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FEBRUARY 23, 1928 VOL. 91. 2364 “While there is Life there’s Hope” Published by Lirr Puntisnixo Company, 598 Madison Ave., New York. Citantrs Dana Ginson, President; Cram Maxwett, Vice-President; Laxcuonxe Ginsox, Secretary-Treasurer; Hexny Ricn R. E. Surawoon, Editor; F. D. Ca: E. S. Mantix, R. C. Benen ME. McADOO seems to be using his best ener- gies to make Pro- hibition the issue in the next presi tial campaign. Speaking at Rich- mond, under the patronage of the Anti-Saloon League and the W. C. T. U., he gave out that the supreme need of the Drys is to put law en- forcement in the White Hou An attempt, he said, was being le to convince the country that even with a Wet President the Constitution and laws will be enforced. He does not think so. With the White House, as he said, “in the hands of the liquor interests, the doom of the Eighteenth Amendment would be written on the face of the Constitution.” Seeing how Mr. McAdoo feels about it, how interesting it might have been to have him in the White House to show us what could be done from that position for Dry enforce- ment. He is, or used to be, a person of great energy. For all that, how- ever, he could only have carried the Dry Law enforcement as far as Con- gress gave him the money to do it and as far as the Constitution previ- ous to the Eighteenth Amendment permitted it. That has been done already, is now being done and will continue to be done, no doubt, until the Volstead Act is modified or the Eighteenth Amendment repealed. Possibly, if Mr. McAdoo had ac- tually got to the White House, his concern for Dry enforcement would have eased up, but as it is, he is do- ing a useful service by pressing the Dry issue on attention as he does. His slogan now is, “No Wet for President.” Governor Smith or ¥, Art Editor; L y and F, G. Coo. n, Business. Manager. A. Fryxx, Managing Editor; n, Contributing Editors. Governor Ritchie would not do. No! No! Much too wet! It is probably true that the Democratic Drys would not take kindly to either of them, but is there any Dry that the Democratic Wets would take kindly to? How astonishing it seems now that less than four years ago Mr. McAdoo himself was the likeliest candidate for the Democratic nom- ination. It is quite likely that until he gets through with the Democratic party and loses what following he has left in it, the Democrats will not clect a President. It was so with : Nothing could be done until n had finished. Now if Mr. McAdoo can maintain a status in which the Wets won't vote for a Dry and the Drys won't vote for a Wet, anybody like Hoover on the other side ought to win. Mr. McAdoo’s sentiment about the Constitution is a good deal like the sentiments of the old-time Jews about the Sabbath. It was necessary to impress upon them that the Sab- bath was made for man and not vice versa. "THERE seem to have been big steals in Queens County. A powerful effort is being made to bring the facts about them to light, and a powerful counter-effort is made to keep them covered up. The most promising talent for prevention and delay is being employed, but the talent for discovery is competent also. This is a big matter which ought to be thoroughly cleaned up, and the cleaning should not be too long de- layed. If it can be held back by lawyer-made obstacles until after the presidential campaign sets in, it may complicate that campaign, for these steals have to do with Democratic administration in the overgrown City of New York. The Young Colond, who has this subject very much at heart, is likely to make the most of them. Nevertheless, it is doubtful whether the Young Colonel, vocal as he is, should be assessed as a Republican asset. One may feel the same un- certainty about Big Bill Thompson, outstanding product of Prohibition. have two big men to visit us —Count Keyserling and George Russell, both of them serious quan- tities on the scales; men of energy and great vitality and with something to say. Count Keyserling gives utterance in print and in lectures on the pres- ent c¢ of this world. His views, impressions and predictions can be come at in his books, A traveler, a philosopher, and considerably Sir Oracle. Mr. Russell, poet, painter, mystic, philosopher, statesman and journal- ist, also has recorded himself in books, and his records are available, but besides that he has a notable gift of familiar discourse in company, backed by an untiring energy of mind, and a friendly and communi- cative spirit that makes him willing to tell in all companies what he knows and what he thinks. He can talk about Ireland, the young poets, the Gaelic, the present state of man- kind, and always he is a beneficent and informing speaker, abounding in good will and as practical as he is benevolent. Big as he is, with physi- cal power apparent in him, one won- ders nevertheless at the ceaseless energy of his mind. Another visitor, the President of the Irish Free State, who came pre- sumably to offset the more frequent appearances in this country of the leader of the Irish Republicans, has gone home, heartened, let us hope, by the friendliness of his reception here. E. S. Martin. comicbooks.com