Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-06
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN BEAT
"WETS" At CONVENTION
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ilesex, the Democratic congressional
candidate in the third district, said
there are more drunken women in
the state of New Jersey than ever
in the history of the state" He
last this reflection upon the opera
ton of the Volstead let
MANY families now have their
own homemade breweries, turning
out alcoholic beverages with eight
and nine per cent Embellishments
Ramsay said. Manufacturers in my
district cannot supply the demands
Tor tubings for home brewing ma
chimes"
After the discussion of the plank.
Nugent ordered a roll call. The vote
was nine against the insertion Of the
wet plank and eight for 1t. Then
Nugent carried his fight to the floor
of the convention.
The fight on the convention floor
provided all the fireworks. Senator
Alexander Simpson, of Hudson, said
Governor Cox, of Ohio, chose to
make his fight for the presidency as
a dry"
Prohibition has no place in our
state platform. The Democratic
presidential candidate, however,"
said Simpson. is wrong in saying hat
prohibition is dead as slavery" He
argued there were enough issues in
the present campaign without inject
ing prohibition. The fight for wet"
congressional candidates can be
made two years hence. Simpson ar
gued, when the chances of electing
a Democratic President will not be
endangered.
Senator Brown Speaks.
Senator Thomas Brown, of Mid
dlesex, next was recognized by Gov
erno Edwards and in a fiery speech
said when the Democratic party be-
comes the party of strategy and ex-
pediency he wanted to sever his con-
nections with it. If you straddle on
this plank you will encourage boot
Logging in New Jersey, said Brown.
Mrs. B. S. Irving, of Camden. n
of the Democratic nominees for the
assembly, announced that If Nugent
was successful in putting across his
"wet' plank she would refuse to
in the general election. Women
are unalterably opposed to any mod
iication of prohibition. she said.
Governor Edwards was prompt to
advise her that she was free to re-
pudiate any plank in the platform.
The convention was rapidly drift
ing to a free-for-all discussion. Mrs.
Laura d. Bradshaw, of Bergen, can
didate for the assembly in Bergen,
announced hat her allegiance to the
Democratic party depended solely
upon its espousal of the league of
nations, in which the mothers of the
country were virtually interested.
Should the Democrats champion the
cause of the liquor interests h
would have to withdraw from the
party, she said.
Mrs. Irving said that when n
were given the ballot they were adj
Vised to affiliate with either of the
major political parties, rather than
form a woman's party. But we are
r"~s~elled to hold our noses to &c in,
was her caustic remark intended as
"a leJuke TO those fighting for a
wet" plank. The main question
was moved and after a roll call Gov
ernor Edwards ruled that the MI
gent plank was lost.
The main planks IN the Demo-
cratic platform are:
Development coastal and inter-
coastal waterways civil rights for
colored citizens: further develop
r.ent public school system; endorse
governor Edwards investigation of
Public Utility Commission; devel-
opment Port New York; endorse
Camden bridge and Hudson tunnel;
approve 500 bonus for eX-servica
men to be voted upon November 2;
Inquiry into franchises Norris ca
nal; oppose u~nwarranted issuance
snf writs of injunction in labor dis
putes: oppose state constabulary:
urges congress investigate building
material industry to ascertain If