The New York herald., 1922-11-11
WITNESS BEAT COP.
ANDERSON CHARGES
Says Miller Made Bad Mistake
by Refusing Prohibition
Nomination.
COST HIM UPSTATE VOTES
Lack of Liquor law Enforce
ment Plank i'm Platform
Cited Also.

William H. Anderson. State Superin-
tendent OF the Anti-Saloon League. ~is-
sued a statement last night regarding
the Democratic victory last Tuesday.
which is captioned. More or less re-
spectfully submitted to what passes for
leadership in the Republican party of
New York State" The statement says
fore the debris has been cleared away
to point out why the house fell In ON
you instead of your merely being
caught outside the door. The reason
for the utter collapse of your vote In
the dry upstate Is. found in policy
of monumental folly and bad faith of
which the high lights are as follows:
"G) The denomination of the wet
notification Senator Calder, in the IN
science of its affront to the conscience
and patriotism of the large majority Oh
the membership of your party.
"(2) The consequent failure of the
State Convention 10 put into the state
platform a plank declaring at least for
enforcer ent of the law which aroused
the distruct OF large proportion of the
dry and law enforcement voters ana
excited merely the contempt and deri-
sion of the avowed vets, who recognized
that the Republican party can never
compete with Tammany in wetness.
Tells of Miller.s Refusal.
"(3) The refusal Of Gov. Miller TO
accept the nomination of the Prohibition
party, which was ,explicitely suggested
with the frank recognition that he was
not in favor Of prohibition or OF the
principles OF that party or even In favor
80 tt.. rsxtn nt
to be rendered solely on the strength OF
his record and attitude in favor of en-
forcement basis upon which any man
sincerely in favor Of enforcement could
conscientiously have accepted 1t with
out in the slightest degree stultifying
himself
"a. The tanning OF this doubt and
suspicion into a flame of resentment by
the local Republican machine leaders
generally, through their refusal to make
any appeal to the moral and law abiding
element on the basis of enforcement
their rigid, apparently concerted. willful
suppression of the facts put out by the
Anti-Saloon League to the effect that
Gov. Miller was in danger, and the ap-
parent trading out of the law and order
Governor for the wet Senator.
"5. The absolute antagonization OF
multiplied thousands of ardent oppo-
nents of liquor and advocates OF en-
forccment by the concerted Republican
organization attempts to make il appear
that Gov. Miller is as wet, as much OPP
posed to prohibition. and as much in
favor of beer, as Mr.. Smith.
other Reasons for Defeat.
while they do not figure in the spe-
cific campaign indictments the repeal of
hali hx- IN
be part OF a deliberate campaign TO
make the dry forces powerless and then
turn the Republican party organization
in New York over to the brewers: and
the foolhardy and wanton affront to the
organized women. most of whom are
strongly against liquor. and all groups
that seek to protect themselves from
corrupt politics and politicians, were
major contributions to a background
which made the campaign policy still
more offensive.
THE Anti-Saloon League will gladly
cooperate with tho .many Republican
leaders who were true and intelligent,
and any others who see light. In any
earnest. sincere effort to regain the
forfeited confidence Of the moral ele-
ment and victory for law and order
through the practical expression OF that
confidence at the polls.
Meantime the. league will persist in
demanding decent honest recognition by
the leadership of the party of the indis-
putable fact that its rank and file in
this State Is Overwhelmingly dry. even
though II be necessary to keep the
party out of State office until its leader
ship becomes intelligent enough to APP
peal to decent Democrats and dry indc-
pendents instead OF trying 10 fool wet
W 4te,,
and then desert on election day."