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Show CLUFF'S LETTER REACHES THE U. S. SENATE Attorney General Harvey II. Cluff's letter on the prohibition cause has found its way into the Congressional Record. The edition ed-ition of the Record which readied readi-ed the capitol Wednesday, in the course of a running debate on the prohibitory question, contains con-tains the following reference to the Cluff letter. The date is March 2, and Senator Bruce, in the course of the debate, said: j "From what 1 have seen here I believe that there is not a shrewder people in any part of the country than in the southern part of the United States. "Take the state of the senator sena-tor from Utah. Unquestionably notwithstanding all the irrigation irriga-tion that is and has been carried on there, it is one of the most arid communities in the United States so far as drink is concerned. con-cerned. Yet what are the latest facts? Harvey 11. Cluff, the attorney at-torney general of that state, who 1 am assured by the senator from Utah, Mr. Smoot, is a man of the highest standing, has recently re-cently made the following statement: state-ment: " 'If prohibition has made popular the hip pocket ilask. It has caused the bootlegger to ilourish and the illicit still to spring up in all sections. And wmle 1 believe Utal is freer from these tilings than most any other state in tiie Union, because ot the diligent efforts of the of-Ikers of-Ikers and because of the training train-ing of our people, yet I am frank to confess that prohibition in Utah is a farce, and is developing develop-ing a citizenry of sneaks, and lawbreakers.' "'ilie same story," concludes Senator Bruce, "comes to us from every part of the country. I do not imagine, for instance, that the senate of the state of Nevada would be calling for a repeal or modification of the Volstead Vol-stead act if that body had not become impressed deeply -with the evils and abuses of the present pres-ent system. |
