses
 whether or not liquor shall revive. Also remember. Mr Wilcox, C'est is