RIDICULES THE CONSTITUTION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 490, 20 October 1928, Page 12

RIDICULES THE CONSTITUTION

UNDEMOCRATIC MEASURES It has often been argued, that 'if prohibition in America is such a failure, why don’t the people get rid of it? In order to repeal prohibition, it is necessary to have the votes of twcthirds of a quorum of each House of the Congress, and a majority of a quorum of each of the two Houses c the Legislature of three-fourths of the States. This shows what happens when legalism gets the better of commonsense. Everybody is now familiar with the “Super-government” policy of the New Zealand Alliance. That .% dy, by every means in its power, is endeavouring to get a majority of mem bers of Parliament pledged to support it. If it succeeded, and prohibition were carried, the electors would never be given another opportunity of voting upon the question. The position then would be similar to America’s to-day. When a law is on the Statute Book, it takes a lot to shift it! If the American people were feiven the opportunity of repealing prohibition, they would do it in such a manner that would leave no doubts in the minds of anyone as to their opinions on this question. Prohibition has • proved to be the most disastrous amendment ever incorporated into the Constitution of the United States.—Advt.