New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Republicans at
Saratoga Aim
TO Stir Nation
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programme is to leave the prohibition
question severely alone. But the op-
posing camp plans to drive plank in
the platform committing the party to
referendum on an amendment to the
state constitution forbidding the sale
or manufacture OF ntoxicants except
for sacramental purposes.
But the convention will be con-
trolled by the Whitman men and un-
less the Lewis forces can stampede it
they will fail in this effort. They are
anticipating failure on this score and
plan to force the convention to a vote
on Governor Whitman's bone dry
stand
The Whitman people do not want the
prohibition question dragged into the
deliberations of the convention. In
this attitude they are backed by Will
lam Fl. Anderson, superintendent of
the Anti Saloon League. who said to-
night there is no need of putting
prohibition in the platform.
Frank L. Frugone, editor of "Bol-
letina Della Sera" and a leader among
Italian citizens, said if the convention
did not repudiate prohibition more
than 100 900 Italian votes would go to
the Democrats.
The large bulk of our Italian vot-
ers," said Mr.. Frugone, ARE Repub-
i1coAo. an ACdl take ilSnt VINE
with their meals-even the poorest
and if this is denied them the party
responsible for it-and | am speaking
as Rcpublican-wil forever lose
their votes"
Talk of Suffrage Plank
There is considerable talk of insert
ing plank IN the platform indorsing
the Federal woman suffrage bill which
passed the House of Representatives
month ago and is now pending in
the Senate. But though antl-suffra-
gists are extinct in this state-at least
among politicians - there are sutfra-
glsts among the politicians who believe
lnis is not national question and
should be LETT to the states for deter
minatlon.
All agree that number one in the
platform Will be a win-the- plank.
1hls viii not be drafted until Friday.
and by that time the views of Colonel
Roosevelt, eN-President Taft, Ellhu
Root and Chairman Hays will be known
to the platform makers, and they will
govern themselves accordingly
The only one of the candidates who
viii attend the convention will be At
torney General Lewis. He will arrive
Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson
Tonight Lewis headquarters were in
charge of Alexander Otis and Louis
Geet, and Chairman Cocks, aided by
Henry NJ. lngraham, looked after the
Whitman headquarters.
A few feet below the United States
Hotel, which is the headquarters of the
rival camps, big Lewis banner has
been stretched across the main street,
readng:
Lewis will win the primary and the
o1n ut nd h,,j, Il ,,I
tree is nailed poster bearing the
Lewis slogan: Lewis will win"
The Whitman people when they ar
rived began mailing up Whitman post
ers. but they could not stretch ban
ner if they wished as they would have
to obtain consent of the local author-
ties, concession that would hardly
be granted with former Senator ed"
Bracket, one of the chief Lewis back
ers. on the job
Both SIDES are making strong ap-
peal to the women, and will open head
quarters to morrow where women del
cgates can sit and talk things over
among themselves. None Of the women
delegates has arrived. They are ex-
pccted tomorrow, and all will be on
hand when the state committee meets
tomorrow night to organize and elect
j. Sloat Fassett, of Elmira, temporary
chairman. Colonel Lafayette B. Glca-
son will be named secretary of the
convention.
The bulk of the New York delega-
tion arrived tonight. headed by Sam
uel S. Koenig. The Catskill counties
delegation, led by Senator Charles w.
Walton and Philip Elting, was the next
big group to arrive. Then the others
began to straggle in, but the first on
the ground was George A. Glynn, the
state q pc* ,to,.
with the Lewis forces, so he was forced
into the sncintx of tho WHIT