Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-08-19
Liquor Men Trying To Seduce Nam
Candidates, Newell Avers

Jake F. Newell, Charlotte lawyer
and republican candidate for United
States senator, making public his re-
plies to a list of five questions sub
mitted him and Robert R. Reynolds,
democratic senatorial candidate, by
R. Lee Wright of Salisbury, promin-
emit prohibitionist, maintains the
staunch advocacy of the present pro-
hibition set-up he announced follow
ing the statement of President Hoov-
er urging a change in the amend
ment to allow states control over
liquor.
"f see no reason why l should
provide MIR. Wright through the col
umns of the metropolitan press of
the state publicity that he could not
otherwise obtain" declared Mr.. Rey-
nolds. "As a matter of fact, l did
not find Mr.. Wright's letter until
this afternoon. Upon my return
from a three weeks vacation | found
1000 letters awaiting my considera-
ton, and it was among them. His
letter is simply a letter from an indi-
viduaf and although | wish to be en-
tirely courteous and show him every
consideration, l do not feel that l
should go to the trouble of preparing
an answer and mailing it t o the pa
pers as he requests, because it appears
to me that after my recent speaking
campaign my views On this question
should be very we'll known"
The letter to MIR. Newell and Mr.
Reynolds from Judge Wright, one
of the leaders of the anti-Smith
movement in 1928, was addressed to
the nominees of the two parties and
dated August 3 and follows:
1.-THE anti-liquor men and women
of North Carolina are anxious to
know your attitude, in no uncertain
language, in regard to the eighteenth
amendment, as we'll as to the present
liquor laws of our state; and to that
end, l am submitting some questions
in this letter which you are respect
fully requested to answer through
the Charlotte Observer, News & OBJ
server, Greensboro News, Winston
Salem Journal, and other leading
daily newspapers of our state, and in
doing SO you may publish this letter
together with your answer, or ex-
plantation, to each question.
THE questions are as follows:
"1. If you should be elected to
the United States Senate and the
question of repeating the 18th a.
mendment should arise, will you cast
your vote for repeal, o against it?
20. If so elected, ar)1 the issue
comes up to modify the 18th amend
ment without submitting the same
to a vote of the people, which way
would you vote?
"3. If in favor of repeal, or modi-
fcation, what is your plan, idea OF
anticipated method, of regulating
the manufacture and sale of liquor?
And can you devise any way, or sug-
gest any procedure, to prevent block
aiding and bootlegging?
State ENFORCEMENT.
"a. If one state should remain leg
ally dry and two adjoining states be-
come legally wet, explain how the
dry state could be effectively polired
so as to prevent importation of
whiskey from the wet states into
the dry?
"5. As a citizen of North Carolina.
and as the nominee of your party,
are you in favor of a future legis-
lature of North Carolina repeating
or modifying the presene prohibition
laws of our state which are nov on
the statue books? If so, have you any
plan or anything to suggest which
would better presest conditions?
Respectfully yours.
"R. LEE WRIGHT"