Evening star., 1926-09-28
NEW YORK c. O.P.
NOM|NATES MILLS
AND WADSWORTH
Herkimer County Delegation
Sounds Discordant Note
on Prohibition.
WOMEN DENIED PLACE
IN MAKEUP OF SLATE
Harmony Prevails Generally, and
Gathering Plans to Quit
Tonight
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
S4,ef fCorrornnrdapt of The Star

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
staff Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, September 2s.-After
renominating Senator James w.
Wadsworth, jr., and selecting Ogden
l.. .iills as the nominee for governor,
the Republican convention prepared
to adjourn tonight
The nomination OF Senator Nads-
worth was seconded by Mrs. May NJ.
Gooderson of Kings County. She said
every vote cast against WadsWorth
was a vote cast against President
Coolidge.
Another Woman Seconds.
Mrs Grace Nanamee Of New York.
another seconder. declared that Sen
etor WadsWorth was bigger IMAM
the question of prohibition, which has
been urged against him by the drys.
The women who believe III temper
snce, she said believe also that Sen
ator WadsWorth will uphold law en-
forcement.
No other nominations were made
for Senator. On the roll call Senator
Wadsworth received 1,23o votes.
Franklin w. Cristman 58. Charles
Evans Hughes and % were recorded
as not voting or absent.
There were Kisses when the Crist-
man votes were announced by the
chairman of Herkimer, Courtiand.
Schuyler and other counties ana
cheers for the delegations who voted
solidlv for Wadsworth.
From the Democratic point OF
view. the Republicans of the Empire
State have let slip a priceless oppor-
tunity to stage knock down. dras
out fracas something like the Demo
cratic national convention In IVA
But a spirit of compromise ruled the
Republican councils and the open
fracas was avoided. although there Is
still much bitterness under the sur
face and Senator Wadsworth must
face the onslaught of the ultra dfys
and the Independent candidacy OF
state Senator Franklin W. CrlSt1hah'
an Upstate Republican.
The more moderate drys are salts
fed with the prohibition plank in the
platform and, while Representative
Mills is still regarded as wet, his
nomination for governor was ac-
cepted with relief. partlculaAF as
most of the drys do rot M gsf,s1 ms
chances. or those of any other RepuD-
ucan who might have been nominated,
as at all bright
Dry Leaders Insistent.
Like the King of France. the wet
marched up the hill and then marched
down again. Until noon Sunday moth
ing would satisfy them but deClara-
ton in the party platform that the
Republicans should abide by the wet
and dry referendum which is to be
held on election day. But after some
of the Upstate dry leaders had laid
down the law to Senator WadsWorth.
Representative Mills. DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler and others it was de-
Cfded to omit such a pledge.
This yielding on the part Of the wet
leaders was what prevented an open
breach on the floor of the convention.
The drys are claiming a victory. They
do SO with justice.
The drys have urged that the plat
form carry a pledge to enact a State
enforcement law. While it does carry
promise of law enforcement, it
makes no specific mention of a State
enforcement law to be enacted To
this extent the drys also yielded
something. What the drys fear is
that the keynote speech delivered by
Representative Mills, the guberna-
torial noninec. will be construed as
an Interpretation of the party plat
form In that speech he pledged the
party to abide by the referendum
This Interpretation OF the platform
would be welcomed by the vets. But
the desire Just now of the Republican
leaders is not to ALLEVIATE any further
the upstate drys. but rather to win
them back To the party fold.
Straddle Wet Issue
The Republicans have straddled the
prohibition issue They have nomi
mated wet Observation-Disclosures
and Mills-and at the same time
adopted what MAY be considered a
dry platform.
The prohibition plank. along with
the rest of the platform. was adopted
at last nights $ session of the conven-
ton without d dissenting voice. In
fact. the vote by which it was adopted
had al The nonchalance of a vote in
the Tn nted States Senate on bridge
bill. The drNS were satisfied and the
vets had abandoned their former de-
termination to show the drys where
20 get off
As forecast Yesterday, the prohibi
ton plank calls for the enforcement
Of the dry laws as long as the eigh
teenth amendment is part Of the Con
s,itution. and urged the people of
New York TO vote in the referendum
But il omitted any pledge that the Re
publican party should abide by the
result of the referendum.
For a little while yesterday after
noon it looked as though the prohibi
tion row might really go to the floor
of the convention.
MIR Mills in his keynote speech at
The opening session had declared in
favor of the referendum and had said
thar the party would have to abide by
-he result. This was the reverse of
what The drys had been promised at
a Sunday conference with Senator
Nadsworth and Mr.. Mills regarding
the platform. But it turned out that
MIR Mills speech had been written
:our or five days before. and given
nat for publication. 1t had not been
changed TO accord with the new agree
ment on the platform. This was later
explained to the dryS when the reso-
}ulionS committee was working on the
latter platform behind closed doors,
and the threatened sQuall passed over.
Fish DenOunces Referendum.
But before the prohibition plank
was finally adopted by the rules of
the resolutions committee. Represen-
tative Hamilton Fish, jr.. dry cham
uion from Upstate. delivered an inn
nassionated speech before that com
n,ittee while II was still in open seS-
sion. denounCing the referendum as
an attempt To nullify the Constitu
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