Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-06 | Page 10 | Obey Dry Law, is Borah's Plea

OBEY DRY LAWIS LAW IS BORAH'S PLEA I Respect the Statutes Which Protect Nation Says Idahoan WICHITA Kan Ran Aur Aug By 6 ByTh The Associated Press Declaring Press D that the th prohibition question In- In In Involves olves the success ot of constitution c cal constitutional al government Senator WilliamE U E Borab Dorah Republican Idaho pleaded tor an observance ance ot of the eighteenth amendment or if It you do not like It repeal it in an n hon hon- honorable honorable hon honorable manner in an nn address here Obey the th la law w which protects OU respect the tir statutes which you prevent chaos h he aim admonished The Tho people ot of tbs tho tb United States have he deliberately written the eighteenth amendment Into the statute books after aCter 78 76 years ot of agitation ant and discussion slon It was the tho chry ot of o a nation nation- nationwide i wide sentiment Senator Borah Dorah apen spent most ot of othi hi his address discussing the gov- gov governmental Gov Governmental OV- OV feature of ot prohibition not because he h was as out of Sympathy sym sym- sympathY sym sympathy pathy with the moral side Id of or It ho explained but because It was often orten overlooked Enforcement ot of o the th eIghteenth amendment Involves the problem ot of whether the American people are able to enforce their own laws u he h said Mid tor for It Is n a funda funda- fundamental fundamental mental principle of ot our govern govern- government ment that you must enforce the law hw whether you hike It or not Speaking of ot the referendum which New v York state will make on the tho question ot of the eighteenth amendment enforcement Senator Borah Dorah declared Tho The proposition they have havo pre pre- presented pre presented Is not one of ot repeal of ot the tho amendment but rather Uon of ot It The Tho doctrine of ot states statts Interpreting national laws to suit their own desires wag wa as shot to death In the tho h battle lUe ot of tho the wilder wilder- wilderness wilderness ness Dess In the Civil war Communists In eastern states slates have as much right rient to ask tor for the repeal ot of o pro provisions ot of the th con con- constitution con constitution which protect property rIghts as do those who ask for cor forthe the he repeal ot of o the eighteenth cl amendment to satisfy their own