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THE AMERICAN ISSUE Page T'wo: CITIZENSHIP IS DENIED ALCOHOL DRINKERS GREAT WORLD GATHERINGS WILL DEVELOP PROGRAM TOWARD COMPLETE PROHIBITION NEW JERSEY: UNES-UP ON WET-AND-DRY ISSUE Republican Standard Bearers are Solid for Prohibition Demo- crats Per Contra Page One) payers of wasted. the state be wholly Precedent Cited It must be remembered that the jveta ari proposing auoh beer and win4 without an amendment to the Constitution. They say it is only necessary to amend the Illinois Prohibition ct and the Volstead aet. A number of years ago the liquor interests filed a petition asking the election commissioner to submit to die voters in Chicago the question as to whether the Sunday closing law should be obeyed. The commissioners refused to submit that to the electors because of the fact that it was anarchistic in its nature and tendency just as it would be to submit a question as to whether the law against burglarly should be obeyed.

The same question arises in this ca8! These facts prove that their proposition presented under the so-called public policy aCt can not be legally done without first amending the Constitution of the United States. Their proposition, therefore, is illegal. It is not a question of public policy qny more that It would be a question of public policy to vote on whether or not we should reestablish slavery in Illinois without first changing the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States which prohibits elaverv. FOR A PA-TRIOTIC CITIZEN TO PARTICIPATE EITHER BY VOTING FOR OR AGAINST TRE PROPOSED QUESTION WOULD BE TO RECOGNIZE IT AS A LEGITIMATE QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY. It would be helping to undermine the Constitution of the United States.

It would be agree ing to a vote upon a question qs to whether or not the Constitution should rule. Urge Voters to Vote fop Dry Congressmen We recommend to the patriotic citl zens of the state of Illinois, first, that they go to the polls and vote On November 7 for dry Congressmen, members of the state legislature and men fop public positions having to do with the enforcement of the law who will keep their oath of office to Stand by the laws and the Constitution; second, that they do not Contribute to the undermining of the Constitution of the United states by participating in any measure by voting on the so-called beer and wine question that they not only do not participate but that the civic forces of the state interested In lairtind order show the wet interests that fce majority of the people are not in sympathy with their program of nullification by refusing to participate in the election so -far as this proposition is conceinfdv and that we make an aggressive campaign urging the voters of the state nob. to vote at all on this proposition, (v. Wets Refused to Permit Referendum Wheh It Was Legal The Statement further calls to the attention of tho public the fact 'fhaftlio anti-salOon fofcei of Illinois offered the wets tn opportunity to try Out the beer and wine pioposal when there as no amendment to the Constitution forbidding such proposition. Tb wets in the legislature defeated this proposal and now when the Constitution of the United States forbids all intoxicating liquor including beer and wine, these Same interests now seek a chance on tl)e beer proposition.

FRISCO GRAND JURY HAS 1 UNIQUE DISTINCTION According to Reports, Dry Law was Condemned by Jury, Not Law-Violator COM. HAS ANOTHER KIND Duty of Government Declared to be Detection and Punishment of Crime A short. time ago a grand Jury of San Francisco made public a declaration to 'tha effect that the Prohibition law it the cause of increased crime, and ftp-pealed to the Congressmen from that 'state' to vote for a modification of the Volstead act to legalize manufacture land sale of beer and wine. Tliis action was reported by the leading newspapers of the United States under display hoade. Evidently in the opinion of the editors it Vaa out of the and therefore news.

It is a fortunate thing for our government that there are not many grand juries with auefi distorted ideas on the subject of Jaw enforcement as to censure the law and. not criminal who violates that Jaw. Here Is a report of a different kind coming from the September grand jury 'of New Haven, Conn. This grand jury throhgh its foreman sent a memorial to Federal Judge Thomas in which it was pointed out that there has been steady Improvement in the strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment in the Conviction of those who violate the law and in the officials whoso duty it is to deteet. and punish violators of the law.

But the need for co-operation of "the favored classes with officials in bringing -about a still greater improvement fn the enforcement of the Volstead law was urged. On this point the grand jury said: The most favored classes with laigpr incomes have it in their hands to improve the situation and conditions in this respect Very greatly for the general benefit of all citizens. It is tha demand from this source with the large profits involved, that leads many to take the risk of violating the law. For tho economic, phjsical and moral well-being involved it is desirable that all citizens pull together for the well-being of the commonwealth and for the enforcement of the Constitution gild the statute 'aws. Judge Thomas ordered the memorial spread upon the records and given the fullest publicity possible.

LEAGUE WILL CAMPAIGN AGAINST VOTING ON ILL. WET REFERENDUM (Concluded from Page proposal. This statement says in part: Not a Question of Public Policy The liquof interests have circulated and filed a petition asking for the submission of the question of whether the existing state and Federal Prohibition laws shall modified so as to permit the manufacture, sale and transportation of beer (containing less than 4 per cent by volume of alcohol) and light wines for home consumption. They are asking for the submission of this question under the so-called Public Policy act. This law differes fiom any law authmizing a referendum vote in that jt does not declare that ny action shall bo taken based upon the result of tb referendum.

We contend that this question is not one of public policy and should not be voted upon for the following reasons. Illinois Cant Amend Federal Law 1 (1)' It is not within tho purpose or spirit of the so called 'public policy act of Illinois under which-this referendum must be held, to include a proposition On the first above mentioned. The law does not and could not provide for the submission of an amendment to the Federal Constitution or laws Sven though the propositions petitioned for were legal. 1 -(2) An amendment of federal law permitting the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquora containing up to 4 per cent alcohol by volume as petitioned for, would be contrary to the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and lienee unconstitutional and void. State Cant Legalize What Nation Prohibits (3) "As to the second proposition contained in the petition modification of the state law to permit the manufacture, Bale and transportation of beers containing up to 4 per cent of alcohol, etc.

the state can not legalize what the Federal Constitution and law prohibit. "(4) It is not a right or function of one Of the states of the United States to hold an election on the question of modification of tha Constitution of the United States by nullification instead of tha method provided for amending the Con-etltution aa contained in the Constitu-lion Itself. "The established law shows that this beer and wine referendum as proposed could not be constitutionally carried out even if the vote should be in the affirmative, and that If in tne negative It could have no effect. Therefore the attendant election expense to the tux- Jrt Maine the other, day the chief justice of the Supreme Court refused citizenship papers to an alien because there was the smell of liquor oil his The judge said in refusing the papers: United States citizenship is too great a gift to be given an alien who appears for his final papers with the taint of alcohol oil his breath. World, League speakers.

A number of Other women are also scheduled, among them Miss Cora Frances Stoddard, Boston, secretary, of the Scientific Temperance Federation, and Miss Mary Jane Campbell, Lucknow, India, a United Prebyterian '-missionary who has been' loaned to the W. C. T. U. in India for five years as organization secretary The holding; of the conventions, those at Philadelphia and those at Toronto, so close together both as to days and location, makes it fine for those who wish to attend all the gatherings and get as much as possible on the "world situation.

The correspondence from both nten and women over the world indicates that there are strong plan cm the part of hundreds of delegates, both from the United States and abroad, to make arrangements so as to be at all the gatherings. i White the W. C. T. U.

convention obviously are for women, the presence of a great many men in those gatherings is assured because it is becoming more and more recognized that with Out the pioneer movement on the part of women, there never would have been ail effective organization among the men. Still further, the spirit of the W. C. T. U.

as expressed in the international meeting, will be one Of the inspiring agencies of the Toronto Convention. Hundreds of messages have come into the office of the World League Against Alcoholism from W. C. T. U.

organizations and kindred societies from every nation of the earth inquiring about the World League and expressing willingness to co-operate with its program. Represent Other Organizations Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, Washington, D. Grand Chief Templar of the Independent Order of Good Templar of the United States, will be one of tlxe 'speakers -at Another speaker of note will be Rev.

Dn Ira Landrith, Chicago, president Of; the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association. He will represent that orgqfuzation at Toronto On the speaking fogram. Qne of the features of the convention is expected to be the pageant of nations, ade up ot representatives, in native costumes, ot all nations of the earth. The constituent temperance organization of every nation represented at the convention will have a place on the program. Toronto, Convention City Toronto, convention city Of the World League Against Alcoholism, is the capital of the province of Ontario, and, second only to Montreal, the commercial metropolis of the entire Dominion.

It is a City Of about half a million population, beautifully situated on the western shore Of Lake Ontario, only a short distance from Lake Eries northeastern shore, half a days automobile journey from Niagara Falls. Toronto is the market center for that marvelous region known as the fru't belt of Southern Ontario. It is altogether a modern city, whdre the march of commercial enterprise and expansion has not destroyed the instinct for beauty and comfort. Its streets are wide and beautifully laid out. Its University is magnificent.

Its Parliamentary building is a structure Of grandeur. Toronto is an important railway center, with train serv-ce ih all directions. It is reached with extreme ease from any part of the United States or the Doipinion. It has plenty of high class hotels which are reasonable un their rates. It is urged, however, that delegates to the convention he.

as forehanded as possible in getting reservations. A list of hotels and rates can be Obtained by addressing Ben H. Spence, 24 Bloor East. Toronto. or J.

H. Larimore, Westerville. Ohio. ACROSS STEAMERS BOW DRYS FIRE TEN SHOTS The New York Tribune of October 3 reports that ten solid ehots were fired early on the morning of October 2 by the Prohibition cutter Newberry at a mysterious two-funnelled steamship that escaped after an exciting chase through the narrows. Anyone of the ehots from a one-pound forward gun was capable ot einking the steamship had it struck her below the water line.

The first shots were fired across the how of the steamer in an attempt to bring her about, but tbe skipper disregarded this warning and lent his fast and rakish craft full steam ahead and distanced his An ail day search of docks, piers and inlets in an attempt to seize the suspected craft proved futile. (Concluded From General Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, were elected joint Presidents. Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, editor of The Amer lean Issue and General Manager of the publishing' interests of the Anti-Saloon League, was elected General Secretary.

The governing bodies were chosen to be the General Council, Executive Committee and the Permanent International Committee. It was provided that the meetings for the convention should be held once in every three years- special conferences bein called (If necessary. Since "the organisation of the World League Against' Alcoholism the Anti-Saloon League has utilized its recourceS largely toward the program of Law Enforcement tin America. Temperate organizations in other countries have been trying to get on their feet and the three years that have elapsed have beeh years ol post-war reconstruction, Intense activitiy therefore has not been carried on by the World League. However, a great deal has been ae complished W.

E. Pussyfoot Johnson went to England, Northern Europe and India and is now in a Prohibition campaign in New Zealand. Dr. David Ostlund was sent to Sweden where he it now directing temperance activities and also giving attention to wdrk in other countries of Northern Europe. Dr.

Howard H. Russell, Bishop James Cannon, Dr. H. IB. Carre, Rev.

J. Moore, Ph. Doctor D. M. Gandier, Rev.

Ben H. Spence, Miss Anna Gordon, Miss Cora Frances Stoddard, MiS. Deborah Knox Livingstone, the late Dr. John G. Woolley, Harry S.

Warner, Miss Ida Green and others, have been abroad in the interest of International Prohibition. Plans have been made in many countries for attacking the liquor problem. It is expected that the Toronto convention will make large plans tor carrying on the international work. Who May Be Delegates Temperance Organizations in sympathy with the world movement against alcoholism; churches, young people's organizations, Sunday schools and the like are entitled and invited to send delegates to the convention. This, however; does not mean that delegates may1 be appointed only in this way.

All individuals in' sympathy with the world Prohibition program are invited to attend the convention as individuals, whether they represent Organizations or not. All persons expecting to go as organization or -delegates should notifyf Dr. Ernest II. Cherrington, General Secretary, Westerville, Ohio. Noted Speakers Promised -i It is-announced that the following are seme of the speaxers.who will be on the convention program: Dr.

C. W. Sileeby, London, England, physician, scientist, former government official; Led Jones, M. York, England, president of the United Kingdom Alliance, joint pre- Larimore 1 Students desiring to enter the contest ar asked to send their names anti addresses to the InterCoJlegiate Prohibition Association, 14 W. Washington Chicago, 111.

Manuscripts must reach that address before November 1. The essays must deal with some. aspect of the alcohol problem or with some proposed method of solving it. They Should contain not less than two thousand nor more than three thousand words. It is announced by Harry S.

Warner, general secretary of the I. P. A. that the contest is open to all kinds Of schools of higher grade, including normal schools, junior 1 colleges, technical Colleges, theological schools as well as standard colleges and universities. The five winning essays will be te4 at the convention.

The first prize is $100; second, $200; third, $100; fourth, $50; fifth, $30. TherO are ten prizes of $25 each and twenty-fivfc prizes Of $10 each. It is not too late to get into the contest if the students act promptly. This promises to be one of the biggest and best contests ever put on among students in any country. The Intercollegiate Prohibition Association is one of the organizations that are members of the World League Against Alcoholism.

The association is committid to world Prohibition through afforts that are to be carried on by the students ef the world. At the conference there will be serious discussions of world movement against alcoholism. Leaders from many countries will tell of the situa tions in their 6wn lands with proposed methods of solution of the alcohol problem. of I sident of the World League Against Alcoholism, privy councillor, and former member of parliament; Dr. Robert Hercod, Lausanne, Switzerland, director of the International Temperance Bureau and joint president on the World League; Dr.

Howard H. Russell, Westerville, founder of the Anti-Saloon League and joint president of the World League; Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, Westerville, general manager of the publishing interests of the Anti-Saloon League and general secretary the World League; Dr. C.

C. Weeks, London; Dr. Robert B. S. Hammond, N.

S. Dr. P. A. Baker, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League; Miss Anna A.

Gordon, Evanston, 111., president of the National W. C. T. Miss Mary J. Campbell, of India and C.

T. U. organizer for that country; Miss Cora Frances Stoddard, Boston, secretary of the' Scientific Temperance Federation; Miss Agnes E. Slack, Derbyshire, England, temper anee 1 writer, speaker and traveler; Rev. Gifford Gordon, Melbourne, financial director of the Victorian Anti-Saloon League; Tarini Prasad Sinha, Hindu temperance worker, and friend of Pussyfoot Johnson; Niogi, noted Hindu; Wilson Stuart, M.A., B.S.C., London; Ben H.

Spenee, secretary of the Dominion Alliance; Bishop James Cannon, of the Southern Methodist Church; Dr. Wayne B. Wheeler, General Counsel of the Anti-Saloon League; Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, Grand Chief Templar, I.

O. G. Dr. Ira Landrith, president of the I. P.

Chicago; Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston, W. C. T. Newton Highlands, Mass.

Pastor G. Gallienne, of the Blue Cross Society of France; Dr. August Ley, Brussels, Belgium, prominent temper-aqce worker; Dr. Albrechias, prominent temperance worker of Spam Pastor Van Krevelen, Holland: Larsen Ledet, Denmark, vice president of the World League Against Alco holism; Dr. H.

B. Carre, Nashville member of the permanent international committee of the World League Against Alcoholism; Rev. A J. Barton, D.D., Alexandria, tern perance commissioner of the South Crn Baptist convention. Reduced Fares Granted A fare find one-half for the round Wip to the Convention has been granted by the traffic associations, through the decision of the Canadart PaSsdnger Association.

The fares will be On the identification certificate plan. Tickets "good for going to the convention will be orr sale at all points November 18 to 24, inclusive, and for return the tickets will be honored until December 4. It is thus seen that 'sufficient time will be given for going, attending the convention and returning to the remotest parts of the United States and Canada. Cer-tificaes and details as to times of trains, routes, can be obtained from State Anti-5al00n League Superintendents. W.

C. T. U. officers and railroad officials. In some instances it is planned to run special trains, Or at least special Pullman cars to 4nd from the convention.

The convention of the Dominion Temperance Alliance will be held at Toronto the same and rates for this gathering also are at fare ftnd a half. World and National W. C. T. U.

Con-ventions For the conventions of the Worlds and National W. C. T. Unions at Philadelphia a rate of a fare and a half has been granted. The Toronto convention will follow the Philadelphia conventions immediately, and it is suggested that persons who would like to attend all these gatherings arrange their transportation so as to go, to Toronto via Philadelphia.

It is pointed out that in Order to get reduced rates both the going and returning trips must be made via the same route. The conventions of the Dominion Temperance Alliance, the great temperance reform Organization of the Dominion of Canada, the Ontario branch of the Alliance and the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association will be held at Toronto the same week as the World League convention. In many respects the Dominion Alliance and the Anti-Saloon League have followed the same means and methods of -conducting campaigns. Both organizations have been signally successful, and this experience will be eagerly awaited by those who come from countries in which temperance progress has not attained the same status as in North America. The great work of women as pioneers in the temperance reform movement will be recognized at the convenor.

The Womens Cbristiaq Temperance Union will hotd its national and world meetings at Philadelphia. which meetings will close in time for the delegates to go to Toronto, and Miss Anna A-Gordon, president of the NaVional VV. C. has indicated that a majority of her vv-11 attend the World delegates League meeting, I. Miss Gordon is on the program of DRYS TO INCREASE VOTE Dry.

Forces Make Net Gain of One Congressman in State Primaries (By Samuel Wilson, Assist. Superintendent Anti-SalOOn League of New Jersey) The New Jersey primary elections on September 28 resulted in a sharp party line-up with the Republicans practically a unit for sustaining the Prohibition laws, and the Democrats as solidly for booze and nullification. William N. Runyon for Governor -and Joseph Frelinghuysen for United States chief standard bearers for the Republican party, are both unqualifiedly for sustaining the Eighteenth Amendment and for tho law for its enforcement; whereas George S. Silzer -for Governor, and Edward Edwards for United States Senator, are outspoken for nullification of the Constitution by declaring that wine and beer are non-intoxicating liquors.

At the election Runyon, Silzer and Edwards were unopposed. Freling-huysqji led his opponent, Qeorge L. Record, by nearly 90,000 majority, or nearly three to one. The vote was light and drys as is usual will great) increase undoubtedly at the general elections the their vote. In the twelve congressional districts the wets gained nothing, whereas one wet Congressman, Herbert R.

Taylor in the 8th district, wfts beaten by a majority of 1,544 by his dry competitor, Chaplain Warren P. Coon. This Victory is most significant in view of the fact that the district includes the city of Bayonne and one populous ward in Jersey City. Tn the legislative contests dry Republican made an almost clean sweep bo that in the next Senate with a single exception every Republican will be a dry and not more than five or six wet Republican votes in the House of Assembly. It is safe to predict that in the general election New Jersey will increase her dry delegation by one and elect a legislature that will not tolerate any revision or repeal of New Jersey's bone dry laws POKERENE BODGES FAIR QUESTION Buckeye Senator Grows Quite Techy'1 Over His Senatorial Wet-and-Dry Record Atlee Romerene after a political address October 3 in Hicksville, Ohio, was asked by a woman to declare his position on the qustion supporting the Eighteenth Amendment.

The Senator replied by attacking the leaders of the Anti-Saloon League, declaring that he Would not be dictated to by them, and added: "The men who go into churches and slander men without giving to them ail opportunity of being heard resemble only the money changers of old whom Christ drov Out of the temple. He declared that had voted against submitting the Eighteenth Amendment because the voters of Ohio at their last previous expression had rejected Prohibition, but that he had voted for every enforcement measure since the amendment became operative except one, the Wiliis-Campbell bill, which law prohibited the manufacture and distribution of beer for medicinal purposes, so-called. Mr. Pomerenes opponent, Congressman Simeon Fess, has unequivocally declared for strict enforcement Of the Eighteenth Amendment and is opposed to any modification of the Volstead law. It Ought not to be difficult for dry voters in Ohio to choose between these two candidates for United States Senate.

COUNTESS OF SELBOURNE RECKONS WITHOUT HOST Countess Selbourne, daughter of the Earl of Salisbury, lin a speech before the National council of woment at Cambridge, says a London dispatch Of September 30, declared: Nation's that have drunk beer are the greatst nations of the world. If this is true they are great in spite of their beer drinking habit and not because of it. Surely the Countess did not have jin mind Germany, the "beeriest nation of the world. In attacking Prohibition the Countess said: "Why should the working youth be deprived of his dinner glass of beer? It is a perfectly harmless thing. The speech was delivered amid cries of dissent, the Countess finding herself be a minority of one- on the question of Prohibiting alcohol to persons under eighteen.

U. S. COMMISSIONER RELEASES GAMMA SHIP United States Commissioner Mc-Goldrick On September 27 dismissed the federal action -against the ship Gamma seized off Montauk Point recently with a cargo of $57,000 worth of liquor. The vessel he said was going from Halifax to Cuba outside the three-mile limit, and did not intend to touch the United State. STUDENTS OF MANY NATIONS ARE PLANNING GREAT INTERNATIONAL MEETING AT TORONTO Conference ort Wofld Prohibition Will be Held; World League Against Alcoholism Offers Cash Prizes for Essays on Alcohol Problem; Contest Open to All Students of Higher Institutions By J.

H. An international Students conference with Student delegates from forty nations will be held under the direction of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association at Toronto, Ontario, November 2429, the same period in which will be held the convention of the World League Against Alcoholism. In fact, the two gatherings will be attended by many of the same persons. Speakers include Doctqr Robert Hercod, Switzerland, director of the International Temperance Bureau and one of the joint presidents of the World League Against Alcoholism; Rt. H6n.

Leif Jones of England, president of the United Kingdom Alliance and also a joint president of the World League; J. Niyogi of the Bengal Social Service Lfcague; Doctor Ernest H. Cherrington, general secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism; Doctor Daniel A. Poling, associate president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor; Dr. Ira Landrith, president of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association and Dr." C.

C. Weeks of London, president of World Student Federation Against Alcoholism of which the I. P. A. is a member.

In connection with the convention there will be the awarding of forty cash prizes offered by the World League Against Alcoholism. These prizes are for essays on the theme The World Movement Against Alcoholism. It is announced that the con test is open to all Students enrolled in colleges, universities, or other institutions of higher Jeirning in the United States and Canada within the period, July 1, 19 22 to November, 1, 1922..