| Show bonaci stills milah NEST DRY SPEECH BY IDAHO SENATOR IN WET CITY OCCASIONS MUCH COMMENT similar statements heard on floor in debate by walsh and no hurrahs Hur states would violate law washington senator dorah borah Is surprised at the amount of comment excited e by his speech this week because practically every point in the speech spot ch had already been made by him in tho the senate many of them in the same words most of the points made by borah had also been paralleled ly senator walsh of montana As senator borah has made himself tho outstanding dry leader among republicans public ans so Is walsh tho the outstanding irv leader among the democrats by outstanding dry leader Is meant tho the possession of conviction that tile tho 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 other leaders in both parties are as dependable to vote and speak dry as these two it is their a ability as constitutional lawyers that distinguish dorah borah and walsh one of the principal points fiade by b oth both these senators Is that he wets are really aiming to assert the right of a state to refuse to rabey a an integral part of the cons it ution both walsh and borah take strongly stion gly tile the stand that the only way to change the present status of prohibition is by nation nationwide wide action and that the only ids of nationwide nation wide action possible lie are two namely by a new constitutional amendment submitted in tile tho regular way or by tho the election of a congress with a majority pledged to the lio wet side senator walsh derides the lie idea of a national referendum proposed lu ili a pending bill by senator edge adge of new jersey and backed by ther other acts 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 con coll tion and in the status will necessarily follow rut but suppose mr air president the result shall be otherwise and that t the he pre present ent policy shall be confirmed then what 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 liw law in their conduct will thereupon desist from so be arguing |
