Evening star., 1932-10-02
>AY STATE VETS
GET GRIP ON c. 0.P.
Outright Repeal Plank Takes
Advanced nesiiisn Over
Hoover Proposal.
BY w. Z. MULLINS.

n1 W.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, October l.-For the first
time in the 12-year history Of Federal
:. of the Republican party in Mas
sacnusetts. With scarcely a murmur
OF protest the delegates to the party's
State convention on Friday adopted an
outright repeal platform plank, the only
reservation of which was a pledge to
prevent the return of the open saloon
Not only was the party committed
for the first time against prohibition,
but its candidate for Governor like
wise for the first time will be an adyo-
cate of repeal. Lieut.. Gov. William
S. Youngman. the party nominee for
Governor, joined in the big parade be-
hind the repeal movement after .
record on prohibition that had been
entirely acceptable to the Anti-Saloon
League and its associate organizations.
Youngman Once Dryer.
Youngman, in fact, won the nomina-
ton for lieutenant Governor only four
years ago because he succeeded In prov
ing to the satisfaction Of the various
prohibition organizations that he was
the drieSt of a group Of nine candi-
dates then seeking the nomination. He
merely is following the trend Of the
times in this commonwealth which Is
admittedly one Of the wettest IN the
Union.
The complete surrender of the drys
at the convention was somewhat sur
prising. Not voice was lifted in pro-
test at the meeting Of the Resolutions
Committee and only few scattered
mays" were heard when the platform
was adopted by acclamation at the con-
vention.
Some of the drys were inclined to
be resentful, not SO much because the
party went wet, but because II ex-
ceeded President Hoover's position and
went wringing wet.
Dry Candidate Barred.
The drys have no place to turn. Their
independent prohibition candidate for
Governor. William r. Ferry Of Newton,
was eliminated from the ballot because
of evidence of fraud and deception in
obtaining names on his nomination
papers. An investigation by the State
Ballot Law Commission disclosed that
wet Democratic aid mad been drafted
in obtaining signatures to quality his
name on the ballot.
The Republican drys will have TO
draft a sticker candidate or else re-
Train ITOIl NOIlIlk II LliCy uC0cA
mined to punish their party standard
bearer because the Democrats have been
repealists in this State from the outset
of Federal prohibition.
Smith Side Stiu Cool
The Democrats are encountering
trouble in their efforts to whip the
Alfred E. Smith supporters into line
behind Gov. Roosevelt. A gesture Of
Cancellation was made by the appoint
ment of Daniel j. Gallagher to the
Resolutions Committee, but 1t failed.
Gallagher, Federal district attorney un-
der the Wilson regime, was appointed
to the committee in spite of the fact
that he had announced his intention
to bolt the national ticket. He re-
fused to attend the sessions OF the
committee.
Calvin Coolidge has given his serv-
ices to the party and even has agreed
to go TO Madison Square Garden in
New York on october IL to go over
the top for President Hoover. He sent
a message to a State convention cele-
bration here Thursday and apparently
is prepared to be active in spite OF
early reports that he would remain Sc
cluded in Vermont.