Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-11
POLITICIANS
BUSY; PARTY
LINES GONE
Richardson Gets Support
from Many Democratic
Editors in State
WOOLWINE AND BEER
Party Lines Threatened by
Wet and Dry Issue
in California

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.-Witi
the campaign preliminary to the Nov
ember election growing warmer eacl
day, Friend W. Richardson's head
quarters today began putting ou-
some claims to Democratic support
probably in answer to the Thomas Lee
Woolwine claims that he has cut into
Richardson's s solid Republican front.
Woolwine's managers declared that
"there were more Republicans than
Democrats ut his meeting held AZ
Santa Rosa last night.
Richardson's headquarters put out
a statement claiming that the follow.
ing editors of Democratic news spapcrs
had come to his support:
G. i. Rhinehart, Covina Citizen; 7.
VI. Storke, Santa Barbara News; Nor
ley Maddox, visalia Times; NJ. F.
Cochran, San Rafael Independent; !;
Maitland Henry, Livermore Herald !;
Homer Wood. Petaluma Courier and J.
B. Sanford, Ukiah Dispatch.
Woolwine, who is making u rapid
swing through Northern California
while his Republican opponent is
working bit more quietly, was ap-
plauded when, in his Santa Rosa
speech last night he again pledged his
support to "beer and light wine'
amendment to the Vostead Law. He
reiterated his previous challenge TO
Richardson to show how his proposed
economy platform can be placed lin
effect.
Pearson Talks
LOS ANGELES, Oct. n.--Novem-
ber is less than a month away and
its shadow hangs over nearly every
activity in the southland.
Politics crops out in practically
every gathering regardless of its OBJ
stensible purpose and every
fratcrnal or trade convention is
busy passing resolutions on impend-
ing legislation, and every social event
brings one or more candidates prom.
incntly into the spotlight.
In the open campaigning the chief
point Of interest is the fact that
camps in both parties appear to be rs
widely split as tho parties themselves
on the supposed issues Of the campaign!
Addressing Democratic meeting
here last night. William J. Pearson,
candidate for the United States sen
ate, declared himself prepared to
stand for strict enforcement of the
Eighteenth Amendment. The fact
that Thomas Lee Woolwine, candidate
Of the same party for governor who
has undoubtedly collected large fol-
lowing with the slogan Of "Woolwine
and beer was absent from the meet
ing and wired his regrets, only added
TO the contrast.
Despite the assurances Of the Re-
publican state committee that affairs
in Republican ranks have been all
straightcned out, several hundred
leaders of the party will meet here to.
night to attempt to agree on many
topics. At the same tine, echoes from
Riverside where Friend w. Richard
son, Republican nominee for governor
was banqueted last night, failed to
resound with complete harmony.
Richardson was quoted as again dis
paraging the present Stephens admin.
istration and announcing an intended
reorganization which may leave out
many of the present holdets of office.
Still, many observers and among
them the leaders of both parties, con
tend that these are but the ripples on
the main streams and that the parties
will hang together at the polls as
closely as they have ever done.