| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - They believed they were doing what was best for the decadent, lawless ethnics who ran cities such as New York, Boston and Chicago.Since the Irish (who were the dominant big city political group in most cities) could not take care of themselves, the thinking went, right thinking rural Protestants would outlaw booze for their own good.It is no surprise that, when Al Smith ran for president in 1928,
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