Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-08

people in the Is counties which now
oavc liquor stores would join with the
Done-dry-s and the politically dry Re
publicans in the western counties. and
.hus pile up a ma ority against the
Statewide legal sale Of liquor in State
liquor stores. 1t is also believed that
most of the sections which do not now
have legal liquor would rather have
the county operated system, under
which the counties and towns get the
revenue from these stores, than a
State system. with the result that the
vets in these counties would vote
with the dry" element over the State
against a Statewide liquor store sys-
tenn.
Those who followed the course Of
The fight to get Statewide liquor bill
through the last General Assembly
~ccall that either the Hill or the Day
bills to set up Statewide liquor stores
would have passed if the "wets" had
consented to 3 Statewide referendum
But The "wetS" in the 1886 General
Assembly lacked enough votes TO get
these bills through both houses unless
they accepted the referendum de-
n3nds of the "drys" who were con-
Tictcd :hat they could beat any State
wide plan TO legali2e the sale of liquor
IN q general referendum. SO al these
bills for a State liquor control plan
and State liquor stores failed and the
'S-county liGuor sto"os plan was rush
q though IS 4 substitute at the last
minute
Since Hoey did not say anything
about the county liquor stores or
county plan at all, it is being surmis-
ed that he will not oppose any extern
sion Of the present county option Ii
uuor control system if he should be
looted governor. In this way, many
here believe. Hoey has assured him
:clf Of getting the solid dry" and re-
;gious vote. likewise the votes of the
'Wcts' who want TO continue and en-
large the present county option Ii
'uor stores system instead of a State
wide system.
While Hoey's position in favor Of
largo salaries for school teachers.
larger appropriations for schools and
smaller teacher loads is expected to
appeal strongly to all teachers and
many school patrons, there is consid-
rrablo doubt in many quarters here
that he helped himself with the pub
tic and taxpayers by advocating the
Qualification Of school control which
is being advocated so strongly by
State Supc.'int endent Of public Instruc
ton Clyde A. Erwin. q name-sake OF
Clyde Hoey and one of his ardent
supporters among State officials here.
For the "unification of State con-
troll" means nothing more than the
complete abolition of the State School
Commission, fondest dream Of the
school forces. or it's consolidation with
the State Department of Public In
struction. and thus give the school
forces full control of the spending
of moro than $20,000.000 year of
school funds. This would make the
Department Of Public Instruction the
largest spending agency in the State
larger than the highway commits
sion if debt service is disregarded-
and would make it possible for the
State superintendent to build up a
very powerful political organization,
it is pointed out. It was to prevent
This that the General Assembly first
created the old board Of equalization
and then changed it into the school
commission. Consequently, there arc
some who think Hoey made a serious
error in advocating unified school,
control"