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Thursday*?Democratic.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBBR 26, 1922.
When conditions are such in this
country that it seems necessary to say
something in behalf of prohibition,
the one man who can say it just a
little better than anybody else is Mr.
Bryan. In a number of congressional
districts in the North and Central
West opponents of prohibition are
urging the election of "wet" candidates
and in one State, New Jersey,
Governor Edwards 'is seeking a seat
lu the United States senate on a
liquor platorm. Mr. Bryan therefore
considers the time ripe to express
his opinion not only of the whole rotten
liquor-business but of the efforts
which are being made to rehabilitate
it as an issue in American politics.
x He dismisses as absurd any thought
of repealing the 18th amendment to
the federal constitution and says that
the talk of light wines and beer, the
sort of light wines 'and beer that
would be intoxicating and therefore
the only sort the liquor advocates
want, will never be permitted by the
supreme court iu violation of the constitution.
The real purpose of the
\ opponents of prohibition, Mr. Bryan
says, is eventually to get control of
Congress and prevent the appropriation
of the money necessary to enforce
the law. '.Mir. Bryan does not,
of course, contend that prohibition |
absolutely prohibits, but he does contend,
and rightly so, that the country
uhi luuue wunuermi prugress 111 ibhiperance
reform since the prohibition
amendment becume effective a few
years ago. The remark one sometimes
hears that "prohlb'tion does not
prohibit" and that the law has failed
and is therefore useless is not worth
. taking seriously in the light of the
facts. One might with equal reason
claim that because firebugs sometimes
destroy people's homes the law
against arson should be repealed or
because meu continue to kill each
other without. Justifiable cause, the
statute making murder a capital offense
should be set aside- Men have
always indulged too freely in strong
drink, for their own good and for the
good of others, and we suppose that
some will continue to do so until the
end of time, but us the world grow *
older their number will decrease in
proportion to tlte decreased opportunity
they have to secure strong drink
and the increased public sentiment
against its use as a beverage. Tliia
country is fortunate in having in Mr.
Lfryan a champion of Christianity and
morality who can riddle any argument
advanced by the opponents o.
prohibition and hold up to the view
of the people In the light In which it
* should be seen the whole hideous
liquor business.
, ,, Oen. Robert E. l^ee regarded idleness
as a positive vice. He is quoted
as saying: "A young man Is aiway8
doing something; if not good, then
? hurm to himself and others." There
is a great truth in this, and It appnc >
to old men and young men and old
women and young women, alike, and
even to children. There is really no
such thing as idleness. We are all
doing something, all the time. And
those of us who have reached the
years of discretion and responsibility
should make sure that we do good
rather than harm.
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Possibly it is too much to expect
that the Democrats will overturn on
November 7 the immense majority
the Republicans now have in the
lcwer house of Congress, but unless
.something miraculous happens durig
the next 12 days that majority will
he so severely jolted that the Republican
leaders will wake up the morning
alter rubbing their eyes and
wondering "how come." There will
be no mystery to them in the "how
come," hut they will be slow to adBpflfc
Kit the cause even to themselves.
Abraham Lincoln, patron saint of
the Republican party, was credited
with saying something about the Ira
v> iwiiug kii tue peopie
>*U thf Ubm. Possibly he had in mind
the failure of hie disciples of the 20th
two ye^rt ago the worst bench ^ of
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first opportunity- The opportunity
will arrive one week from next Tuesday?and
then, arter the 4th o( March,
there will be an army of lame ducks
wobbling around Washington quacking
to President Hardihg to throw
some federal appointments their way.
It really makes one feel like all the
gpod things have not happened in tue
past to contemplate what is likely to
come out of the congressional elections
this* year.
At times -every normal boy has a
yearning to run away troui home. It
is just in him aud he can t help it.
Most 01 them couirji the urge, uowever,
L* it said to their credit. Those^
who may be making such plans now
should stop and consider lue experience
of the Texas youth who crawlel
Into a side-door sleeper one uigut
recently aud there met two tramps
who took all of his clothing except
his shirt und then pitched him from
the moving freight traiiV; He was
not badly hurt aud reached home
safely. But he hud a sorry tale to
tell.
A good many people in this country
have been complaining because
the British Government did not usemble
an army and naval force hi
the Dardanelles and begin active,
wtrfare against the Turks. However,
it seems safe to assume thut
the British diplomats knew what the-'
wore doing. They had all the facts
and it is likely that they could see
further than most of us on th.s side
of the Atlantic.
One of the latest fads, imported
from Paris, of course, is for girls to
daub mud on their faces in order to
get that magic beauty effect. W?J
would suggest thut some of them
take a ride in a stripped down flivver
some rainy day over the roads of
Fcrt Mill township und they will get
all the mud on their faces they want.
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