Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-21
ANSWERS DRY
EDITORIAL
EX-SEN. ALBERS WRITES
ANSWER TO ANTI-SAL-
DON IMPUTATIONS

The following letter Ex-Sen Albers
addressed to r. p. Hutton, In answer
to an editorial recently appearing in
The American Issue:
Mr.. r. 2. Hutton,
Wisconsin, Editor. American Issue.
704 Goldsmith Bldg,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Dear Sir:
My attention has recently been
called TO an article entitled wet
Judges for Dry Laws?" and signed
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League" pro-
minently appearing on the editorial
page OF the Wisconsin edition of the
American Issue for February, which
| assume To have been written by you.
The purpose of this article Is To create
opposition to the appointment of SEN
ator Claire b. Bird. oil this city. to the
position of Federal Judge for the
western district of Wisconsin to sue
coed Judge Sanborn, deceased The
article, in reviewing Senator Bird's're-
cord in our state senate upon the pro-
hlbiUon question, contains at the out
set the following statement
In the session of 1917, Senator
W w. Albers voted against state
prohibition. There was probable
ity that he would be candidate
for reelection in 1918. The So
cialists were strong in that dis
trict. consisting of Marathon and
Langlade counties, and anti-pro-
hloltion has been a cardinal prin-
clple of the Socialists in this state.
racing this situation, James l.
Seder, assistant state superinten-
dent of the Wisconsin Anti-Saolon
League. called leading drys of
Wausau into conference. A COM
mittee was appointed to secure a
dry senatorial candidate and to
endeavor to get Senator Albers not
TO be candidate again. Whether
through the influence of this com
mtttee or not we do not know but
Senator Albers did not become
candidate and the present senator.
Claire h, Bird, did become can
didate."
THESE statements invite an answer
from ME because they contain graf
mtous tnsinuations against me which
are absolutely false These insinua-
lions are that | declined to be n cam
dldate IN l9lS. either through the In
huence OF committee of leading
drys of Wausau,' gotten together by
kev, James |. Sedar, assistant state
superintendent of the Wisconsin Anti
Saloon League, or because of my fears
that my vote against prohibition in
IVY would make my standing with
the "drys' in my district so unfavor-
able that my election would be doubt
full.
These insinuatiohS are gratuitous
because they have no proper relation
10 your attack on Senator Bird but
merely drag me In because am per-
soma non grata TO your brand OF
"drys,"
But what is of essential Importance
to me they are categorically false
No such committee ever spoke to me
on the subject and | was never aware
until now of any such conference or
the formation of any such committee
as is referred TO in the above quota.
ton. AS for the suggestion that | was
afraid of the cars because of my vote
on the prohibition question. that Is an
imputation which | chiefly resent. Ne
one who knows me would ever dream
of making any such an accusation M
that against me, This YOU could yer!
easily have ascertained by inQuir,
here il YOU had desired and in fact yol
should have known II from your &C
quaintance with me.
While il is not a matter OF your con
Germ, nor that OF any OF your dry as