The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-09

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twenty years, with drys goin
the delegates from the prepon
Cadle tabernacle was trans
formed into a seething, howl
ing mass of disputants as the
issue was laid before the con-
vention delegates by Henry
Marshall, chairman of the
resolutions committee.
The convention move was the first
major victory for the vets and the
greatest blow to prohibition since
the state went dry more than a
decade ago.
Cheers on one side and cacalls
on the other greeted Marshall's
reading of the wet plank.
The issue was booed from the
floor by representatives from ru-
raj districts, while Lake county led
the cheering in favor of the repeal
plank.
Put to Country Vote
Floor presentation of the wet and
dry plank was put to a voice vote,
after Ivan G. Morgan, convention
chairman, and other leaders of the
delegates finally were able to quiet
the crowd.
Aisles were cleared and the voice
vote was started. In this, the drys,
Morgan ruled, gained the victory in
calling for county by county vote
on the issue. All other planks of
the Republican state platform were
approved without debate.
Before the country vote started
Marshall again read the wet and
dry plank. He pointed out that the
Indiana law proposal was included
because of the difference between
the state and federal laws on pro-
hibition. He said the people of
each state could vote on the ma
tional law issue.
Despite the threats of the dry
interests, there appeared no fear on
the part of the delegations to cast
their votes for the wet plank
Demanded by HartzelI
Marshall told the delegates that
the party platform was drawn by
a committee which supported the
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The roll call was demanded by
State Senator Lee j. Hartzell Of Fit.
Wayne. He is president pro tenn. of
the senate and an ardent dry.
Today was the first time in al
most two decades that the Anti
Saloon League and allied prohibi-
ton groups find themselves in the
minority in Republican state con-
vention, where they must appeal to
the delegates for aid.
No member of the resolutions
committee supported a minority re-
port. In order to attempt to over
throw the wet plank, dry advocates
had to create sufficient demonstra-
tons on the floor to be recognized
by leaders.
Hoover Is Lauded
Through economic stress and So
cial unrest, Herbert Hoover calmly
and efficiently has directed the ma
tion," Governor Harry G. Leslie told
the convention in his address this
morning. Fulfilling every party
pledge and obligation for four years,
his unequaled grasp of economic
conditions and world relationship
has made it possible for America to
endure less suffering and hardship
and prosecute more industrial en-
terprise and greater philanthropic
undertaking than any other nation
on earth during this era of world
wide depression and disaster"
Realizing that only in drastic wet
plank is there any hope for the
party's salvation in November, the
resolutions committee proposed the
following plank which brought the
terrific wet and dry battle.
1--WE recommend that the congress
of the United States Immediately
submit a proposal for repeal of the
eighteenth amendment to the fed
eral constitution.
Said proposal to be submitted for
ratification or rejection by non
partisan conventions of the people
of the several states, called for
that sole purpose in accordance
with the provisions of Art. 5 Of the
constitution of the United States.
Temperance Work Pledged
Should the eighteenth amend
ment be repealed, we pledge our
best efforts toward enactment of
such measures in the state of In
diana as actually will promote
temperance, effectually abolish the
saloon, whether open or concealed,
and bring the liquor traffic itself
under complete public supervision
and control with revenues prop
erly drawn from legalized scources
for relief of the burdened tax
payers.
We also recommend the repeal
Of the so-called bone dry laws of