New-York tribune., 1920-06-29
Ianrnany Votes
Support Wet
Plank by Mack
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plank idea did not go far with the
delegates as whole, and that if the
Democrats were to carry the state and
nation this fall they would have to use
good judgment in the framing of their
national platform.
Liberals With Democrats
He said that two years ago the
Democrats carried the state largely be-
cause they stood for wet policy as
opposed to q dry one, and he said that
the lovers of personal liberty, espe-
cially the plain people and laboring
men, would lose all regard for the
Democratic party in the state unless
the party stood by them and gave them
q wet plank as far as the New York
delegates were able to deliver one.
He said that the Republicans did the
right thing from their point of view
in side stepping the wet plank idea,
as nearly all the prohibitionists were
in the Republican party, while nearly
all the lovers of personal liberty were
IN the emocratic party. He said that
it was the same in Massachusetts,,
Maryland and Missouri and other states
as it was in New York.
Former Representative Fitzgerald, of
brooklyn, in answer to questions by
Mayor George R. Lunn of Schenectady
explained the significance of the Mack
resolution. Mayor Lunn emphatically
and doggedly opposed the resolution.
I'VE cannot carry the country with
any such plank in the national plat
FORM" said he. of we revive this wet
issue. in the face of the decision of
the Supreme Court, we do so at our
peril. Such action at this time would
seal our fate. We must recognize the
dry sentiment throughout the nation
The question was settled when the ma
tional Congress and the state legs-
latures disposed of it and when it late r
was passed upon by the highest courts
1t is not possible to get such plank
through the convention"
Party Responsibility Debated
Mayor Lunn said the Democratic
party was responsible for the passage
of the Eighteenth Amendment, and for
this statement he was challenged by
Representative Smith, who said that
an investigation Of the record would
show that the Democrats we're gen
orally opposed to the Volstead bill.
"And l also wish to remind the
of having been the only Democrat from
the State of New York that voted TO,
the BILL" said Mr.. Smith, whereat the
delegates cheered.
Mayor Lunn said he voted for it and
would do so again, but that it was
because he wanted a referendum on the
matter in the state. He said the State
Legislature refused to submit the
question to referendum. In reply to
the suggestion from Mr.. Smith that
Representative Volstead had been de.
feated in the primaries for renomina-
ton. Mayor Lunn said the man who
beat him also was dry and more
Saharian" in his views than Volstead
eve, was.
Elizabeth Marbury said she had been
advertised as "cur advocate of booze
and that she was proud Of it. She said
that it was the honest thing for the
Democrats to do, to give the laborine
men of the nation beer and light wines
so that they might be on a par with
the rich.
"William j. Bryan is buffaloing the
entire Democratic party" said Miss
Marbury, as the delegates laughed.
Defeat in Wet Plank
Martin Wyvell, of Wellsvlle, 8
friend Of Bryan, said the Democrats
would be inviting sure defeat if they
went on record for a wet plank. He
said that for every Republican vote
they would pick up in the city of New
York they would lose two and half
up the state, and the Democratic or
ganization above the Bronx would dis
appear.
Hiram Wood, of Monroe, said that he