Evening star., 1926-03-17
Politics at Large

| VILLA m g. Ware into the race for
the Republican senatorial nomination
| in Pennsylvania has set the stage
for n bitter wet" and dry nen'.
With Gov. Pinchot running on
bone dry" platform and Ware on
platform urging the repeal or moai'
hcation OF the Volstead act 80 as 10
permit the use OF light wines ana
beer, II would appear almost impoS'
sible to keep the prohibition issue
out Of the camps ign. even 1housh
| many people In the state would like
| to do So Senator Pepper canoi'
date 10 succeed himself. with the sup.
| port Of very considerable part or
| the Republican OrSa Dization or the
! State backing him. is scceptsp'e 10
| many Of the ''drys." lie IL law
enforcement candidate. But ne
| not the Sahara dry that Gov. Pinchot
Is. In @ race with the governor
alone he necessarily would draw
| many of the wet" votes and all
the anti. .Pinchot faction. There IN
| da nser unless his campaign II man
| ased very adroitiy, thst he VIII pe
| forced into a middle. .of. .the.sround po-
| sition. similar TO that in which John
| ". Davis. the Democratic ca ndidate
| for President. found himself Two
| years ago, between Presiden, Noo''
idge on the one hand ana the is,e
| Senator Ia Toilette on the othef'
when the great issue was ns Gons d
| tism versus radicalism. WAYNE Il.
| Wheeler. general counsel for the
iAptj.SaIoon League, has asserted that
the league will throw it's strength I"
| the ca ndidate who seems most Hkei.
TO attain the great strength asainst
the wet" Mr. Ware. If|the league
casts its lot in with GOV. Pinch"t
| il will make the race more tha n ever
one between Pinchot and Ware.
! The wet" issue in PennsyiVsn ma -
| brought still more TO the fore In tne
announcement OF ihe pia,iorn,
| Representative Phillips. who Is
"a ndidate for the gubernatoriai nomi-
| nation. r. f. Beidieman. former
| lieutenant governor. and former GOV.
| John h, Tener also have announced
! their ca ndidacy for the eubernai ior1a'
! nomination. making il three
| cornered race also. Ii is expec'eo,
| however. that John n. Flsher. me
choice Of Joseph y. GrundN. VIII
| announce his entrance into 'ne ''
| for nOIf1iia ton for governor also. IL
! The Mellon orga niza tion agrees TO
support Fisher, then Grundy may
throw his influence TO Pepper in the
| senatorial contest.
For i LONG time the orSa nizatIon
headed by the MELONS ana DINERS III
! the keystone State lahored with MI.
: Ware To keep him out of the sena'ofiH'
| race So far without avail MT. ware
has announced his ga ndidscN ann
| gives every promise of going through
! with il. Some dsy i, will devOive upon
/ The an,i.Pinchot faction 10 decide 10
| which Of the opponents Of the gov
| erDor /, viii throw its whole Strength
| il that he possible. In the mea ntime,
.l;ov. Pinchot Is getting a considefaDie
| kick" out Of the situation. hoping
for divided vote Of his opposition.
! Mr.. Ware. running as an out-and-out
| wet. Is also hoping that the dfy
| element will be split between Pinchot
| and Pepper. and he TOO. IS derlVnn.
| much consoia ton from this possih'e
| eventualty.
! The vets" like Orsa nlZed labor.
| are not seeking at this iunrture I"
make any one of the two 3rea
| politicaI parties its own party. In
Pennsvlva a MIA. Mr.. Ware and Nj.
! Phillips have come forward from the
. Republican ranks to champion the
| wet" cause In Maryland. Repre-
/
| Republica A. Ia the champion of the
cause in the Republican senatorial
prima ries. Out in Illinois. however,
The vets" are putting forward
Democrat to win if possible the Senate
sea1 now held by Senator William
B. Mckinley. Republics In Indiana
Republican. Ward r. Hiner has
announced himself candidate Tor
| the Democratic Bomina ton for the
Senate for the short term against
! Senator Robinson.
| l.. William Curry of India ma pols has
announced himself 3 candidate for
! the Democratic sena torial nomination
! for the long term against Senator
! Watson on wet platform.
MIR. Hiner, in nnouncins his ca
didacy for the Democratic nomination
! for Senator, declared for Government
/ disDepsaries OF alcoholic beverages.
i with the Government handling the
entire business. He in opposed TO the
return of the old saloon. he said. But
| he wants the Government to have a
| dispensary In every town OF thou
| VA nd or more throughout the country.
where whisky. beer and wine could
| be sold in limited quantities TO per
| sons who carried cards showing thai
thAv had never been convicted either
Of bootiessing or drunkenness and
| that such liquor would have to he
| used In the citizens own homes. Mr..
Hiner believes that the Federal Gov
| ernment and the States in which
/ LIQUOR iS sold by the Government
! should share and share alike in the
| profits derived from rhe sale OF liquor
| q nd he believes that the result would
| be to provide considerable sums for
| State nd Federal Government there
by lessening the burden of taxation.
/ The World Court Issue has been
raised against Senator Lenroot OF
! Wisconsin. the opponents Of the court
seeking his defeat because he handled
the court protocol on the floor OF the
| Senate and voted for adherence Of the
| United States to the court. The
! PrOgressives-the La Toilette follow
ers---in the State are adding this
issue to their campaign against the
| Senator, who is the only "stalwart"
| In either branch Of Congress now
! representing Wisconsin.
| Recently there have been rumors
| that Senator I.enroot would not he
ca ndidate to succeed himself. that he
Is contemplating Withdfa wing from
public life and devoting himself to
the practice of law. 1t has been re.
ported that he has had at least one
| if not more very hatterins offers to
| enter law firms with large practice
! But Senator Lenroot himself has so
far given no indication that he intends
not to he a candidate to succeed him.
| self. Furthermore. he fully expects
to serve out his present term. no mat.
I ter what his decision in the matter
Of devotinS his time thereafter to the
/ practice of law may be. Senator
Lenroot will visit Wisconsin in the
near future and 1t is possible that dur
| ing his stay there he will make an.