The Washington times., 1928-11-07
DRTS WIN Sc YEN
VICTORIES IN
SENATE
BY international News Service

ican prohibition law, otherwise
known as the Nolstead act, stood
immune today to material change
or modification for another two
years at least. as the drys gained
strength in both House and Senate
Of the new Congress.
The drys virtually swept the Sena.
toriaI elections, with ~ drys elected
to vets. In the House, the drys
gained slightly while the small wet
bloc lost few members.
The generals OF the Anti-Saloon
League army hailed the election re-
turns as great moral victory.
They had not only supported Her
bert Hoover against Alfred il. Smith
but they succeeded in winning all
five Senatorial contests In which
they marked down wet candidates
for destruction.
Bruce and Edwards
Among their victories, the drys
listed the defeat of Senator Edward
i. Edwards Cd Of New Jersey, and
Senator William Cabell Bruce Cd
OF Maryland, two Of the OutspOken
wet leaders Of the Senate. The drys
/ likewise had thrown down q ci1al-
| lengA To the vets in the Illinois,
Ohio, and Delaware Senatorial con-
tests, In which drys were elected.
The victories OF Theodore II. Bur-
| ton (R.I, Of Ohio, an ardent dry
Otis r.. Glenn (R.), Of Illinois, an
other ontspoken dry, and John q.
Townsend lR.l, Nof Delaware. classed
almost on a par with Hoover's
landslide so far as the dry leaders
the opponents OF these three for
defeat along with Edwards and
Bruce. Another dry-over-wet vic
tory was recorded in Pennsylvania,
where Senator David Al. Reed (R9'
defeated wet opponent.
The seven wet victories in SEN
atoriaI contests were in Massa-
/ chusetts. New York, Washington,
wisconsin. Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut and New Jersey. In the latter
state, however, the drys mad sup
ported the wet in order to beat
Edwards.
The drys made no contest in
Connecticut, New York, Rhode
Island or Wisconsin, believing the
states were wet and the outlook
hopeless. Vets won over vets in
each of these States
The vets did win honest vic
tories however in Massachusetts
and Washington. In Massachusetts,
Senator David i Walsh CD de-
/ feated a dry candidate, while Sem
ator G. G. Dill (D.l, of Washington,
dry, lost to Kenneth Macintosh
lR.1, an out-and-out wet.
In the House elections, the dryS
boasted most of the defeat handed
out to former Representative John
Philip Hill (R.l OF Maryland, former
wet leader of the House, who tried
to stage a comeback Hill lost to
another wet but the drys looked
on this as a victory.
The defeat OF s. Harrison White
(D.l OF Denver. by William X. Eaton
tR.l. dry. also drew dry cheers.
White. a personal dry, was elected
two years ago on a wet platform
and this irked the national dry
leaders, who marked him for defeat.
Sweep in Delaware
The contest for DeIaware's lone
place in the House also saw a dry
victory. The anti-saloon league ad.
vertised this battle and consequently
boast Of victory in having re-
elected Representative Robert G.
Houston 01) dry, over John NJ
Richardson CD. a wet AS Della
ware has but one Congressman, the
issue was Statewide. 1t was linked
to the dry fight on Senator Thomas
r. Bayard (DJ of Delaware, a wet,
who also went to defeat.
The Anti-Saloon League also
scored in Virginia by defeating
Representative Joseph n. Deal D.l,
wet. The league supported Menal-
Gus Lankford, a Republican dry,
and won.
The present House has So out.
spoken vets. The new House prob
ably will have but 55 to so. The
drys claim victory in that they
gained slightly while prohibition
was being discussed on political
platforms from one end of the
country to the other.