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...them, Congressman Emanuel Celler, Democrat from Brooklyn, issued a statement: "If the Carthcart case shows anything it proves that our Government has no right to meddle in private morals of foreigners visiting us. The so-called 'moral turpitude' of the Countess Cathcart is nothing compared to the 'moral turpitude' of the chasing but not chaste Prince of Wales. Why was he allowed to enter? His parents are up all night worrying about his night life. How about Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanore Duse? They made no bones about their affairs and were admitted. Gaby Deslys was no novice...
Washington, D. C., May 21.--Comparing Dr. Charles W. Eliot'68, president of Harvard University, emeritus, to King Solomon, Representative Emmanuel Celler, one of the "wet" leaders in the House of Representatives, criticised the aged educator for his views on prohibition in a letter made public here today. Mr. Celler's communication was a reply to a long letter written by President Eliot on May '15, explaining why, at the age of 88, he became an exponent of national prohibition...
Following the recent pronouncement on the liquor question by President Nicholas Murray Butler, LL.D. '09, of Columbia University, Representative Celler wrote President Eliot, contrasting the latter's position in 1897, when he was opposed to prohibition, and his present support of Dr. Butler's pronouncement. In reply to this letter, President Eliot said that he became a total abstainer from liquor at the age of 83. At this time, he said, he came to the conclusion that nationwide prohibition was necessary, basing his conclusions on the results of the medical examination of results for the national army...
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...reply to President Eliot's letter, Mr. Celler says...