Evening star., 1932-08-29
DRY ISSUE RULES
CALIFORNIA VOTING
ITS Candidates in Mad
Scramble for 20 Seats
in Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, l,Igust 29.-Pro-
hibition is an issue : at least IA of
the 20 California ngressional dis
tricts as the campGs.Jls preliminary to
Tuesdays primary election draws to a
close.
In every district there are one or more
Ordinarily moreD candidates who by
their own statements favor repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. In 13 of the
20 the allied dry organizations either
openly favor or have formally indorsed
a candidate, and in one or two other
districts the word has been informally
passed along through the Protestant
clergy that certain candidate is less
unfavorable than others to the prohi-
bition cause.
CALIFORNIA; increased allotment of
seats in Congress seems to have acted
as tonic to the hopes of many, and
as a result approximately ITS aspirants
are in the mad scramble for party
nominations for the 20 places. In some
districts the fields are so large that a
small fraC ion Of the party vote will
nominate SO long as it is larger than
any opponent secures.
Opinions Are Sought.
Into these free-for-alls the wet and
dry organizations have played their
searchlights, attempting to single out
candidates upon whom their respective
followers might concentrate their vote,
but they have gone about it in different
ways.
The California division of the Asso-
citation Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, conducting a campaign on sena-
torial congressional and State legisla-
tive fronts for wet candidates circu-
larized all aspirants soliciting their atti-
tudes toward prohibition, and in their
publication advised their followers of
the result Their minute man" listed
all replying candidates by name. stat
ing briefly their replies. Names of can
didates who failed to reply were
omitted.
The association has endorsed no con-
gressional candidates, but has urged
voters to select from those who favor
repeal.
The dry board Of strategy. on the
other hand, is trying to concentrate
the dry vote on particular candidates,
selecting from each district group
single outstanding dry for recommenda-
tion. Carrying the dry flag are 13
Republicans, Democrats and single
Prohibitionist. In several Northern
California city districts, where dry
candidate would be swamped, no dry
is recommended victory being con-
ceded to the opposition.
And 'in case of doubt, - the Liberator,
California Anti-SalOon League publica-
ton, advises dry voters "ask your pas
tor, who will be fully informed"
So Favor Repeal.
The Anti-prohibition Association Sc
cured replies from 102 congressional
candidates. of which 81 placed them
selves on record as favoring repeal, Is
favoring re-suhmission and 5 opposed
to a change. Seventy-one candidates
failed to reply, deeming 1t best not to
be on record on this controversial sub
ject.
In the senatorial contest the wet
organizations early gave support to Tai
liant Tubbs, youthful San Francisco
State Senator, but are not opposing
Senator Shortridge or Leo V. Young
worth Los Angeles wet, on the Repub-
lican side. On the Democratic side
they are supporting Justus Wardell
militant San Francisco wet and pre-
convention Roosevelt leader. The drys
are trying to concentrate the prohibi-
ton supporting vote behind Joe Grail
of Los Angeles, advising Republican
drys not to vote for the Evangelist
Bob" Shuler, on the grounds that ne
has little chance for the nomination.
Neither organized vets nor drys favor
William G. McAdoo, whose present
stand on prohibition is somewhat In
doubt.
(Copyright, 1922