The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-10

has been failure. They are willing,
therefore, to vote to do away with the
policy which they hoped fondly would
eliminate the curse of the liquor traf-
fic. They found, so Senator Bingham
says, that they were misguided.
So as the state legislatures pass leg
islation providing for conventions in
the several states, the battle is on. 1t
will be on. too, in some of the state
legislatures where attempts will be
made to defeat even call for state
convention. If that fight is successful,
Of course, 1t is almost as good for
the drys as though the state refused
to ratify in convention. 1t takes one
potential supporter from the list of
forty-eight of which thirty-six must
ratify.
Here is the language of the resolu-
ton upon which the states will act:
Resolved by the senate and house
of Representatives of the United States
Of America in congress assembled
(two-thirds of each house concurring
therein), That the following article is
hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
which shall be valid to all intents and
purposes when ratified by conventions
in three-fourths of the several states:
Section 1.-The Eighteenth amend
ment to the Constitution is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 2-The transportation or
Importation into any state, territory,
or possession of the United States for
delivery or use therein of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws there
Of, is hereby prohibited.
"Section 3-This article shall be in
operative unless it shall have been rat
flied as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition by conventions in the several
states, as provided in the Constitution.
within seven years from the date OF
the submission hereof to the states by
the congress"
And for the further purposes Of
II may Dc Sclu IhoL liiC pAV
posal to ratify by conventions in the
several states is the first time it has
ever happened that congress has speci-
fed the use of conventions. The Con-
stitution, of course, permits that meth
cd.
1t was contemplated by the trainers
of the resolution in the senate that
no side issues should be allowed to
muss up a determination Of the ques-
ton. Delegates to the conventions
will be chosen solely on the issue Of
whether they advocate or oppose re-
peal. The plan works both ways. AS
proof, attention need be called only
to the arguments. The vets claim q
direct vote on the question means re-
peal; the drys claim direct vote
means retention of the Eighteenth
amendment. It certainly means that
the one side or the other will get
licked, and the side that gets licked
has no alibi.
If the undercurrent of talk be cor
rect that Senator Harrison, of Missis-
sippi, thought he
Demand for could cut down the
Initiation Weakensvast demand for in
fiation of the cur
rency by staging the series Of hear
ings before his committee on finance,
it must be admitted he has made some
Roadway. To be sure, there are SEN
ators and representatives continuing
their free advice to the world about
| the need for additional millions, even
billions, of paper bills without any
gold backing, but they are not now
believed to possess the strength in
congress they once had.
Senator Harrison is aiming at gath
ering in all shades of opinion into one
record, a course that may or may not
be productive of anything worth while.
| But it is established that the deeper
purpose of the hearings was to keep
many of the inflationists quiet.
How much easier it will be then to
draft legislation Then, and not until
| then, will it be wholly apparent how
much Senator Harrison has accom-
| plished by arranging a Laboratory
| or "clinic" for analysis of the economic
condition.
President Roosevelt, although set
tied in the White House, has not had
time vet to settle into his Job as Chief
| Executive of the nation. But it can
not be said that he has not already
had taste Of the criticism that goes
| with that high Office. do not know
| how much of it has reached his desk,
but Washington gets reactions from
| all parts of the country that the
! .shoneymoon" which Mr.. Roosevelt
| said in his campaign that he desired
is nearly. if not completely. over.
| Take, for example, the expressions
| of dissatisfaction that occurred In the
Middle West about expenditures made
for the inaugural ceremonies Mr..
Roosevelt had little if anything to do
with them. Party leaders and enthu-
siasts, and merchants of Washington,
i promoted the extensive ceremonies.
They were expensive in a way, but
they were part of the great game
of politics. Yet, from various sections
of the country, the reports have come
that Mr.. Roosevelt should never have
permitted the waste" in times like
these.
Then, jibes were heard within the
week after the members of the cabi-
| net were announced. One Democratic
senator remarked that anyway, there
is a Democratic majority in the cabi-
net" The wisecrack was aimed, of
| course. at the cabinet members who