The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-23
WATKINS WOULD
 QUIT CAMPAIGN Dry Candidate Ready to With draw If Harding or Cox
 Support Prohibition
By Associated Press

Washington, September 22,-Senator
 sed today by Aaron s. Watkins, the prohibition party's presidential nomi- nee, that he would withdraw from the race if either of them pledged his sup port to. the dry programme.
 Mir. Watkins annoupcemsnt.was made in an address before the international congress against alcoholism. He said later he would embody his proposal In telegrams to Candidates Harding and Cox.
 'I ask only two things of the other candidates" MT. Watkins told the con- gress: Whenever any one of them pledges himself to enforce the eight eenth amendment and enforce the Vol- stead act if elected, and to use all of his power and influence to retain them as part of the nations law. I will agree to ask our national committee to release me from the ticket"
 The assertion of the prohibition nom- inee followed series of inferential as well as direct statements by speakers at the congress that the prohibition party might be the cause for over turning the dry majority in Congress through defection of sufficient votes from known" dry candidates. P. A. Baker, general superintendent of the Anti Saloon League, precipitated a near-clash by an address, the trend of which was an appeal for all prohibi- tion workers to support the dry candi- dates on the major tickets and thereby avoid possibility of anti -prohibitionists being elected locally
 NEAR CLASH DEVELOPS
 At the conclusion of Mr. Bakers speech, MT. Watkins hurried to the platform and declared his intention to withdraw when the other candidates had given proper pledge. The prohi- btion nominee asserted he was Tight ing for cause and not for party, and when that party stands in the way will hurry to my committee and say, Let's dissolve this party for all time. There were numerous members or the prohibition party in the audience and many of them joined in chorus of noes" declaring they proposed to stick by their party. Others without obtain ing recognition from the chairman crit icised Mir. Bakers attitude and the con- gress for several minutes was in an up- roar.
 E.. c. Dinwiddie. presiGen; of the con gress, after restoring order, apologized to the delegates saying it was "a burst of enthusiasm, which is likely to mani fest itself in most any way He ex- plained to the foreign delegates that while they were not familiar with Amer ican politics, the days proceedings should convince them the dry workers here were mot overlooking opportunities that might be wasted.
 pr. Harvey w. Wiley, former chief chemist of the department of agriculture, in a speech earlier in the session. ex- pressed the belief that the prohibition party should not have nominated na- tionaI ticket He believed it's work was practically finished when the eighteenth amendment was adopted, he said.
 A delegate interrupted to inquire where he could task Christian to cast his ballot.''
 q would leave that to your con- science" Dr. Wiley replied. But do not think a vote on the prohibition ticket will get anybody anywhere.
 Dr. Wiley also declared the pronipl.ion amendment never would be repealed or softened because the "country's business W ould stand like a rock against it. since if had found that prohibition pays"
 Papers by pr P. Amaldi, director of the hospital for the insane. Florence, Italy. and n-. Eudo Mor.i, Turin. Italy. dealine wffn problems confronting dry workers intheir nation. were read in ab- sepce of the authors who were unable to attend pr. Amald in his paper said ttat the greatest problem prohibition workers have to face in Italy was that e, e.oped from the heavy cons'imption If wine He reDorted that whereas the wine conspmntion in Italy was sixteen gallons per capita in 1884. it has in- creased to thirty-one gallons per capita iy, 1914