The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-27
VETS 1924 CAMPAIGN
PROGRAM TAKING FORM
Consider Republican Party Lost
But Expect Support From
Individuals
UNDERWOOD THEIR PICK
Thoroughly Wet But Would
Make Last Minute Declara-
ton for Enforcement

III. /. y. Ddktl AFGiltldi f9uDtIlllitHN-
ent Anti-Saloon League OF America
The political program OF the wet in
terests for 1924 is becoming more oh
vious each day. The attitude of the
President on the enforcement of the Vol
stead law has destroyed all hope of en-
couragement from the Republican party
as such, although there are number OF
wet Republican senator's and congress
men from whom they are expecting very
substantial support in carrying out
their ultimate program in the Congress
when the time comes. Their chief hope
is to capture the Democratic party to
/ the extent of nominating Il thoroughly
wet candidate for president. The east
crn leaders with some OF the middle
western leaders realize already that Nc
Adoo will 90 into the convention with
more delegates than any other candi-
date, but McAdoo is supposed to be dry
and with his vigorous methods would
stand squarely for the enforcement of
the Eighteenth Amendment. This does
not suit these wet leaders. and their
first objective will be to kill off Me
Adoo's candidacy. The fayorite son
scheme is to he worked in states like
New York, New Jersey, Ohio and pos
sibly Indiana. for trading purposes, but
the chief objective is to capture above
one third of the delegates and to depend
upon the two thirds rule for success,
exactly as they did at San Francisco.
When this plan is known TO be well
in hand, they are to swing their wet
, forces to Senator Underwood and hold
| them there until he is nominated.
Meanwhile, Senator Underwood in an
nouncing his candidacy, or soon there
after, is to come out strongly in very
dignfed way for law enforcement-a
sort of death bed repentance act.
Senator Underwood exactly suits the
wet element of tie east as Il candidate.
! The country, however, will not soon for
get that as leader of his party in both
the House and Senate he spoke and
! voted against the submission of the
! Eighteenth Amendment-not only so,
! but when the measure was before Cos-
gress TO make the District of Columbia
3! dry he supported an amendment to sub
nit the question to a popular vote of
! the people of the District when he knew
! full well there was no election ma
chnery for holding legal election in
the District and none could be created
! for that election. He also knew that
no question of policy for the District
ever had thus been submitted, and To
submit the liquor question would enable
thirty thousand ignorant negroes as we'll
as vicious whites to vote under the de-
bauching influence of the liquor traf-
fickers with no legal restraint
II these wet gangsters should succeed
in carrying out their program by the
nomination of Senator Underwood, the
prohibitionists of the country will see
to it that this record on the liquor ques.
tion shall be repeatedly laid before the
public, regardless of any eleventh hour
announcement on his part, and it will
again be demonstrated that the way of
the beer wagon is not the way that leads
to the White House. Senator Under
wood was the strongest single factor in
opposition to submission in Congress,
which he had right to be; but, after
the question is fought through and won
out in spite of his opposition, he is not
the man to be given the reins of govern
ment to administer it.