Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
BINGHAM LAUDS
. sF..s.
:: JERSEY BEER VOTE
LEGISLATURE in Distinguished
Company, Says Senator.
Results Unlikely.
RY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

terday adopted joint resolution call
p, ing upon Congress to legaiize the sale
of light wines and beer, was compli-
naented last night by Senator Bingham
of Connecticut. In the last Congress
Senator Bingham sponsored measure
to permit the manufacture of beer.
II am glad to see the New Jersey
Legislature join such distinguished
company as the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, the American Legion and
the American Federation of Labor"
said Senator Bingham. "A lot of good
people think that those Of us who are
for beer are agents Of the brewers.
Certainly no one could accuse those
organizations of being such agents"
The action of the Jersey Legislature,
2 howsyer, is NOT likely to bring results
: in the coming session of Congress. The
= drys in the new Congress far exceed in
q number the vets; something like four
! to one in the House and perhaps an
: even greater percentage on the side
: Of the drys in the Senate. All the ef-
forts to bring the Hoover adminissra-
Z ton to the support Of legislation modi-
Z flying the Volstead act so as to permit
:. the manufacture of beer apparently
= have fallen On b".ren ground.
Keeps BObbing Up.
But this liquor issue keeps bobbing
: up in o manner which embarrasSes the
politicians. As a matter Of fact, it may
; play An important part in determining
:. whether the Republicans have q ma
st jority in the incoming Congress which
meets December 7. Out in the eighth
: Michigan congressional district the
Republicans have nominated a dry to
Ill vacancy in the House caused by
the death of Representative Vincent,
and the Democrats have nominated q
wet Ordinarily this Is strongly Re
. publican district. Mr.. Vincent carried
1t against his Democratic opponent in
1890 by 10000 votes. The liquor issue,
however, Is giving the Republicans
something to think about, if reports
from influential Republicans in MichfS
gan are to be credited.
-. The House vacancy in the Michigan
diStrict Is one of six which must be
nlled. Four Of these seats were held by
Republicans and two by Democrats.
The two Democratic vacancies are re-
earded as certain to be filled by Demo-
Gratis, one from New York and the other
from Cleveland. Ohio. Besides the
1AfChABAh fhCaAity, NlC ItCPuDllCdLlS
have to elect in Wisconsin, PennSyl-
vania and Ohio The FIRST Wisconsin
district elects . successor to the late
Representative Henry Allen Cooper on
Tuesday and Is believed certain to send
to Washington the Progressive Repub-
hcan nominee, Amllex. The Pennsyl-
vania district, so ng represented by
the late Representa- We Graham, also Is
expected to elect a Republican. In the
Longworth district il Cincinnati, Ohio
there Is a sharp contest between the
Republican, John B. HOLSTER, and the
Democrat, David Lorbach. But both
HOLSTER and Lorbach are dripping wet
in sentiment.
Democrats Facing Odds.
Michael J. Hart the Democratic
nominee for the House In the eighth
Michigan district, is facing heavy odds
in the heavy Republican majority that
usually goes to the polls there. But he
has the wet end of the argument He
comes from Saginaw County, where
probably 40 per cent of the whole vote
u cast and where the wet sentiment
Is supposed to be strong. His opponent,
FoSs o. Eldred, has his home in Ionia,
and he has been a dry. There is some
talk OF his coming in favor of referen-
dunn on the liquor question. He runs
the risk, II he does, however, of Of
lending the drys without gaining much
from the vets
Should Hart, the Democrat, win in
this congressional election on November
3. while the other districts filling vacan-
cles were running true to past political
performances, the Democrats would
have at seats in the House. to air
Tor the Republicans and for the Farm
er-Labor party. And in the event that
Lorbach should carry the Longworth
district in Ohio, also the Democrats
would have clear majority of one in
the new House, with total of 218 seats
Inis wet and dry fight in the eiShth
Michigan district. therefore. NAV de.
termine whether the Republicans or the
democrats are to organize the House
ana elect Speaker The wet senti-
ment in Michigan has already caused
2. couple Of upsets in Congress, when
former Representatives Cramton and
hudson, both ardent dryS, failed to win
denomination last year; losing to wet
opponents
Despite the cutcropping of wet SEN
tlment In Republican States and con-
gressional districts which hitherto have
been dry, the Republican high COM
mand Is preparing to go into the ma
tional campaign with the G. o. p
rating dry. Probably no attempt will be
made to interfere with individual
Stste organizations and candidates who
range themselves en- the wet side Of
the issue, in State and congressional
elections. But nationally the G. o, P
appears to be going to the bat as the
champion Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. On the other hand. there seems
no doubt whatever that the Democrats
VIII nominate a wet candidate fer
President. Whether the party will 90
the limit and put modification or re-
WNlp H.. IT, -
the lap of the gods
Politicians who have followed the re-
cent drive fer beer are not convinced
that the vets have not injured their
cause by their vociferous demands for
something to drink 1t is one thing.
ihsy say, to demand change in con-
ditiors because of the f1outing of the
law by boctleggers end respectable
citizens who buy liquor 1t is another
thing to put beer mug on political
banner.