Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
Roosevelt Stand on Dry Law
Considered as Political Bid

! burg Advance Democratic), land SIM
ply the fact that Gov. Roosevelt Is OPP
posed to prohibition Is no reason to
suggest that the Democratic party Is
/ being primed to take the wet side OF
the prohibition controversy two years
| from now" The Chattanooga News
independent Democratic) argues that
he has "tarred himself with the Tam
many brush by declaring for Tam
many's liquor program" The Utica OBJ
server-Dispatch independently believes
that she is advocating politician man
| agement and conduct of a business that
| has bedeviled Government for decades"
! The Geneva Daily Times independently
| states: Probably he feels conditions
would be different. No doubt they
would be, far different. and for the
worse"
| IF each party should put out an
avowed repealist for standard bearer"
warns the Dallas Journal independent
| Democratic), 1.-The bone drys wouldn't
| follow him Their only recourse would
be TO get a party and a candidate of
their own"
Prohibition remains an experiment"
says the Chicago Daily News Cindepend-
ent). Discussion of that experiment,
its degree Of success and possible alter
natives should be frank, honest and
searching. Eventually, If all points Of
view are heard and debated, public opin-
ion will make a deliberate and decisive
choice" The Roanoke World-News Gin
dependent Democratic) summarizes the
situation: THE frank attitude of q
great many people at this time is that
they did not like what they had before
prohibition, and welcomed the change;
that they do not like what they have
now, but have not decided what change
to advocate. Certainly they will not 60
back to what they had. Among this
element the most serious point of consid-
Grafton Is that for the first time in his
tory the underworld finds in bootlegging
and beer-running an ample source OF
finance"
Should he be a candidate for the
presidential nomination." according to
the Richmond News Leader (independ-
ent Democratic) at will be as a wet.
definitely committed to the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. That is a fact
OF no small moment to the Democratic
party, which, at this time, has no other
candidate as promising as Roosevelt.
But before reconciling themselves to the
prospect OF another unhappy struggle,
with the bitterness of 1923 revived as far
as partisans can stir it up, Democrats
will do well to remember that much
water VIII run under the bridge before
eLe HatloHaA convention meets.
The New York Evening Post (inde-
pendenO concludes as to the effect of
the declaration by the Governor: For
us to try to pick flaws In the time, man
ner and subject matter of Gov. Roose-
velt's declaration for repeal Of the pro-
hibitton amendment would seem to
smack OF craftsmanship. He has done
the right thing. He has done it without
evasion. He has done 1t, too, before he
had to and without Difference to the
advice Of those who told him to wait
until the Republicans had spoken on the
question and then to go them one bet
ter In other words, he has fairly won
a real leadership on this most trouble
some of issues. Franklin Roosevelt has
lived up to the courageous traditions Of
his name. We hope that a similar
courage win be found at the Republican
State Convention"