The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-08-13
empire STATE PARTIES
DESIGNATE CANDIDATES
Democrats Declare for Amending
the Dry Code; Republicans
Side-Step Beer
POLITICS IS DOMINANT
Dry Voters and Women of State
Will Clean Up on Senator
Wadsworth

publican and Democratic conventions
have been held, and both conventions
have designated their candidates.
The Democratic convention stands
foursquarc in favor of amending the
Volstead code SO as to permit the
legal manufacture and sale of 2.75 per
cent beer and make operative the beer
/, bill passed by the last Republican leg
islaturc of New York and signed by
The Democratic governor.
The Republican convention did not
specifically declare in favor OF an
amendment to the Nolstead code but
failed to declare in favor OF the re-
pealing of the state beer bill and for
the enactment OF an honest law ell
forcement measure.
AS was expected, the Republican
convention designated Senator Wads-
worth as its choice for United States
Senate regardless of the tremendous
opposition of the women and the dry
forces of the state.
The following is the wet plank
adopted by the Democratic conven-
ton on August 4:
VIC favor an amendment to the
so-called Nolstead act that will
make operative the act passed by
the State Legislature and signed
/. by Governor Smith defining non
Intoxicating beverages and pro-
viding for the regulation OF their
sale.
We favor an amendment to the
National Constitution whereby
all amendments to the Constitu
ton OF the United States here
after proposed shall be ratified by
referendum OF the whole people
and not by the legislatures of the
several states.
The following is the plank adopted
by the Republican conventions
The Supreme Court OF the
United States having by its re-
cent decision removed all contro-
vcrsy over the meaning OF the
Eighteenth Amendment and the
legality and scope OF the Nolstead
act, and having held that Tie
states have only such concurrent
power OF enforcement as is iden-
teal with enforcement prescribed
by Congress, the 275 per cent
beer bill passed by the last legs-
lature is OF no effect. Prohibition
is no longer state issue. No
candidate for state office can
modify the enforcement act OF the
provisions OF the Constitution.
We believe in the honest enforce
ment Of the law.
OF course, it goes without saying
that the declaration of the Demo
cratic convention is a direct challenge
TO the dry forces of New ! orll state
and the declaration OF the Republican
convention is entirely unsatisfactory.
The state Anti-Saloon League in dis
cussing the Republican platform says:
Barring the fact that VIC are
still for what the beer nullihca-
tonists did i'll the Legislature last
year and foT the continued plac
ing OF the fifty million dollars a
year law enforcement machinery
OF this state in formal opposition
to Federal Prohibition, we are for
the enforcement OF Prohibition"
say the Republican bosses in re-
Atty in their platform. Fortu-
nately the bosses are not the
party, but where do your cand-
dates for the Senate and State
Assembly stand on this issue'
Are they for continuing the beer
notification act on the statute
books or are they for ending the
farce and disgrace of taxing the
people of this state fifty million
of dollars year for the support
of police, sheriffs, courts, etc,
and yet keeping all of them use
less so far as national Prohibition
is concerned? Where do they
stand? Ask them.
The Anti Saloon League is urging
independent action on the part of the
voters, and one thing is certain, Sena-
tor Wadsworth is marked for slaugh-