Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-18
MORROW VICTORY
HELD WET TRIUMPH
Scores Personal Success in
New Jersey Republican
Senatorial Primary.
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connection with suppreSsing the evils of
| intoxicating liquor. Furthermore the
repeal for which Mr.. Morrow declared
| is not present possibility, while en-
| forcement, which is favored. will be
acted upon during the next senatorial
| term. Mr.. Morrow'S nomination Is as
| much tribute to his personal popu-
larity and distinguished public service
IN other fields as in the interest of the
wet program. Undoubtedly many who
voted for Mr.. Morrow favored prohi-
bition, but saw no danger of dry law
| repeal through the election of Just
another wet from New Jersey.
Not Dry Vote Lost.
THE JOY of the vets over escaping de-
feat in one of their chief strongholds
dramatically emphasizes the weakness
of their showing in every other primary
election this year. So far not one dry
vote In the House has been lost and
nominations for the Senate represent a
net gain OF one dry vote even though
New Jersey again sends a wet to the
Senate. In Maine, Minnesota, Florida
and other States an almost negligible
showing was made by the wringing wet
candidates. In earlier primaries at least
the present dry strength in Congress
was assured from Illinois, Indiana. South
Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Iowa and
North Carolina"
While 1t is obvious that Mr.. Morrow
received the votes of many thousands of
drys in the primary election, 1t is also
obvious that the drys were willing to
put aside their interest in the prohibit
ton amendment in order to support Mr..
Morrow.
Mr.. Morrow. indeed. was accountable
Tn some nT the HrVS hAcQt1Sa In HE
ment on the prohibition issue he in
sisted that government had the. right |
to take liquor from the citizen. What |
Mr.. Morrow criticized was the present |
effort Of the National Government to |
deal with the liquor trafic. He wanted |
the control of this traffic restored to the |
States.
Influence Other Primaries.
There is little doubt, however, that |
the victory Of Mr.. Morrow. the opponent |
of the eighteenth amendment, over the |
supporter of the prohibition amendment, |
Mr.. Fort, in this impressive fashion will |
have its influence on primary contests |
in other States, particularly in the East |
The Republicans Of Massachusetts,, for
example, have been watching the strug- |
gle between Morrow and Fort with the |
keenest interest. Eben Draper. State |
Senator, Is the wet candidate for the
Republican senatorial nomination in the |
Bay State against William S. Butler, a |
dry and former Senator and former |
Republican national committeeman
Some of the members of the House from
Massachusetts, are drys and they are
likely to find themselves in stiff contests
for denomination because of the entry |
Of wet candidates.
Out in Illinois, where Mrs. Ruth |
Hanna Mccormick. dry, Is the Re-
Publican candidate for the Senate
against former Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, Democrat and a wet, the New
Jersey primary has been of considerable
interest. The Democrats and the vets
believe it may have some bearing on the
way the ELECTION will 60 In Illinois In
the Fall.
The fact that both Morrow and FIRE.
linghuysen were counted vets in this
contest and a fourth candidate, Kelly,
was running as wringing wet, makes |
the victory of Mr.. Morrow over Mr..
Fort the standard bearer of the drys,
all the more significant to the vets. |
The wet vote was split and the hope
OF the drys was to squeeze through and
land Fort q winner.
In some quarters IL was declared |
today that Mr.. Fort had done the dry
cause no good by his eleventh-hour
entry into the senatorial primary. in
view OF the outcome. Furthermore, it
will be urged that his defeat is in
some way a reputation by the Re-
publicans Of New Jersey of the stand
taken by the Hoover administration in
support Of the eighteenth amendment.
Fort Close Friend of Hoover.
Mr.. Fort has been a close friend of
the President. He was one of his pre-
convention campaign managers in 1928.
He has been a prominent figure in
the House, Of which he will not be a
member after March 4, next. Already
there is talk of President Hoovers ap-
pointing Mr.. Fort to an ambassador
ship or to membership In his cabinet.
Mr.. Fort, however, has large business
preclude his accepting such appoint
ment If 1t were offered to him.
The Republicans of New Jersey must
now write their party platform for the
coming campaign. Mr.. Morrow having
taken so definite a stand on the prohi-
bition issue, the Republican State con-
vention will have to determine whether
platform or not What the State con-
vention says about prohibition will be
of considerable interest.
The drys are unable to put forward
now an independent dry Republican
candidate for the senatorial nomination
In New Jersey in an effort to split the
vote and bring about the defeat of Mr..
Morrow. even by a wet Democrat, as
they did in New York in 1926, when
they brought about the defeat of former
Senator Wadsworth by Senator Wag-
ner, the Democrat. The election laws Of
New Jersey, against which the Anti
Saloon League head rallied bitterly,
provide that all independents must file
before the primary is held.
It Is true that there are two candi-
dates for the Senate put forward by
the old Prohibition party, one for the
short term and another for the long
term. But they are not candidates of
prominence who would attract many
votes.
Two Administration Statements.
The Hoover administration issued two
statements during the campaign In Jer-
sey declaring that. the President was
taking no part in the senatorial contest.
Mr.. Forts friends in some instances I'M
dertook to show that the President
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