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...recent reappointment of Haines, henchman of the Anti-Saloon League, to the direction of Prohibition enforcement in the United States seems to have been a piece of the rankest and most craven political expediency. It was contrary to the advice of General Andrews; it was contrary to the wishes of the cabinet members who had seen Haines at work; it was in all probability decidedly against the desires of the president himself. It means that the administration has placed itself partially under the control of a not too savoury organization. It is proof positive that a partisan organization with sufficient...
...effort you and your following have made to nullify and tear down the 18th Amendment is treason of the rankest sort, and if ever a person deserved death at the hands of an outraged public you certainly deserve...
...answers Charlie, "I'm not one of the rankest...
...produces a more pleasing effect than any of the other bits of verse in the present number, "A Thought" is, on the other hand more to be praised for its form than for its thought or its choice of words. But all this is subjective criti- cism of the rankest sort and by a person of instructive likes and dislikes at that...
...have, is a war with Great Britain. However just the cause of any other country may be, there stands above it the cause and interests of the United States. Those who because of racial prejudice attempt to influence our national action in any way are guilty of the rankest disloyalty...