Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1915 — BRYAN GIVES TIP TO COLLEGE “DRYS” [ARTICLE]

BRYAN GIVES TIP TO COLLEGE “DRYS”

Opposed to National ProhibitionShould Concentrate in _ State Action. Topeka, Kans., Jan. L—A preference for state action for prohibition, at present, rather than an immediate attempt for national prohibition, was expressed in a letter from Secretary of State Bryan to Mon G. Borton, national secretary of the Intercollegiate Prohibition association, read at the closing session of the convention of that organization here tonight. ’ In his letter Mr. Bryan says: “In the matter of prohibition, I think that at present the emphasis should be laid on the contests in the states. In some states the time is ripe for action and I think it is better to concentrate theforees on these than to spread them oVfer the entire union. However, this is a .matter of opinion and relates to the policy of national action at this time rather than to the principles involved."