New Britain herald., 1930-08-11
IHE TWO WET PARTIES AND THEIR TACTICS

AND HEIR TACTICS
 To stress prohibition or to do bat 'la with the Roraback machine-that IS the question confronting Connecri- o4r Democrats.
 The Democratic party is wet; but SC ls the Repphlcan party" remark ed the Hartford Times the other day.
 Those are truthful words. But t .s fact that whereas the averag4 wet ~-I either vote for the Demo- cratic party or the Republican party. the average dry votes solely for the Republican party. in the mistaken belief that he Repu5lican machine IS quite dry
 The Republican machine fools many voters in this manner because # strictly srraddIes on the prohibi- ion question. The neA- state Repub- lcan platform will 6e as silent on prohibiuon-gotag no further than arterng q few pious generaiues on law entorcement-than the other state Republican platforms since ths noble experiment started.
 The Democratic state platform will be as wet as its predecessors.
 There can be no doubt that the Democrats will snare most Of the wet votes: and ,hsre remains the probability that the Republican party will co1.nue 10 snare dry and vet votes.
 unless all signs tau." said the Times in is statement on prohibition possibilities. The Democratic party ~Iu c.smor agunst prohibition and offend every dry e.,avn whose vote nigh, be won by an appeal 10 end he regime Of the Rorlb2ck ma chine n Connectcu,.
 It is distressing situation 10 find rhe Boraback organization so sue csssfully playing both ends against the middle. It's maximum 0. sue cess has dated from the time the prohibition law became effective '' and thare can scarcely be a Letter explanation than the fact t has been receiving dry support on inc premise t IS dry and also the sup port Of considerable percentage ol vets who arc normally Republican. The Democrats. more inclined 10 call q spade q spade and being Id by men who make no secret Of theIr oposiIon 10 the dry law, have been taced with q condition that acts to their disadyantase even in the faco Of widespread opposition 70 the tao tlcs of RorabacHsm.
 Unquesuonably there are many drys who are as strongly against the Roraback organization as the aver age Democrats. yet who refuse to support the Democrats because oi their wet procliuties. To these il should be proven that there IS nc appreciabIc difference between rhe TWO parties on the prohibition ques- ton; that both are wet; and that when a dry votes for the Republican ticket he does nor advance the pro- hlbition cause in this state. He should learn that II is idle to eX- pect leading Republicans in every city and district. who are generally known 10 be personally wet, to dc anything worth mentioning to fur ther the cause of prohibition. The fact is they merely smile knowingly when someone mentions the state Republican party as q dry oreaniza- ton.
 Professor Levitt. attempting tc wrest office from the Rorabacb machine on the Republican ticket, is being highly commented by Repub- licans and Democrats alike That al least indicates that his cause is popular; and leads to the assump- tior that If anti -RorabaCkism could he settled on it's merits-or demeritS free from all mixing" with other issues, including prohibition. the citizens of the state might be able tc