| Show BORAH STIRS I MARES MARE'S E'S ES NEST NESTI DRY SPEECH BY DY IDAHO SENATOR SENTOR IN WET CITY OCCASIONS MUCH COMMENT Similar Statement Heard On Floor I In I Debate By fly Walsh And No Hurrah Hurrahs States Statu Would VIolate Violate Vio Vie late Law Washington Washington Washington-Sen Senator Borah Dorah Is sun sur priced at the tile amount of comment excited ex cited by his speech this week because practically every point In tho the speech had already been made by him In the senate many of them In the same ame words Most of the points made by Borah florah had also allo been paralleled by Senator Benator Walsh of Montana Ai A. Senator Borah florah has made himself the outstanding dry leader lender among Republicans Re Re- publicans publican so eo is Walsh the this outstanding dry leader among the Democrats By fly outstanding dry leader Is la meant the tho possession of conviction that the tho prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- amendment and the act should be enforced plus conviction that prohibition Is good plus ability to discuss the constitutional aspects of the subject Other leaders In both parties are as dependable to vote and speak dry as these two it is their ability as constitutional lawyers that distinguish Borah Dorah and Walsh One of the tho principal points made by byboth byboth byboth both these senators Is that the wets are really aiming to assert assort the tho right of ot a state to refuse to obey a an In In- Aw I 1 n P 1 t. t a 1 I u. u Wa u. u Lao g I Walsh and Borah Dorah take toke strongly the stand that the only way to change the present status of prohibition is by wide nation action and that the only kinds of wide nation-wide action possible are two namely by a new ne constitutional amendment submitted In the regular way or by the election of a congress congress with a majority pledged to tho wet side Senator Walsh derides the idea Mea of a national referendum proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed III in a pending bill by Senator Edge of New Jersey and backed by other wets It U the referendum shall shan result as hoped b by by- bythe the wets obviously some somo change In the present policy Of f the government as represented in the tho Constitution Con and in the tho status will necessarily necessarily follow But Dut suppose Mr PresIdent President Pres Pres- ident the result shall be otherwise and that the present policy shall be confirmed then what Does anyone Imagine that the gentleman who tells you that the law and the constitutional amendment are viola viola- tive of the tho fundamentals of liberty and thus encourage violators of the law lawIn lawIn lawin In their conduct will wUl thereupon desist from so arguing |
