Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-16
COX WEI PLANK
IN DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM, SAYS
Arizona Man, On His Return
From East, Says Booze
Issue Will Enter Into the
Campaign This Year.

Especial Correspondence ia The Journni)
Phoenix, July 15,-"The nomina
ton of Governor Cox is regarded
throughout the east as the wet
plank in the democratic platform
and party leaders are counting on
the moisture of the ticket to carry
the day in the big centers of popn-
lation. leaving the west, which is
pro- prohibition, to discuss written
in platform issues 10 its hearts
content and vote as 1t pleases,"
So declared Fritz n. Holmquist,
assistant state engineer, upon his
return from a three weeks sojourn
in Washington, New York, Phiia-
delphia, New York and other east
ern points. Holmquist was in con-
ference with the secretary of agri-
culture on federal aid matters in
Arizona which will be of vast ben
eft to the development of high
ways in this state. During his ay
in the east he made it his special
duty to study the effect of the San
Francisco convention results, and
he brings back with him some in
teresting information. Said he:
Wet and Dry Fight.
Whether the people realize it or
not, the coming presidential cleo
ton is bound to be the biggest wet
and-dry fight that was ever staged
in the nation. Side-tr tracking sucn
paramount issues as the record OF
the democratic party, the league of
nations and Irish freedom, the
democrats have celeverly inserted
a wet plank by the nomination of
a wet man, a man whose whole po-
litical success is based on the sup
port of the liquor interests of Ohio
1.-The nomination of Cox is re-
garded as a big victory for Tam
many Hall, which is now supp e.
menting its work by lining up an
all wet congressional delegation.
This same program of working for
the election of wet congressman
will be carried on in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, llli-
nos and Kentucky, with hopes also
to include some Of the New Eng
land states. In every district where
a Wet-and- dry congressional fight
can be staged Cox will benefit, It
is believed by the democratic lead
ers, for the east knows. Cox, and
they know what he stands for, re-
gardiess of how cleverly he may
attempt to straddle the issue In his
public utterances. In the west
where Cox is not known, 1T Is hoped
to keep the democrats in line for
Min ~ the sstr.t>,s 80 - tho dnmG-
H
cratic platform.
Women Would Keep Lid On.
AS to the possibilities of the ma
ton going wet were Governor Cox
to be elected, Holmquist point out
that a wet congress could do much
to upset the present situation were
it inclined to do so. MANY people
fail to understand" he said, "that
the eighteenth amendment is SO
general in it's terms that 1t could
not in itself stop the manufacture
of most any kind of booze. 1t is the
Volstead act which defines intox-
icating liquors. If it were left up
to a wet congress and a wet presl-
dent to define the meaning OIL the
term intoxicating it is safe to pre-
dict that it would be defined IN
such a way as to exclude beers ana
wines even up to champagne which
contains, / believe, something IKE
20 per cent alcohol"
The deluctantcy in granting Tom-
en- the ballot in the east is attripu-
ted by Holmquist to deep-seated
fear that they would keep the LID
on the eighteenth amendment. |
Coxites are hoping, he says, that
western women democrats will not
discover this fact and that they
will continue to vote the demo-
cratic ticket for democracy's sake
or rather for the principles which
are set forth in the platform and
not those which are being cooked
up behind the scenes, and ADDS:
Every effort will be put forth
% becloud the issues in the west,
while the east, wise unto itself ana
he meaning of Cox will vote to
democratic misrule-
his is the hope of wet democrats
md it is quite evident that they
ire in control"