New-York tribune., 1919-01-31
Republicans Will
light Democrats
On Liquor Issue
Clvnn Says Issues of Next
Campaign Will BE Wet
or Drv?" With Tammanv
Behind the Saloon Forces

George A. Glyur. chairman OF the
Republican State Committee. says the
Republicans are ready for finish
asht with the Democrats on the dry
ard wet issue, next fall, OF any other
time
"lt was pretty near y vet and dry
frht last fall" said he. "From NOW on
I VII be srraight-cut issue between
the parties. rs the Republicans made
the ratification party measure. The
Republicans know about where they
stand in this matter. For years in this
state the Democratic pluralities have
been biggest where the most liquor was
drunk \ multiplicity Of saloons in this
city always has meant q multiplicity
Of Tammany election district headQuar-
ters. It VIII be interesting to see from
next fall on whether the Tammany
people Will use ice cream saloons" as
headquarters.
Says People Are DRY
An honest analysis OF the figures IN
the districts where the Republicans con-
IISl.tLA kNON AOi liitfi NAt.i ~ 4 - t'''
that the people wanted prohibition. the
LIQUOR people concentrated against Gov
ernor Whitman, and the big vote they
rolled I'D here. coupled with the vast
stay-at-hone vote. due largely to IN
fiuenza, up the state, beat the Gov
ernor They were foolish enough to
brag about it afterward. 1t cost them
an neormous campaign fund. Presl-
dent Wilson dltched them with his sign
M
legislatures of forty-four states have
done the rest. The Republicans Will do
their utmost to keep the Democrats
where their President put them.
THAT the Democrats are talking non
sense when they shout about revolu-
ton among the plani people all over
the state on account Of prohibition Is
shown by a scrutiny OF the Whitman
vote last fall, as compared with the
Whitman vote in 1916. In the 32d
Senate District. composed OF Schenec-
tady and Saratoga counties. Whitman
in 1915 received plurality OF 2.229.
In 1918 he received a plurality of 1924.
That does not look as if the laboring
people Of Schenectady were stampeding
against the Republican party on the dry
issue.
Old Figures Recalled
''1n the 35th Senate District the fg-
ures tell pretty much the same tale.
In 1916 Whitman's plurality was 4.452
1ohnstown and Hon are all in this dis
trict.
the cities OF Amsterdam and Oneonta.
the Whitman plurality in 1916 was
1850. and las, fan it was 11.405
In the io.h District, including the
cities Of Binghamton and Cortland.
l.. L..
and last fall. with the women voting,
it was 1850.
In the 4lst District, including Ell
mira. with no-license prevailing. and
whore since last October everything
was dry. the Whitman plurality. which
was 1874 in 1916. reached 1853 last
fall. The Republicans can endure that
kind OF stampede all right
"Repu0lieans in Auburn. in the 42di
Seneca counties. must have thought
pretty we'll Of prohibition. as the y nit
man plurality % 6.597 in 1915 increased
TO 1856 in 1918 in that district
Epidemic Hurt Whitman
The same story can be told in the
a3d District, which includes the glass
making clcy Of Corning. The Whitman
plurality in that district in 1916 vas
6.92l, and las. fall. with literally thou
sands OF Republicans prostracted with
the Influenza along the southern tier.
where the epidemic seemed especially
severe. the Whitman plurality jumped
to 5000
''In the 51st District, which includes
jamestown, the Whitman plurality of
III IN 1915 went to 1886 last fall
The districts cited are sample ones.
OF course. the women we're voting. and
me Republican plurality should have
been greater than in 1915. bu. the Re
publican margin more than doubled up
IN nearly all Of these districts"