Evening star., 1925-11-07
P|NCHOT bid" SEEN
FOR DRyS' SUPPORT.
PennsyIvanian's Presidential
Bee Buzzing Toward Anti.
Saloon League Convention.
nv ROBERT Y. SMALL.

Gov. Clifford Pinchots acceptsn
Of an invitation 10 address the hien
NAL national convention of the Anti
Saloon League Of America at Fhi-
cdeo has SET the political tongues '"
wagGlne again here al the CAPITA.
Most or The observers see in the incl-
dent another link forged in the ch'in
which The Pennsylvania executive
expects eventually 10 drat him into
rho White House Mr.. Pinch"t. ac-
cording to the opinion here. has
allied himself henceforth with the
league and has tied his presidential
hee more firmly than ever TO the
water wagon. Gov. Pinchoi always
has been dry An effort al prchl-
bitten enforcement has been m"
guiding policy or his administration
Al Harrisburg. Ru, now he has
oDen,y stepped into the national pr"
hibition fi~ld ana Is making his debut
Under the aagis Of the Anti-Sa loon
Lea que.
willis IS willing.
There WAS time when VA shinG-
TON thought that Senator Frank
Willis Of Ohio would he the hnti-
Saloon League candidate when one
was pur forth. h,n evidently COY.
PinChot is willing 10 confess that
honor. Senator Willis permitted the
word 10 90 abroad some time ago
thsr he would he willing 10 stand for
the presidency At ANY time Mr.. Cool
idge vas willing 10 stand aside. There
has been no irfimaticn as - when
that time may come. hut meanwhile
Senator Wills has struck Barkis
attitude and intends 10 hold u until
the COWS or the bacon come home
Mr.. Wills has been identified with
fhe LEAGUE for some time and prob
Ably owes his toza to IT, Gov. rirchot
= new arrival IN the lea1lc fold.
Gov. Pinchot has abiding faith thst
the Nolstssd sct and the eighteenth
amendment can he enforced. He doss
not think there has been whole
hearted. concentrated effort in that
direction. The Governor has init
mated time and again that the Fed
efal authorities are NOT giving the
proper cooperation 10 the State on
cials. and has said that supposedly
wet Pennsylvania would he hone
dry today n the COURTS and Federal
authorities had acted with the same
dfsps tch and thornughress As The
State has done
Relieves Issue Paramounf.
1t is very evident that Gov. Pin
chot expects the wei and dry Issue
10 cut large hsurt in future cam
oaigns. He has been Watching the
efforts nj the vets 10 2st started
from their strongholds in New Isrsev
and New York. The governor In
sists. however. that II these vet
States expect aid md comfort from
Pennsylvania they are reckoning
without their host. He is confident
the prevailing public "pinion in Penn
svlvania is dry. tho wetpess being
confined 10 The larger cities.
Gov. Pinthot feels that lons step
forward In the enforcement Of pro
nibition would be made IL the Fed
erai administration here in Washing
ton would adopt the policy he An
nouncef In his inaugural address
when he said:
This adminlstra ton viii he dry.
The executive mansion win be dry /.
and The personal prsc Of The GOV
ernor and his family will continue 10
be dry. in conformity 10 the spirit nd
the letter Of the eighteenth amend
ment shall expect and demand
from every public servant appointed
by me-. or subject N removal by me.
from the highest 10 the lowest. entire
and nnErudginz obedience TO the
eighteenth anne endnent and the Vol
stead law Thev arc part of the Law
of the lan5.
iTopvrtebt 1913