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T^onerable Louis L TSiaeraon Oovoner Springfield 113
May siOth 1931 Dear 3iri
1 should like to take this opportunity of conveying to you ay pergonal esteem and gratefulness fox the courage ana righteousness which y u unquestionably displayed when you vetoed a law passed by the legislature of your state intended to repeal the enforcement acts concerning prohibition.
You are to be comtnended in the step which you took which is certainly deserving of the honorable consideration of every worthwhile reliable and resectable oltlstn In the great stats of Illinois* It seems to m that it would have been something cf a disgraceful attitude for the state of Illinois to enact measures with the intention of nollifying Aota and Laws which are already a part of the Constitution of the United States and in direct oontraalotlOS to those laws.
Illinois is the commonwealth which gave to this Nation, a man who memory is revered and honored by all the world, - Abraham Lincoln, therefore! in attesting nv veto signature to the forewentloned law, you have done yourself honor and paid tribute to the memory of the great fcaaneipator.
We regret to acknowledge that to many states have had Governor's at the head of their government Institution, - in the past, as well as in the present* - who ever re more then willing to assume the role of a Jeffer-eon Davis for equally apparent, "rebel* legislatures, But, you refused to do so*
You have thereby shown yourself as sternly loyal to the Constitution of this great governmentt you have equally proven yourself absolutely uninfluenced by the lawless element and racketeer1 si and it is very apparent that you are uninfluenced bv the tainted underworld of debauchery and human agents of governmental distruction*
I wish my voice powerful enough to bring these statements to the e^t» of every person In the great state of Illinois over which you are its chief executive, or that it were possible to have my views published In every publloatin in your commonwealth.
The time has come when decency and respectlbl ity certainly must assert itself with stemees, determination, and with force, if necessary, in the Interest of a higher stats of morality and loyalty to the end that we may again obtain better sooial conditions and more respect for governmental machinery.
3fir dear sin I greet you with pleasure for the step you took In vetoing this law designed to repeal various enforcement acts.
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