Evening star., 1932-06-23

attempts 10 appralSe the plank on
prohibition adopted by the Republic
an National Convention show a wide
range to opinions. Differing comments
give the victory to vets or drys &C.
cording to individual judgment, while
there are charges that the party utter
ance Is . straddle. Emphasis is placed
placed with the States. the plank still
would provide some national jurisdic-
ton.
Though designed as Q see-saw be-
tween water and strong drink. It Is de-
| cidedly tipsy toward the latter" in
the opinoin Of the Atlanta Journal
tDemocratic). while the Rutland Her
aid independent Republican, con-
cludes that it was written with the
| view Of satisfying both sides of the
controversy and, as inevitably follows
with such an effort, it must fail to
satisfy either" The Spokane Spokes-
man-Review Republican, holds that,
with its adequate protection of the
dry States" the plank will be generally
satisfactory to wet and dry Repub-
| licans" The Omaha World Herald Tin
dependent Democratic) feels that "it
must appear to the dryS that they have
been subjected to . humiliating defeat
within the party they regarded as their
own" and that they are cast out into
the world. orphans without a party
home" The San Antonio Express Cin-
dependent Democratic) suggests that
the plank does not settle the uues-
| ton" and advises that "incomparably
more important problems challenge the
Nations thought and demand construc-
tive action"
The plank clearly paves the way for
a change in the method of handling the
liquor question" in the opinion Of the
Ann Arbor Daily News dndependent)
| while the Buffalo Evening News inde-
pendent Republican, thinks that in
the final analysis, much depends upon
the way the plank is interpreted for the
process of reform" and the Des Moines
Tribune independent Republican, con-
tends that those honest and intelligent
advocates Of change from the present
conditions who are neither moved by a
passion for hooch nor by doctrinaire
| notions. have reason to be satisfied. :"
The Charleston Nv. Va) Daily Mail
independent Republican, sees 1t as
the greatest triumph yet won by the
advocates OF change" with the added
comment: "Details Of what form the re-
submission question shall take are of
minor worth in a platform declaration.
since they must be the work Of Con-
gress."
The action Of the convention is called
sensible" by the Gary Post Tribune
independently; "pretty good. though In
wording 1t is terrible" by the Cincin-
natl Times-Star CRepublican): "a plat
form that faces conditions. not one that
evades them" by the Topeka Daily
Capital Republican); "pompous but
empty words strung out into nebulous
phrases" re Akron Beacon Jour-
nal dndepe ,Gcnt Republican,: and an
example of "temporizing. solely in the
hope that they would please enough
persons of all shades of opinion to carry
. majority vote at the election" by the
Schenectady Gazette independent
Democratic). The Morgantown Domin-
ION News independent Democratic) Of
fers the opinion rs to the method
adopted for making . change in the
liquor law: There is only one proper
approach to q solution That is to sub
nit to the people of the several States,
acting, possibly. through conventions
called for the single purpose, the ques-