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favoring law enforcement. Others
insist there should be plank pledg
ing the party to carry out the wishes
of the voters as indicated in the
referendum that is to be had on cleo
ton day in November. The drys are
willing to omit the word prohibition
from the law enforcement plank. pro-
vided the plank has teeth in it. But
they are adamant in their opposition
to asserting that the party shall be
governed by the outcome of the
referendum on prohibition.
a victory for the vets in the
referendum would, under such circum-
stances. line the Republican party of
the State up with the vets. The drys
point out. too, that many Of the dry
orga MIA tions have recommended that
the drys pay no attention to the
referendum. but bend all their efforts
to elect dry candidates for office. hold
ing that the referendum can have no
real effect in law.
Wadsworth Opposes Dry.
Notwithstanding the admonitions.
however, thousands upon thousands
of drys will vote no" when the refer
endum Is taken. But Senator Wads-
worth and other leaders are intent
upon having the platform declare
that the result of the referendum
shall govern. If they insist strongly
enough they are likely to have their
way.
The reluctance of Republicans of
prominence TO permit themselves to
be nominated for governor this year
is positively touching.
With AL Smith at the hot end Of the
Democratic poker, the Republicans
l. Pno 4 hol htrr nd
That In itself is enough to make Re
publican hesitate to accept the nomi-
nation. especially If he has political
ambitions for the future. Then Senator
Wadsworth heretofore has set his foot
down in opposition to the nomination
Of a dry candidate for governor which
has narrowed the field.
Mills Leading for Nomination.
Among those most prominently men
toned for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton in recent days have been Repre-
sentative Ogden Mills, Assistant At
torney General William J. Donovan,
and President Nicholas Murray Butler
of Columbia University.
None of them Is hankering for the
Job.
DR.. Butler has already declined to
be considered. and today his daugh-
| ter Sarah Schuyler Butler. vice
| chairman of the Republican State
committee, served notice on Repuh-
| lican State Chairman George Il.
Norris that her father would not ac-
| cept the nomination. This leaves In
the field Representative Mills and
| Col. Donovan, and tonight 1t looked
| as though Mills would he the ulti-
mate selection. The trend seemed
| to be in his direction.
The drys hold that Col. Donovan s
| law enforcement attitude would be
nullifled If he campaigned upon such
| a wet platform as he would be ex-
| pected to espouse. They are not de-
sirous Of the nomination Of Mr..
Mills. either, but they would take
him in preference to Col. Donovan,
although Mills advocates adhering to
| the result of the referendum.
Col. Donovan Is a Catholic. Ordi
narily IL might be expected that this
| fact would tend to take votes from
| Gov. AL Smith, who also ts a Cath
olic. But Gov Smith is regarded
generally by the Catholics as the
| man TO break down the prejudice
| which has existed in the past to
placing Catholic in the White
House. 1t is pretty well understood
that Republican Catholics, If Col,
Donovan Is nominated. will vote for
Gov. Smith in November Everything
is being done at this time with an
eve to what is to come in 1928, when
the presidential fight is on ald AL