Word: vermouth
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...certain paragrapher has aptly pointed out that the problem of "concurrent legislation" resolves itself into the question whether "concurrent" implies a blending together, as with gin and vermouth, or one sovereign, as with whiskey and soda. A New Jersey court has decided in favor of whiskey and soda, and Governor Coolidge, with a firmness that brings a tear to dry eyes, and a lump to dry throats, yet withal wisely, has declined to dissent from the opinion...
...constitutional in view of what the constitution says? Is it in view of what the Eighteenth Amendment says? Are the states' laws on the subject constitutional with respect to either or both? If not, which? Does "concurrent jurisdiction" mean literally "running together"--like the blending of gin and vermouth? Or does it mean acting together, but one sovereign, like whiskey and soda? As far as we are able to see, "Nobody knows--and nobody seems to care." All we may do is to be philosophical like the valet, who tried to comfort his master in an agony of gout with...