The New York herald., 1922-11-12
ANDERSON TO SMOKE
OUT VETS IN ALBANY
Protests in Letters to Assem-
blymen Against Election
of Machold.
SAYS HE Is LIQUORS. AID
Charges Prospective Speaker
With Working With Tam
many for Beer.
SAYS HE Is LIQUORS AID

The Anti Saloon League of New York
has como out with new declaration of
war against the wet" members of the
Assembly at Albany. The declaration
lakes che form of n letter written by
William Fl. Anderson, State superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, to
the Republican members Of the New
York Assembly protesting against the
election as Speaker OF "the wet, re-
dictionary corporation serving II. Ed
mund Machold." Mr. Anderson prefaccs
his letter with the following statement
10 the public:
THE Anti-Se loon League now finds
itself unencumbered with plenty OF
elbow room. and intends to take the
aggressive on the question of rrohib
tion enforcement until responsibility is
located upon every Eerson who stands
i'm the way of enforcement. and the
people have acted accordingly.
The time has come when Republicans
who claim to stand for law and order
snust stand up and force the Tammany
assistants who wear the party badge to
stand for the sentiment of the party or
else put on record the fact that they are
for beer before they are for their party
and law and order"
His Address TO Assembly.
His statement, addressed to the Re
publican members of the next New York
ASSEMBLY. said:
THE Anti-Saloon League desires re-
spectfully TO protest against the election
as Speaker of the wet, reactionary cor
poration serving II. Edmund Machold
unless there is an ironclad understand
ing that the enabling triplets. authoriz-
ing cities, towns and villages by ordi-
nance to put themselves behind State
md Federal enforcement, and which he
helped defeat in the last session in be-
half of the gamblers, the brewers and
the bootleggers, shall come out of the
Assembly committees to which they are
referred in ample time under conditions
that make possible fair discussion and
vote on their merits and unless he
agrees that If a caucus Is desired by a
majority OF the Republican Assembly
men, not only on the passage of the
triplets but against the repeal of the
AIullan-Gage act 1t will be had for
such action as such majority may de-
ride.
ANY Assemblyman. no matter how
much he may claim TO be in favor of
these bills and dry enforcement gem
erally. who votes for a hostile Speaker
without personally getting such assur-
hnce of protection. must expect to have
such vote mounted as part OF his rec
chance.
Mr.. Machold has stood with the
liquor crowd every time he thought IL
safe and has never been right on the dry
nueston except when forced TO do so
by the exigencies of party politics. He
offered the fake referendum that de-
feated ratification in 1918, although he
had opposed every honest referendum
prior to that date. Although he ran to
cover in his own vote he was an inn
portant part of the Republican Assembly
machine that Joined with Tammany TO
put through the notification beer act.
why He Is Kept I'm Albany.
HE is being kept In Albany largely
with the backing OF some Democratic
corporation special interests, and the Re-
publican party owes him nothing. How
bver. his corporation interests. his reac
tionary tendencies and the arrangements
that he will be found working out with
notification Tammany Governor are the
funeral of the Republican party. so long
Rs the interests of dry enforcement are
iaken care of.
I'VE call your attention to some fig
tires for the benefit of those who have
been easy enough to swallow the wet
stories about dry defeat in this State.
In the Republican Senate conference
last year on the enabling triplets twenty
two Republican Senator'S voted for these
measures OF these five retired volun-
tarlly. only two of them were defeated,
and fifteen were reelected. OF the six
teen who voted against these measures
three retired, four were reelected and nine
were trimmed That is. although there
we're only about three -four-he as many
opponents as advocates. four and half
times as many oi them were defeated
In the election.
The time has come for a showdown
ns 10 whether the wet machine tail Is
going to continue 60 wag the dry Repub-
lican party dog"