Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-09
STILL GUESSING GAME
IN BOTH BIG PARTIES
Primaries 'Dud," Having Failed Either
to Foreshadow or Seriously 1nAu-
ence Presidential Nominations.

that the President will hold his
own party's convention to un-
equivocal Endorsement of his
stand on the league Of nations
and make the league the domi-
nant issue of the party In the
campaign and at the polls on
election day. Every authoritative
democrats from the White House
points to this foregone conclu-
sion.
Jouett Shouse. speaking by the
card and for the administration
at the Kansas democratic state
Presidents determination on record.
He presented to the convention
letter signed by the President i'll
which the President said:
II cannot help thinking that the
party is to be congratulated on
the fact that it has come to
year of Of exceptional opportnnity ,l 2, u d,,y
duty to raise with the voters of
the country involves nothing less
than the honor of the United
States and the redemption of its
most solemn obligation-its obli-
cations to its associates in the
whom it gave the most explicit
pledge. that it went into the war
not merely to win victory In
arms. but also to follow up that
victory with the establishment of
such concert of nations as
would guarantee the permanency
of a peace based on justice. One
fallen to a party to fight for 1t
now falls to the democratic party
to push to victory. l think this
Is a matter Of congratulation and
confident forecast"
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler has
come out in favor Of light wines
and beer. DR.. Butler. as will be
recalled is the pro forma favorite
son Of New York as the republican
candidate for the presidency. That
is to say, without being instructed.
New York will put him up and vote
for him until such time as con-
tinued insistence might seem fruit
less.
In a formal statement given to
the press for publication today.
sent out by John r. Davies, man
ager Of the Butler campaign. DR..
Buffers attitude toward all the
pressing questions Of the day Is set
forth. AS to national prohibition
the statement says:
Resist every attempt to bring
back the saloon, whose abolition as
a public nuisance and source Of
immortality has given profound
satisfaction. Displace the Volstead
act by a measure written without
fanaticism. for the enforcement Of
the eighteenth amendment on the
basis Of fact. common sense. Justice
and regard for established princi-
pies OF American civil liberty.
There are beers and light winsR
that form part Of the staple diet Of
civilized people everywhere that
are not more. intoxicating than
molasses and not half as harmful
as ice water. To prohibit the
domestic use Of these is unreason-
able
This is the first fat-footed decla-
ration of any Of the republican
candidates on this subject The
New York republican state conven-
tion was silent upon this subject
in its state platform adopted last
February. The democratic state
convention later squinted very
strongly toward light wines and
beers. The democratic delegates
from New York to the democratic
national convention. who met in
Albany recently. sidestepped the
issue and gave no expression, al
though Tammany's favorable dis
position to wines and beers is well
understood. William Anderson
the anti-saloon league leader of
New York. has announced his can
dfdacy for the United States SEN
ate against Senator Wadsworth on
the bone-dry issue.