The Prohibition Horsebackers

by Shane Jahn

"I missed him but he cut down on me and hit a rock right by me, stinging my face with fine gravel. I said 'Good God, I've got to shoot,' and I went down on the sights." —Captain W.L. Wright

The Volstead Act was passed in 1919 with a 68 percent supermajority in the House of Representatives and 78 percent support by the Senate. The organized opposition of the importation, production, sale, and transportation of alcohol was seen as a way of curbing alcoholism, domestic violence, and wait for it…saloon-based political corruption. I’m sure we all agree that combating alcoholism and domestic violence were noble endeavors. They say rates of infant mortality, liver cirrhosis, and alcoholic psychosis declined during the Prohibition Era. I’ve not yet found statistics on a drop in political corruption.

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