U.S. PRESIDENCY
(Press Assn.—
"DRYS AND WETS" PROHIBITIQN ISSUE WRECKS THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM WHIRLPOOL OF DISSENSlON
-By Telegraph — Copyrlght.1
CHICAGO, Tuesday. The Swiftly-rising whirlpool of Republican dissension over the prohibition issue has engulfed the chosen representatives of the party. On the eve of their na'tional convention to-morrow, they were ready to re-nominate Mr. H. Hoover, and sentiment was turning definitely to the vice-president, Mr. Curtis, for his running mate, and all the lesser disputes over platform and procedure seemed headed for hannonious decision; but now no one any longer repects harmony on the prohibition issue. The prediction of a plank being favoured which would be accept- ; able to all of the United States has gone up in the smoke of the most furious platform battle any Republican convention has seen since the League of Nations dispute in 1920. Haggard and plainly discouraged
after many hours of conference, the high commanders of the party continued their efforts to reach a compromise, while indignant "drys" and insistent "wets" hammered at the doors.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 252, 15 June 1932, Page 5
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