Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-12
PARTY ACTIVITIES
STRESS DRY ISSUE
Conventions in Five States
Emphasize Complexities
of Prohibition.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Party conventions just held in five
States emphasize the perplexities OF the
prohibition issue in politics and the
curious character of the congressional
campaign, which has yet to crystalline
its issues.
The business depression is the natu-
raj argument of the Democrats, while
the Republicans, particularly in Indiana
on Thursday, sought defense of the
Hoover administration for steps taken
in an effort to bring about recupera-
ton OF the Nations business.
Connecticut Democrats, as well as
Cook County, Ill. Democrats, came out
for platform planks proposing repeal of
the eighteenth amendment, and it looks
now as though most all the Democratic
conventions in Northern States viii
adopt somewhat the same attitude.
G. 0. p. Ill at Ease.
The Republicans are i'll at ease over
the issue in New York and MasSachu-
sets. as well as in Ohio, where the
Hoover administration is more or less
involved because dry plank has been
prepared after Senator FeSS. Republican
national CHARM n. made the keynote
speech. Divisic'l of opinion exists among
the delegates to the State convention.
with the prospect. however, that the
Fess viewpoint will prevail.
In New York, the prospective candi-
date for Governor on the Republican
ticket. United States Attorney Tuttle,
has been comforting with Ogden Mills,
who ran Or Governor last time and is
now Unuersecretary of the. Treasury, in
an effort to develop the kind of prohi-
bition plank needed for the Republican
State convention. Mr.. Tuttle is con-
fronted with the proposal made by Gov.
Roosevelt and the problem at the same
time of retaining the support of those
leaders who represent dry communities
in the State. Local option, the favorite
device of years ago, may come back into
the party platforms this year in States
where sentiment is divided.
Invited to Marion.
The suggestion made in the Ohio
Republican State convention that
resolution be adopted inviting President
Hoover to dedicate the Harding Tomb
at Marion has its political significance.
The tomb has been ready for some time.
Mr.. Coolidge did not go to Marion and
Mr.. Hoover has been asked to go but
has not indicated what he will do about
it. He is to speak in Cleveland on
october 2 and Fred Warner, former
State chairman, wants Mr.. Hoover to
visit Marion the same day.
Aside from the fact that the Presi-
dent has already scheduled his de-
parture from Cleveland and probably
will not be able to arrange it, the
chances are that the resolution, whether
passed or side-tracked, will revive the
question of presidential visit to Marion
and keep it revived for some time.
The general inference has been that
the political reputation of the Harding
regime is such that any speeches ex-
tolling the Harding service in public
life is bound to furnish ammunition in
local Ohio politics. Hoover may go to
Marion for the dedication. as he has
never indicated any unwillingness to
attend, but he reserves the privilege of
setting the date. 1t probably will be
after the congressional elections.
(Copyright, 1900