The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-05
WISCONSIN BREWERS
/. FORFEIT LONG SWAY
lions Shows Sent isnent for ----l~
National Prohibition.
DRY FORCES URGE FULL VOTE
Legislative Candidates Largely In Fa.
vor OF Ratification. While Aspirants
for Other Offices are Friendly.

We conferred our efforts solely upon
getting large vote out to the polls,
believing the peoples voice rings true
IL 1t is the voice of the majority of
the people, Is the statement Of Su-
perintendent r. r. Hutton. OF the
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon league. in com
menting upon the recent primary cleo
tons in Wisconsin, where the German
| brewery interests have so long boast
ed OF control of the politics of the
state. This primary election has not
! run true 10 brewery politics form.
for the claims by the reputable and
| patriotic interests of Wisconsin are
| 10 the effect that the state iegisia-
iture has been reclaimed from the beer
politicians and rests within the con-
ttrol of the decent forces.
The big issue in Wisconsin this
year was the matter of Legislative
candidate selections either for or
against ratification of the national pro
hihiton amendment. The night was
carried TO the voters both by the
4 brewery people and the reputable ele
ments Of the state. The number of
| dry FOLLOWERS in the senate made the
body, and they conferred their atten
tion upon house candidates going into
/ the primaries in every section of the
state laying out theiF schemes for
/ backing naturalization, or beer, can
Edidates. The temperance forces paid
attention TO both the senate and the
house SO as TO he sure of both
branches OF the legislature. Ratifl-
icat!on has to be compHshed through
f., y Ia of A..tf hTif GO
and the senate Il can be defeated by
one branch Hence both branches Of
the legislature must be attended by
1.-The dry elements while the beer forces
needed center on only one for their
/ protection
! II was in the house where the Ger
man beer forces made their stand. 1t
4 was with the people at large where
1.-The leaders Of the reputable patriotic
forces made their stand. The voice
I of the people rings true II expressed,
they believed and conferred their eff
forts in getting out the vote for an
fexDression The estimates given by
Mr. Hutton give the following infor-
nation:
In the senate the drys have nomt-
mated thirteen drys out of seventeen
10 elect That is. in republican dis
triets they have dry On the repah-
iican ticket; in democratic districts
a dry on the democratic ticket With
eleven drys out of sixteen holdovers.
this gives twenty three votes out OF
fhirty-fhree in the senate as morally
certain
TT a vets conceded the senate from
the first, due to the large number of
dry holdovers The real fight was TOR
the assembly Here the drys have
fifty-two out of the total membership
of 100 dry republican nominees In
the republican districts, and dry dem :
ocratic nominees in democratic us
itrfcts.
! Frank 6. Hanson, floor leader Of
the wets in the senate last session
has been beaten Ben Webster. Wei
leader in the assembly. has beer
/ beaten -Four Milwaukee county as
/ sem hiymen voted for the dry bill tas
i session. Three Of them were renoml-
mated and "A dry from new dlstric'
takes the place of the one who Was
defeated for reelection. Two dry
senators out OF three 10 nominate Is
the record for Milwaukee county.
! Governor Emanuel Luigi Philip
I president of the Union Refrigerator
Transit company, which hauls the
] beer that made Milwaukee mia
lrnesas was a candidate 1os renosai-
was opposed by senator Roy r. Viii
cox. who voted in the last legislature
for the dry bill which Governor PM
linn vetoed: so the issue was eleari!
drawn. The vets made a stiff figh
on Wilcox. yet the race was 50 clos
that ii Will require the official can
vass this week to determine who i
/ the nominee.
[ Meantime the democrats have nom
mated for governor lifelong dry II
the person of II, a. Moehlenpah. MI
oehlenpah is a Methodist and ha
been for years state treasurer of tn
Y. NJ. G. A. Twice he was presiden
of the Wisconsin Bankers association
He was one OF the original advocate
Of the federal farm loan law and l
president OF the Wisconsin Bankers
association activities in financing tn
settling OF the eut-over northern Wis
consin lands through easy loans to set
tiers
Both candidates for attorney gen
eral are ardent drys, so that Wiscon
sin will put national prohibition int
effect with the full cooperation OF tn
attorney no matter who i
elected Merlin Hull. republican can
didate for secretary OF state. is a long
thine fighter for prohibition.
The AEu-SaioOn league Centeret
their work solely upon getting a larg,
vote to the polls. believing that 'th,
peoples voice rings true il 1t Ii thu
voice of all the people" Their sue
cess is shown by the fact that with
$4,000 voters in the army and navy
there was cast a larger vote than tw<
years ago on presidential year ant
none gone.
To offset the wet pressure on thu
legislature. the league is organizing {
ratification committee OF one thou
sand. Wisconsin Anu-Saloon league.
Such men as Patrick Cudahy the grea
packer: John Geeriings. Milwaukee,,
labor leader and member OF the Mil
waukee central labor body. and other!
OF equal prominence in every walk oil
life. have already been enrolled. TherS
| is hot session ahead. and defeat fol
John Barleycorn. according to tho
election auguries The famous beeI
schooner Is slated to become 'shiI
M the desert" The camels are com,