New-York tribune., 1920-07-22
Drys Designate
Mrs. BOole for
Il. S. Senator
prohibitionists Choose W.
c. T. u. President, an
Enrolled Republican,
to Oppose Wadsworth
Anderson Supports Her
Statement of Acceptance
Refers TO Her Opponents
Fight Against Suffrage

AIRS. Ella A. Boole, president Of the
vamsn's Christian Temperance Union.
- enrolled Republican, yesterday ac-
.,nted the designation of the Prohibi-
.;a,;sts for United States Senator.
Mrs. Boole, in her letter of accept
.n.s said that for months every, effort
ssd been made, efforts in which she
shared, TO find strong, influential
man in the Republican party to oppose
Senator Wadsworth in the primaries to
rsrresent the principles for which the
.ro0ressive members of the party had
kan nghting, and which Wadsworth
Notwithstanding half the voters of
.,a state are women and leaders of
rnren charge Senator Wadsworth with
sslsyiug woman's suffrage by his re-
snssl 10 vote for submission of the
N;reteenth Amendment, even after his
.srtv had requested it," added Mrs
Pools. "he is slated for designation
;or Senator without a serious rival to
.ontest his nomination in the pri-
rarles. w., >,
sTherefore accept the challenge
.f this refusal If my designation is
wsde a nomination at the Prohibition
nrin,ary on September IA, l appeal to
ri who are like minded for their sup
port" , ~,
elares that she favors improved legis-
lstion concerning child welfare, edu-
.s.ior. the home and high prices,
yemen in eainful occupations, public
health and morals, independent citi-
relship for married women, and &
League Of Nations with such reserva-
tons as will enable the Unit&t States
10 enter ard so help preserve the
peace of the world.
william H. Anderson. state super
;nterdent Of the Anti-Saloon League in
rorur1entinc on Mrs. BODIES candidacy,
advised dry Republicans and Demo-
crats to back her TO the limit.
Anderson's Statement
"It would be peculiarly delicious
Bit of poetic justice if q woman
subserviency to the liquor traffic has
led him to try 10 rob womanhood of
iss civic rights in the foremost nation
IN
"The AEii-Saioon League will now
refuse to enter into any primary fight
against Mr.. Wadsworth or support in
the primary any candidate, no matter
what profession he makes. The wet
"0ld Guard" Republican bosses have
succeeded completely in their con-
spiracy to defeat the primary law and
make it impossible to have primary
contest against MIR. Wadsworth under
normal conditions. 1t is now too late
for any satisfactory or effective pri-
mary campai gn. And the league re
fuses to fall for the really very clever
trick OF the wet bosses to lead the OPP
position TO Wadsworth into a fake
framed up, alleged primary contest,
with which neither the friends of suf-
frage nor prohibition had thing tc
do and which has been put on the track
merely as an excuse for saying later
to the friends of prohibition: You haC
your primary fight and were beaten
Now take your medicine We will nov
save all of our energy and ammunition
until after the primary.
Incidentally, however, as a running
start for the election campaign, BY
showing Republican revolt agains
Wadsworth. the Anti-Saloon League
will advocate that anti adsworth Re
publicans everywhere write Mrs
BODIES name into the primary ballot
the benefits of which will be obvious
without involving any of the burden:
Incident to a primary contest
George Henry Payne. OF the Bronx
who announcmed he would be candi
date against Wadsworth, yesterday re
Piled TO the latter's letter declining tC
debate with him. declaring that Wads
worth was silent on nearly every pro
gressive measure that came before the
National Congress which he did not op
pose.