The Washington times., 1924-10-24
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Five Candidates Indorsed for
Senate 90 States
Hopeless"
By GEORGE E. DURNO,
HAternatlcmaI Nawa RayvIca.

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A white list" and . 'bIack
list on the subject Of prohibition
made its appearance today to aid
the voters. Of the nation in mark
ing their ballots on November I.
The lists were compiled by the.
Association Against the Prohibi-
ton Amendment and contain in all
1885 nanes-175 Of whom are
either satisfactory" ''liberal'' or
probably liberal" and 260 of
whom are listed as "unsatisfac-
tory" or doubtful"
Indorse Five for Senate.
The ''wets' indorse five Senatorial
aspirants by name ana 40 candi
dates for the House Of Represen.
tatives. In conclusion, however, i
they classify by territorial regions
eighteen candidates for. the upper
House and 1872 for the lower as
satisfactory to the cause, and ex.
plain that one Of two reasons q
responsible for the omission of
eacn mames
The omissions occur because
~ In some cases information WAS
not obtainable UP to the time of
publication, and (2) In other cases
involving candidates favorable to
our cause who are running In dry
and Anti-Saloon League-ridden com.
munities, Endorsement by publica-
ton is inadvisable. because it would
give the organized prOhibitiouists an
opportunity to employ their usual
unfair tactics against such candi-
dates" It was explained.
There are certain other candi.
dates who are favorable to our
cause, but It Is not necessary to
name them, because they inform us
that they are not In need of specific
help. Prohibition party candidates,
of course, are not listed, being OBJ
viously unsatisfactory"
The five Senatorial candidates
whose names appear on the white
list ara Albert "A. Sprague CDeln.D
of Illinois, David I. Walsh Den.l
of Massachusetts, Walter q. Edge
Rep) and Frederick w. Donnelly
DEM, both Of New Jersey, and
William s. Flynn Dem.) Of Rhode
Island.
Twenty-eight States Hopeless"
The ''wets'' received little solace
from the political situation in twen-
ty-eight States. Not single candi-
date was accorded approba tion--by
name, at least--in Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho,
Indiana Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New Mexi-
CO, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wash.
ington, West Virginia or Wyoming.
In Texas, out Of fifteen listed
candidates. c. c. Baker, seeking
election to the House under the Re
publican banner, was the sole salts
factory" candidate.
Perhaps the most optimistic stu.
alton, as viewed BY the anti.prohi.,
bitionists, Is to be found in Connects.
cut. Under that State Is written
merely: None OF the Republican or
Democratic candidates for Congress
are prohibitionists, and the situa-
ton is highly satisfactory to the
association.
New York Is another haven OF Joy
Tor those who would abolish or
amend the dry laws. FOrty.eight
candidates are found to be o. K,
as against eleven unsatisfactory.
New Jersey boasts Of fifteen lib
erally.minded" aspirants to office,
and four who are not so liberal. In
Pennsylvania the count stands forty
one to twenty-five IN favor OF the
Observation-Disclosures. Wisconsin Is on
the right side Of the fence, with nine
teen vets to four drys. California
stands six to five In the same order.
as does Massachusett with six to
three. Rhode Island with four to
one. and Maryland with six to four.
Illinois isn't quite 90 good q bet.
The association lists thirteen that
favor the cause" but ls forced to
admit to sixteen who do not. The
same Is true IN Missouri, where
only four out Of fourteen have seen
the light as shone by the vets,
while Michigan has but three out OF
fifteen. In Minnesota It stands
two to four: in South Dakota it's
lhree.all, and in Vermont, Allan T.
Calhoun Dem.l the only candidate
listed. stands the acid test.
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