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Show PROHIBITION MAY BE ISSUE 0FJLECI1 McAdoo Seeks 1 Leadership Of Dry Demjocrats; Wets Prepare to Answer; Republican Repub-lican Drys Consider Johnson WASHINGTON Jun. 28 (UP) With William G. McAdoo's address before the Ohio Bar association today to-day taken in some quarters as a bid for leadership of Democrats in the 1928 presidential campaign, political politi-cal observers saw indications that tbe next national campaign would be fought out over the prohibition issue. While McAdoo Is breaking a silence sil-ence which has extended since the Madison Square Garden convention uf these following significant political activities were noted by observers here : Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, Mis-souri, wet, has assumed Democratic leadership of the floor of the senate on most important issues since the opening of congress and aroused talk that he may succeed to the uuti-McAdoo and nnti-Al Smith strength in the party. Cloak room conversations have revealed that Republican drys are thinking about bringing forward Senator Hiram Johnson of California Califor-nia for the 1!)28 presidential nomination, nom-ination, although the affair has not developed to the proportions of a definite movement. Furthermore, the Al Smith wet group which clashed with McAdoo at the last convention is making no secret of its intention to take up McAdoo's new gauge of battle. His speech will be answered from the floor of the senate, probably Saturday, Satur-day, by Senator Copelnnd, Democrat, Demo-crat, New York, who is expected to discuss the prohibition situation. The talk about Johnson is confined con-fined to private conversation. He has never been regarded as a prominent prom-inent dry, but drys have indicated be might prove acceptable. They might, however, prefer Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, who is also a vehement campaigner. |