Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-29
Politics at Large
By C.. Could Lincoln.

The vets in New York, heaoeo
by Senator Wadsworth, are having
a hard time lining up the Republican
party of the State for the wet cause
| The simple fact of the matter Il
there is a preponderance Oh oIS
among the Republican voters IN the
Empire State-some say thal >n rs
| dryS are as high as 40 per cent VI
the total Republican vote.
| Representative Hamilton Fish. Jr.
| Is 1.-The fair-haired champion or the
| dry Republicans, who wish to re-
main dry and regular. as dlStlhct
| from the Cristman dry Republicans
who are prepared to support Crlst-
man as an independent candidate Tor
the Senate against Wadsworth TINS
Fall. Mr.. Fish is the only outstand-
ing Republican who threw down tne
! gauntlet openly to the Wadswor.li
leadership at the Republican state
| convention which has just peeh coil'
| cluded.
| This defiant attitude of Mr.. Fish
may be an important factor in get
| ting him the Republican nomination.
| as a dry, for the Senate against Sen
| ator Copeland, Democrat, who comes
| IN for reelection in 1923. 1t Is Wen
| understood that Representative Og'
| den l.. Mills. who has just been noini-
| mated for governor by the Republic,
ans. would like to have the senatorial
nomination against Copeland tWo
wears hence. But Mills is now re-
| garded as almost as wet as Naus
worth. Furthermore, Mr.. Mllis
| stands a very good chance OF pelrs
defeated by Gov. AL Smith in NoVen
Der and thereby being retired 10 pr
vate life, at least Temporarily. Aii AN
suppose Senator WadsWorth nliilse !! u
is defeated for the Senate: II SO, ~
will be because the dry Repuplioan1d1
declined to support him. IhlS "oulo
Ieaya tho field pretty we'll open to a
DIV Renublican to run for the Senate
in 1928. and why not Mr.. Fish:
| Mr. Fish has been in the houst
during three Congresses and part %
another. He Is nearly 3S years oiu
He comes from upstate as dlstlnc,
from, New York City. He graduated
from Harvard, completing the coui -
in three instead of four years, ano
cantained the Harvard foot ball team
while he was on his way tnrouel
that institution. He served with dis
tinction in the World war as capta. :,
and major, and was decorateu W.,
the croix de guerre IN coiiileo' ~
with the capture OF a Fllldse vi '
other side. He promises ~ &c
noyer in New York politics VINO mus'
he reckoned with.
While the leadership IN New III ,b,; !;
hoe heon irving to make the Repupl,
can narty wet, or at least Quile nlo' >:
tho reverse has been happening Al
fiii,ois and Massachusetts, Whert
The democrats have openly espouse'
tho wet cause. In the Prairie Staee
lCol Frank l.. Smith, RepuoiiC 20,
nominee for the Senate, mas np
narently satisfied the drys by oeci az
ing himself for law enforcement -,
Guiding the dry law. rms Joiila '1 ~
wet and dry issue WIFI NON,
BRENNAN. Democratic senatorlal nom
;nea Who has made modification OF ti nv
y-olstead act his whole campaign
10 +r,e that Col. Smiths statement l:
! ca worded that he might be IN poSi
+ion later to vote wet II the peopl'
If the state should by Referendum
declare against prohibition as II iloN
ax;sts But his statement has peer
generally interpreted as dry
x y ):
william NJ. Butler, chairman OF tn'
Republican national committee. !
lhsttlinp to succeed himself in the Sen
ote against former Senator DAVID
Walsh. the Republicans have the DRY
end of the stick, too. Col. w liilali
castor the Democratic nominee To-
Governor. already has declared MN
GOLF hatly in favor of MODIFICATION o
tho dry laws and in favor of the sys
Item of Government regulation am
sale of liquor as practlcai !,
parts of Canada" senator "dioi
last night also declared nm
self in on the wet pialloili
of his running mate. Nhlle lneIe ma
been no referendum on tne III
question in Massachusetts recently
II is held by many Bay Staters that IN
nreponderance of sentiment there i
wet But this is something of guess
The Republicans have declared Tor ldV
enforcement and let it go at that.
Senator Butler is reported to belleV'
he will be elected in November Pre-
yided the Republican voters turn GU
and go to the polls. What is feare'
bv the Republicans is that too man!
of the voters will remain away IRON
the polls and Senator Walsh VIII Sill
in ahead. Consequently Senator But
Ter and his campaign committee ar
bending their energies to perfectlns
an organization throughout the Stat
which will get out the vote. Iher
seems TO be a general opinion tina
WaIsh's candidacy is helped consld
erablv by having Col. Castor on tn
ticket. who is we'll liked in Massachu
setts and who gave the late Senate
Lodge q close race the last time Sen
ator Lodge was up for election.
The Democratic party in variou
States is lining up on the wet sld'
of the prohibition question. In Mary
land. in Illinois, in New York. tn
leadership is strongly in the hands o
the vets. The Republican party, OIL
the other hand, in none OF Its stat
platforms, or even through its leaders
has so far declared openly for mod
fication of the Volstead act. with tn
exception of WadsWOrth in New 1orl
and Ware in Pennsylvania. In Penn
sylvania, while the Republicans wer
nominating William s. Ware, wet
for the Senate, they were at the sam
time nominating John S. Fisher TO
governor, and Fisher was the candl
date for the drys.
The situation for the republican
in Connecticut this Fall seems en-
tirely favorable. Senator Bingham
who is up for reelection. it is con
fidently expected, will defeat hi
Democratic opponent, Judge Rollin L
TYLER. Some of the Republicans ar
still sore with Mr.. Bingham because
after he had been nominated AM
elected governor and before he ha
taken his seat. he sought and oh
tanned the nomination for Senator t
fill the vacancy created by the dealt
of the late Senator Brandegee. Blu
this soreness is not sufficient to Civ
Judge Tyler a chance in a State s
strongly Republican. So far as tn
five members of the House are cor
cerned, all Republicans. the outlool