The New York herald., 1922-11-05
WIT ISSUE LOOMS
LARGE IN ELECTION
IA Illinois, Candidates for
Congress Avowed Foes
OF Prohibition.
REFERENDUM IN OHIO
Midwest Situation Is More
Comforting to Friends
Of Volstead Act.
BONUS QUESTION RAISED
Several States Will Vote on
Schemes Purporting to Be
for Veterans.
BONUS QUESTION RAISED

For millions of voters who will go
to the polls Tuesday to participate in
the national contest of ballots one of
the most interesting features will be
the question of prohibition, which will
come up in different forms in virtu-
ally all sections of the country.
| Illinois and Ohio appear to be the
| favorite stamping grounds of the
vets. Both States will submit prohi-
bition direct to the people in the form
of referendums to amend the State
and Federal laws in such a manner
that they will legalize the manufac-
| ture and sale of beer and light wines.
The issue also has been reflected in
the Congressional campaigns In both
States Illinois has fourteen candi-
dates for Congress who are prepared
to stand or fall with the vets, while
seven others are pledged as definitely
to the drys. In Ohio fourteen candi-
dates are opposed to prohibition and
twenty-eight have come out in favor
OF ii.
An analysis of the situation in fif-
teen middle Western States however.
! seems to be more comforting to the
drys than to the vets. for of some 226
| Congressional candidates who have
pledged themselves on the prohibition
issue IT'S avowedly are dry and only
| 81 wet In Texas are wet and "a
dry. Every candidate In Okla
homa's eight districts is dry, while
Kansas. Minnesota. Michigan, North
Dakota and Kentucky ignore the ques-
| ton.
California Has Referendum.
California and Massachusetts also
will submit the wet and ory issue to
the people, although In forms less
direct than Illinois or Ohio. In Cali
fornia 1t appears on the ballot as a
referendum measure known as the
Wright act. which would adopt the
Volstead act as a state law In Mas
sachusetts the people will vote on
measure to formulate State prohibition
enforcement regulations in harmony
with the Volstead law.
Prohibition is a secondary issue In
several other States, including New
York and New Jersey. for the Demo-
cratic organizations in both States have
| inserted wet planks in their platforms.
| Gov. Edwards of New Jersey. who has
| been an Nncompromising opponent OF
| prohibition since long before the Vol
| stead act became effective. Is running
! on a platform containing a plank fav-
Horing the return of beer and light
wines and condemning the prohibition
law as having encouraged bootlegging.
II is pointed out however, that the
plank is not so damp as the one on
which Edwards was elected Governor
three. years ago. At that time he was
quoted as saying that he would make
| New Jersey as wet as the Atlantic
| Ocean"
/ Senator Frelinsnuysen, Republican
! Senatorial candidate to succeed himself
/ has declared for law enforcement and
\ the unfolding OF the Volstean act. He
! stated in a recent campaign speech that
IL the Constitution prohibits the manu-
! facture and sale OF intoxicating bev-
| erages, any modification that would per-
| NIT beer and wines is null and void
and unconstitutional and that as long
as the Eighteenth Amendment remains
a part OF the Constitution beer and
light wines cannot be brought back.
Those who advocate them. he added,
make OF themselves nullificationists.
Lineup Here Different.
IN New York; state the issue has not
been attracting particular attention In
/ the gubernatorial race, although from
the angle Of Congressional candidates n
| substantial majority are said TO be lined
up on the wet side.
4 In addition to the proh'r.tion Issue
marked interest has developed through
out the country in regard to soldier
bonusarentlment. which will be expressed
by referendum vote in five States--Cali-
fornia, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas and Mon
tana.
In California the voters WILL determine
whether they desire an amendment to
the state constitution which will vali-
date n bond issue OF s10.000.000 voted
90 assist former service men In obtain
ing farms or homes.
Illinois will vote on n measure TO
provide s55. 1000. 900 through bond issues
and by direct taxes 70 pay interest and
| principal on n soldier bonus.
Iowa will determine by referendum a
proposal TO raise s22 900. 900 20 pay a
bonus 20 former soldiers and nurses.
while the voters OF Kansas will pass on
the question OF raising by means Of
bonds sufficient money to pay one dollar
Sunfiower State. In Montana the voters
will he asked 10 authorize si.5oO,ooO for
soldier bonus.
JERSEY DEMOCRATS