Show STIRS RES NEST ORY DRY SPEECH BY IDAHO SENATOR SEN ATOR IN WET CITY OCCASIONS MUCH COMMENT similar statements heard on floor in debate by walsh and no hurrahs Hur states would violate law washington wash ington senator borah Is ia surprised at the amount of comment excited by his speech this week because practically e very every point in the speech had already been made by him in the th e senate many of 0 them in the same words most of 0 the points made by borah had also been paralleled by senator walsh of montana As senator borah has made himself the outstanding dry leader among republicans public Dubli ans cans so is walsh the outstanding dry leader among the democrats by outstanding dry leader leade r is meant the possession of conviction that tha t the prohibition hibi tion amendment and the act should be enforced plus conviction that prohibition Is good plus ability to discuss the constitutional aspects of the subject ct other leaders in both parties are as dependable it to 0 vote and speak dry as these two it is their ability as constitutional lawyers that distinguish borah and walsh one of the principal points made by bk both these senators Is that the wets are really aiming to assert the right of a state to refuse to obey a an integral part of the constitution both walsh and borah take strongly the stand that the only way to change the present status of prohibition Is by nationwide nation wide action and that the only kinds of nationwide nation wide action possible are two namely by a new constitutional amendment submitted in the regular way or by the election of a congress with a majority pledged to the wet side senator walsh derides the idea of a national referendum proposed in a pending bill by senator edge of new kew jersey and backed by other wets it if the referendum shall result as hoped by the wets obviously some change in the present policy of the government as represented in the constitution ution and in the status will necessarily follow but suppose mr president the result shall be otherwise and that the present policy shall be confirmed then in hat does anyone imagine that the gentleman who tells you that the law and the constitutional amendment are of the fundamentals of liberty and thus encourage violators of the law in their conduct will thereupon desist from so arguing |