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Dry-Law Debate

Dry-Law Debate

by Clarence Darrow

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Author
Wheeler, Wayne Bidwell, 1869-1927
Title
Dry-law debate : Clarence Darrow vs. Wayne B. Wheeler
Original Publication
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1927.
Credits
Tim Miller, Craig Kirkwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject
Prohibition -- United States
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 79848
Release Date
October 23, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Dry-Law Debate
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.DRY-LAW DEBATE — SUBJECT OF DEBATE — MR. DARROW’S ARGUMENT — ASSAILS BIGOTED OUTLOOK — JOY TAKEN OUT OF LIFE — NEVER NOTICED ANY DROUGHT — SCORES THE VOLSTEAD ACT — SAYS LAW CAN’T BE ENFORCED — WHEELER’S SPEECH IS READ — “THE POOR MAN’S CLUB” — MORAL OUTCAST BEFORE DRY LAW — PROHIBITION PRINCIPLE SOUND — NO INHERENT RIGHT TO EXIST — ASSERTS MAJORITY FIXED POLICY — SEES ALL LAWS DEFIED — DECLARES SALOON WILL RETURN — MR. DARROW’S REBUTTAL — SAYS NEGROES CAN’T GET RIGHTS — HIS VIEW ON LIBERTY — LAW BORN IN BIGOTRY — MR. WHEELER ANSWERS — CALLS APPEAL TOO LATE — ASSAILS THE SALOON — CITES WORKING OF LAW HERE — SAYS MAJORITY BELIEVE IN LAW — MR. DARROW CLOSES DEBATE — FAVORS ANYTHING ELSE — CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION
  7. 7.Transcriber’s Notes:

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